Dhaka – Bangladeshi lone archer Shymoly Roy will start campaign in the 31st Olympic Games in Rio, the biggest show on earth, on the opening day (Friday), competing in women’s individual ranking round of Archery at Sambadrome.A 16-member contingent, including seven…
Dhaka – The two-round Mymensingh leg of the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) Football begins on Friday with holders Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club taking on joint league leader Chittagong Abahani Ltd in the 4th round opening match at Mymensigh Stadium.Former champions and…
Dhaka -Left-handed dashing opening batsman of Bangladesh national cricket team Tamim Iqbal will play for the World Stars against Pakistan Stars in ‘Play for Peace’ Twenty20 Cricket in Norway on August 19.Tamim will reach the Norway capital Oslo on August 17…
Dhaka – The volleyball training camp for the talented players selected from grassroots level, begins on Friday.The boys’ camp will begin in Pabna District and the girls’ camp in Narail District.
Dhaka- An unbeaten century from Roston Chase helped West Indies fight back for an unlikely draw against India on the final day of the second test on Wednesday.After a top order collapse on a rain-interrupted fourth day, West Indies had…
Dhaka- Carli Lloyd and Alex Morgan scored a goal in each half as the U.S. women’s soccer team defeated New Zealand 2-0 in its debut at the Rio Games on Wednesday, getting off to a solid start in its attempt…
Dhaka – A madrasah girl was raped allegedly by four youths in Sadar upazila in Laxmipur on Wednesday night.Police rescued the victim in a critical condition from a house in Hogol Dahri area of Bashikpur union parishad in the upazila…
Dhaka – A court here on Wednesday convicted a man and sentenced him to life term imprisonment for killing an Awami League leader of Jhikargachha upazila in Jessore in 2000.The court also fined the convict, Ali Ahemmed, son of Mosharraf…
Dhaka – Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) arrested another student of Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (SUST) in Sylhet on Wednesday for his suspected link to militancy.The arrestee was identified as Jewel Ahmad, member of banned Islamist outfit Hizb-ut-Tahrir…
Dhaka- Police arrested a local leader of Jamaat-e-Islami on sabotage charge from in front of Central Mosque in Gabtoli upazila in Bogra on Wednesday.The arrestee was identified as Masudur Rahman, ameer of the upaziunit of Jamaat and son of late Abdus…
Dhaka – Police in a drive arrested two leaders of Jamaat-e-Islami from different places in Keshabpur upazila of Jessore district on Wednesday night on charge of subversion.Shahidul Islam Shahid, officer-in-charge of Keshabpur Police Station, said police in a drive arrested…
Dhaka – A mobile court here on Wednesday sentenced two people to six months’ imprisonment for drug peddling.The convicts were identified as Swapan Kumar Mitra,52, son of late Rampado Mitra, and Babulal Biswas alias Kangal,38, son of Amulyo Biswas, both of…
Dhaka – Police arrested an alleged terrorist along with a revolver and three rounds of bullet from Kachrondopur in Sadar upazila in Rajbari on Wednesday.The arrestee was identified as Jonny Molla,26, son of Kamal Molla, a resident of Char Kachrondopur…
Dhaka – The results of first year honours examinations-2015 under National University were published on Thursday, showing a 90.11 percent pass rate.Some 2,77,296 students from 619 colleges of 29 disciplines took part in the examinations,UNB news agency reported.
Dhaka – US Ambassador in Dhaka Marcia Bernicat said on Thursday the government must work to reassure foreign investors that it is taking all appropriate measures to ensure the security of their factories and personnel in the wake of recent…
Dhaka – North South University former teacher Abul Hasnat Rezaul Karim and University of Toronto student Tahmid Hasib Khan, who remained missing for a month after Gulshan attack, were arrested from the city’s Gulshan and Bashundhara areas respectively for their…
Geneva (Kanaga Raja) – The United States on 29 August last seemed to be at a moment where it is struggling to live up to its ideals on the often intertwined critical issues of racial, social and economic inequality, a…
A woman has died and five other people were injured in a knife attack in Russell Square, central London. Police were called at 22:33 BST on Wednesday to reports of a man injuring people with a knife.
Amidst a hunt for over 50 youths who have left their homes possibly to take to militancy, two sisters in Gopalganj are reportedly missing. One of them has lost her husband, killed while fighting for the Islamic State in Syria.…
Dhaka – A four-year-old girl was found slaughtered at a garage at Chhoto Diabari in the city’s Darussalam area early Thursday, UNB news agency reported.
Krishibid Mohammad Anisur Rahman was a student of Bangladesh Agricultural University (BAU) fisheries faculty in 1994-95 sessions. Now he is head of a private company. When he was resident student of Ishan Khan Hall, chef Abdul khalek cooked for Anisur.
Masum Billah When a group of people meet to generate new ideas around a specific area of interest, this situation can be called brainstorming which employs individual’s interest, time and trying to go deep into a topic or area. People are…
Recently in a meeting of the ECNEC chaired by Hon’ble Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, a development project costing nearly 400 crore taka of Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University (SAU), Dhaka was approved. This project after successful implementation will turn the SAU into…
As I was busy with arranging proper treatment for my ailing younger sister who has been suffering from spine disorder for the last few years, I could not submit any letter/article to your esteemed newspaper for publication. Meanwhile some of…
The Speedy Trial Tribunal-4 of Dhaka on Wednesday sentenced two persons to death for killing a man in 2006. Judge Abdur Rahman of the Speedy Trial Tribunal pronounced the verdict. The convicts are-Yasmin Ferdous Shilpi, wife of the victim-Razzaque Sarker…
BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia is going to start her primary talks with leaders of like minded political parties Thursday with a view to forging greater national unity against terrorism. As part of her initiative, she will hold a meeting with…
Militants who were killed in Kalyanpur police rair were brought together to launch new attack in the capital. Some of them were also members of suicide squad of a militant outfit, said investigators. They were also hunting a militant who…
President Barack Obama has said Republican nominee Donald Trump is unfit to be president, and questioned why his party still supports the New York billionaire’s candidacy.There has to come a point at which you say: ‘Enough’,” Mr Obama said.Mr Trump…
BNP senior leader Nazrul Islam Khan on Tuesday asked the government to explain its ‘motive’ behind destroying evidence by killing militants instead of arresting them alive.“Awami League leaders are saying BNP is decrying the killing of militants. There’s no reason…
A policeman was killed in a mass beating after an alleged drug trader drowned in a pond during a anti-narcotics drive at Noail Raisdia in Sonargaon municipality area on Wednesday.The deceased were identified as Arifuzzaman Khan, a constable of Sonargaon…