Dhaka-BNP on Wednesday accused the government of implicating its leader MA Qaiyum in the Italian citizen Cesare Tavella murder case with a political motive, and said innocent people are now getting punished while offenders spared as there is no rule…
Dhaka-There is no scope of raising any question about the probe into the killing of Italian national Cesare Tavella as the investigation agency pressed charges on the basis of ‘proper information and evidence’, claimed a senior police officer on Wednesday.
Several environmental organisations including Barisal city unit of Sachetan Nagorik Committee (Sanak) and Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) on Wednesday formed a human chain demanding compensation to tackle climate change, not loan.
The cyclonic storm, ‘Kyant’, over the east central bay and its adjoining area moved slightly west-southwestwards over the same area on Wednesday.
Dhaka-The 31-kilometre long Mongla-Ghasiakhali channel will formally open on Thursday.
Dhaka-BNP on Wednesday said the National Committee for the Protection of Oil, Gas and Mineral Resources, Power and Ports should accept BNP’s support for gearing up its movement against Rampal power plant project.
Dhaka-The Supreme Court on Wednesday stayed for four weeks a High Court order for transferring Sakhipur Upazila Nirbahi Officer (UNO) Mohammad Rafiqul Islam and officer-in-charge of Sakhipur Police Station Mohammad Maksudul Alam in Tangail over sentencing a schoolboy. Chamber Judge…
Malnutrition costs Bangladesh more than US$ one billion in lost productivity annually and emphasis should be laid on ending hunger and improving nutrition for sustainability of the country’s current economic development, a study said here today.”Under-nutrition already costs Bangladesh more…
Dutch inventors have unveiled a large outside air vacuum cleaner they say is capable of filtering large quantities of toxic particles from the atmosphere.The purifier can clean about 800,000 cubic metres of air per hour, tech start-up Envinity Group said.”A…
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday reiterated her call to all to stay alert so that war criminals and those who killed innocent people in the name of movement and engaged in money laundering can never return to power.”We won’t…
Bangladesh has top-ranked in gender equity in South Asia having closed its overall gender gap just under 70 percent.Bangladesh has ranked 72 among 144 countries in the world in the Global Gender Gap Index 2016 prepared by World Economic Forum.India,…
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has said his rival Hillary Clinton’s foreign policy plan in Syria would trigger World War Three.He also said the US should focus on defeating so-called Islamic State (IS) rather than removing Syria’s president.Mrs Clinton has…
Dhaka – Carlos Alberto, captain of the great Brazil team that won the 1970 World Cup, died on Tuesday of a heart attack in Rio at the age of 72, Brazil’s Sportv, for whom he worked, announced.Carlos Alberto starred alongside…
Dhaka – The Inter-district Age Group Women’s Swimming competition begins Friday (October 28) at Sultana Kamal Women’s Sports Complex in the city’s Dhanmondi. The two-day competition to be participated by 240 swimmers will be inaugurated by Youth and Sports Secretary…
Dhaka – Bangladesh cricket team’s Test version skipper Mushfiqur Rahim is going to add another feather to his career when the Tigers will face visiting England in the 2nd Test beginning at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Mirpur on Friday.Mushfiqur…
Dhaka – Three days after beating Juventus, the inexperience of AC Milan’s young squad showed in a 3-0 loss at Genoa on Tuesday that saw the 10-man Rossoneri waste a chance to take the Serie A lead.Nikola Ninkovic put the…
Dhaka – Ecuadorean striker Felipe Caicedo scored early as Espanyol defeated Barcelona’s reserves 1-0 to win the Catalan Super Cup on Tuesday.Caicedo sped past two defenders inside the area and rounded the goalkeeper before finding the open net in the…
Dhaka – England’s record test wicket-taker James Anderson will miss at least the start of the team’s tour of India as the pace bowler continues his recovery from a shoulder injury.Anderson was left out of an initial 16-man squad announced…
Dhaka – A schoolgirl reportedly committed suicide by hanging herself with the ceiling fan of her room at Uttar Bazar in Golapganj upazila in Sylhet on Tuesday.The deceased was identified as Sweaty Das, 16, class VI student of Baraya High…
Dhaka – A man was arrested allegedly for killing his two sons from Chintamoni village in Osmaninagar upazila in Sylhet on Wednesday morning.The arrestee was identified as Satir Ali, 36, a resident of the village.Superintendent of Sylhet police Moniruzzaman said…
Dhaka -An accused in the murder of a schoolgirl who was found hanging at her house at Kutubdia in Kaliakoir upazila in Gazipur on Tuesday, allegedly committed suicide at Safipur Ratanpur of the upazila on Wednesday morning.The deceased was identified…
Dhaka – A minor boy drowned in a pond at Gulta Golapur village in Tarash upazila on Tuesday evening.The deceased was identified as Jobayer Hossain, 6, son of Asaduzzaman, a resident of the village,UNB News Agency Reported.
Dhaka – Detectives in a drive arrested six alleged members of a fake currency racket with Tk 66 lakh counterfeit currency notes from different parts of the city on Tuesday night.Identities of the arrestees could not be known yet,UNB News…
Dhaka – One person killed and 15 others injured in a head-on collision between a bus and a truck at Gobindaganj Bandar on Dhaka-Rangpur highway in Gobindaganj upazila on Wednesday morning,UNB News Agency Reported.
Dhaka – Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) recovered 700 kg smuggled betel nuts from Battola in Putkhali border area early Wednesday,UNB News Agency Reported.
Dhaka – Police arrested the main perpetrator in connection with the stabbing of a schoolgirl from Nirisinghopur village in Sadar upazila in Jhenidah early Wednesday.The arrestee was identified as Litu Hasan, son of Altaf Hossain, a resident of Nagirat village…
Culture Desk Veteran vocalist of the sub-continent Runa Laila, was felicitated in London on October 23. A lifetime achievement award was given to her marking her fiftieth year in the music industry. The award was handed over at The Great…
More corals are dying and others are succumbing to disease and predators after the worst-ever bleaching on Australia’s iconic Great Barrier Reef, scientists said Wednesday. A swathe of corals bleached in the northern third of the 2,300-kilometre (1,429-mile) long biodiverse…
University of Asia Pacific (UAP) is going to arrange ACM ICPC Asia Dhaka Regional Contest 2016, (an annual multi-tiered competitive programming competition among the universities of the world) on its campus on November 18-19. Department of Computer Science and Engineering…
Alphabet, the parent of internet giant Google, on Tuesday announced it was halting the rollout of its Google Fiber — 1 Gbps fiber optic wireless service, in some markets. In cities where service started or is being developed, work will…