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…
Sole surviving Bee Gee Barry Gibb is keen to make music with US pop star Justin Timberlake as he pursues a solo career after the death of his brothers. Gibb, who joined Coldplay on stage at England’s Glastonbury Festival this…
One of princess Aalia Sultana Babi’s most prized possessions is a fossilised dinosaur egg she found an unsuspecting villager using to grind spices on her ancestral lands, an area billed as “India’s Jurassic Park”. Babi rescued the egg and it…
Global stock markets lost steam Tuesday amid a deluge of US corporate earnings reports showing mixed results, as well as solid German economic data, while oil dropped below the psychological $50 level. US markets posted slight declines with some big…
Dhaka – A painting and coating worker was hacked to death by a group of unidentified miscreants at Mohasthan Bridge on Bogra-Rangpur Highway in Sadar upazila in Bogra on Tuesday evening.The deceased was identified as Anisar Rahman Ranju, 45, son…
Dhaka – A mobile court here on Tuesday afternoon fined four minor boys Tk 2,000 each for catching hilsa fish at Rajarajeshwar of Sadar upazila in the Padma river defying the ongoing ban,UNB News Agency Reported.
Dhaka – On October 01, 2016, Peacempire successfully launched its social action project in the largest school of Narayanganj called, “Murapara Model Pilot High School” bringing together nearly 1375 students in a road show, just after collecting petition signature of…
Masum Billah Gaining academic success does not necessarily mean overall success in life. Only bookish knowledge and academic works don’t ensure that a learner will grow up into well-mannered individual in the family and society. In another word we can…
Danielle Nierenberg When it comes to deciding what is for dinner, eaters’ decisions can be determined by more than taste alone. Food choices affect the environment, the economy, health, social justice, politics, and more. Luckily, there are a number of…
By Cassandra Vinograd and Hind Hassan About 500 people have been arriving each day at the Debaga refugee camp in northern Iraq, with aid organizations bracing for an influx as the Mosul offensive proceeds. Some 11,000 refugees arrived at the…
Dhaka – The result of the ‘K’ unit admission test under the Science Faculty of Dhaka University for 2016-2017 session was published on Tuesday, UNB news agency reported.
Edotco Bangladesh Co Ltd has recently installed two wind turbines at Shah Porir Dwip of Teknaf and Cox’s Bazar in the tourist district to support the need for power in remote coastal regions of Bangladesh.
Migration governance cannot be only about closing borders and keeping people out, said two United Nations human rights experts calling on UN member states to develop long-term strategies and policies to facilitate rather than restrict migration.
An Afghan official says a militant attack on a police checkpoint in eastern Nangarhar province has killed eight officers.
Saudi Arabia says two security officers have been shot and killed in the kingdom’s predominantly Shiite east.