Dhaka- Four policemen of Rajshahi Court were closed to the Police Line in Rajshahi on Sunday night over the escape of a drug case accused from police custody.The suspended policemen include two trainee sub-inspectors and two constables,UNB News Agency Reported.
Dhaka – Quinton de Kock posted a century and shared a 144-run sixth-wicket stand with Temba Bavuma to guide South Africa to 288-6 at lunch Monday, extending its first-innings lead to 203 runs in the second test against Australia.Rain prevented…
Dhaka – The Pakistan cricket team is safe and well after being shaken awake Monday by a magnitude 7.5 earthquake which struck New Zealand, killing at least two and causing extensive damage.Pakistan team spokesman Shahid Aslam said the earthquake, which…
Dhaka – Novak Djokovic survived an early setback,and then made it look all too easy.The second-ranked Serb, who has a chance to reclaim the No. 1 ranking at the O2 Arena next weekend, rallied to beat Dominic Thiem 6-7 (10),…
Dhaka – Left-handed opening batsman Dawid Malan’s unbeaten 78 runs guided Barisal Bulls to their 3rd successive victory in the 4th Bangladesh Premier League as they beat Chittagong Vikings by seven wickets in their 4th encounter at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket…
Dhaka – Comilla Victorians won the toss and elected to bowl first against Dhaka Dynamites in their 4th tussle of the 4th Bangladesh Premier League T20 at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Mirpur on Monday.The defending champions will take to…
Dhaka – A deed writer was stabbed to death by miscreants at Dulinardi village of Daudkandi upazila in Comilla on Sunday evening.The deceased was identified as Md Jakir Hossain Masud, 35, son of Siddikur Rahman, a resident of the village.Abu…
Dhaka – An alleged robber was injured in a gunfight with police on Joypurhat-Santahar road in Kanthalbari Bridge area of Akkelpur upazila in Joypurhat early Monday.The injured robber was identified as Rashed, son of Ashraf Ali, a resident of Abadpur…
Adolescent girls who suffer traumatic stress undergo accelerated maturation in a brain region that integrates emotions and actions, according to a new study which found that stress affects the brains of boys and girls differently. Among youth with post-traumatic stress…
The editor’s farewell piece from ‘Fact and Fiction’ the last issue of Himal in its current incarnation. AUNOHITA MOJUMDAR reiterates the idea of Himal Southasian This may well be the last issue of Himal Southasian in its current incarnation that…
Actor Parineeti Chopra has her hands full with a lot of projects this year. While she has just wrapped up the shoot of Yash Raj Film’s Meri Pyari Bindu along with Ayushmann Khurrana and already working on her character in…
Culture Desk Once popular singer Mithila will now be seen opposite Siam for the first time. The two will be seen in a small screen production by Birohi Multimedia. The telefilm “Chirkuter Shabda” has been directed by Mehedi Hasan Jony…
Leon Russell, who achieved rare fame as a session musician by playing with artists from The Rolling Stones to Elton John and pursuing his own eclectic career, has died. He was 74. Russell, who remained active and had tour dates…
Tehran officials shut schools on Monday as the first of the winter season’s heavy pollution hit the Iranian capital. A blanket of choking brown-white smog descended on the city on Sunday, blocking out the view of the mountains that line…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi Sunday made an emotional appeal to people to make India graft-free, as chaotic scenes erupted outside banks nationwide after high denomination notes were pulled from circulation. Modi surprised the country Tuesday night when he announced that…
Dhaka – Three female domestic helps sustained burn injuries in a gas explosion at an apartment in the city’s Gulshan area on Monday morning. The injured are: Parvin, 37, Bedena, 20, and Sharifa, 18.
Marrakech (Hilary Chiew) – Unease has emerged among some developing countries over the content of a confidential document being prepared behind closed doors by the Moroccan Presidency of the UN climate talks billed the ‘Marrakech Call for Action’. News about…
Singapore – In Microsoft’s Data Culture Champions Series in Asia, we speak to Justin Fulcher of RingMD on how he is driving patient care transformation in Asia with a simple idea to match doctors and patients around the world —…
Dhaka – A rickshaw puller was killed after a man jabbed him over the repayment of a loan in Mominbagh area of Kamrangirchar on the outskirts of the capital early Monday.
An earthquake measuring 6.3 in magnitude has hit New Zealand’s South Island, hours after an initial quake killed two people. The new tremor struck at 13:45pm local time (00:45 GMT) at a depth of 10km (6 miles), northeast of Christchurch.…
Dhaka – Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina left Dhaka for Morocco on Monday morning on a three-day official visit to attend two high-level segments of the Conference of the Parties (COP-22).
Dhaka – The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Monday issued a stay order till November 27 on a bail granted to Nagarik Oikya convener Mahmudur Rahman Manna in a case filed for instigating the army to topple the…
Sunday night’s full moon appeared bigger and brighter in the night sky than it has in nearly 70 years. “Supermoon” is a non-technical term for a moon that turns full at the same time it hits perigee — the point…
Dhaka – Rubel , the prime accused in connection with the gang rape of an indigenous Garo girl, managed to escape from the court premises yesterday afternoon. Talking to The Independent, Inspector MA Jalil, officer-in-charge of Badda Police Station, admitted…
The Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Court of Dhaka on Sunday placed lone accused Shihab on a 5-day remand in a case filed for allegedly stabbing a member of Ansar to death at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in the capital.
Rajshahi – The newly formed executive body of Bangladesh Awami Ain Chhatra Parisad of Rajshahi University (RU) unit called on vice chancellor and pro-vice chancellor of the university on Saturday.
Dhaka – A three-day long international seminar of Regional Network on Poverty Eradication (RENPER) held yesterday with a theme of “Advancement in technology for poverty reduction: opportunity and challenges’’ on Bangladesh Agricultural University (BAU) in Mymansingh at the at Syed…
Dhaka- Police handed over the Holey Artisan Bakery to the café authorities on Sunday, after four and half months into the militant attack on the Spanish restaurant on July 1. Deputy Commissioner (Media) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police Masudur Rahman said…
Dhaka – The state religion, which was included in the Constitution contravening the main spirit of the independence, will be discarded when the time comes, a policymaker of ruling Awami League has said. “Islam has been kept as the state…
Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) will hold a public hearing on November 22 on the services mobile phone users are providing in the country.