Dhaka – Mosaddek Hossain’s unbeaten 59 helped Dhaka Dynamites post a target of 139 against Rajshahi Kings in their 2nd league tussle of the 4th Bangladesh Premier League at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium on Friday.Sent in to bat first, Dynamites…
Dhaka – Three people were killed in separate road accidents in Madhukhali and Bhanga upazilas on Friday.Aminur Rahman, assistant superintendent of Faridpur Police, said a bus of ‘Hanif Paribahan’ hit a motorcycle at Boalia in Maghukhali upazila around 11 am,…
Dhaka – A mobile court here on Thursday foiled two child marriage bids in separate places and fined seven people in this connection in Manirampur upazila of the district.Court sources said a marriage ceremony was arranged at the house of…
Leonard Cohen, the gravelly-voiced Canadian singer-songwriter of “Hallelujah,” ”Suzanne” and “Bird on a Wire,” has died at age 82.Cohen’s management said in a statement Thursday that he has passed away, and a memorial will take place in Los Angeles at…
Rajshahi University of Engineering and Technology (Ruet) authorities on Friday closed the university until November 18 following a clash between two factions of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) on the campus.The decision was taken in a syndicate meeting around 11.45 am,…
Brazil (AP/UNB) — Memories of the biggest humiliation in Brazilian football and the return of Lionel Messi to Argentina were not enough to stop the five-time World Cup champions from beating their archrivals Thursday in South American qualifying for the…
Dhaka – Miscreants poisoned huge fish, worth about Tk one lakh, to death in an enclosure at Teghori village in Keshabpur upazila of Jessore district on Thursday.Locals said Selim Hossain of the village had long been cultivating fish in the…
Dhaka – Local people have recovered a touchstone-made statue from a graveyard at Jorardeul in Sadar upazila of Munshiganj district.
Dhaka – A young man was brutally tortured allegedly by some locals over a theft charge in Sharsha upazila of Jessore district on Thursday night.
Dhaka – Miscreants poisoned huge fish, worth about Tk one lakh, to death in an enclosure at Teghori village in Keshabpur upazila of Jessore district on Thursday, UNB news agency reported.
Dhaka – Police have arrested four more people for their alleged involvement in recent attacks on Hindu community members in Nasirnagar upazila of Brahmanbaria district, UNB news agency reported.
Dhaka – A tribunal here has convicted a man and sentenced him to life term imprisonment for possessing drugs.The convict was identified as Ashraful Alam, 23, son of Maksed Ali of Chapra area in Tanore upazila. The tribunal also fined…
Dhaka – A young man was brutally tortured allegedly by some locals over a theft charge in Sharsha upazila of Jessore district on Thursday night.Witnesses said a group of people picked up Liton Morol, 35, son of Ansar Ali Morol…
Dhaka – Local people have recovered a touchstone-made statue from a graveyard at Jorardeul in Sadar upazila,UNB News Agency Reported.
Dhaka – Police have arrested four more people for their alleged involvement in recent attacks on Hindu community members in Nasirnagar upazila.Police conducted separate drives in different areas of the upazila on Thursday night and arrested the four, said officer-in-charge…
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Washington – Voters in three US states approved ballot measures on November 8, 2016, to legalize the use and possession of small amounts of marijuana, part of a continued shift in United States drug policy, Human Rights Watch said today.…
Washington, DC – United States President-elect Donald Trump should abandon campaign rhetoric that seemed to reject many of the United States’ core human rights obligations and put rights at the heart of his administration’s domestic and foreign policy agendas, Human…
Dhaka – A solo painting exhibition titled ‘Reflections’ by artist Lubna Charya has begun at Galerie Zoom, Alliance Française, Dhaka. The Inaugural ceremony of this exhibition was held on Thursday.
Dhaka – The 8th edition of Bangladesh Fashion Carnival 2016 along with Bangladesh Wedding Carnival 2016 has started on 10th November 2016 at Gulshan-1’s Emmanuelle’s Banquet Hall.
Dhaka – The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (Ecnec) on Thursday approved the ‘Bangladesh Regional Domestic Shipping Transport Project-1 with an outlay of Tk 3,20 billion, aiming to ensure safe journeys of passengers and goods transportation through Chittagong-Dhaka-Ashuganj…
Dhaka-The Third Special Judge Court of Dhaka yesterday (Thursday) fixed November 24 to hear the statement of BNP Chief Begum Khaleda Zia in the Zia Charitable Trust graft case. Judge Abu Ahmed Jamader also asked the BNP Chairperson to appear…
BNP leaders yesterday complained that they were unable to meet or contact Dhaka Metropolitan Police Commissioner Assaduzzaman Mia in collection with taking police permission for holding its rally at Suhrawardy Udyan on November 13 to mark the “national revolution and…
Washington (AP/UNB) — President-elect Donald Trump arrived at the White House Thursday for his first meeting with President Barack Obama, a symbolic start to the transition of power to the nation’s 45th president. Obama was harshly critical of Trump throughout…
Dhaka – Rangpur Riders secured their 2nd successive victory in the 4th Bangladesh Premier League outplaying Khulna Titans by nine wickets in their 2nd league tussle at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Mirpur on Thursday.Chasing the BPL lowest-ever target of…
Dhaka – The boys singles, girls singles, boys doubles and girls doubles competitions of the Walton 30th Bangladesh ITF Junior Tennis Championship advanced to the semifinal stages on the 4th day at the Ramna National Tennis Complex here on Thursday.In…
Dhaka – Bangladesh Police AC earned a comfortable 7-1 goal victory over Shantinagar Club in the Green Delta Insurance First Division Hockey League at Maulana Bhashani National Stadium here on Thursday. Mahfuz and Nayan struck two goals each while Nahid,…
Dhaka -Three people, including two boys, were killed and 20 people injured as a trawler capsized in the estuary of Feni and Dakatia river in Companyganj upazila in Noakhali on Thursday morning.Two of the deceased were identified as Ashik, 13…