Dhaka – Two motorcyclists were killed and one injured as their bike collided against a road roller at Niteshwar on Moulvibazar-Srimongol road in Sadar upazila of Moulvibazar district early Thursday.The deceased were identified as Ashfaq Ahmad, 25, son of Hafiz…
War veterans from India and Russia who fought with bravery for liberating Bangladesh in 1971 on Thursday expressed their firm conviction that Bangladesh in the near future would be a great country in the global arena. They also highly appreciated…
Dhaka – Two suspected robbers were injured in a gunfight between their cohorts and police at Mohra in Chandgaon area in Chittagong early Thursday.The identities of the victims could not be known yet.Police said suspecting the movement of a private…
Dhaka – A man and his son-in-law were trampled to death by wild elephants at Sapergara in Pekua upazila early Thursday.The deceased were identified as Syed Ahmed, 60, son of Moniruzzaman, and Syed’s son-in-law Mohammad Alamgir, 26, son of Chan…
Dhaka – A tribunal here on Thursday sentenced two people to death and another to life term imprisonment for killing a private university student at Mirpur in the city in 2012. The condemned convicted are Ashfaq Ahmed Shihab, student of…
Dhaka – Mark Noble fired West Ham to a nervy but crucial 1-0 win over Burnley in the English Premier League on Wednesday following a run of six league games without a victory. The captain grabbed the winner in first-half…
Dhaka – Manchester City lost midfielder Ilkay Gundogan to a serious knee injury in a 2-0 win over Watford in the English Premier League on Wednesday that brought mixed emotions for manager Pep Guardiola.Gundogan appeared to be in tears as…
The government has formed a high-profile committee to prepare a master plan to restore the navigability of the rivers surrounding Dhaka, including the Buriganga, Turag, Sitalakhya and Balu, and the Karnaphuli of Chittagong port city.Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives…
For the fourth consecutive year, Forbes ranked Russian President Vladimir Putin as the world’s most powerful person.Forbes, the American business magazine, published its list of World’s Most Powerful People 2016 on December 14.According to the magazine, the Russia’s leader continues…
Dhaka – Bangladesh Under-19 team got off to flying start in the eight-nation Asian Cricket Council Under-19s Asia Cup outplaying Afghanistan Under-19 by four-wicket with 41 balls remaining in a Group-A match at Uyanwatte Stadium, Matara, Sri Lanka on Thursday.Chasing…
The nation will celebrate the 46th Victory Day on Friday with elaborate programmes to pay deep homage to the martyrs who laid down their lives for the country.On this day in 1971, Pakistani occupation forces surrendered after a nine-month war…
A Chinese citizen was reportedly beaten to death by miscreants at Uposhohor in the district town on Thursday morning.The deceased was identified as Chang Hing Sang, 45, an Easybike (human hauler) dealer in the town. He lived at a rented…
Dhaka – Sheikh Russel Krira Chakara beat Mohammedan Sporting Club by 2-0 goals in the 20th round of the JB Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) football at Bangabandhu National Stadium on Thursday,UNB news agency reported.
Synthetic biology, geoengineering and the recognition of ancestral knowledge are the issues that have generated the most heated debate in the United Nations Conference on Biodiversity, which ends in this Mexican resort city on Friday Dec. 17.The outcome of the…
An operation to evacuate a besieged rebel-held enclave in the Syrian city of Aleppo is now well under way.Syrian state TV showed footage of ambulances and a long line of green buses leaving eastern Aleppo.BBC producer Riam Dalati reports that…
Katrina Kaif and Deepika Padukone are said to be not the best of friends in the industry, thanks to common ex-boyfriend, Ranbir Kapoor. But the divas put all such rumours to rest at a recently held awards function where they…
Entertainment Desk The film Laal Sabujer Sur which sets to get world TV premiere today( Victory Day). Written by Faridur Reza Sagor, produced by Impress Telefilm and made with the assistance of the national film making grant. The film will…
Aditya Roy Kapoor it seems has some hidden talents. Okay not so hidden maybe. But the actor has a thing for music and he can strum the guitar like a pro. On the sets of Aashiqui2, he’d entertain the unit…
China’s popular selfie app developer Meitu made a muted debut on the Hong Kong stock exchange Thursday after the biggest IPO by a technology company in the city in almost a decade. With 456 million monthly active users, the Xiamen-based…
Italy’s banking problems can be solved and the EU will do everything to help, European Commission chief Jean-Claude Juncker said Wednesday, dismissing fears of something akin to the euro crisis. New Italian Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni has said his government…
Beijing has issued the first red alert, the highest level, for air pollution this year, as a new bout of heavy smog is forecast to hit the city Friday, local environmental protection authorities said Thursday, reports Xinhua, Beijing.
New figures show that the number of people who identify as Muslim in Germany has grown – though not nearly by as much as Germans think. A report by the Federal Office for Migration and Refugees (BAMF) released by the…
A post-Brexit UK-EU trade deal might take 10 years to finalise and still fail, Britain’s ambassador to the EU has privately told the government. The BBC understands Sir Ivan Rogers warned ministers that the European consensus was that a deal…
Bali (Indonesia) ILO News – The 16th Asia and the Pacific Regional Meeting (APRM) of the International Labour Organization (ILO) concluded on Friday (December 9) with a call for governments, workers’ and employers’ organizations in the region to do more…
By Richard Hall Lebanese authorities have detained two Nepalese migrant domestic workers who were involved with campaigning for greater rights for foreign workers in the country.
Unless action is taken now to make agriculture more sustainable, productive and resilient, climate change impacts will seriously compromise food production.
San Francisco(AP/UNB) —Yahoo has discovered a 3-year-old security breach that enabled a hacker to compromise more than 1 billion user accounts, breaking the company’s own humiliating record for the biggest security breach in history.
Dhaka – A 15-year-old boy died allegedly after some torturers pumped air from a compressor into his anus at a spinning mill in Narayanganj on Wednesday night.
Dinajpur – The production in Dinajpur Maddhapara Stone Mine remained suspended over the last 14 months for various reasons, causing huge losses to the mine and leaving some 1,000 workers jobless. Traders are now importing stones from neighbouring India to…
Beirut (AP/UNB) — A cease-fire to evacuate rebel fighters and civilians from the remaining opposition-held neighborhoods of Aleppo unraveled on Wednesday, once again raising the specter of a bloody end to the battle for Syria’s largest city as residents reported…