President Abdul Hamid today said that he found similarities in some proposals of political parties regarding the formation of a new Election Commission (EC).The President said this during discussion with Workers Party, a component of the ruling Awami League led…
Undeterred by a defeat at the UN, the Israeli government has said that it would move ahead with building thousands of new homes in the disputed West Bank area, a media report said on Tuesday.According to the report, the city…
The Awami League has not pressurised its dissidents to pull out of the District Council polls to keep it competitive as no other parties have fielded candidates, General Secretary Obaidul Quader told journalists in his office.Polls to elect chairmen, members…
Terming Wednesday’s zila parishad polls unconstitutional, BNP senior leader Moudud Ahmed on Tuesday said the government is holding such elections as part of its move to restore ‘Ayub Khan’s basic democracy’.“The zila parishad polls must be held with common people’s…
A judicial probe body that was formed to investigate the forced eviction, killing and arson attacks on the Santal community at Sahebganj in Gobindaganj upazila visited Madarpur and Joypurpara areas on Tuesday morning to hear the affected people and witnesses…
Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) has developed a mobile application ‘BMD Weather App’ to facilitate smartphone users to get its all daily information services and keep them update about weather.The smartphone users can now download the mobile application from the Google…
Dhaka — Manchester City wore down last-placed Hull to win 3-0 in the English Premier League, thanks to late goals by Yaya Toure and substitute Kelechi Iheanacho as well as an own-goal on Monday.Toure converted a penalty kick in the…
Dhaka – Police arrested a local leader of Jamaat-e-Islami Bangladesh on sabotage charge from Badhaghata area in Manirampur upazila in Benapole on Monday night.The arrestee was identified as Maulana Mohammad Ali, ameer of Khedapara union unit of Jamaat and assistant…
Dhaka – A housewife has been strangulated to death allegedly by her husband in Ramrail area of Sadar upazila in Brahmanbaria.Police recovered the body of Halima Khatun, 24, wife of Alamgir Hossain of the area, on Tuesday morning,UNB news agency…
Dhaka – Team BJMC secured a 2-1 victory over Soccer Club, Feni in the 21st round match of the JB Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) football at Bangabandhu National Stadium on Tuesday.Shahran put Soccer Club ahead in the 13th minute while…
Dhaka -Detective branch (DB) of police arrested 15 robbers from different areas in Mymensingh on Monday.Acting on a tip off, a team of the DB raided Digarkanda area under Sadar upazila in the early hours and arrested nine robbers while they…
Dhaka – Police, in special drives from Monday night to this morning, arrested 26 persons on various charges from seven upazilas in Satkhira .
Dhaka – Pakistan were 310 for six at the close on the second day of the second Test against Australia at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on Tuesday.
Dhaka – The daylong victory Day basketball competition held on Tuesday at Sultana Kamal Woman’s Sports Complex in the city’s Dhanmondi.Lawmaker Sabina Akter Tuhin formally inaugurated the meet as the chief guest.In the competition, red senior team emerged champions beating…
Dhaka – Bangladesh Police Football Club and Victoria Sporting Club split point when their match ended in a goalless draw in the Marcel Bangladesh Championship League Football held on Tuesday at Bir Shreshtha Shaheed Spoy Mohammad Mostafa Kamal Stadium in…
Dhaka – Raqibul Hasan scored a brilliant hundred saw Dhaka Division dominated the first day as they scored 303 for 4 against Khulna Division at stumps on the first day of Tier-1 fifth round four-day National Cricket League held on…
Dhaka – Police in several drives arrested 11 people including three suspected robbers from several areas in Natore early Sunday.Two of the suspected robbers were identified as Ashrab Ali Kanchon and Majid,UNB news agency reported.
Culture Desk Rabeya Khatun born on December 27, 1935 in Vikrampur is one of the most prolific writers of modern Bangladesh. During the fifties of the twentieth century she started her authorial life with a short story “Proshno”. Later on…
Ever since she moved to India from the US, Madhuri Dixit Nene has always been in the limelight, yet family has always been her priority. This time round, she decided to get closer to her roots and take a tour…
When exposed to cancer treatment like chemotherapy and radiation, brain and heart tissues in very young children are more prone to apoptosis or programmed cell death, researchers said. Apoptosis, in which molecular signals order cells to self-destruct, plays an important…
On the crowded morning metro in Helsinki, silence prevails. Everyone is hunched over their smartphone screens, reading the news, checking emails or watching videos. A loud “yeah!” breaks the quiet, along with delighted screech from a toddler whose mother has…
The 81st birth anniversary of versatile Bengali poet Syed Shamsul Haque will be observed today. To mark the day, Jatiya Kabita Parishad will stage discussion, reminiscence and poem recitation at Poet Shamsur Rahman auditorium of Bangla Academy at 11 am…
Tokyo stocks opened slightly lower Tuesday morning, though Toshiba plunged on a report it is likely to record a huge special loss related to a US subsidiary’s acquisition of a nuclear power service company. Overall, deals were quiet as global…
Beijing (AP/UNB) — China vowed Tuesday to speed up the development of its space industry as it set out its plans to become the first country to soft land a probe on the far side of the moon, around 2018,…
Bogra – Detectives have unearthed a milk adulteration cartel at Sihipur in Sonatala upazila. Tipped off, a team of the Detective Branch (DB) of Bogra police held three members of the cartel along with some equipment from a house in…
The Alexandrov Russian Army Song and Dance Ensemble lost 64 members, and all but 3 of its choir singers, in the crash. Moscow, Russia – A Russian military plane that crashed on Sunday in the Black Sea on its way…
(CNN)Only about 7,100 cheetahs remain in the world and their numbers are quickly dwindling, putting them at risk of extinction, according to new research.
(CNN)Arguing that Americans still subscribe to his vision of progressive change, President Barack Obama asserted in an interview recently he could have succeeded in this year’s election if he was eligible to run.
Dhaka – A middle-aged man died of cold-related problems at Darkamarar Bridge village in Domar upazila of Nilphamari district in Northern Bangladesh on Monday night as shivering cold hit the area.
Northampton (AP/UNB) — A Pennsylvania man going through treatment for colon cancer won a pizza parlor’s raffle for a year’s worth of free pies and then donated his prize to a food bank.