Dhaka – Injured opener of Bangladesh national cricket team Tamim Iqbal joined the skill training camp that resumed at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium on Sunday, after the Eid vacation.The dependable Tigers opener took the ground with bat before going to indoor…
Dhaka – Faisal Ahmed of Bangladesh emerged champion in the men’s 19-kilometre competition of the 73rd World Long Distance Swimming Championship held in West Bengal’s Bhagirathi River in Murshidabad district on Sunday.Another Bangladeshi swimmer Polash Chowdhury finished 2nd in the…
The probe body report on the cyber heist of Bangladesh Bank’s (BB) account with New York’s Federal Reserve Bank will be made public on September 22, finance minister Abul Maal Abdul Muhith said here today.”The report will be made available…
A Bangladeshi-origin girl won a global video competition beating nearly 400 participants from over 60 countries.Tanzina Nowshin won the Grand Prize of the Education Youth Video Challenge, organised by the US-based International Commission on Financing Global Education Opportunity known as…
Dhaka: The United Nations has appreciated Bangladesh’s commitment so far shown in terms of implementation of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) mentioning that still there are more to be done. “I’m noticing that the government of Bangladesh has made some strong…
Unidentified gunmen killed two Saudi policemen in the mainly Shiite eastern city of Dammam late on Saturday, the interior ministry said, describing it as a “terrorist attack”.The two officers were patrolling in a police car when they came under fire…
Montreal (Canada): Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday called upon the expatriate Bangladeshis living in Canada and the USA to mobilise public opinion for the extradition of convicted killers of Bangabandhu from the two countries. “I’m leaving a demand before…
Dhaka: The gas supply which remained fully or partially suspended in the country’s northwestern districts resumed on Sunday as Gas Transmission Company Limited (GTCL) completed its pigging work (pipeline cleaning) in its transmission lines. UNB News Agency Reported.
Dhaka: Amid media reports that seasonal rawhide traders suffered huge losses this year, tanners and wholesalers have claimed that they hardly faced any loss as they did not purchase rawhides at prices lower than fixed ones during the Eid-ul-Azha. UNB…
When police heard about the frozen corpse up in the Alps in September 1991, they opened a criminal probe. Murder it was, but the crime was rather old—and the ultimate cold case. The dead man, found by hikers 25 years…
DU Correspondent Dhaka University Vice-Chancellor Professor AAMS Arefin Siddique joined a cycle procession of Bangladesh Cycle Lane Implantation Council at Central Shaheed Minar on Saturday morning. The organization arranged the procession marking the World Cycling Day, a DU release said.
Samsung Electronics said Sunday it had sold shares it held in four technology companies including US chipmaker Rambus and Japan’s Sharp to free up money and focus on its main business. The South Korean tech giant also sold shares in…
Bharti Airtel – which has been engaged in an interconnectivity tiff with Reliance Jio – on Saturday said it has received payment from the new entrant for additional points of interconnect, and sought Jio’s cooperation for timely testing and commissioning…
A building made of tires and glass and plastic bottles, off the grid and non-polluting: a village in Uruguay is home to a fully sustainable school—and a bold experiment in green citizenship. On this winter morning in the southern hemisphere,…
Rajshahi Correspondent A mother reportedly killed her baby and after killing him she tried to commit suicide at Budhpara area under Motiher Police Station in the city last night, police and locals said. The deceased was identified as Shahriar Alam…
Moments before taking the stage at the Newport Jazz Festival in late July, Norah Jones paused to reflect on her ties to the tradition it represents. “Sometimes I feel like a jazz dropout, you know?” she said in her trailer,…
Greater emphasis on immune system-based prevention should be central to new efforts to prevent cancer, researchers say. “The body’s immune system is capable of intercepting pre-malignancies and preventing cancer. It does so countless times every day in all of us.…
Cultural Desk After a long hiatus, model-turned-actress Sarika Subrin is going to be seen in drama ‘Ekjon Jadukor’ tonight (September 18). The drama will air on Channel i at 9:35 pm. The drama has been directed by Kowshik Sankar Das…
Entertainment Desk Actor Tom Cruise is set to return to the film Mission: Impossible 6, following reports of dispute over the deal-making that halted pre-production earlier this year. The 54-year-old actor will seal the deal with Paramount Pictures to reprise…
By Martin Jacques The western financial crisis of 2007-8 was the worst since 1931, yet its immediate repercussions were surprisingly modest. The crisis challenged he foundation stones of the long-dominant neoliberal ideology but it seemed to emerge largely unscathed. The…
A novel robotic vehicle that includes a floating buoy and an underwater glider is being tested by the Russian military. The watercraft is a sensor and communication platform, which the Navy may find handy for submarine patrol missions. Dubbed Fugu,…
Dhaka – A court in Tangail on Sunday sent MP Amanur Rahman Rana to jail rejecting his bail prayer in the Awami League leader Faruk Ahmed murder case, UNB new agency reported.
Srinagar (AP/UNB) — Suspected rebels using guns and grenades sneaked into a crucial army base in Indian-controlled Kashmir early Sunday and killed at least 17 soldiers in the deadliest attack on a military base in the disputed Himalayan region in…
Dhaka – Five people, including three children, were killed and three others injured as a private car plunged into a roadside ditch at Silunia on the Noakhali-Comilla highway in Laksam upazila under Comilla district on Sunday morning, UNB news agency…
US-led coalition air raids reportedly killed dozens of Syrian soldiers on Saturday, endangering a US-Russian brokered ceasefire and prompting an emergency UN Security meeting as tensions between Washington and Moscow escalated. The United States military said the coalition stopped its…
The US’ sudden attempt to “help” the Syrian army fighting ISIS in the eastern city of Deir ez-Zor, which resulted in a strike that killed and injured dozens of soldiers, does not look like an honest mistake, Russia’s UN envoy…
At least 29 people have been injured in an explosion in the Chelsea district of New York City, officials say. The cause of the blast late on Saturday remains unclear. Mayor Bill de Blasio described it as “intentional” but said…
Dhaka – A woman’s body was recovered from Padma river in Daulatpur upazila of Kushtia disrict on Saturday night, UNB news agency reported. The deceased could not be identified immediately.
Dhaka – BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia along with her family members went to Madinah from Makkah on Saturday to offer fateha at the Rawaja Mubarak (grave) of Prophet Mohammad (pbuh), UNB news agency reported.
Dhaka – An accused in a schoolboy murder case was killed in a reported gunfight with members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) at Gobindopur village in Damurhuda upazila of Chuadanga district early Sunday, UNB news agency reported.