Ten people have died in northern California and scores more have overdosed as an epidemic of street drugs laced with a powerful painkiller sweeps the region. Officials said the cases began emerging in the Sacramento area in late March with…
Year: 2016
If you want to lose weight from running
Health Desk You started running months ago, yet every time you hop on the scale, you’re let down by the results. What gives? While running does burn mega calories, here are some reasons you may not be seeing the weight-loss…
It’s a Boy for Anne Hathaway!
Anne Hathaway officially has the job: She’s a mom! The Intern star welcomed her first child, a baby boy, with her husband, Adam Shulman, on Thursday, March 24, People confirms. The couple have named their son Jonathan Rosebanks Shulman. The…
Padatik’s week-long theatre fest
Showtime Desk Padatik Natya Sangsad, a local theatre troupe, has organised a week-long theatre fest titled Syed Badruddin Hossain Theatre Festival. The seventh edition of the festival pays tribute to the troupe’s founder Syed Badruddin Hossain. The festival, featuring a…
Onek Dame Kena hits cinemas today
Culture Desk Jakir Hossain Raju’s latest directorial venture Onek Dame Kena finally sets to hit cinemas today. Partially based on Charlie Chaplin’s 1931 silent romantic comedy City Lights, the film will be released in 90 theatres across the country, the…
China increases ‘full’ scholarships for Bangladesh students
In 2015, around 1,000 Bangladeshis went to study in China under Beijing’s different sponsorship schemes. In a statement, the embassy in Dhaka said in this academic year, 30 more scholarships would be given as pledged by Vice Premier Liu Yangdong…
Bangladeshi blogger killed in the street
New Delhi – Machete-wielding attackers in the capital of Bangladesh killed a 26-year-old writer Nazimuddin Samad — the sixth secularist writer or publisher to have been killed in Dhaka in the last 14 months.
Rampal plant construction deal this month, hopes power secretary
Dhaka – The EPC (engineering, procurement and construction) contract for the proposed 1320MW coal-fired power plant in Rampal near the Sundarbans will be signed this month, unb news agency reported.
Legality of tenants info gathering, dispose case by 31 May: SC
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Thursday directed a High Court bench to dispose of petition by May 31, which was filed over the legality of collecting information from the tenants by the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP).
Implement convention on tobacco control, Govt urged
Speakers at a view exchange meeting Thursday called upon the government to immediately take effective measures to implement the article 5.3 of the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) to prevent the tobacco companies to influence the anti-tobacco activities.
Sagor-Runi murder probe report submission date re-fixed
The Chief Metropolitan Magistrate of Dhaka on Thursday, once again re-fixed the date for submitting probe report in the Sagor-Runi murder case.
Khaleda asked to appear in court in Zia Trust graft case
A Dhaka court has ordered BNP chief Khaleda Zia to appear before it on April 17 and defend herself in Zia Charitable Trust graft case. Judge Abu Ahmed Jamadar of Dhaka’s Third Special Court issued the order on Thursday when…
30 indigenous crops promoting health, food security
Danielle Nierenberg According to the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), just twelve crops provide 75 percent of the world’s food. Three of these crops, rice, maize, and wheat contribute to nearly 60 percent of the protein and calories obtained…
ACC committee to see if Bangladeshis in Panama Papers list
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) yesterday formed a three-member probe committee to find out as to whether there was any name of Bangladeshi national in leaked Panama Papers on swindling money by influential quarters. Pranab Bhattacharya, public relations officer of the…
‘Panama Papers part of US plot to weaken Russia’
St.Petersburg – President Vladimir Putin on Thursday denied having any links to offshore accounts and described the Panama Papers document leaks scandal as part of a U.S.-led plot to weaken Russia. Putin also defended a cellist friend named as the…
Wolfsburg stuns Real Madrid in Champions League upset
Dhaka – Wolfsburg caused the biggest upset of this season’s Champions League with a 2-0 victory over record 10-time winner Real Madrid in the first leg of their quarterfinal on Wednesday.Making only its second appearance in the competition and playing…
DoE fines four factories Tk 1.4cr
Dhaka – As part of its anti-pollution drive, the Department of Environment has fined four factories a total of Tk 1.40 crore for harming the environment in Dhaka and Narayanganj.
Protect activists as per their wishes, AI tells Dhaka
Dhaka – The Amnesty International has said Bangladesh authorities must ensure that those activists and writers now under threat are effectively protected in accordance with their wishes. The vicious killing of another secular activist in Bangladesh is a grave reminder…
FIFA ethics judge Damiani resigns while under suspicion
Dhaka- Under suspicion in the fallout from the global offshore accounts investigation, Uruguayan lawyer Juan Pedro Damiani resigned as a FIFA ethics judge on Wednesday.Damiani was already under investigation by FIFA ethics prosecutors after being identified on Sunday in a…
I-Cup Football: Fikru hattrick shrinks BJMC
Dhaka – Ethiopian forward Fikru Teferra’s triple strike enabled his side Sheikh Russel KC to defeat Team BJMC in a five-goal thriller in their Group B match of the ongoing KFC Independence Cup at the Bangabandhu National Stadium on Thursday.With…
BAF Tennis: Base Bashar emerge champions beating Base Zaharul
Chittagong – BAF Base Bashar team clinched the Bangladesh Air Force Inter-Base Lawn Tennis title beating BAF Base Zahurul Haque team by 2-0 sets in the final at BAF Base Zahurul Haque Tennis ground here on Thursday.Squadron Leader Zaky Anwar…
Independence Day Tennis opens
Dhaka – The Independence Day Runner Open Tennis Tournament, organised by Bangladesh Tennis Federation (BTF), opened at Ramna National Tennis Complex here on Thursday.State Minister for Youth and Sports Dr Biren Sikder inaugurated the five-day meet in the afternoon.
Independence-Cup Football: Mohammedan beat Uttar Baridhara 2-0
Dhaka – Dhaka Mohammedan SC tasted the first victory in their 2nd match of the KFC Independence Cup Football Tournament beating Uttar Baridhara Club by 2-0 goals in a Group A match at Bangabandhu National Stadium here on Thursday.Traditional Mohammedan…
5 to die for murder in Sunamganj
Sunamganj – A court here on Thursday sentenced five people, including three siblings, to death for killing a man in Tahirpur upazila here in 2006.The condemned convicts were Md Abdur Rahim, son of Md Kachna Miah, three siblings-Ershad Ali and…
20 gold bars seized in Shahjalal Airport
Dhaka – Customs officials seized 20 gold bars weighing two kilograms from a toilet at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport on Thursday morning.
‘Terrorist’ killed in Laxmipur ‘gunfight’ with cops
Laxmipur – An alleged member of a terrorist gang was killed in a ’gunfight’ between police and his associates at Baropol in Sadar upazila early Thursday.Superintendent of police ASM Mahtab Uddin said a team of Chandraganj Police Station arrested Kawsar,…
Bike crash kills 2 in Gopalganj
Gopalganj – The driver and a passenger of a rented motorcycle were killed as a bus crashed into their vehicle at Pathalia on the Dhaka-Khulna highway in Sadar upazila on Thursday morning.Sub-inspector of Sadar Police Station Shah Alam said the…
Pregnant woman killed ‘by husband’ in Jessore
Benapole – A four-month expecting woman was strangulated to death allegedly by her husband over dowry at Bagdah village in Keshabpur upazila of Jessore district early Thursday.Quoting locals, Sub-inspector of Keshabpur Police Station Tariqul Islam said Raich Uddin Gazi used…
Storm-felled tree kills 2 women in Jessore
Benapole – Two women were killed as a tree collapsed on them during a storm that ravaged Abhaynagar upazila of Jessore district on Wednesday night.Officer-in-charge of Abhaynagar Police Station Sheikh Nasiruddin said Laxmirani Mandol,35, daughter of Bhushan Mandol, a resident…
Cricket: Australia to play pink-ball Tests against SAfrica, Pakistan
Dhaka – Australia will play two day-night Tests against South Africa and Pakistan next southern summer in a revamp of home international scheduling, a report said on Thursday.Following the success of the inaugural pink-ball Test against New Zealand in Adelaide…