Excessive intake of coffee is likely to reduce the risk of multiple sclerosis (MS), an autoimmune condition affecting the nerve cells, finds a study.The findings, which add to the growing evidence of health benefits of coffee, showed that the higher…
Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) in a drive arrested a Myanmar national along with 9.5 kg gold and Tk 42.58 lakh along Teknaf border on Saturday.Tipped off that most wanted Myanmar national Mong Mong Sen Rakhain was in his…
Bollywood actress Priyanka Chopra’s international TV series “Quantico” has been renewed for a second season.ABC handed out 15 renewals on Thursday, picking up dramas like “Grey’s Anatomy”, “Scandal”, “How to Get Away With Murder”, “Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.”, “Once Upon…
Dhaka – Prime Minister’s Foreign Affairs Adviser Dr Gowher Rizvi has said the long-sought Teesta water sharing deal will soon become a reality and the ball is now in India’s court. “It’s wise to say we’re very, very confident that…
Ruling Bangladesh Awami League presidium member Obaidul Quader said on Saturday that the party is willing neither to discuss the issue of one-eleven political changeover nor to expose the architects of it as, he argued, it might lead things to…
Hosts Bangladesh will lock horns with hot favourites India in the final of the Asia Cup 2016 on Sunday as the Tigers aim to win a major trophy for the first time in their cricket history. The teams did meet…
Dhaka – With increasing digitization and automation of the financial sector, cyber security threats have increased in sophistication with organized crime and state-level actors deploying targeted attacks. Bangladesh remains vulnerable to cyber-attacks because traditional cyber defenses such as anti-virus software…
Mymensingh – Election to the 11-member executive committee of Bangladesh Agricultural University Teachers’ Association (BAUTA) will be held on 8 March. Pro-Awami League teachers’ under ‘Gonotantrik Shikkhok Forum’ and pro-BNP teachers’ under ‘Sonali Dal’ are contesting the election. The voting…
Rajshahi – A total of 896 Schools under the Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education, Rashahi have been ordered to show the cause why they have failed to refund the amount that was taken from the students illegally while filling…
Central Shariah Board for Islamic Banks of Bangladesh organized a daylong workshop on Islamic Banking for Shariah auditors at Mohammad Younus Auditorium of Islami Bank Tower on March 5, 2016. Engineer Mustafa Anwar, Chairman, Islamic Banks Consultative Forum (IBCF) and…
Experts at a roundtable on Saturday stressed the need for reducing the prices of medicine and lowering the tax to import the machineries related to detection and providing treatment to critical diseases. They also urged the government to take step…
Dhaka – BNP founder and late president Ziaur Rahman’s younger brother Ahmed Kamal said Saturday he would form new political party. But he did not announce any possible time of formation of the party. He came with the announcement while…
Food minister Quamrul Islam on Saturday demanded for holding a fresh hearing on the appeal of convicted war criminal and Jamaat leader Mir Quasem Ali after forming a new bench excluding Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha. “I think there should…
Pakistan said Saturday it would send a security team to India next week to survey the situation on the ground before the country’s cricket squad travels to play against their arch-rival during an upcoming India-Pakistan World T20 tie.The teams are…
Mexico’s football federation announced on Friday that it will launch a bid to host the World Cup for a record third time in 2026.The bidding process was suspended last year amid the furore over FIFA’s corruption scandal, but the world…
Key witnesses have “hampered” FIFA’s inquiry into Germany’s bid to host the 2006 World Cup by refusing to give evidence, football’s world governing body said Friday.FIFA said it welcomed a German inquiry into the German campaign which said it could…
Police last night rescued a kidnapped boy and arrested one of the abductors after four days of abduction.The victim was identified as Oshim, 7, son of Ripon Sheikh of village Khalshi under Daulatpur upazila of the district. Nazmul Nishat, Officer-in-Charge…
A total of 10,000 hectares of land have been brought under jute cultivation in five upazilas of the district in the current season.Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) said, farmers cultivated jute on 10,000 hectares of land against the target of…
Eight business establishments were gutted in a devastating fire that broke out at Dolagaon Bazaar under Sadar upazila of the district in the early hours of today.The fire originated from an electric short-circuit of a shop at about 3.30 am…
At least three people have died on the spot after a bus rammed a locally-made three-wheeler at Madaripur Sadar Upazila.The accident occurred on the Dhaka-Barisal Highway at Kalabarhi at around 3pm on Saturday, said Madaripur police’s Assistant Superintendent Moniruzzaman Fakir.Police…
Teens indoctrinated in relationship issues have lower tolerance for aggression and dating violence, says a recent study which observed that healthier dating attitudes can be acquired after even a brief involvement in an anti-violence curriculum.Researchers in the US found that…
After setting a Spanish record 35 matches unbeaten in all competitions, Barcelona coach Luis Enrique is relishing the run-in to the end of the season with his side on course for a second successive La Liga, King’s Cup and Champions…
Rupert Murdoch wed former supermodel Jerry Hall in a low-key ceremony in central London on Friday, the fourth marriage for the media mogul.The 84-year-old executive chairman of News Corp and owner of 21st Century Fox Inc, and Hall, 59, smiled…
The general secretary of ruling Bharatiya Janata Party has said India is not “a big brother” to the “special neighbour” Bangladesh.“We are partners. We are partners in progress, peace and prosperity,” Ram Madhav said in Dhaka on Friday, on his…
Cricket fans have clashed with police in Dhaka’s Mirpur following rumour that tickets for the Asia Cup final between Bangladesh and India were sold out.The Tigers will take on India in the final at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium on…
By Tristan Webb The first part of this series surveyed the wide variety of sanctions put on the DPRK by the UN and the relevant countries. Taken together, the result is a confused mess, where details of prohibited items stretch…
By Olivia Becker and Sarah Mimms Less than 10 minutes into Thursday night’s Republican debate in Detroit, Michigan, Donald Trump, the Republican frontrunner for President of the United States, made a joke about the size of his penis. Trump was…
By VICE News A landmark discovery about the genetic make-up of tumors means scientists believe they have now found a way to get the human immune system to recognize cancer as an enemy and attack it. A team of scientists…
Ramzy Baroud When Arab streets exploded with fury, from Tunis to Sanaa, pan-Arabism seemed, then, like a nominal notion. Neither did the so-called ‘Jasmine Revolution’ use slogans that affirmed its Arab identity, nor did angry Egyptian youth raise the banner…
Dressed in a star-spangled pantsuit covered in sparkles and a monogrammed “H,” Katy Perry belted out a set of her hits—from “Roar” to “Firework”—at a campaign fundraiser for Hillary Clinton held on Wednesday night at Radio City Music Hall. “I’m…