Dhaka – Customs officials seized 60 gold bars, weighing around 6 kg, from a flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport here on Tuesday. Assistant Commissioner (Customs) Shahiduzzaman Sarkar told UNB that a flight of the national…
Dhaka – Criminal Investigation Department (CID) on Tuesday arrested an alleged international human trafficker along with ransom money of Tk 3 lakh from Jatrabari area in the city. The arrested person was identified as Akhter Hossain, 29.
BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia is likely to visit India sometimes in mid March to join World Cultural Festival in New Delhi, according to party sources. The World Forum Ethics in Business and The Art of Living Foundation will jointly organise…
Border Security Force (BSF) of India detained a Bangladeshi farmer in Kamalpur frontier under Shibganj upazil of the district this morning.He was identified as Salim Miah ,27, son of Fazlur Rahman of Shialmara village under Shibganj upazila of the district.
Primary Teachers’ Training Institute (PTI) at Banglabazar area of the town was adjudged as the best PTI in the country in 2015.This judgment came on the basis of performance of departmental activities by the institute.The institute was established in 1964…
Mayor of Rangpur City Corporation (RCC) Alhaj Sarfuddin Ahmed Jhantu has said modern road communication networks are being developed for turning Rangpur into a traffic jam free city.Jhantu, also a valiant freedom fighter, said this while launching road carpeting works…
Chittagong Metropolitan Police in separate drives arrested four persons with three firearms and ammunitions from different areas of the city early today.The detainees were identified as Abul Kashem, 28, Zamal Hossain, 35 and Abul Kalam, 36. They all hail from…
Police recovered the hanging body of a furniture worker from Koitta under Saturia upazila of the district today.The victim was identified as Mintu Sheikh, 14, of Char Ashutoshpur village of Pabna upazila under Pabna district. He was the worker of…
A brilliant half-century from Tariq Stanikzai helped Afghanistan Under-19 team to post their first win of the tournament with a four-wicket win in a low-scoring encounter against Canada Under-19 team held on Monday at the Sylhet International Cricket Stadium. Stanikzai…
Bangladesh Under-19 team recorded an overwhelming 8-wicket victory over Namibia to emerge group A champions in the ICC U19 World Cup held on Tuesday at Sheikh Kamal International Cricket Stadium.Earlier, the young Bangladeshi spinners tore apart Namibian batting lineup, restricting…
The country’s GDP growth finally reached 6.55 per cent in the last fiscal year (2014-15), which is 0.04 per cent higher than the provisional GDP estimation of 6.51 percent, claimed planning minister AHM Mustafa Kamal.The minister said this while talking…
Foreign minister Abul Hassan Mahmood Ali on Tuesday said Dhaka has no plans to sever its diplomatic relations with Islamabad right now.“We’re observing the situation. Time is very important here. We don’t want to do anything right now [cut ties…
Veteran Indian actor Anupam Kher on Tuesday said he has been denied a Pakistan visa for his visit to Karachi for a literature festival for the second time.A Pakistani diplomat in Delhi however said that he has “not submitted” any…
Police released an official of the Pakistan High Commission in Dhaka keeping his colleague as guarantor, hours after his detention at Gulshan police station on Monday.The Pakistan High Commission issued a press statement stating that a team of four to…
The International Crimes Tribunal-1 on Tuesday awarded death penalty to Obaidul Haque Taher and Ataur Rahman Noni for crimes against humanity in 1971 in Netrakona.The three-member ICT, headed by its chairman Justice Anwarul Haque, passed the order in presence of…
Bangladesh bowled Namibia out for 65 and bagged an easy eight-wicket victory in ICC U19 World Cup on Tuesday as the hosts finished the Group A as winners.Winning the toss at Sheikh Kamal International Cricket Stadium at Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh…
The World Health Organization declared a “public health emergency of international concern” Monday over the Zika virus and the health problems that doctors fear it is causing.The agency said the emergency is warranted because of how fast the mosquito-borne virus…
As authorities scramble for effective and advanced ways to counter the increasing number of rogue drones buzzing around our skies, Dutch National Police have come up with something a little more unusual: the mighty eagle.In what Dutch company “Guard from…
Hillary Clinton declared victory early Tuesday morning in a razor-thin contest against Bernie Sanders in Iowa. But Democratic party officials have not yet declared a winner.”Hillary Clinton has won the Iowa Caucus,” the Clinton campaign said. “After thorough reporting —…
The world’s top chefs, restaurateurs and food critics have been paying tribute to Benoit Violier, who was found dead at his home in Switzerland.The 44-year-old’s Swiss restaurant came top of the French La Liste ranking of the world’s 1,000 best…
Texas Senator Ted Cruz has won the Iowa Republican caucuses, in the first vote of the US presidential campaign.”Tonight is a victory for courageous conservatives,” he declared, to great applause, as he railed against Washington, lobbyists and the media.He took…
Bangladesh and India have expressed satisfaction over the progress of implementation of Joint Declaration issued by the Prime Ministers of Bangladesh and Indi in June last year.The expression came when Foreign Secretary Md. Shahidul Haque met with his Indian counterpart…
Embattled Internet pioneer Yahoo will announce job cuts when it releases its quarterly earnings report on Tuesday, according to a report in The Wall Street Journal.Yahoo chief executive Marissa Mayer will lay out a cost-cutting plan that includes chopping 15…
Pregnant women should not travel to Brazil for the Olympics because of the risk posed by the Zika virus, suspected of causing fetal brain damage, President Dilma Rousseff’s chief of staff said Monday.”The risk, which I would say is serious,…
The recent Chennai Flood Disaster of Dec 2015 and the Jammu and Kashmir Flood disaster of Sept 2014 have underlined that Wetlands are important not only for biodiversity & livelihoods of millions, but they are an integral mechanism for flood…
It’s hard to believe that it’s been one year since Bobbi Kristina Brown was found unconscious in a bathtub in her home in Atlanta on Jan 31, 2015.Bobbi Kristina, the daughter of late music legend Whitney Houston and R&B singer…
Zika virus is spread by Aedes Aegypti mosquito which is also responsible for spreading dengue. This mosquito is available in Bangladesh. The concerned departments of the government plus NGOs should undertake program to eradicate Aedes mosquitoes by destroying their breeding…
A news item ‘Age for the entry to BCS exam should be extended up to 35 years’ published in a daily has drawn my attention along with many others’. Obviously, there are some good and bad sides of this proposal.…
Father and daughter from the UK thrown off animal’s back while holidaying on the island of Koh Samui. An elephant on the Thai tourist island of Koh Samui trampled a tourist to death in the latest deadly attack by animals…
UK scientists have been given the go-ahead by the fertility regulator to genetically modify human embryos.It is the first time a country has considered the DNA-altering technique in embryos and approved it.The research will take place at the Francis Crick…