Confronting a fierce protest over a second straight year of all-white Oscar acting nominations, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences said on Friday that it would make radical changes to its voting requirements, recruiting process and governing structure,…
Court Correspondent The Ministry of Home on Sunday gave approval to file a sedition case against BNP Chief Begum Khaleda Zia in connection with her comment about the number of martyrs in country’s war of independence.
Court Correspondent A Dhaka court on Sunday allowed last time for hearing on charge framing in a violence case filed against 74 BNP men including the party’s Acting Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir.
New figures to be released from the World Health Organization show some incredibly alarming statistics on global pollution.
Louis van Gaal admitted the furious reaction of Manchester United supporters to their side’s dismal 1-0 defeat against Southampton was the worst he has experienced in an increasingly turbulent season.Van Gaal’s side failed to score at Old Trafford for the…
World number one Novak Djokovic needed five sets before putting away Frenchman Gilles Simon to reach his 27th consecutive Grand Slam quarter-final at the Australian Open on Sunday.The 10-time Grand Slam champion fought for four hours, 32 minutes before winning…
Foundation stone of the administrative building of Nawabganj Government College was laid on Saturday.Lawmaker of sadar constituency Abdul Wadud laid the foundation stone as the chief guest.
A minor girl was killed in a road accident in Boirampur Zambur Mour point on the Boirampur- Gutirdanga road under Badarganj upazila here today, police sources said. The deceased is Asrifa Begum, 10, daughter of Wasim Ali of village Gutirdanga…
A female SSC examinee reportedly committed suicide by hanging herself in her house at Kalupara village in Tarash upazila on Saturday.The deceased was identified as Sima Roheed, 17, a student of Unkha Paglapeer High School and daughter of Gyanedranath Roheed,…
The district administration has formed a three-member probe committee to investigate the fire incident from a boiler explosion that left six people dead at a tyre factory at Pubail here on Saturday.District administrator SM Alam said the committee, headed by…
Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) in a drive seized five tons of smuggled rock salt from Nabharaon Bazar area on the Benapole- Jessore road in Sadar upazila on Saturday night.Subedar Ayub Hossain of BGB 26 battalion said on secret…
The study by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health suggest a protective advantage to the quintessential female hormone that naturally circulates in women’s bodies, as well as artificial forms given for hormone replacement therapy and estrogen-like…
By Nava Thakuria A near-completion monument in the heart of Guwahati city of northeast India has emerged as an issue of un-ending debates among Assamese academician, writer, journalist and ex-service personalities. While a section of prominent citizens have raised voices…
Real Madrid playmaker James Rodriguez is working hard to get back to top form and remains a key member of the team, coach Zinedine Zidane said on Saturday.Rodriguez was sidelined by a thigh injury while on duty with Colombia in…
A blizzard that has paralyzed much of the US East Coast intensified on Saturday, bringing Washington to a standstill and forcing the closure of roads, bridges and tunnels into New York until Sunday morning.In all, there were at least 19…
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday reassured all the local and foreign investors of her government’s highest level of commitment to quickly facilitate their pragmatic proposals and simplification of investment procedure so that they can make the best use of…
Living legend of Bangla film Abdur Rajjak, known as Nayak Raj Razzak, has turned 75 on Saturday.The versatile actor has won national film awards 5 times for Best Actor, alongside numerous other awards.Born on 23 January 1942 in Kolkata, Razzak…
A habit leaves a lasting mark on specific circuits in the brain, pushing us to feed our cravings, reveals a new study.The study elucidates how habits like sugar and other vices manifest in the brain and refuse to take leave.“One…
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau urged Leonardo DiCaprio to tone down his “inflammatory rhetoric” on climate change saying it was not helping those who have lost their oil-industry jobs.The movie star had told the World Economic Forum in the Swiss…
The United States has proposed creating an “ombudsman” to deal with EU citizens’ complaints about US surveillance as part of talks to clinch a new EU-US data transfer pact, four people familiar with the talks said.Washington and Brussels are racing…
All non-essential travel has been banned in New York, transport suspended and bridges shut as the city is hit by one of its worst snowstorms. Parts of the eastern United States have received 40in (102cm) of snowfall in a huge…
The Baridhara Society of Gulshan organised traditional ‘Pitha Utshob-2016’ (cake festival) and colorful cultural program at the Baridhara Park, Park Road at 6.30pm on Saturday. The programme lasted till late night. Green grass and seasonal flowers matched with the presence…
England, Sri Lanka and Pakistan sealed win in their warm-up matches of the ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup at three venues across the country on Saturday. England beat Namibia by 155 runs at MA Zziz Stadium in Chittagong; Sri Lanka…
Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni won the toss and chose to bowl in the fifth and final one-day international against Australia at the Sydney Cricket Ground on Saturday.India made two changes to the side that lost to Australia in Canberra…
Md Akteruzzaman Liton, Deputy Director of Fire Service and Civil Defence at Gazipur, said the explosion occurred around 4:30pm at Smart Metal and Chemical Industries Ltd in Gazipur city area.He said five people died on the spot.Their identy of those…
Members of the Detective Branch (DB) of police arrested a young man along with a foreign pistol, five rounds of bullets and two magazines from a bus on Rajshahi-Chapainawabganj highway at Bijoynagar in Godagari upazila on Saturday afternoon.The arrestee was…
A minor girl was killed in a road accident in Boirampur Zambur Mour point on the Boirampur- Gutirdanga road under Badarganj upazila here today, police sources said.The deceased is Asrifa Begum, 10, daughter of Wasim Ali of village Gutirdanga Bhatia…
Chittagong district police in a series of overnight drives arrested 87 persons, including a Islami Chhatra Shibir activist, from different upazilas of the district on Friday night.Abdul Awal, Additional Superintendent of Police (Special Branch) of Chittagong district, said police detained…
Nobel Laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus was invited by the Union Finance Minister of India Arun Jaitley for a one-on-one meeting in Davos on Thursday 21 January during the World Economic Forum.
Munir El Haddadi, deployed up front in place of the injured Neymar, fired Barca ahead in the second minute at the Rosaleda Stadium on the south coast after smart work from Luis Suarez.However, the visitors were unable to exert their…