Dhaka- The third phase of AKS Bangladesh Premier League T20 will back in the city on Friday (November 25) with two match billed for the day at home of cricket Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium at Mirpur.On the day’s first match…
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First Div Chess begins
Dhaka- The Marcel First Division Chess League began from today (Wednesday) at Bangladesh Chess Federation hall-room.In the first round games, Access Chess Club beat Debadas Biswas Smirity Sangha by 4-0 points, Mir Chess Club lead by 2-0 points against Agrani…
Silva strike enough for City to advance in Champions League
Dhaka – David Silva’s sole strike before the break was enough for Manchester City to reach the knockout stages of the Champions League with a 1-1 draw at Borussia Moenchengladbach on Wednesday.Both sides finished with 10 men as ‘Gladbach captain…
Messi double guides Barcelona to 2-0 win at Celtic
Dhaka – Lionel Messi steered Barcelona to a 13th straight appearance in the Champions League knockout stage, scoring both goals in a 2-0 win at Celtic as the Spanish team secured top spot in Group C on Wednesday.Messi drove in…
Barca advances as Bayern, City settle for runner-up spots
Dhaka – Failing to top a Champions League group often comes back to bite teams when the competition really gets going in the round of 16.Maybe not this season.Bayern Munich and Manchester City are two high-profile teams who are guaranteed…
2 killed in Jessore road crash
Dhaka – Two people were killed and three others injured in a collision between a bus and a human hauler at Sutighata on Jessore-Manirampur road in sadar upazila in Jessore on Thursday morning.The identities of the deceased are yet to…
5 held with Yaba pills, chemicals in city
Dhaka -Detectives in a drive arrested five people along with huge Yaba tablets, equipment used for manufacturing the drug and huge chemicals from Mirpur area in the city on Wednesday night,UNB News Agency Reported.
‘Robber’ killed in ‘gunfight’ in Barguna
Dhaka – A ringleader of an inter-district robber gang was killed in a gunfight between his cohorts and police at Kalagachhia village in Amtoli upazila in Barguna early Thursday.The deceased was identified as Abdul Jabbar, 50, of the village.Tipped off…
Muslims in Rajasthan village donate abandoned graveyard land for temple
Muslims in Rajasthan’s Sikar district have set a heart-warming example of religious camaraderie by donating land to help build a Hindu temple. Muslims in Kolida donated 2 bighas or 34,848 square feet of land from their abandoned graveyard to the…
Asghar Farhadi on war, peace and writing from the heart
Asghar Farhadi stepped out into the biting winter Tehran air clutching his Oscar, taken aback by the huge crowd waiting at the airport to crown him Iran’s next national hero. Cinema in the Islamic republic had been winning critical plaudits…
Computer glitch blamed for European Mars lander crash
A tiny lander that crashed on Mars last month flew into the Red Planet at 540 kilometres (335 miles) per hour instead of gently gliding to a stop, after a computer misjudged its altitude, scientists said. Schiaparelli was on a…
Peruvian farmer sues German energy giant over climate change
A German court will on Thursday hear a complaint by a Peruvian farmer who accuses energy giant RWE of contributing to the climate change that has caused glacial melting in the Andes, threatening his home and livelihood. Saul Luciano Lliuya…
Bank Asia to pay RMG staff wages online
Bank Asia will pay online the wages and other benefits of the employees and workers of two major apparel factories situated in Gazipur. A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed today between Bank Asia and CARE Bangladesh, an international voluntary…
Another Ashulia match factory fire victim dies at DMCH
Dhaka – Another woman who sustained burn injuries in a fire that broke out at a match factory in Ashulia of Savar upazila on Tuesday died at Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) on Thursday morning. The deceased was identified as…
Khaleda’s trial in Niko graft case to continue
Dhaka – The Supreme Court (SC) on Thursday rejected the leave-to-appeal petition filed by BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia seeking a stay on the trial proceedings in the Niko corruption case against her. A four-member bench of the Appellate Division, led…
Rohingya Muslims flee Myanmar amid deadly attacks
At least 86 people have been killed and 30,000 displaced as violence continues unabated in Myanmar’s Rakhine state. Rohingya Muslims from Myanmar poured into neighbouring Bangladesh this week with some feared drowned after a boat sank in a river during…
Activists for recount as Hillary’s popular vote lead nears 2m
Washington (CNN) Hillary Clinton’s lead in the popular vote is now nearing 2 million votes, approaching the milestone as the campaign begins to hear from scientists who want to see a recount in several states. Clinton lost the Electoral College…
Deadly collapse at Chinese power station kills 40
At least 40 people have been killed when a platform collapsed at a construction site in China’s Jiangxi province. The accident took place at a power plant in Fengcheng where a cooling tower was under construction.
Earthquake off Fukushima, Japan; no tsunami warning
Tokyo (AP/UNB) – A strong earthquake has shaken the same area in Japan hit by a magnitude-7.4 earthquake two days ago. No tsunami warning was issued.
15 shops gutted in Laxmipur fire
Dhaka – Fifteen shops were gutted in a fire that broke out at Poddar Bazar in Sadar upazila of Laxmipur on Wednesday. Fire brigade officials said the fire originated from a gas cylinder at a shop and it soon engulfed…
Suspected robber’ killed in Barguna ‘gunfight’
Dhaka – An alleged ringleader of an inter-district robber gang was killed in a gunfight between his cohorts and police at Kalagachhia village in Amtoli upazila of Barguna early Thursday.
Khaleda’s formula to help President form strong EC: BNP
Dhaka – The opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) on Wednesday said that its chairperson Khaleda Zia’s 13-point proposal will help the President constitute a stronger Election Commission that will not affect his image. “Our proposals will help the President form…
Trump changes his tune on climate change, jailing Hillary
Dhaka (AP/UNB) -President-elect Donald Trump changed his tune on several topics — among them climate change and prosecuting Hillary Clinton — in statements Tuesday to The New York Times and on Twitter. What he’s said in the past and what…
Is cash a monetary curse?
Sudhirendar Sharma A tax regime is incompatible with peoples’ perception of living in a truly democratic society, posing a challenge to balance an individual’s right to privacy with society’s need to enforce regulations! Cash has undoubtedly proven a curse, irrespective…
Seeking the true path
Robert J. Burrowes One of the more subtle manifestations of the intimate link between (unconscious) human emotions and behaviour is illustrated by the simple concept of choice and how this is so often reduced to a dichotomy between two bad…
Remembering André Malraux programmes begin in Dhaka
Dhaka – In commemoration of the 40th anniversary of André Malraux’s passing, under the patronage of the Ministry of Cultural Affairs, Government of Bangladesh and the Embassy of France in Dhaka, Alliance Française and Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy are organizing a…
National Committee calls “March To Dhaka” from 7 divisions
The National Committee to Protect Oil, Gas, Mineral Resources, Power and Ports starts its “March Towards Dhaka” programme on Thursday morning from 7 divisional headquarters – Chittagong, Khulna, Rajshahi, Rangpur, Sylhet, Barisal and Mymensingh – demanding cancellation of the Rampal…
Autopsy report says Diaz committed suicide
Bangladesh Chhatra League central leader Irfan Chowdhury Diaz who was found hanged at his residence in Hathazari upazila had committed suicide, according to autopsy report.
PM went to Sylhet on a day long tour
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina arrived here on Wednesday morning on a daylong tour to attend the flag raising ceremony of the newly formed headquarters of 11 infantry brigade under the 17 Infantry Division at Jalalabad Cantonment.
Ivy resigns as mayor a month ahead of the NCC election
Narayanganj City Corporation (NCC) Mayor Selina Hayat Ivy yesterday tendered her resignation from the mayoral post a month ahead of the NCC elections slated for December 22.