Pukhrayan — (AP/UNB) Rescuers finished searching the last of 14 mangled train carriages that derailed in northern India, killing at least 127 people and leaving about 150 more injured, police said early Monday. The passenger train was about midway through…
Dubai: A Filipina has been judged as the UAE’s best nanny, at the first such award held in the country on Saturday. “This is really an unexpected blessing,” said Lorina Bunio, 29, who had swapped her everyday casual clothes for…
London (AP/UNB) — Without a doubt, Andy Murray will be the No. 1 player in the world for the rest of the year. The Wimbledon champion needed to win the final match of the season to ensure his place at…
Dhaka – President Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday paid homage to members of the Armed Forces, who made supreme sacrifices in the 1971 Liberation War, by placing wreaths at the Shikha Anirban at Dhaka Cantonment in…
Dhaka – Rafsan Hossain Rubel, 25, the prime accused in the Garo woman rape case, made confession to a Dhaka court admitting his involvement in the incident on Sunday.
Dhaka – Hours after the Supreme Court upheld a High Court order granting a six-month bail to him, Awami League MP Abdur Rahman Bodi was released from jail on Sunday night in a case filed for concealing information about his…
Dhaka – Different organisations will work together in Bangladesh to protect the rights of children on the move, or child migrants, under a global campaign – ‘Let’s Play for Change’.
Dhaka – Eight non-governmental organisations working on upholding environment and citizens’ rights on Sunday expressed concern over taking inland vessel mastership and drivership examinations by the officials of different NGOs.
Dhaka – A court in Noakhali on Sunday sentenced two people to death for killing a woman and her son in Noakhali district town in 2009. The condemned convicts are Morshed Alam, 37, husband of victim Ruma Akhter, and his…
Chittagong – A central leader of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) was found hanging at his residence in Hathazari upazila on Sunday night.
Terming ‘meaningless’ the upcoming Zila Parishad polls, Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad on Sunday said his party will not take part in it.
Vowing to ensure cent percent safe water for the country’s people, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday emphasised framing such a strategy paper through which Bangladesh could become a ‘role model’ for the rest of the world for attaining SDG-6…
Bangladesh will not allow anybody to enter its territory illegally as any trespass or influx is a burden for a country, says newly appointed director general of (DG) Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) Maj Gen Abul Hossain.
Defending champions Comilla Victorians suffered their 5th defeat on the trot in the seven-team 4th Bangladesh Premier League conceding a nine-wicket loss to Rangpur Riders at Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium on Friday.
Five mayoral aspirants have so far bought nomination papers to contest the Narayanganj City Corporation (NCC) polls slated for December 22.
The final match and prize giving ceremony of inter-section level three of agriculture faculty cricket tournament was held at Bangladesh Agricultural University (BAU) in Mymensingh on Saturday afternoon.
The Santal people may get back their lands only through the court decision and under due course of law, said deputy commissioner (DC) of Gaibandha district.
Dhaka – BNP on Sunday urged the government to engage in talks with opposition parties over the formation of new Election Commission (EC) taking their chairperson’s 13-point proposal positively. “People want to get rid of repressive acts, unjust and the…
Dhaka, Nov 20 (UNB)- Bangladesh National Hockey team will play Chinese Taipei in their 2nd Group A match of the eight-nation 5th Men’ s Asian Hockey Federation (AHF) Cup Tournament on Monday at the King’ s Park Hockey ground in…
Dhaka – The Supreme Court on Sunday started hearing a leave to appeal petition filed by BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia, seeking a stay in the trial proceedings of the Niko corruption case against her. A five-member bench of the…
Dhaka – Brothers Union Club toppled Arambagh KS beating them by 2-1 goals in the JB Bangladesh Premier League (BPL)Football at the MA Aziz Stadium in the port city of Chittagong on Sunday.With the day’s victory, Gopibagh outfit Brothers Union…
Nearly 200 nations agreed around midnight on Friday to work out the rules for a landmark 2015 global deal to tackle climate change within two years in a new sign of international support for a pact opposed by US President-elect…
Dhaka – Captain Kane Williamson scored 61 as New Zealand reached a target of 105 runs to beat Pakistan by nine wickets in the first cricket test on Sunday and take a 1-0 lead in the two-test series.Leading by 67…
Dhaka – BNP and its associate bodies celebrated the 52nd birthday of their party senior vice-chairman Tarique Rahman with various programmes. Tarique, living in London for ‘treatment’ since 2008, was born on November 20, 1965. Flanked by party leaders and…
Angela Merkel told top members of her party on Sunday that she wants to run for a fourth term as German chancellor in next year’s election, senior party sources told Reuters, after months of speculation about one of the world’s…
Dhaka – A man confessed before a court here on Sunday that he had killed his six-month old daughter at Ghungadia village in the upazila in Beanibazar .Sylhet Metropolitan Magistrate Farzana Shakila recorded the statement of Ujjal Ahmed, father of…
Dhaka – A schoolboy reportedly committed suicide by taking pesticide at Bahirgachi village in Kaliganj upazila on Saturday morning.The deceased was identified as Milon Hossain, 12, a class VII student Bahirgachi Secondary School and son of Badrul Mia of the…
Dhaka – Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) in a drive rescued a young man from a primary school at Sonapur in Chhagalnaiya upazila early Sunday, nearly four hours after his alleged abduction by miscreants,UNB news agency reported.
Stocks extended the gaining streak on Sunday to open week in positive mode when all the market indicators closed the session in green. The stock market also finished last three sessions of previous week upward.The DSEX index of Dhaka Stock…
Dhaka – Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) arrested an alleged arms trader along with one foreign pistol,one magazine and six rounds of bullets from Kalinagar village in Shibganj upazila in Chapainawabgan on Saturday.The arrestee was identified as M Anwar,…