Dhaka – A fire broke out at Hajji Colony in Ghatforhadbeg area in Chittagong on Saturday morning.Duty officer at Chittagong control room of the Fire Service and Civil Defense (FSCD) Rupak Biswas said the fire erupted at the area around…
Year: 2016
Dhaka Abahani further consolidate lead beating BJMC 2-1
Dhaka – Dhaka Abahani Limited further consolidated their lead in the in the 12-team JB Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) Football beating Team BJMC by 2-1 goals at Rafiquddin Bhuiyan Stadium in Mymensingh on Sunday.With the day’s feat, Dhaka Abahani Limited…
Barisal Bulls beat Rajshahi Kings by 4 runs in BPL T20
Dhaka -Barisal Bulls denied Rajshahi Kings top-scorer Sabbir Rahman’s maiden century of 122 runs on the way to its 2nd successive victory with four runs in their 3rd encounters of the 4th Bangladesh Premier League T20 at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket…
BPL T20: Victorians elect to bowl against Titans
Dhaka – Defending champion Comilla Victorians skipper Mashrafe Bin Mortaza won the toss and elected to bowl first against Mahmudullah Riyad-led Khulna Titans in their 3rd match of the 4th Bangladesh Premier League T20 Cricket at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium…
BPL T20: Sabbir hits maiden century
Dhaka – National all rounder and top order batsman of Rajshahi Kings Sabbir Rahman hammered his maiden century in the seven-team franchised based 4th Bangladesh Premier League T20 Cricket against Barisal Bulls scoring 122 runs in their 3rd match at…
Pay Tk 2500 cr to secure bail, SC to 2 Destiny bosses
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court (SC) on Sunday asked two high officials of Destiny Group to deposit Tk 2,500 crore to the government treasury within six months to get bail in two money-laundering cases.The two Destiny officials are…
BNP to stage countrywide demo Monday
Having failed to get permission for holding its rally in the city, BNP on Sunday announced a countrywide demonstration programme for Monday in protest.BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir declared the programme at a press briefing at BNP’s Nayapaltan…
Pay Tk 2500 cr to secure bail, SC tells two Destiny bosses
Dhaka – The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court (SC) asked two high officials of Destiny Group on Sunday to deposit Tk 2,500 crore to the government treasury within six months to get bail in two money-laundering cases. The two…
Ayushmann can’t stop gushing about Parineeti
Entertainment Desk Ayushmann Khurrana and Parineeti Chopra have teamed up for the first time for YRF’s Meri Pyari Bindu. Ayushmann admits he has found a good friend in Parineeti. He even gave us some insight into their cute bond. “She…
Shilpa Shetty’s son Viaan makes TV debut
As you know Shilpa Shetty judges a dance reality show on television along with choreographer Geeta Kapoor and Anurag Basu. Recently, on the show they had finished judging all the contestants when they were informed that there’s one more contestant…
Anh transforms cruise ship sun deck to catwalk
New York – Fashion show production was taken to a whole new level last month when Jessica Minh Anh hosted an impressive sky-high ocean catwalk overlooking New York’s famous skyline. Staged on the sun deck of the German cruise ship…
Thyroid hormone boost may reduce risk of birth complications
According to a new study, increasing the number of pregnant women given a common drug to boost thyroid hormone levels (in the case of women suffering from hypothyroidism, an underactive thyroid disease) may lead to a reduced number of still-births,…
EBEK helps 40,481 families overcoming poverty
The just ended ‘Ekti Bari, Ekti Khamar – One House, One Farm (EBEK)’ project has improved livelihoods of 40,481 poor farm families here bringing them out of the clutches of money lenders as well as vicious cycle of poverty. The…
Govt gives top priority to science, ICT sector: Shahriar
State Minister for Foreign Affairs Shahriar Alam, MP, said the government of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has given top priority to the sector of science education and Information and Communication Technology (ICT) to turn the students and youths into efficient…
Egyptian actor Mahmoud Abdel Aziz dies
Iconic Egyptian actor Mahmoud Abdel Aziz, who starred in more than 90 feature films and worked under some of Egypt’s most celebrated directors, has died aged 70. Aziz died on Saturday evening “in hospital in Cairo, at the end of…
American liberals unleashed the Trump monster
By Jonathan Cook The earth has been shifting under our feet for a while, but all liberals want to do is desperately cling to the status quo like a life-raft. Middle-class Britons are still hyperventiliating about Brexit, and now middle-class…
7 including 5 policemen killed in Bogra van truck collision
Dhaka – Seven people, including five policemen, were killed and five people injured in a head-on collision between a police van and a truck at Mahipur Bazar on Dhaka-Bogra Highway in Sherpur upazila ofBogra district early Saturday.
Street battles rage in Mosul as ISIL counterattacks
ISIL mortars, RPGs, and suicide car bombs target Iraqi forces as urban push meets stiff resistance. ISIL fighters have launched several fierce counterattacks on Iraqi forces in Mosul city, underscoring the intense battle ahead as government troops and their allies…
‘Riggin ironic: More Americans voted for Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton won popular vote, but Donald Trump won election because electoral system doesn’t treat each vote equally William Howell: Trump decried political system as “rigged,” but the system that distorts vote delivered him presidency (CNN)For the past year, Donald…
Hillary Clinton blames her defeat on FBI director
Hillary Clinton has blamed her defeat in the US presidential election on interventions by the FBI director. James Comey’s announcement of a new inquiry into her use of email while secretary of state shortly before election day had stopped her…
Govt must stop misleading campaign on Rampal power plant
Reiterating its demand for cancelling the Rampal Power Plant project, the National Committee to Protect the Sundarbans today called upon the government to stop campaigns of the “controversial project”.
Bomb blast killed 30 & injured over 100 in Balochistan
At least 30 people were killed and 100 were injured on Saturday evening in an explosion at the shrine of Shah Norani in Khuzdar district of Balochistan, reports DawnNews.
Trump: Obamacare key provisions to remain
US President-elect Donald Trump has said he is open to leaving intact key parts of President Barack Obama’s healthcare bill. Mr Trump, who has pledged to repeal the 2010 law, said he will keep the ban on insurers denying coverage…
Dhaka gets $15 million recovered heist money from Manila
Dhaka – Nearly 10 months after losing $101 million in a high-profile heist, Bangladesh on Saturday recouped $15.25 million of the stolen money from authorities in the Philippines, where most of the money ended up.
Behind the curves
Sudhurendar Sharma With gender stereotyping deeply embedded in our society, women’s self-esteem is traditionally assumed to be determined by how they perceive themselves in the eyes of others.
BAU 7 regional conference on poverty eradication begins Sunday
A three-day-long international seminar of Regional Network on Poverty Eradication (RENPER) begins Sunday with a theme of “Advancement in technology for poverty reduction: opportunity and challenges’’ on Bangladesh Agricultural University (BAU). About 141 scientific papers will be presented in 6…
Paris deal’s 1.5oC temprarture target needs immediate govt action
Daphne Davies, LDC News Service Marrakech – As government ministers meet in Marrakech to assess global ambition towards addressing climate change in the near-term, a coalition of social movements, including LDC watch, an umbrella group of NGOs from civil society,…
Amid anti-Trump protests, 1 injured in Oregon shooting
Portland- As protests of President-elect Donald Trump entered another day, police in Portland, Oregon, say one person was shot by a man who had gotten into a confrontation with a protester. Portland police said the person who was shot was…
Ex-U.S. ambassador to Moscow says banned from entering Russia
Moscow (Reuters) – Russia has banned Michael McFaul, a former U.S. ambassador to Moscow under President Barack Obama, from entering the country, McFaul and Russian Foreign Ministry sources said. Russia has a travel ban in place on some U.S. officials…
The Trump effect: Wary climate diplomats ‘wait and see’
The world expects the United States to uphold commitments under the landmark Paris climate treaty despite Donald Trump’s vow to pull out, the incoming head of its UN implementing body told AFP Friday. “The Paris Agreement is here,” Moroccan foreign…