Dhaka – The Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Court of Dhaka on Wednesday placed two Biman Bangladesh Airlines officials on a five-day remand afresh in the case filed in connection with the emergency landing of the VVIP place carrying Prime Minister…
Dhaka – Stating that the President and the Prime Minister gave different statements over dialogue with political parties, BNP on Wednesday doubted whether there is going a cool relationship between the Bangabhaban and the government.
Dhaka – Bangladesh are likely to be without captain Mushfiqur Rahim in the 2nd Test against New Zealand at Christchurch starting on Friday.Mushfiqur, the number one wicketkeeper and also an important batsman for the Tigers, has been advised not to…
Dhaka – Touring South African Women’s Cricket team clinched the five-match ODI series 3-1 with one match to spare outplaying Bangladesh Women’s by 94 runs in the 4th match at Sheikh Kamal International Cricket Stadium in Cox’s Bazar on Wednesday.The…
Dhaka – A court here on Wednesday convicted a young man and sentenced him to death for killing his father in 2010.The court also fined the convict, Mozaharul Islam, 30, of Mahatpara village in Baliadangi upazila, Tk 10,000.
Dhaka – Tongi Krira Chakra secured a 3-0 victory over Shantinagar Club in the Saif Power Tec Dhaka Metropolis 2nd Division Football League at Birshreshtha Shaheed Sepoy Mohammad Mostafa Kamal Stadium on Wednesday.
A lift at Chittagong hospital has fallen, injuring two persons.The elevator at Chattagrqam Maa-O-Shishu Hospital at Agrabad’s CDA area fell around 6:45pm on Wednesday.The two injured persons were being treated at the hospital’s emergency ward, Fire Service official Jashim Uddin…
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said that the need for South Asia Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) is ‘not yet over’.”The SAARC is still needed. The eight-nation regional body is very much alive and I think it can work for…
A mobile court on Wednesday sentenced four people, arrested with 700 slaughtered birds of different species from Katenga area in Terokhada upazila on Tuesday, to three-month imprisonment.They are—Saiful Islam, 29, Mushfiq Islam, 22, Alauddin Mollah of Kachikata village and Lacchu,…
The government has decided not to cut fuel price right now as it is on the uptrend on the global market, said State Minister for Power and Energy Nasrul Hamid on Wednesday.”No fuel price adjustment right now as the price…
Describing water as a wealth, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday said it can no longer be a free input and infinite resource to production or development.“Water can no longer be a free input and infinite resource to production or…
The Council of Foreign Ministers of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) will discuss ‘genuine steps’ on Thursday in Kuala Lumpur what the OIC and the international community should take to address the root causes of violence in the Rakhine…
The member of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) in a drive arrested a man with 445 bottles of contraband phensidyl from Uthali village under Jibannagar upazila of the district yesterday. The arrested was Kofiluddin, 50, a resident of the village. A…
You may be surprised to learn that stress has been associated with increased risk of diabetes. In January last year, a study published in JAMA Psychiatry found that women with symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) – a condition triggered…
As Iraqi forces fight to retake the northern city of Mosul from Islamic State, an artist in nearby Erbil is chiseling at clay in a tiny, unheated studio to recreate historic Assyrian monuments destroyed by the group. Ninos Thabet, an…
An Indian court on Wednesday acquitted Bollywood superstar Salman Khan of using unlicensed firearms to kill protected wildlife almost two decades ago. Khan, 51, has now been acquitted in three out of four cases filed against him for hunting rare…
Curling up with a paperback may be a forgotten luxury for many thanks to today’s busy lifestyles, but listening to a book on the go, while shopping or jogging, is fast becoming the new norm. Gone are the cumbersome cassette…
The dollar tumbled Tuesday after President-elect Donald Trump said the American currency was too strong, while the pound rallied after British Prime Minister Theresa May released her Brexit blueprint. The fluctuations in foreign exchange came as most larger equity markets…
The outgoing Barack Obama administration announced Tuesday a contribution of half a billion dollars to the UN Green Climate Fund, just three days before Donald Trump takes over the White House. The $500 million payment, announced by State Department spokesman…
Geneva (Kanaga Raja) — The prices of key food commodities fell for the fifth consecutive year in 2016, averaging 161.6 points for the year as a whole, a decline of 1.5 percent from the previous year, the UN Food and…
Dhaka – Kader Siddiqui’s petition challenging a High Court verdict scrapping his nomination for the 2015 Tangail-4 by-polls has been rejected by the Appellate Division.
Four other Palestinians wounded as Israeli police conduct demolition raid in the Negev desert village of Um Al Hiran.
Agreement reached after three days of talks in Moscow paving the way for the formation of a new National Council. The Fatah-dominated Palestinian Authority (PA) has agreed to form a unity government with rival organisation Hamas, Al Jazeera has learned.
A former Apprentice contestant who accuses US President-elect Donald Trump of sexual assault has filed a defamation lawsuit against him.
President Barack Obama has commuted Chelsea Manning’s sentence for leaking documents to Wikileaks in 2010. The 29-year-old transgender US Army private, born Bradley Manning, will be freed on 17 May instead of her scheduled 2045 release. She was sentenced to…
Beijing, Jan 18 (AP/UNB) — U.S. companies feel less welcome in China and some are shifting operations to other countries, a business group reported Wednesday, amid rising tension between President-elect Donald Trump and Beijing over trade.
Dhaka, Jan 18 – A court in Chittagong on Tuesday sentenced three Agrani Bank officials and six businessmen to five years’ imprisonment each in a case for embezzling Tk 75 lakh.
AKM Moinuddin, UNB Staff Writer Dhaka, Jan 18 – Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s New Delhi visit might be delayed further though officials from Dhaka and New Delhi are taking necessary preparations keeping February in mind. Indicating further delay, an official…
Dhaka – Police recovered the throat-slit body of a ‘kirtania’ (devotional singer) from Pithavog village in Rupsha upazila in Khulna on Tuesday night.The deceased was identified as Prafulla Biswas, 60, a resident of Pithabhog village.Jiaul Hoque, officer-in-charge (investigation) of Rupsha…
Dhaka — Spanish club Sporting Gijon says Abelardo Fernandez will not continue as its coach.The announcement was made Tuesday, two days after a 3-2 home loss to Eibar, with Sporting in the Spanish league’s relegation zone.