Rajshahi – Commemorating the martyrdom of former Chemistry department teacher of Rajshahi University (RU) Professor Dr. Shamsuzzaoha, the Teachers’ Day was observed on the campus on Saturday with due solenmity. The day’s programme began with hoisting black flags atop the…
Dhaka – Bus owners and workers called off their strike on all routes of three southern districts– Patuakhali, Barguna and Barisal –after two days as they had a fruitful meeting with the local administration on Friday night.Golam Mostafa Kislu, president…
Dhaka – Police recovered the throat-slit body of a Kabiraj (herbal medicine practitioner) from his house at Jagannathpur village in Kasba upazila in Brahmanbaria on Saturday morning.The deceased was identified as Farid Miah, 47, son of late Abdur Razzak.
Dhaka – Bangladesh Women’s Cricket team will play host Sri Lanka in their 3rd and last Super League match at the Nondescripts Cricket Club Ground, Colombo on Sunday.The match will begin at 10:30am Bangladesh time.This a must-win game with better…
Dhaka – The National Youth Volleyball Championship, organised by Bangladesh Volleyball Federation, will begin on Sunday at seven zonal venues throughout the country. Thirty six districts and one institution, split into seven zones, will take part in the first phase…
Dhaka — Police say a passenger bus has flipped over on an Andean highway in Argentina, killing 19 of the 42 people aboard.Another 23 people were injured.There were 40 passengers and two drivers on the vehicle.
Dhaka – Four people were killed and 17 others injured in a collision between a bus and a truck near Bangabandhu Bridge West Zone in Kamarkhanda upazila in Sirajganj on Saturday afternoon.One of the deceased was identified as Liton,30, of…
Chittagong – Bangladesh Premier League champions Dhaka Abahani Limited made a frustrating start in the Sheikh Kamal International Club Cup Football after conceding 0-1 goal defeat against TC Sports Club of Maldives at MA Aziz Stadium in the port city…
Dhaka – Bangladesh Women’s team captain Zannat Zebin Hia’s record highest five goals helped her side to a smashing start in the 4th Roll Ball World Cup, with an 8-2 victory against Nepal at the Shaheed Suhrawardy Indoor Stadium in…
Dhaka – The 4th round of the four-day first class Bangladesh Cricket League (BCL) begins on Sunday at two different venues.Walton Central Zone will play Islami Bank East Zone at Khan Saheb Osman Ali Stadium in Fatullah while Prime Bank…
Dhaka – South Korea club Pocheon Citizen FC made their winning start in the 2nd edition of the Sheikh Kamal International Club Cup football with 2-0 victory against FC Alga Bishkek of Kyrgyzstan in the eight-team tournament opener at MA…
While the three-big-meals-a day is common and convenient, exam time requires a slow but steady flow of energy to the body and hence, having frequent smaller meals is a good idea. “Even a slight, involuntary feeling of hunger can break…
Saif Ali Khan is a doting father. Recently in an interview with a leading daily, he spoke lovingly about Sara. “I am like her friend, philosopher and guide. I don’t want to control her, because it is not like one…
Entertainment Desk A four day long film festival of Bangladeshi films will begin in Kolkata from February 21. The festival will be inaugurated by veteran film director Goutam Ghose. Bangladeshi filmmakers Morshedul Islam and Munira Morshed Chowdhury will also attend…
Manoj Bajpayee’s first home production film, Missing with Tabu is finally ready and now the actor is planning to release it this summer. The actor has co-produced this film with friend Neeraj Pandey. Talking about the film he says, “It’s…
Shares in troubled conglomerate Toshiba dived again Friday as Standard & Poor’s warned it may cut its credit rating while a possible saviour of the Japanese firm’s loss-hit nuclear unit reportedly ruled out any rescue deal. Investors have sliced more…
A shark badly mauled a man spearfishing Saturday in northern Queensland leaving him in serious condition after friends saved his life by pulling him aboard their boat, the ambulance service said. The 26-year-old suffered severe blood loss with multiple bites…
There are lots of huge costly posters here there mostly depicting development of Bangladesh on those. It is noticed by everybody. The advocacy of development is such as if Bangladesh has got the Lamp of Aladin.
Dhaka, Feb 18 – The government has finally decided to build a complete elevated expressway over the existing Dhaka-Chittagong Highway shelving its previous plan to construct an at-grade six-lane expressway. The decision was finalised as Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has…
Dhaka, Feb 18 – A new species of — Sykes’s Nightjar — has been spotted for the first time in Bangladesh showing a change in its distribution range. Sykes’s Nightjar (Caprimulgus mahrattensis), is a semi-desert species of bird, is generally…
A pilot project aimed at helping thousands of undocumented workers in Bahrain regularise their status will be launched in April, according to a senior official.
Dhaka – Mahershala Ali’s universe is expanding, personally and professionally. After almost 20 years as an actor, he’s attending his first Academy Awards as a star of two of its best picture nominees: he’s Taraji P. Henson’s love interest in…
Dhaka- Paulo Dybala orchestrated his former side’s destruction as Juventus beat relegation-threatened Palermo 4-1 to move 10 points clear in Serie A on Friday.Dybala, who also hit the post, scored two and set up another against the side that brought…
Dhaka – Four Bangladeshi women returned home through Benapole check-post on Friday after languishing for two years in an Indian prison.The returnees were identified as Ferdousi Begum, 23, Rima Sheikh, 15, Asma Khatun, 15, and Dipika Rani, 17.The victims hail…
-By Raquib Siddiqi Bangladesh tourism is now at the threshold of a new era. The country is poised to enter global ocean cruise map, ushering the new era in tourism industry.
Masum Billah Morals and values play a significant role in determining the path of an individual. It also helps shape the individual to the type of person he will be in future. Morals guide an individual to the right path…
Princess Raden Dato-Seri Maria Amor Torres, founder and president of “We Care for Humanity (WCH), a US-based non-government global organization, is handing over the third WCH Annual Global Dignity Award to former Bangladesh President and Jatiya Party chairman HM Ershad…
Geneva, 16 Feb (Kanaga Raja) – The United Nations Human Rights Office has launched an appeal of nearly US$253 million in extra-budgetary funding for its work programme in 2017, with the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights lamenting that his…
New York – A community-based seminar on ‘Necessity of Bhasani in Our Movements for Justice and Liberation’ being organised and hosted by the Maolana Abdul Hamid Khan Bhashani (MAKKB) Foundation in New York will be held at Kabab King, 73…