Dhaka – A court here on Tuesday placed 17 suspected members of banned militant outfits Hizb ut-Tahrir, Hizb ut-Tawhid and Ahle Hadith, arrested from different parts of the port city, on a two-day remand.Metropolitan Magistrate Harunur Rahid passed the order…
Dhaka– A miscreants stormed into the classroom and beat a female schoolteacher at Dengapara in Patiya upazila in Chittagong on Tuesday following refusal of his love affair, breaking her two hands and the left leg.The victim is Misfa Sultana, 25,…
Dhaka – Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) and Asian Cricket Council (ACC) on Tuesday announced the itinerary of the Emerging Teams Asia Cup 2017 beginning in Bangladesh on March 27. Eight Asian teams, divided in two groups, will compete in the…
Dhaka – Bangladesh Premier League champions Dhaka Abahani Limited made a frustrating start in group E match of the AFC Cup 2017 after conceding 0-2 goals defeat against Maldives champions Maziya Sports and Recreation Club (S&RC) in their home match…
Dhaka – Host Feni District earned a comfortable 6-0 goals victory against Khagrachhari District on the 6th day of the Under-18 National Football Championship in Feni on Tuesday.Result of the day’s matches Gopalganj Venue:Bagerhat 3 (Salahuddin 3, Maruf 7, 18)…
Dhaka- Bangladesh must look to overcome its recent dismal form, through three series overseas, and particularly with the bat to make its 100th Test an occasion to celebrate against Sri Lanka starting at P Sara Oval, Colombo on Wednesday.The 2nd…
Dhaka – Bangladeshi wicketkeeper Litton Kumar Das has been ruled out of the 2nd Test against Sri Lanka beginning on Wednesday at P Sara International Stadium in Colombo as he suffered an injury on Tuesday.Litton was struck by a ball…
Dhaka – Leaders of Jessore Tax BAR Association have demanded a separate tax zone in Jessore for the tax payers of 11 tax circles in Jessore and Kushtia.The association made the demand at a press conference held at Jessore Press…
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will pay her 4-day official visit to India from April 7 to 10. During her visit, the Prime Minister will hold an official talk with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi on April 8,…
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday again urged the country’s people to cast their votes in favour of Awami League and its symbol ‘Boat’ in all the future elections for the continuation of development activities. “Awami League means development, so…
State Department staffers have been instructed to seek cuts in excess of 50 percent in U.S. funding for U.N. programs, signaling an unprecedented retreat by President Donald Trump’s administration from international operations that keep the peace, provide vaccines for children,…
The court issued a complicated judgement Tuesday on two cases, involving a veil-wearing software engineer in France and a headscarf-wearing receptionist in Belgium, centered on the EU-wide law known as the anti-discrimination or equal treatment Directive 2000/78. “An internal rule…
Dhaka – The Metropolitan Sessions Judge’s Court of Dhaka on Tuesday deferred charge framing in 11 cases including one of sedition against BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia to March 28. Judge Kamrul Hossain Molla of the court passed the order…
There is no any syndicate in Bangladesh in sending workers to Malaysia—but there in Malaysia may have such syndicate, expatriates’ welfare and overseas employment minister Nurul Islam said yesterday. Besides, the minister has also rejected the TIB report that published…
BIDS experts urged the government for budgetary allocation to create jobs in formal sector as the recent trend shows the formal sector job is declining in comparison to informal sector. Senior Visiting Fellow of CDER Rizwanul Islam said “During the…
Joni Sledge, the singer best-known for the disco anthem We Are Family, has died aged 60. Sledge, who formed Sister Sledge with her three siblings in 1971, was found unresponsive by a friend at her home in Phoenix, Arizona, her…
Culture Desk Tarik Anam Khan will start working for a new film from today. He has already joined the filming crew at the shooting location at an Ansar Camp in Munshiganj. The veteran actor-cum-director has taken a very short break…
Children aged 9-10 years, who consistently spend three or more hours watching TV, using computers and smartphones, are at high risk of developing diabetes, says a study. The findings, published online in the journal of Archives of Disease in Childhood,…
After four days of rain the covers were peeled off the Basin Reserve wicket on Tuesday and to South Africa’s delight it was green ahead of the second Test against New Zealand. The greener the better in Wellington has been…
Experts have lauded the success already achieved by Bangladesh in adapting to adverse impacts of climate change in the agriculture sector to keep cereal crop production increasing for ensuring national food security. “The success achieved by farmers in cultivating flood-,…
Stock markets closed on Tuesday marginally up despite lower transaction on higher activities of some large-cap securities. Bank and engineering were the major advancing sectors while the major lagging sectors included financial institutions, textile and insurance. DSEX, the major index…
Yahoo said Monday that board member and former internet executive Thomas McInerney would lead the business that remains after the sale of its core assets to Verizon is completed. The internet pioneer said the sale of its main operating unit…
In the early 1990s, Disney began scouring its back catalog for animated classics that it could turn into live-action remakes—a strategy that has so far netted almost $4 billion. The latest offering, “Beauty and the Beast,” hits theaters on Friday…
Dhaka – Four suspected criminals were killed in a reported gunfight with police at Nurpur intersection in Sadar upazila in Meherpur early Tuesday. The deceased were identified as Saddam Hossain, 25, Ramesh, 24, Sohag, 27, and Kanon, 25, residents of…
Dhaka— Chelsea prevailed over Jose Mourinho’s forceful, spoiling tactics to end Manchester United’s FA Cup defense and set up a semifinal derby with Tottenham.On another gloomy return to Stamford Bridge for Mourinho, United’s aggressive attempts to neutralize Eden Hazard backfired…
Dhaka — Poised to return to the top spot in next week’s world rankings, Angelique Kerber narrowly avoided an upset at the BNP Paribas Open on Monday.Kerber outlasted Pauline Parmentier of France 7-5, 3-6, 7-5 in the third round when…
Dhaka – Police arrested a suspected member of the banned militant outfit Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) from Gopalpur area in Sadar upazila headquarters in Pabna early Tuesday.UNB agency
Dhaka – Police in a special drive arrested 27 people from different areas of the district on various charges.Acting police super of the district Belayet Hossain said they carried out the drive from Monday night to Tuesday morning in different…
Dhaka- A young man was beaten to death allegedly by a stalker at Paschim Sonabaji in Nawabganj upazila in Keraniganj on Monday night as he reportedly protested the harassment of his niece.The deceased was identified as Bhakta Chandra Sarker, 22.UNB…
The project aims to engage young girls in high schools and universities It will provide young girls with internship opportunities and career guidance Experts say the initiative could prepare future champions of drug regulation ACCRA – Africa needs to nurture…