Dhaka – Four persons including two women allegedly committed suicide at different parts of Tongi, today.”Two women, Marjina Akter Ria, 35, and Sonia Akter, 20, and a rickshaw-puller, Mazharul Islam and an unidentified teenage boy allegedly committed suicide at Jhinu…
Dhaka- A court here today sentenced a man to life term imprisonment for killing his wife in Sadar Upazila of the district.District and Session Judge Md. Mizanur Rahman pronounced the verdict convicting Roman Mian, son of Farid Mian of village…
Dhaka – A total of 1,750 kilograms high yielding jute seeds were distributed free of cost among one thousand small and marginal farmers of Gurudashpur upazila in Natore today.Agency
Rangpur – A truck driver and his assistant were arrested with 100-kilogram smuggled ganja from the Teesta Road Bridge Toll Plaza point on the Kurigram-Rangpur highway under Sadar upazila in Lalmonirhat district today.The arrested are truck driver Rabiul Islam, 35,…
Dhaka — Lokesh Rahul and Ajinkya Rahane put on a whirlwind third-wicket partnership as India romped to an eight-wicket win over Australia in the fourth cricket test here on Tuesday.After resuming on 19-0, the reached their target at 106-2 in…
Dhaka – The 2nd ODI of the three-match series between Bangladesh and Sri Lanka was abandoned due to heavy rain at Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium on Tuesday.The rain started after the Lankan innings at around 7.40pm (Bangladesh time) and subsequently…
Dhaka – A man was killed and eight others were injured as a three-wheeler hit a roadside tree at Kadamtala in Sreepur upazila on Tuesday morning.UNB agency
Dhaka – Detectives on Thursday night arrested nine people, including a college principal, for their alleged involvement in circulating and selling fake question papers of admission tests on Monday night.UNB agency
Dhaka – All-rounder Nasir Hossain hit unbeaten 109 in Bangladesh Under-23s’ 83-run win against Nepal in their 2nd Group B match of the ACC Emerging Teams Cup at Sheikh Kamal International Cricket Stadium Academy Ground in Cox’s Bazar on Tuesday.With…
Dhaka – Pacer Taskin Ahmed claimed a hat-trick as hosts Sri Lanka posted 311 runs against the Tigers in the 2nd match of the three-match ODI series at Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium on Tuesday.Taskin took the scalps of Asela Gunaratne,…
Engagement of rural women entrepreneurs in the growing handloom and cottage industry has been enhancing rural economy by cutting poverty through increasing production of quality products. The opinion came at the inaugural ceremony of a three-day ‘Textile and Cottage Industries…
U.S. researchers said Monday they have successfully developed a blood test that can rapidly diagnose and quantitate the severity of active Tuberculosis (TB) cases, an important advance in the fight against the major global health threat. “In the current frontlines…
Culture Desk A three-day Swadhinata Utsab organised by Sammilita Sangskritik Jote was held simultaneously at Central Shaheed Minar and Rabindra Sarobar in the capital. Sammilita Sangskritik Jote president Golam Kuddus inaugurated the festival on March 24 at Central Shaheed Minar…
Scientists have located an impact crater linked to powerful tsunamis that swept across part of ancient Mars. The team believe an asteroid triggered 150m-high waves when it plunged into an ocean thought to have existed on northern Mars three billion…
Sanjay Dutt, who is currently shooting for Bhoomi in Agra, was spotted by locals at Salim Chisti’s dargah. The actor was clad in casuals as he seeked blessings and offered a chadar at the dargah. Sanjay spent a good amount…
Dhaka – A Dhaka court has sentenced five to death for the murder of photojournalist Aftab Ahmed during a robbery in Dhaka’s Rampura.
By Mahfuzur Rahman Dhaka, Mar (IPS) – Breaking taboos surrounding menstruation, a project to distribute sanitary napkins to girls in one district of Bangladesh has had a positive impact on school dropout rates – and should be replicated in other…
By Baher Kamal Rome, Mar 27 (IPS) – For over 400 years, more than 15 million men, women and children were the victims of the transatlantic slave trade, one of the darkest chapters in human history. Slavery is, nevertheless, far…
A new study has found that low pesticide use rarely decreased productivity and profitability on arable farms. Researchers from the French National Institute for Agricultural Research assessed whether herbicides, fungicides and insecticides were associated with productivity or profitability in 946…
Dhaka – Fiver bodies have been recovered early Tuesday as a passenger trawler carrying about 100 persons capsized in river Panguchi in Bagherhat district on the southwestern part of Bangladesh.
A powerful cyclone carrying winds of up to 263km/h (163 mph) has made landfall in Queensland, Australia. Cyclone Debbie, a category four storm, has left at least 45,000 homes without power and damaged buildings, although it is too early to…
Dhaka — Bonded by an air crash which killed 71 people in November, Brazilian club Chapecoense and Colombia’s Atletico Nacional said they will play a South American cup final next week.The first leg of the Recopa Sudamericana final, between the…
Dhaka — A Brazilian football fan has died after falling 25 meters from the top of Morumbi Stadium in Sao Paulo onto a parking lot.The height is equivalent to an eight-story building.AP/UNB agency
Dhaka— A maiden half century by all-rounder Colin de Grandhomme helped New Zealand extend its lead over South Africa to 175 runs before its first innings ended at tea on day four of the third cricket test on Tuesday.De Grandhomme…
Dhaka – Police arrested two alleged drug peddlers along with 65 liters of liquor from Nidanpur in Beanibazar upazila in Sylhet on Monday. UNB agency
Dhaka — A powerful cyclone lashed islands, damaged roofs and cut power on Tuesday as it edged toward Australia’s tropical northeast coast, officials said.Category 4 cyclone Debbie brought winds gusting to 250 kilometers per hour (155 miles per hour) and…
Dhaka – Archive 1971 with sponsorship of Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited inaugurated the documentary film on liberation war on 27 March 2017, Monday at the National Theater Hall of Bangladesh Shilpokola Academy, Dhaka. Dr. Moshiur Rahman, Economic Adviser to Prime…
Dhaka – Chief Justice SK Sinha yesterday (Monday) assigned a High Court bench to hear three appeals in a 25-year-old corruption case filed against Jatiyata Party Chief HM Ershad.
Dhaka – The High Court Division of the Supreme Court Monday fixed April 2 to declare its verdict on the appeals filed by the convicts in the murder of blogger Ahmed Rajib Haider.
Dhaka – The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Monday adjourned the hearing on a petition filed about the process of holding election to the Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI) till 30 March.