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…
Month: March 2017
Tarik Anam Khan resumes acting
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…
Diabetes alert! If your kid watches TV for over 3 hrs, she may be at risk
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,…
Green grass of New Zealand delights South Africa
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…
Adaptation to climate change in agriculture sector laudable
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-,…
Stocks inch up despite lower transaction
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 names post-spinoff management tea
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…
Disney’s lucrative live-action production line rolls on
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…
4 ‘criminals’ killed in gunfight with police in Meherpur
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…
Chelsea beats United, sets up FA Cup semifinal vs Spurs
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…
Kerber survives 3-set marathon at hot Indian Wells
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…
‘JMB’ man held in Pabna
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
Crackdown in Chuadanga; 27 held
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…
Stalker kills youth at Nawabganj
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…
Networking project launched to empower girls in science
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…
South Asia Poverty Report 2016 Launched in Colombo
South Asia Alliance for Poverty Eradication (SAAPE) has launched its fifth triennial Poverty Report in Colombo, Sri Lanka on 10 March, 2017 at the Women’s Education and Research Centre. Dinushika Dissanayake, Executive Director of Law & Society Trust (LST), Colombo,…
Atlas Copco mourns the death of Jeanette Livijn
Stockholm, Sweden, March 14: Atlas Copco regrets to inform that Jeanette Livijn, Senior Vice President Organizational Development and member of the Group management, died yesterday after a longer fight against a severe disease. Jeanette Livijn began her Atlas Copco career…
Stalker kills youth at Nawabganj, Dhaka Monday night
Dhaka, Mar 14 – A young man was beaten to death allegedly by a stalker at Paschim Sonabaji in Nawabganj upazila Dhaka on Monday night as he reportedly protested the harassment of his niece.
Flights scrapped, schools closed as strom hits New York
New York, Mar 14 (AP/UNB) — A powerful nor’easter is beginning to lash the mid-Atlantic and the Northeast prompting flight cancellations, school closures and warnings from New York city and state officials to stay off the roads.
Tigers’ Centenary Test Wednesday in Colombo
Wahid Ullah Bakul, UNB Staff Writer Dhaka, Mar 14 –Bangladesh Cricket Team will step toward a milestone of playing their historic 100th Test match in the 2nd Test of the two-match Joy Bangla Cup Series taking on hosts Sri Lanka…
Khaleda told to appear in court March 28 on 11 cases
Dhaka, Mar 14 – A court here on Tuesday asked BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia to appear before it on March 28 in connection with 10 cases attack on cars, and one of sedition for her reported remarks about the number…
Four suspected criminals killed in Meherpur ‘gunfight’
Dhaka, Mar 14 – Four suspected criminals were killed in a reported gunfight with police at Nurpur intersection in Sadar upazila of Meherpur early Tuesday.
Parliament gives May power to begin EU exit
London, Mar 14 (AP/UNB) — Britain lurched closer to leaving the European Union Monday when Parliament stopped resisting and gave Prime Minister Theresa May the power to file for divorce from the bloc. But in a blow to May’s government,…
‘UN rights panel divided on best Myanmar probe path’
Geneva, Mar 14 (AP/UNB) — A U.N. expert on Myanmar says she’s “disappointed” at the lack of “appetite” at the Human Rights Council to back her call for the creation of Commission of Inquiry into alleged crimes against the Rohingya…
Dinajpur Pir, asdopted daughter shot dead
Dhaka, Mar 13 – A so-called Pir and his adopted daughter were shot to death and slaughtered by unidentified miscreants at Hatrampur in Bochaganj upazila -of Dinajpur on Monday evening.
‘Hasina’s visit to yield results, no say on RAW remark’
He’s unaware of any defence cooperation deal Dhaka, Mar 13 – The much-talked-about upcoming visit of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to India will certainly have ‘outcomes’, says Indian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Harsh Vardhan Shringla.
Heavy penalty mulled for weight-measure tampering
Dhaka, Mar 13 – The Cabinet on Monday approved the draft of ‘The Standards of Weights and Measures Bill, 2017’, raising the amount of fine for cheating in weight and measurement. The approval was given at the regular weekly meeting…
Dhaka flyover girder collapse kills one injures 2
Dhaka, Mar 13 – A man was killed and two others, including a construction engineer, were injured as a concrete girder of the under-construction Malibagh-Mouchak flyover collapsed on Malibagh level-crossing in the city early Monday.
Don’t take extra tuition fees, Viqarunnisa school asked
Dhaka – The High Court yesterday asked authorities concerned of Viqarunnisa Noon School and College in Dhaka not to collect extra tuition fees from its students for the next one year.
Economists want ’employment budget’ in National budget
Dhaka – The BIDS experts demanded an “employment budget” to be included in the budget for the coming 2017-2018 fiscal to increase the employment growth in the formal sector. The new national budget for 2017-18 is expected to be placed…