Dhaka – A fire broke out at Shahjibazar Power Generator Company Limited in sadar upazila in Habiganj, Northwest of Bangladesh capital Dhaka, on Saturday. Jamal Uddin, in charge of Shaistaganj fire service, said the fire broke out as a transformer…
Day: April 1, 2017
At least four minors killed as militants in Nasirpur
Dhaka – Four of the eight bodies recovered by the Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime (CTTC) unit during ‘Operation Hitback’ in Moulvibazar last Thursday were minors.UNB agency
Don’t bring out cars if not essential: BD Home Minister
Dhaka, Apr 1 – Bangladesh Home Minister Asaduzzzaman Kamal urged the city dwellers not to bring out their cars if not essential as the five-day Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) began here on Saturday. Asaduzzaman was talking to reporters…
Federer out-lasts Kyrgios, to meet Nadal in Miami final
Dhaka – Roger Federer held off Nick Kyrgios 7-6 (11/9), 6-7 (9/11), 7-6 (7/5) on Friday to reach the Miami Masters final, where he’ll face old foe Rafael Nadal.
‘Impeccable’ Messi, Pique miss Granada trip
Dhaka – Barcelona boss Luis Enrique claimed Lionel Messi’s behaviour towards referees is “impeccable” despite the Argentine racking up suspensions for club and country.Messi is banned for the first time in five seasons for Sunday’s La Liga trip to Granada…
JU ‘Geospatial Apps in Disaster Management’ int’l confce April 3
Anas Uddin Ovi Savar, Dhaka – The Institute of Remote Sensing (IRS) of Jahangirangar University (JU) is going to organize an international conference on ‘Geospatial Applications in Disaster Management’ on AprilApril 3 at JU Senate hall here on the campus.
75 birds of various species seized at Benapole
Dhaka – The members of Border Guard Bangladesh(BGB) seized 75 birds of various species from Putkhali here while being smuggled to India on Saturday.UNB agency
Anti-militant raids at Moulvibazar, Comilla end: 3 bodies found
M Jahangir Alam & Khairul Ahsan Manik, UNB Correspondents Dhaka Apr 1 – The prolonged raids conducted by law enforcers at Comilla’s Bagmara and Moulvibazar’s Borohat ‘militant dens’ on east and northeast of Bangladesh capital Dhaka ended on Saturday with…
2 held with 15 gold bars at Benapole
Dhaka – Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) arrested two suspected smugglers along with 15 gold bars, weighing 2kg, from Choto Anchra border point here on Saturday morning.
UP member stabbed dead in Laxmipur
Dhaka – A union parishad member was stabbed to death by miscreants in Patwary Haat in Laxmipur on Friday night.
136th IPU meet opens in Dhaka: Tackle terrorism together: PM
Dhaka, Apr 1 – Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday urged the global community to stand against terrorism and militancy as these have been a new alarming sign for the world destroying the peace of human being. “We’ll have…
Bagerhat trawler capsize: Salvage operation called off
Dhaka- The salvage operation launched in search of the missing victims of trawler capsize in Panguchhi river was concluded after about 96 hours on Saturday.Morelganj Upazila Nirbahi Officer (UNO) Md Obaidur Rahman officially called off the operation in the morning…
BD U23 eliminated from final race of Emerging Teams Cup
Dhaka – Bangladesh Under-23s team made the exit from the ACC Emerging Teams Cup conceding a humiliating eight-wicket defeat against visiting Sri Lanka in the semifinal at Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium (ZACS) in Chittagong on Saturday.Sri Lanka U23s chased down…
Tigers surrender tamely in 3rd ODI; series drawn
Dhaka – Bangladesh had to settle for a drawn series after conceding a 70-run defeat against Sri Lanka in the 3rd and last ODI at the Sinhalese Sports Club Ground in Colombo on Saturday. Chasing a target of 281 runs,…
HSC, equivalent exams to begin Sunday
Dhaka- This year’s Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) and its equivalent examinations will begin across the country on Sunday.The written examinations will end on May 1 while the practical tests will be held from May 16 to May 25.
New population of rare tigers found in Thailand
A new breeding population of the critically endangered Indochinese tiger has been found in a national park in eastern Thailand, conservationists say. Camera traps discovered a small population with at least six cubs in the jungle. Poaching and the loss…
James to playback in Satta
Entertainment Desk James is returning with a new playback song after a long hiatus. The “Guru” of Bangladeshi music has voiced a number titled, “Tor Premete” for Hasibur Raza Kallol’s upcoming movie Satta. Featuring the ‘King Khan’ of Bangladeshi cinema,…
Aamir Khan to sign a 20 crore deal
Aamir Khan’s Dangal has created history and made the maximum money at the box-office. When Shah Rukh Khan and Aamir had met Netflix CEO Reed Hastings at SRK’s house recently, the picture and the news had gone viral immediately. Not…
AbRam Khan dressed as Spiderman
Shah Rukh Khan’s little cherub AbRam Khan is already a celebrity in his own right. SRK took to Twitter to share this adorable click of AbRam dressed as the superhero Spiderman and looks like being the cutest person in the…
Shahriar for giving importance to science education
Highlighting enormous aspects of expanding science education towards building digital Bangladesh State Minister for Foreign Affairs Shahriar Alam has called for giving highest importance to it in country’s advancement journey. “This is the high time to build science-based skilled and…
Google, Amazon eye Toshiba’s chip unit
Google and Amazon joined a list of potential buyers eyeing Toshiba’s lucrative memory chip business as the Japanese conglomerate seeks bidders to cover huge losses, a newspaper said Saturday. Toshiba has reportedly completed the first round of bidding for its…
Ollo to invest $20m for 4G LTE rollout: CEO
Broadband Wireless Access (BWA) service operator Ollo plans to invest over US$ 20 million for 4G LTE (long term evaluation) network expansion in Bangladesh. “We would make immediate investment of US$ 5 million for LTE network expansion in Dhaka and…
20 BD students to get Russian scholarship for higher nuke eng study
Dhaka – This year, at least 20 students from Bangladesh will receive scholarship for higher education in Russia in the field of nuclear engineering. The scholarships are given under the quotas of Russia’s state nuclear power corporation ROSATOM.
Dhaka-Delhi power deals likely during Hasina’s India tour
Dhaka, Apr 01 – Cooperation in the energy and power sector is likely to be among deals to be signed with India during Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s New Delhi visit on April 7-10.
Pruitt and the pesticide threat
Mojisola Ojebode Ibadan, Nigeria – A new report issued by the United Nations (UN) takes a controversial stance on synthetic pesticides. The conventional wisdom is that they are essential to feed the world’s growing population, which is expected to hit…
Why business is greener than Trump
Mark Malloch Brown London – The relationship between business, politics, and the environment is about to become more complicated. As US President Donald Trump’s administration threatens to dismantle vital environmental protections, some of which have existed for decades, business leaders…
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Waste company blasts off for the Red Planet
Yorkshire-based refuse and recycling company BusinessWaste.co.uk is proud to announce that its unique agreement to handle the waste for entrepreneur Elon Musk’s manned mission to Mars is to blast off today [1st April]. Britain’s fastest-growing waste company will now be…