Dhaka – The BNP on Tuesday called upon the government to disclose all the agreements and memorandum of understandings (MoU) to be signed with India during Prime Minster Sheikh Hasina’s visit to New Delhi before her four-day tour. “We hope…
Day: April 4, 2017
Death reduced to life-term in child Rakib murder case
Dhaka – The High Court Division of the Supreme Court on Tuesday reduced the death sentence given to two convicts of child Rakib Hawlader murder case to life term imprisonment.
Global productivity slowdown risks creating instability, warns IMF
The head of the International Monetary Fund has issued a stark warning that living standards will fall around the world unless governments take urgent action to increase productivity by investing in education, cutting red tape and incentivising research and development.…
As deluges threaten crops, Bangladesh’s hill farmers shift tactics
For a long time, slash and burn agriculture was a way of life for Funghkal Bawn. Like other farmers from the ethnic Bawn community, in the Chittagong Hill Tract area of Bangladesh, he used to clear a new strip of…
HC stays RCC, Habiganj Poura mayors’ suspension
The High Court on Tuesday stayed the government orders suspending Rajshahi City Corporation (RCC) Mayor Mosaddek Hossain Bulbul and Habiganj municipality Mayor GK Gaus. Justice Syed Muhammad Dastagir Husain and Justice Md Ataur Rahman Khan passed the orders. The court…
No Facebook blocking, says Tarana
State Minister for Posts and Telecommunications Tarana Halim on Tuesday said Facebook will not be blocked for any particular period of the day or night. “We want to say clearly the Facebook won’t be blocked for any hour of the…
No secret defence deal with India: FM
Foreign Minister AH Mahmood Ali on Tuesday said everything will be made public if the government signs any defence deal with India during Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s upcoming visit to the neighbouring country. “If a defence deal is signed between…
T20I: Tigers collect 127/5 in 16.1 vs Sri Lanka
Dhaka, Apr 4 (UNB) – Bangladesh lost five quick wickets for 127 runs in 16.1 overs against Sri Lanka in first T20I of their two-match series under floodlights at R Premadasa Stadium in Colombo on Tuesday.Mosaddek Hossain (20) was on…
8 get life term for murder in Siraganj
Dhaka – A court here on Tuesday sentenced eight people to life term imprisonment each for killing a man in Raiganj upazila in Sirajganj in 2007. The lifers are Shamim, 35, Rabbani, 32, Mintu, 33, Kalam, 32, Dudu, 30, Ziaur,…
Former NZ opener Peter Fulton retires
Wellington, Apr 4 (AP/UNB) — Former New Zealand opening batsman Peter Fulton, who once scored centuries in both innings of a test match against England, has announced his retirement from all forms of cricket, aged 38.Fulton played 23 tests for…
Young man punched to death in C’nawabganj
Dhaka– A young man was punched to death allegedly by his ‘drunk’ friend during their picnic in front of Club Supermarket in the district town in Chapainawabganj on Monday night.Saber Reza Ahmed, officer-in-charge of Sadar Police Station, said some picnickers…
Man arrested in Wari with over 10,000 yaba pills
Dhaka – A special team of Department of Narcotics Control (DNC) arrested a man along with 10,200 pieces of Yaba tablets from Wari in the city on Tuesday.Tipped off, a special team of DNC carried out the raid at an…
129 people held in Jhenidah, Chuandaga
Dhaka – Police in their special drives arrested 129 people from Jhenidah and Chuadanga districts.In Jhenidah, police in their special drive carried out from Sunday night to Tuesday morning, arrested 108 people, including three Jamaat men, from different parts of…
Third phase of BFF’s master plan to focus on coaching
Dhaka – The Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) has included three auxiliary support programmes in its 12 strategic objectives as part of a master plan to develop the level of football in Bangladesh.BFF included these three programmes — Coach Education and…
AFC Cup: Abahani hold Mohun Bagan 1-1 in first half
Kolkata, Apr 4 (UNB) – Dhaka Abahani Ltd booters hold their nerve up to first for 1-1 against Mohun Bagan of Kolkata in the AFC Cup Qualifier football at Salt Lake Stadium, West Bengal, India on Tuesday.
Mashrafe bids farewell to T20Is
Dhaka– Bangladesh cricket team limited-overs captain Mashrafe Bin Mortaza bade goodbye to the T20I format ahead of the Tigers 1st T20I battle of a two-match series against Sri Lanka in Colombo on Tuesday. “This is the right time for me…
T20I: Tigers elect to bat first against Sri Lanka
Dhaka – Bangladesh captain Mashrafe Bin Mortaza won the toss and elected to bat first against Sri Lanka in first T20I of their two-match series under floodlights at R Premadasa Stadium in Colombo on Tuesday.The 6th T20I battle between the…
Sabina Yasmin’s song for Shahid’s lyrics
Culture Desk Sabina Yasmin reportedly sang her first patriotic score recently. The song penned by Shahid Rahman has been composed by Alauddin Ali. Music has been directed by Moksud Jamil Mintu. About the song Sabina said, “This is a…
AOL plus Yahoo to equal new Oath
AOL and Yahoo will be combined into a unit called Oath after telecom titan Verizon buys the pioneering internet firm, according to a tweet Monday by the AOL chief. Confirmation of a new name for what the world has long…
Why is South America being hit by deadly landslides?
It starts with torrential rain in the mountains. Then a wall of mud and boulders comes barreling down the slopes, sweeping away houses, cars and people. Like a video stuck on repeat, the story has played out over and over…
Australia keeps rates on hold, warns on housing
Australia’s central bank held interest rates at a record low 1.50 percent for a seventh straight meeting Tuesday as it juggles a booming property market with mixed economic data. The Reserve Bank of Australia slashed rates 300 basis points between…
BD progress in population dev presented at UN session
Dhaka, Apr 4 – State Minister for Health and family Welfare Zahid Maleque has said Bangladesh is marching forward in population development by putting people’s empowerment at the heart of its national development agenda.
HC asks authorities to produce Oishee in court
Dhaka – The High Court Division of the Supreme Court yesterday (Monday) ordered prison authorities to produce Oishee Rahman, sentenced to death for killing her parents, before it on April 10 to observe her mental status.
Int’l confce on disaster management held at JU
Anas Uddin Ovi Savar, Dhaka – Focusing on disaster management through geospatial technologies, a day-long international conference, organized by ‘Institute of Remote Sensing (IRS)’ of Jahangirangar University (JU), for the first time held on the campus on Monday.
4 missing as yet another trawler sinks in Northeast BD
Sunamganj, Apr 4 – Four people went missing as a trawler, carrying around 50 people, capsized in Tanguar Haor under Tahirpur upazila on Tuesday morning.
Pakistan teenage spinner Shadab Khan turning heads
Islamabad (AP/UNB) — Pakistan has a long history of unearthing raw, talented players and in teenage leg-spinner Shadab Khan, it looks like they may have discovered another star in the making.The 18-year-old made his international debut in last week’s Twenty20…
Rossi’s hattrick gives Celta 3-1 win over Las Palmas
Madrid(AP/UNB) — Italian forward Giuseppe Rossi scored a hat trick to lead Celta Vigo to a comfortable 3-1 win over Las Palmas in the Spanish league on Monday.Rossi, who was born and brought up in America, scored twice in the…
Woman held ‘with heroin’ at Benapole
Dhaka – Police arrested a suspected female drug peddler along ‘with 500 grams of heroin’ at Navaran in Sharsha upazila of Jessore district in Benapole on Monday night.
Special drive in Jhenidah; 42 held
Dhaka – Police in their special drive arrested 42 people, including a Jamaat leader, from different parts in Jhenidah on Monday. Police said they conducted the drive in different parts of six upazilas of the district from Sunday night to Monday…
Ex-CU student’s body found hanging in Ctg
Dhaka – A former student of Chittagong University was found hanging at her house at Navy residential area in Chittagong on Sunday midnight.Abul Bashar, officer-in-charge of EPZ Police Station, said being informed by family, police recovered the body of Sheikh…