Dhaka – Bangladesh U-16 Women’s Football Team, now in China to play five friendly matches against local selections in the Xian South West city, will start their campaign taking on CFA Under-14 national team on Saturday at 4pm (Bangladesh time).A…
Day: April 21, 2017
Lightning kills schoolboy in Sylhet
Dhaka – A schoolboy was killed by a lightning strike at Burdeo village in Companyganj upazila in Sylhet on Friday.The deceased was identified as Towhidur Rahman, 11, son of Abdul Jalil of the village and a Class-VI student of Companyganj…
Explosives, suicidal vests found at Jhenidah ‘militant den’
Dhaka – Huge explosives, and several firearms and suicidal vests were found at a ‘militant den’ at Thanthalia village in Sadar upazila on Friday, claimed police.A team of bomb disposal unit of Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime (CTTC) unit of…
Arkansas overcomes legal hurdles, carries out execution
Varner – Arkansas overcame a flurry of court challenges Thursday that derailed three other executions, putting to death an inmate for the first time in nearly a dozen years as part of a plan that would have been the country’s…
70 pc buildings to collapse if 7-8 magnitude quake hits Ctg
Chittagong – About 70 percent of high-rise buildings in the port city will collapse if an earthquake of 7-8 magnitude on the Richter scale hits the city, says a new study of Chittagong University of Engineering and Technology (CUST). UNB…
Swatta resumes with second week on top
Entertainment Desk Much-talked about film Swatta has taken command of Dhallywood box office for second week. Directed by Hashibur Reza Kallol, Swatta, starring Shakib Khan and Paoli Dam in leading roles, got released on last Friday, April 7th. Since the…
Now its Dev’s turn
Entertainment Desk After Prosenjit, Jeet, Soham, Ankush and Parambrata, now it is Dev’s turn to be in Dhallywood movie. Jazz Multimedia and Dev Entertainment Venture Private Limited is soon producing a joint-venture film where this popular actor-politician will be seen.…
Heavy rain submerges parts of Ctg city
Chittagong – Heavy rain submerged many streets of the port city on Friday, leaving the normal life in disarray. UNB news agency reported
Climate change triggers women sufferings in Barind tract
Public representatives and development activists at a community level discussion here mentioned that the present adverse impact of climate change has triggered the sufferings of women to a greater extent in the drought-prone Barind area. They pointed out that women…
Arrest of WikiLeaks’s Assange a ‘priority’: US top cop
The arrest of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is a US “priority,” Attorney General Jeff Sessions said Thursday, as media reports indicated his office was preparing charges against the fugitive anti-hero. “We are going to step up our effort and already…
Tributes and discord one year after Prince death
Prince’s purple-clad fans were converging Friday on Minnesota for a celebration of the pop legend one year after his sudden death, but discord over commercialization of his legacy clouded the anniversary. Prince’s Paisley Park estate—once mythically hermetic but opened since…
Surprise! Small eagle fly 3,000 km from habitat
Australian researchers have been left surprised by a rare bird of prey that travelled more than 3,000 km from its natural habitat. Michael Mulvaney, a senior ecologist at the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) Environment and Planning Directorate, said a tracker…
IMF warns against protectionism as Trump, Brexit loom
The International Monetary Fund renewed its warnings against protectionism on Thursday as nationalist political trends threaten trade integration on both sides of the Atlantic. As the IMF and World Bank kicked off what are normally staid meetings, with central bankers…
4th Int’l Confce on Climate Change for climate action
Honk Kong – Media OutReach – 21 April 2017 – The 4th International Conference on Climate Change (ICCC2017@HK), which is organised by the Hong Kong Climate Change Forum and begins Friday (21 April 2017), aims at accelerating momentum on combating…
ASAAL Georgia Chapter established
New New – On Friday, April 14, 2017 the Georgia Chapter of the Alliance of South Asian American Labor (ASAAL) was established under the leadership of Dr. Rashid Malik as the Chairman of the Board of Trustees and Md. Ali…
Two killed in Mymensingh bus-auto-rickshaw crash
Dhaka, Apr 21 – Two people were killed when a bus hit a CNG-run auto-rickshaw at Kalarampur in Nandail upazila of Mymensingh on early Friday.
Another seven war crimes suspects held in Khulna
Dhaka, Apr 21 – Police in separate drives arrested seven war crimes suspects from their houses in Dumuria upazila of Khulna on Southwest Bangladesh early Friday.
Dinajpur boiler blast death toll rises to 4
Dhaka, Apr 21 (UNB) – Another worker who sustained burn injuries in a boiler explosion at a rice mill at Gopalganj in Sadar upazila of Dinajpur district on Wednesday died at Rangpur Medical College Hospital on Friday, raising the death…
Culprits injure mother, daughter in Gaibandha acid attack
Dhaka, Apr 21 (UNB) – A woman and her young daughter suffered burn injuries in an acid attack by miscreants at Tarafsadulla village in Sadullapur upazila of Gaibandha, in northern Bangladesh, on Thursday night.
Paris police shot on Champs-Elysees; IS group claims attack
Paris, Apr 21 (AP/UNB) — A gunman opened fire on police on Paris’ iconic Champs-Elysees boulevard Thursday night, killing one officer and wounding three people before police shot and killed him. The Islamic State group quickly claimed responsibility for the…
Mumbai hands Kings XI 4th straight loss in IPL with big win
Indore,(AP/UNB) — Mumbai Indians handed Kings XI Punjab a fourth straight loss with a crushing eight-wicket win in the Indian Premier League on Thursday.Terrific half-centuries by opener Jos Buttler then Nitish Rana for Mumbai trumped Hashim Amla’s maiden Twenty20 century.Mumbai’s…
Barcelona fans, players, coach stay positive after CL exit
Madrid,(AP/UNB) — There were no boos or jeers at the Camp Nou after Barcelona’s elimination to Juventus in the quarterfinals of the Champions League.Instead, the crowd of more than 96,000 chanted loudly in appreciation for the team’s effort in trying…
Ibrahimovic joins lengthening injury list at Man United
Manchester,(AP/UNB) — Zlatan Ibrahimovic joined Manchester United’s lengthening injury list on Thursday, with manager Jose Mourinho saying his outlook is “fairly negative” about the striker.Ibrahimovic limped off in the final seconds of normal time in the Europa League game against…
One electrocuted in Bogra
Dhaka – A day-labourer was electrocuted at Ramnagar village in Dhanut upazila in Bogra on Thursday.
Fugitive convict held in C’nawabganj
Dhaka – Police arrested a fugitive convict from Kansat in Shibganj upazila in Chapainawabganj on Thursday.Tipped off, police raided the area and arrested Abdul Baten, 34, son of Ali Azgar of Kalupur village in the upazila around 1 pm, said…
2 killed in Mymensingh road crash
Dhaka – Two people were killed when a bus hit a CNG-run auto-rickshaw at Kalarampur in Nandail upazila on Friday.
Intimidation won’t work: Bring BNP to electioon: Fakhrul
Dhaka – The BNP on Thursday called upon the government to find out way how to bring the party to participate in the next general elections. “There will be no benefit by intimidating the BNP of cancellation of its registration.…
Pro-Al Panel sweeps RUTA polls
The pro-Awami League teachers, known as the Yellow Panel, have won all of the 15 committee posts in the Rajshahi University Teacher’s Association (RUTA) election on Thursday.
US FBI interested to work with police
Dhaka – The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), central intelligence and security service of the United States of America (USA), is keen to work with the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) in order to preventing militancy funding and money laundering between two…
AL GS Quader says, BNP won’t repeat boycott of election
Dhaka – The Awami League general secretary Obaidul Quader Thursday said their arch rival Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) would not repeat its mistake by boycotting the next polls scheduled to be held in 2019.