Prince’s estate moved Wednesday to block the release of several decade-old tracks, casting a cloud over commemorations of the pop legend’s passing. An independent label had announced plans to release a six-track EP of Prince songs, entitled “Deliverance,” on Friday…
More than 8,500 poor and extreme poor households especially women have developed 214 chicken rearing societies and generating income in the region. Around 700 Local Service Providers (LSPs) are delivering requisite training, advice and inputs services to the producers on…
Experts and environmentalists have stressed the need for putting maximum priority on reducing the adverse impacts of climate change and adapting to the situation in all affected sectors in Bangladesh. Agriculture and Environment Coordinator of RDRS Bangladesh Mamunur Rashid said…
Johannesburg, (AP/UNB) — South Africa on Wednesday selected uncapped spinner Keshav Maharaj and recalled quick bowler Morne Morkel for the Champions Trophy, while Dale Steyn will make his comeback from injury with the Proteas’ second-string team.Maharaj was given the second…
Monaco,(AP/UNB) -Defending champion Rafael Nadal withstood a determined comeback from Britain’s Kyle Edmund to win 6-0, 5-7, 6-3 in the second round of the Monte Carlo Masters on Wednesday.He was joined in the third round by top-ranked Andy Murray, who…
Hyderabad, (AP/UNB) — Kane Williamson hammered 89 runs off just 51 balls to lead defending champions Sunrisers Hyderabad to a 15-run victory over Delhi Daredevils in the Indian Premier League on Wednesday.The New Zealand batsman’s 136-run stand with opener Shikhar…
Khagrachhari, Apr 20 (UNB) – A SSC examinee was killed and two others were injured in a road accident at Sapmara in Matiranga upazila on Wednesday night.
Dhaka – A tribunal here on Thursday convicted a man and sentenced him to life term imprisonment for killing a Korean citizen in 2011.The tribunal also fined convict Manik Sardar, a dish cleaner of Arian Korean Restaurant, Tk 10,000, in…
Dhaka – Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) on Thursday announced the Tigers squads for Champions Trophy and Ireland Tri-Nation Series recalling pace bowler Shafiul Islam in both the squads.Mashrafe Bin Mortaza’s men will play host England in the opening match of…
by Lukáš Veselý 2017 is the year of choices: after important elections in several Member States, the European integration process can be reinvigorated in the autumn with a renewed sense of purpose, or it can continue to decline in a…
by Sebastían Royo The response to the Great Recession from European social democratic/centre-left parties, with some notable exceptions like Portugal’s, was largely to implement the austerity policies of the right: they bailed out the banks and the bondholders, and they…
Canberra, Apr 20 (AP/UNB) — Australia plans to tighten its citizenship rules to require higher English language skills, longer residency and evidence of integration such as a job, officials said Thursday. Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said the new citizenship test…
Dhaka, Apr 20 (AP/UNB) -It’s another love game for Serena Williams: She is pregnant — and, based on the timeline she offered, she already was when she won the Australian Open.
Bogota, Apr 20 (AP/UNB) — A deluge of rain set off landslides that smashed homes and filled streets with mud Wednesday in a mountain city in a coffee-growing part of Colombia, and authorities said at least 17 people were killed…
Dhaka, Apr 20 – Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina returned home on Thursday morning from Bhutan wrapping up her three-day state visit.
Dhaka, Apr 20 – Another worker who received burn injuries in a boiler explosion at a rice mill in Gopalganj of Sadar upazila in Dinajpur district on Wednesday died at Rangpur Medical College Hospital on Thursday.
Dhaka, Apr 20 – Production at Ashuganj Fertilizer Factory in Brahmanbaria remained suspended since Wednesday morning due to gas crisis.
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Dhaka – Members of Indian Border Security Force (BSF) picked a Bangladeshi youth up from Hapania bordering point in Porsha upazila on Wednesday.The BSF members from Kadaripara camp dragged away Ramjan Ali, 16, son of Azhar Ali of Srikrishnapur village…
Penang, 13 Apr (IPS/Martin Khor) — What’s the most precious thing in the world which unfortunately we take for granted and realise its true value when it is impaired? Good health, of course. That’s something many people must have reminded…
Dhaka – The chiefs of three separate panels of Hajj Agencies Association of Bangladesh (HAAB) have expressed their intension to establish a corruption and irregularity free HAAB and Hajj management in future.
A Dhaka court yesterday acquitted Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad, former chiefs of Air Force Momtaz Uddin Ahmed and Sultan Mahmud, and the then United Traders’ director AKM Musa of charges in 24-year-old radar purchase scam case.
Dhaka – The ruling Awami League has taken a new initiative to tame the internal feud being alive across the country in a bid to make the party stronger, smarter and dynamic ahead of the upcoming parliamentary elections scheduled to…
Islamabad – Pakistan’s army chief has signed off on the death sentences for 30 militants, including some convicted for the 2014 Taliban attack on a school in Peshawar that killed 144 schoolchildren. AP/UNB news agency reported.
Istanbul – Turkey’s foreign minister says President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and U.S. President Donald Trump will meet next month. AP/UNB news agency reported.
Dhaka – A powerful landmine was recovered from the Bhairab river in Meherpur on Wednesday. The law enforcers recovered the unexploded ordnance around 2.30 pm from the spot. UNB news agency reported.
Dhaka – Dinajpur District earned 44-33 points victory over Barisal District in the final round of the Independence and National Day Kabaddi Tournament at the Kabaddi Stadium here on Wednesday.
Dhaka – Siddikur Rahman will play in the US$1.37 million Panasonic Open Japan starting at Chiba Country Club, Umesato Course on Thursday.Siddikur, who is the only Bangladesh golfer taking part in the meet, qualified as nine category player, placing the…
Dhaka – It is time for cricket, one of the world’s most widely played games, to start taking the threat posed by global warming seriously as many of the big cricket-playing nations, including Bangladesh, are on the frontline of climate…
National Committee to Protect Sundarbans Convenor Sultana Kamal has alleged the government is hiding the correct information about the Rampal coal-fired power plant project from the public. Addressing a press conference at Dhaka Reporters Unity on Wednesday, she said the…