SUNDERLAND, United Kingdom, (BSS/AFP) – Jose Mourinho suggested last weekend that he had considered abandoning a push for the Premier League’s top four to focus on European competition and failure to beat Sunderland on Sunday may see that pledge become…
MIAMI, (BSS/AFP) – Mirjana Lucic-Baroni of Croatia bucked an upset trend that claimed Caroline Wozniacki on Friday, ending the hopes of hometown favorite Shelby Rogers at the WTA event in Charleston, South Carolina. Croatia’s Lucic-Baroni, seeded 11th, defeated Rogers 6-7…
LEICESTER, United Kingdom, (BSS/AFP) – Leicester City manager Craig Shakespeare has an unexpected and, in some ways, welcome problem ahead of Sunday’s Premier League match away to Everton. Having taken over in late February with the reigning champions sliding towards…
Dhaka- Squaring the series across all three formats was a test of resolve and character as it was about time Bangladesh cricket achieved something creditable as their opponents were equal in terms strength if not experience. Former National opening batsman…
Dhaka- A housewife was allegedly beaten to death by her husband over dowry at Polashpol in the Sadar upazila in Satkhira early Friday.Firoz Hossain Mollah, Officer-in-Charge of Sadar Police Station, said Faruk Hossain, son of Mosharraf Hossain, got married to…
Lucas Tomlinson A Russian warship has entered the eastern Mediterranean Sea Friday and is heading toward the two U.S. Navy destroyers that launched missile strikes into Syria, Fox News has learned.
The UK foreign secretary has called off a visit to Moscow in the wake of the Syrian chemical weapons attack. Boris Johnson, who was set to travel on Monday, said the situation had changed “fundamentally” and his priority was to…
An Egyptian professor fears she may lose her job after posting a video of herself bellydancing on Facebook. The video, as well as a photo of Mona Prince in a bikini, has been widely shared and has attracted online criticism.…
A two-day international conference on Material Science and Nano-electrochemistry began at conference hall of Teachers-students Cultural Center in Rajshahi University (RU) here today. Main objective of the conference is to transfer knowledge, facilitate sharing research experience and outcomes face to…
In a breakthrough, scientists have found a new way that could help protect Australia’s iconic Great Barrier Reef by using the powers of attraction to decimate one of the reef’s fiercest enemies. Researchers at the University of Queensland in Australia…
Depression affects 86 million people in South-East Asia region, the WHO said on Thursday while lauding India for passing the Mental Healthcare Bill recently and asked nations to scale up mental health services quality. Noting that depression can lead to suicide,…
One of the hottest actresses to ever grace the Indian silver screen, Zeenat Aman has spent the last decade or so in much quieter and private life. But the yesteryear glamour queen is back for one more tryst with stardom.…
Entertainment Desk Despite being a new film, Satta was released at fewer theatres than the-relatively-old film from Kolkata, Haripada Bandwala Shakib Khan and Paoli Dam starrer Satta was released on Friday in 48 theatres all over the country, while Tollywood’s…
A picture featuring a reed thin Vinod Khanna which recently surfaced online took the internet by storm. It got adverse reactions from fans and fellow stars alike. Irrfan Khan, who considers himself as one of the biggest fans of Vinod…
In search for local game developers for mobile phone industry, a competition has been launched by the mobile phone operator Grameenphone and White-Board in association with the ICT Division. The completion dubbed as “Game Jam” that started to receive application…
By Lyndal Rowlands The United States is withdrawing all of its funding from the UN Population Fund (UNFPA) after claiming without evidence that the agency supports coercive abortions in China. UNFPA, which does not provide support for abortions anywhere, says…
By Miriam Gathigah Nairobi, Apr 7 (IPS) – Kenya’s lack of capacity to cope with wide-scale disaster has seen thousands of households continue to live precarious lives, especially in light of erratic and drastically changing weather patterns. If millions are…
Timm Kroeger and Claudio Klemz Balneário Camboriú is both a famous Brazilian beach destination and a water supply management puzzle. The resident population of the city is just 170,000, but swells to over 800,000 during the tourist season. Like many…
YANGON, April 8, 2017 (BSS/AFP) – At least 20 people were killed when their passenger boat collided with a river barge at night in western Myanmar, authorities said Saturday, with more feared drowned as rescue workers renewed their search in…
Dhaka, Apr 8 – A suspected terrorist was killed in a reported gunfight between two groups of terrorists in Kholadanga area of Jessore district town early Saturday.
Dhaka – A suspected terrorist was killed in a reported gunfight between two groups of terrorists in Kholadanga area of the district town early Saturday.
Dhaka – The bullet-hit bodies of two unidentified young men were found at Tetulbaria ground in Sadar upazila in Jhenidah on Saturday morning.
Dhaka – Police arrested an alleged arms trader along with arms from Kadamtola Baropota in Sharsha upazila on Friday night.
Dhaka – Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) president Nazmul Hasan Papon on Friday said Mashrafe Bin Mortaza left only captaincy in T20I but he has not retired from the shortest format of the cricket.“He (Mashrafe) quitted only captaincy in T20I. But…
Masjid-e-Nabawi Khatib for Muslim unity against militancy Dhaka – The Imam and Khatib of Al-Masjid an-Nabawi (Prophet’s Mosque) in Madinah in Saudi Arabia Abdulmehsin bin Mohammad Bin Abdul Rahman Al-Qasim has called upon the Muslim Ummah to get united against…
Savar, Dhaka – A two day-long jobs fair, titled ‘Career Fest 2017’, began yesterday (Friday) at Sheikh Hasina Youth Development Centre (SHYDC), adjacent to the JU campus.
Dhaka – The three-day “Prime Medical College Cup Golf Tournament- 2017′ concluded through a colourful prize distribution ceremony at Rangpur Golf Club in Rangpur Cantonment here this afternoon.More than 100 contestants of different Golf Clubs from all over the country…
Dhaka – Police arrested 41 suspected members of the banned Jama’tul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) from different parts of the district during a two-day drive till Friday morning.
Dhaka – A schoolboy allegedly committed suicide at Mominpur village in Bagha upazila in Rajshahi on Thursday.
Dhaka – A schoolgirl died after taking ‘deworming tablets’ at Ghiba village at Benapole on Thursday.Quoting victim’s uncle, police said Riya, 10, a class V student of Ghiba Government Primary School and daughter of Abu Bakkar fell sick after taking…