Sunamganj, Apr 4 – Four people went missing as a trawler, carrying around 50 people, capsized in Tanguar Haor under Tahirpur upazila on Tuesday morning.
Month: April 2017
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…
Aussies prefer ODIs only for make-up tour
Dhaka – Cricket Australia (CA) and Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) are stuck over the timing and format for Australia’s make-up tour of Bangladesh tentatively scheduled for later this year, after the previously planned visit by Steven Smiths’ team was scuppered…
1st T20I: Tigers to face Sri Lanka Tuesday
Dhaka – Bangladesh will face host Sri Lanka in first T20I of their two-match series under floodlight at R Premadasa Stadium in Colombo on Tuesday.The matches will begin at 7:30pm, Bangladesh time. In their tour, Bangladesh bounced back brilliantly to…
Bagerhat man lands in jail for stalking girl
Dhaka – A mobile court here on Sunday sentenced a young man to one year imprisonment for stalking a girl in the district town.Police arrested Ripon Sheikh, 24, son of Abu Sheikh of Bager Bazar for disturbing the girl on…
HC stays suspension of Sylhet Mayor Ariful
The High Court on Monday stayed the government order suspending Sylhet City Corporation Mayor Ariful Haque Chowdhury for the second time. Justice Syed Muhammad Dastagir Husain and Justice Md Ataur Rahman Khan passed the order following a petition filed by…
No decision yet over blocking Facebook, says telecom div secy
The government has neither taken any decision nor given any directive to block social networking site Facebook after midnight, said Posts and Telecommunications Division secretary Shyam Sunder Sikder. “It won’t be wise to block Facebook now as it’s not only…
IPU assembly in Dhaka a ‘farce’: BNP
BNP standing committee members have termed the holding of the 136th Assembly of Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) in Bangladesh where ‘parliament does not represent people’ and democratic institutions have been ‘destroyed’ is nothing but a farce. BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul…
4 bodies retrieved as boat sinks in Sandwip Channel
Dhaka – Coast Guard members recovered four bodies early Saturday after a boat, carrying at least 55 passengers, capsized in the Sandwip Channel in Chittagong on Sunday night.At least 25 passengers went missing after the boat sank in the channel…
10 killed in explosion on St. Petersburg subway
At least 10 people were killed Monday in an explosion on the subway in St. Petersburg, Russian news agencies reported. President Vladimir Putin, who was visiting the city on an unrelated trip Monday, said investigators were looking into whether the…
South Korea cargo ship disappears off Uruguay coast, leaving many missing
Some 22 people were missing on Saturday after a South Korean cargo ship disappeared and apparently sank in the South Atlantic Ocean. The 24-man crew on the Stellar Daisy carrier, which is owned and operated by South Korean-based Polaris Shipping,…
Vogue model allegedly kills herself in Dhaka
A Vogue model by the name of Raudha Athif has been found dead in a room of a hostel dormitory in Bangladesh, reported The Independent. The police recovered the body of the 21-year-old Maldivian medical student at noon on Wednesday…
Venezuela’s crumbling façade of democracy
On March 29, the Venezuelan Supreme Court effectively shut down Congress, the only key government institution that remained independent of executive control, making the incredible announcement that it would assume all legislative powers itself or choose some other institution to…
Man to die for murder in Faridpur
Dhaka – A court here on Monday sentenced a man to death for killing a man in Faridganj upazila of Faridpur in 2000.The court also fined condemned convict Abdul Sattar, 60, Tk one lakh.According to the prosecution, Sirajul Islam, a…
2nd Div Cricket: Axiom rout Wanderers by 7 wkts in super league
Dhaka – Axiom Cricketers notched a 7-wicket victory against Dhaka Wanderers Club in the first round super league stage match of the Dhaka Second Division ODM Cricket League at Fatullah Outer Stadium in Narayanganj on Monday.
Google celebrates Fazlur Rahman Khan’s 88th birthday
Dhaka – Google, a search engine giant, is celebrating the 88th birthday of Bangladeshi-American structural engineer Fazlur Rahman Khan in a creative manner through its iconic doodle. Khan was born in 1929 in East Bengal, British India.
Music app “Banglalink Vibe” introduced for users
Mobile phone operator Banglalink has introduced digital music app “Banglalink Vibe” where users would find their desired track while exploring from latest songs to hard-to-find classics. Using this app, users can create their own playlist which can be accessible from…
Smoking at 15 or before puts adverse impacts on health
A team of Canadian researchers has found that teenagers, who begin smoking pot as early as 15 or younger, may suffer long-term cognitive impairment, memory loss, physical illnesses and respiratory diseases. The findings, published in the journal Health, show that…
Soviet-era poet Yevgeny Yevtushenko dies
The Russian poet Yevgeny Yevtushenko has died of heart failure in the United States at the age of 84. Yevtushenko was the last surviving major poet of those who came to prominence in the USSR of the 1960s. He is…
Salma, Beauty unite for Lalon song
Culture Desk Lalon singers Salma and Beauty have come together to record a Lalon score for the first time. The song “Kori Mana Kam Chare Naa Modone” will be video recorded on April 7 at BTV’s studio. The song has…
Tesla tops quarterly sales forecast
Tesla sold more than 25,000 vehicles in the first quarter, a record that beat analysts’ forecasts, the electric carmaker said Sunday. The Palo Alto, California-based carmaker saw deliveries bounce back by 69 percent compared to a rough first quarter in…
District budget for reducing regional disparity stressed
Speakers here underscored formulation of district budget for ensuring balanced development across the country. Development activists and members of the civil society at a discussion here viewed that formulation of people’s participatory national budget is important for reflecting the aspirations…
Himalayan glaciers granted status of ‘living entities’
An Indian court has recognised Himalayan glaciers, lakes and forests as “legal persons” in an effort to curb environmental destruction, weeks after it granted similar status to the country’s two most sacred rivers. In a decision that aims to widen…
HSC exams: 13069 absent on 1st day
Dhaka– Some 13,069 students were absent on the first day of the Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) and its equivalent examinations that began on Sunday.Besides, 66 students and an invigilator were expelled on the first day for adopting unfair means, according…
West Indies beats Pakistan in 4th T20, takes series 3-1
Dhaka (AP/UNB) — Ahmed Shehzad scored 53 from 45 balls as Pakistan beat West Indies by seven wickets on Sunday to win the Twenty20 international series 3-1.Pakistan reached 127-3 in 19 overs in reply to West Indies’ 124-8.The tourists won…
With Messi suspended, Suarez leads Barca to win
Dhaka (AP/UNB) – Luis Suarez filled in for the suspended Lionel Messi by scoring one goal and participating in three more to keep Barcelona close to Spanish leader Real Madrid on Sunday.Barcelona’s 4-1 victory at 10-man Granada left the defending…