Dhaka – League leaders Prime Bank Cricket Club tasted their first defeat in the 6th match of the Dhaka metropolis Premier Division Cricket League after conceding a huge seven-wicket defeat against last time runners-up Prime Doleshwar SC at Khan Shaheb…
Dhaka– Bangladesh Army crushed Jhenaidah District by 28-0 goals In the ATN Bangla 31st National Hockey Gold Cup Championship at the Maulana Bhashani National Hockey Stadium on Tuesday.Milon Hossain struck 12 goals with a hat-trick, Menaj Babu, Hasaan Jubair Niloy…
Police have pressed charges against 38 people, including Shahjadpur municipality mayor Halimul Haque Miru and his brother Habibul Haque Mintu, in the journalist Abdul Hakim Shimul murder case. Officer-in-charge (Investigation) of Shahjadpur Police Station Monirul Islam, also the investigation officer…
Dhaka – Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) seized smuggled goods and illegal drugs worth around Tk 185.30 crore carrying out drives across the country, especially frontier ones, in April last.The paramilitary force also arrested 135 people, including women, for their alleged…
Dhaka – Bangladesh Premier League champions Dhaka Abahani Ltd expressed the hope to win against visiting JWS Bengaluru FC in a Group E match of AFC Cup at the Bangabandhu National Stadium here on Wednesday.The match will kick off at…
In a major reshuffle in the administration, the government has appointed new deputy commissioners (DCs) to 24 districts. The Public Administration Ministry issued a notification on Tuesday in this regard. Of them, six DCs were transferred and given new postings…
All available evidence strongly suggests that on April 4, 2017, a Syrian government warplane attacked Khan Sheikhoun, a town in the northwestern governorate of Idlib, with a nerve agent, killing at least 92 people, 30 of them children. The death…
Isai Lara Bermudez had just started lunch at a Tijuana barbecue joint when a stranger approached his table. “Watch out,” she warned him. “He’s after you.” Lara, an investigative reporter, had written a series of stories in February showing evidence…
“As we peer into society’s future, we—you and I, and our government—must avoid the impulse to live only for today, plundering for, for our own ease and convenience, the precious resources of tomorrow. We cannot mortgage the material assets of…
Dhaka – Indian High Commission on Tuesday said Bangladeshi students, willing to study in India, are now required to directly appear for the (JEE-advanced) 2017 to be conducted for the first time here on May 21. UNB news agency reported
The second and last phase of online application through release slip for first year admission under 2016-2017 academic session of the National University (NU) will begin on May 4 (Thursday). The online filing of application will start at 4pm on…
Cultural Desk Mishti Jannat acted in the lead roles alongside with Saimon Sadik in Tui Amar film that released yesterday. Sajal Ahmed’s romantic comedy Tui Amar and two Hollywood films, including Lion and Incarnate hit cinemas yesterday. Starring Saimon Sadik…
Entertainment Desk It seems Priyanka Chopra is doing everything right as she embarks on her big Hollywood debut this month. The Quantico star descended on the Met Gala 2017 in a cutting-edge Ralph Lauren trench-coat gown that’s ticking the avant…
Stocks saw upward trends on Tuesday as major indices of both Dhaka and Chittagong Stock Exchanges rose with higher transactions of some large-cap securities. Among the rising major sectors were financial institutions and pharmaceuticals and chemicals. Insurance and food and…
“The Fate of the Furious” continued to dominate the North American box office over the weekend, fending off newcomers at home while passing the $1 billion mark worldwide, data showed Monday. The eighth installment in Universal’s high-octane series starring Vin…
Twitter is launching a 24-hour streaming news channel in partnership with the Bloomberg Media, in a major expansion of the social media firm’s video operations, the two firms announced Monday. The new streaming channel “will combine the vast global editorial…
The farmers are expecting bumper production of litchi following excellent growth of the tender fruit amid favorable climatic condition this season in Rangpur division, official sources said. The farmers have put maximum efforts now on nursing litchi trees in their…
By Irina Bokova Paris, May 1 (IPS) – Would you trust your news from any source? How are we able to ensure that ‘fake’(d) news does not overtake the flow of information? Journalism plays a vital role for society, bringing…
By Tharanga Yakupitiyage UN, May 2 (IPS) – Censorship tactics have become more complex, posing new challenges for journalists and non-journalists alike, a new report finds.
by Ulrich Schachtschneider In her article ‘Unconditional Basic Income is a Dead End’, Anke Hassel rejects basic income as a threat to individual development and social integration, claiming that it would remove people’s motivation to join the labour market. Young…
by Vincenzo Visco Historically, tax systems evolve following the evolution of taxable bases (actual and potential). In other words, governments over the centuries and millennia used to “follow the money” (and still do) Thus, the levies moved from the products…
Dhaka, May 2 – Members of the Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime (CTTC) arrested a suspected member of banned militant outfit Ansarullah Bangla Team from the city’s Bhatara area on Monday night.
Rajshahi, May 2 – The bodies of five people including two minors, who went missing after a boat capsized in the Padma river in Dorgapara area of the district town on Sunday evening, were recovered on Tuesday morning.
Dhaka, May 2 – Power supply remained suspended in a vast area under Khulna, Barisal, Rajshahi and Rangpur division since Monday night following failure of two major grid transmission lines.
Watford,(AP/UNB) — Liverpool improved its bid to secure a Champions League spot by beating Watford 1-0 in a largely forgettable English Premier League match on Monday.Only Emre Can made this one memorable, by meeting a Lucas Leiva cross with a…
Madrid, (AP/UNB) — Sevilla conceded two late goals in a 4-2 loss at Malaga on Monday that left the team three points behind Atletico Madrid in the fight for third place in the Spanish league.Diego Llorente scored in the 77th…
Bridgetown,(AP/UNB) — West Indies took three quick wickets after tea to leave the second test evenly balanced as Pakistan stumbled from 155 without loss to 172-3 at stumps on the second day, still 140 runs behind on Monday.Opener Azhar Ali…
Dhaka – A minor school girl was rapped allegedly by a man at Sahajpur Fakirpara village of Khansamaupazila in Dinajpur on Monday morning. Sources of upazila administration, said Somsed Ali, son of Syed Islam Ali, of the village, took the class III student…
Dhaka– A minor boy drowned in Ghasi river at Chapaiti village of Dharmapasha upazila in Sunamganj on Monday afternoon.
Dhaka–Highway police arrested two alleged drug peddlers along with 100 bottles of liquor on the Sylhet-Tamabil highway, near Haripur Pakhuteki area of Jaintapur upazila in Sylhet on Monday night.The arrestees were identified as Noman Ahmed, 34, and Junayed Ahmed, 32.