Dhaka – Defending champions Abahani Limited tasted the 8th victory in their 10th match of the Walton Dhaka Metropolis Premier Division Cricket League beating Legends of Rupganj by 49 runs at BKSP ground-4 in Savar on Wednesday.Abahani Limited batted first…
Dhaka – A female readymade garment (RMG) worker was allegedly gang raped by miscreants at Hemayetpur here on Tuesday night. The girl, hailing from Chandpur village in Shibganj upazila of Chapainawabganj district, used to work at Amtranet Garments in Rajashan…
Dhaka – Rahmatganj MFS and Brothers Union Club advanced to the quarterfinals of the Walton Federation Cup Football-2017 from Group D after playing goalless with each other at Bangabandhu National Stadium here on Wednesday.After the day’s last lone match, the…
Dhaka – League leader Swadhinata Krira Sangha tasted the first defeat in their 10th match of the Saif Power Tec Dhaka Senior Division Football League conceding 0-1 goal defeat against bottom-ranked Friends Social Welfare Organization at Shaheed Sepoy Mohammad Mustafa…
Dhaka – Police in separate drives arrested 34 accused on various charges from different parts of Satkhira from Tuesday night to Wednesday morning.
Taj Mahal saw an unexpected guest today. A 6-foot-long snake that slithered its way to the monument in search of water and a cool place. The reptile’s presence caused panic among tourists at the 17th century monument, officials said. The…
Terming the commercial operation of vessels in the Sundarban’s rivers ‘a grave threat’, the National Committee to Protect Shipping, Roads and Railways (NCRSRR) urged the government on Wednesday that it should keep the Mongla-Ghashiakhali river route operational round the year,…
Nayeem Ashraf, 30, one of the accused in a case filed over the rape of two private university girls in a Banani hotel in the capital, was arrested from Munshiganj on Wednesday night. Tipped off, a team of Police Headquarters…
Reiterating that Ziaur Rahman was also involved in the plot to assassinate Bangabandhu, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday said she cares little about conspiracies and vowed afresh to take Bangladesh to its desired goal. “I’ve been observing conspiracies since…
Two bilateral agreements – financial cooperation and technical cooperation – have been signed between Germany and Bangladesh on the ‘financing of environment and safety retrofits in the Bangladesh readymade garment sector’. The objectives of the project are to enhance the…
On a hot summer night last July, elements of the Turkish military attempted a coup. It failed, but at least 241 people were killed and about 1,400 injured during related clashes in Ankara, the capital, and Istanbul. A few days…
Filmfare is now taking the chat-show world by storm! Beginning, Editor Jitesh Pillaai will host a fun and breezy chat show – Jio Famously Filmfare. The show aired on Colors Infinity at 9pm every Sunday. Our first guest is none…
Hema Malini recently related an incident which pointed out the present generation of stars still hasn’t let go of good old fashioned values. Hema and Aishwarya both apparently attended a recent awards ceremony and Aishwarya refused to leave Hema’s side…
Entertainment Desk Popular singer Tashbiha Binte Shahid Mila has tied the knot with Parvez Sanjari, a pilot working for US-Bangla airlines, last night. Mila confirmed the news in an interview, prior to the ceremony. “Our relationship is more than 10…
The 28-member European Union, the third-largest emitter of planet-warming greenhouse gases after China and the United States, has long been held up as the poster child of efforts to save Earth’s climate. But after years of taking the lead in…
Construction of new US homes dipped in April to its slowest pace in five months, a second consecutive decrease, the Commerce Department said Tuesday. Analysts had instead been expecting an uptick in the pace of construction after March, when a…
People are consuming far too much salt in their diets, according to a study released Wednesday, which found that participants were eating over 33 percent more salt in their diets than they had thought, increasing the risk of cardiovascular disease.…
More than 150 delegates from Chinese and Canadian governments, companies and research institutes gathered here Tuesday at a forum to discuss cooperation between the two countries on clean technology. The Pujiang Innovation Forum 2017 – Canada Forum, under the theme…
Dhaka – Customs Intelligence and Investigation Directorate (CIID) seized huge quantities of foreign cigarettes from an Indian citizen at Shahjalal International Airport early Wednesday. UNB news agency reported
Dhaka – The Customs Intelligence and Investigation Directorate (CIID) on Wednesday ordered the Managing Director of Raintree Hotel to appear before it on May 23. UNB news agency reported
Dhaka – Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday said her government is taking various development programmes so that no one of any area or a region is left behind or neglected. UNB news agency reported
Paris, (AP/UNB) – Maria Sharapova’s popularity and past success did not earn her the wild-card invitation she needed to get into the French Open after serving a 15-month doping ban.”I’m very sorry for Maria, very sorry for her fans. They…
Dhaka – A man was killed in a land related dispute at Nolbari Kandapara village of Sadar upazila in Sherpur on Tuesday afternoon.The deceased was identified as Motiur Rahman, 65, son of Hossain Ali, a resident of the village.Md Nazrul…
Dhaka – Detectives in drives arrested nine alleged drug peddlers and recovered 25,000 pieces of Yaba tablets and two kilograms of hemp from separate places of Benapole town on Tuesday night.
Dhaka – Police arrested six members of a robbers’ gang during a drive at Hatukumrul intersection in Sirajganj early Wednesday. Office-in-charge of Salanga Police Station Abdur Rafik said acting on a tip-off a joint team of the Hatikumrul and Salanga police…
Dhaka – A Jubo League leader was shot to death by unidentified miscreants in Harishpur Brahman Sako area in Sandwip upazila in Chittagongon Tuesday night.The deceased was identified as Sohel Rana Bablu, 27, son of Joynal Abedin, a resident of…
Dhaka- Two truck drivers were killed and their two assistants injured as two trucks collided head-on on Panchagarh-Dhaka Highway in Boda of the district on Wednesday morning.Identities of the deceased were not available immediately.
Dhaka – A court here on Wednesday sentenced twenty three people to death for killing four activists of Awami League in Araihazar upazila in 2002.
Dhaka, May 17 – Former Foreign Secretary and Ambassador Faruq Ahmed Choudhury passed away at the city’s Square Hospitals early Wednesday. He was 84. Faruq Ahmed breathed his last around 4:30am, one of his colleagues said.
Dhaka, May 17 – The Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) resumed their operation for the second day at a suspected militant hideout at Chuadanga village in Sadar upazila on Wednesday morning.