Dhaka – Former Australian medium pacer Damien Geoffrey Wright has been appointed as the head coach of Bangladesh Under-19 Cricket team until the next year’s ICC Under-19 World Cup.The 41-year-old former Tasmania seamer has a solid and full-blooded coaching career…
Turin, (AP/UNB)- After two loan spells from Chelsea, winger Juan Cuadrado has been permanently acquired by Juventus.Cuadrado’s latest loan required Juventus to purchase his full rights if it won Serie A. So, after clinching a record sixth straight Italian title…
Dhaka – Bangladesh finished runners-up in the 5th South Asian Basketball Championship losing their 4th and last match to stronger India by 71-142 points in the Maldives capital Male on Tuesday.With the day’s feat, India earned the rights to play…
Dhaka – Bangladesh eye their maiden away victory against New Zealand Tigers eye maiden away victory against Kiwiswhen they will meet the Kiwis in the last match of the Tri-Nation Series in Dublin, Ireland on Wednesday.New Zealand have already clinched…
Dhaka-A court here on Monday convicted a man and sentenced him to death for killing a young man in a moving train in Chitoshi area of the district in 2013.The court fined the condemned convict, Sadhon Hossain Kazi, 28, son…
Dhaka-At least 10 people, including a policeman, were injured in clashes at Char Algi govt Primary School polling center under Char Algi union in Ramgati upazila during the union parishad election in Laxmipur on Tuesday.Following the clash, voting has been…
Dhaka-A court here on Tuesday sentenced four people to life term imprisonment for killing a man in Ghior upazila in 2013.The court also fined the lifers–Ripon Ullah, Delwar Hossain, Mahmudul Hasan Babu and Ismail Hossain Nuru—Tk 10,000 each.District and sessions…
Two men have been caned 83 times each in the Indonesian province of Aceh after being caught having sex. The men stood on stage in white gowns praying while a team of hooded men lashed their backs with a cane.…
Dhaka – Four people were killed and five others injured in separate road accidents in Sylhet and Faridpur districts on Tuesday.In Sylhet, two people were killed and four others injured when a rashly driven CNG-run auto-rickshaw overturned on Sylhet-Dhaka highway…
Bangladesh is set to impose its own carbon tax on fuel next month – despite the hugely climate-vulnerable country producing relatively tiny per capita emissions. The tax is expected to be put in place on June 1 as part of…
Dhaka – BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia on Tuesday said those who kill innocent people by hurling bombs are not only coward, but also the enemies of mankind. In a statement, Khaleda said, “Terrorists are destroying peace and stability in the…
Dhaka – Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) of Bangladesh KM Nurul Huda on Tuesday reiterated that they will not go for the Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) in the next general election if political parties oppose that. “We won’t go for the…
Dhaka – Bangladesh’s main opposition party the BNP did not get permission to hold its proposed rally at Suhrawardy Udyan today protesting the police search in party chairperson’s Gulshan office. When contacted BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir Tuesday…
Dhaka – The Chief Judicial Magistrate (CJM) Court of Dhaka yesterday (Tuesday) granted bail to Jatiya Party MP AKM Salim Osman in a case filed for humiliating schoolteacher Shyamol Kanti Bhakta of Narayanganj in public. CJM Jesmine Ara Begum granted…
Dhaka – The Special Court-5 of Dhaka yesterday deferred the hearing in the Zia Orphanage Trust graft case filed against BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia and others to June 1. Judge Dr Md Akhtaruzzaman of Special Judge Court-5 passed the…
Dhaka – Information Minister Hasanul Haq Inu on Tuesday urged all to remain aware so that the next general election is not used as a ‘festival’ for the proliferation of extremists, anti-liberation forces and fire terrorists. UNB news agency reported
Seoul — South Korea fired warning shots Tuesday at an unidentified object flying south from rival North Korea, its military said. Local media said it may have been a North Korean drone. AP/UNB news agency reported
Manchester — A suicide bomber blew himself up as young concert-goers left a show by the American singer Ariana Grande in the northern English city of Manchester, killing at least 22 people, some wearing the star’s trademark kitten ears and…
By Catherine Wilson Canberra, Australia, May 22 (IPS) – The political future of New Caledonia, a French South Pacific Island territory of 273,000 people, is a profound question mark as a referendum on independence rapidly approaches next year. Equally, how…
by Andrew Watt and László Andor Critiques of the European Union target a political problem – the so-called democratic deficit – and an economic (and social) one: austerity, sometimes subsumed under the broader heading of neoliberalism. It is also often…
Dhaka, May 23 -The 118th birth anniversary of national poet Kazi Nazrul Islam will be observed on Thursday. The government and various socio-cultural and political organisations have taken elaborate programmes to observe the day. This year the central programme of…
GreenWatch News Desk with Junayed Shishir & AKM Moinuddin, UNB Staff Writers Dhaka, May 23 – Bangladesh has introduced a self-imposed on vegetable export to the European Union market encouraging local growers to improve quality of their produce by following…
London, May 23 (AP/UNB)- An explosion struck an Ariana Grande concert attended by thousands of young music fans in northern England late Monday, killing at least 19 people and injuring dozens in what police were treating as a terrorist attack.
Natore – The 72-hour strike, enforced by truck, tanker-lorry, covered van and pick-up van owners and workers Oikya Parishad in 16 districts of Rajshahi and Rangpur divisions to realise their seven-point demand, entered the third day on Tuesday. UNB news…
London – An explosion struck an Ariana Grande concert attended by thousands of young music fans in northern England late Monday, killing at least 19 people and injuring dozens in what police were treating as a terrorist attack. AP/UNB news…
Rajshahi – Protesting the assault on two students of Persian and Culture department of Rajshahi University (RU) and demanding the safety on campus the students of the department formed a human chain in front Central Library of the university on…
Dhaka – Business Development Conference of Islami Bank Bngladesh Limited Chittagong area was held at Chittagong Zonal Office on 19 May 2017.