Culture Desk Tagore singer Rezwana Choudhury Bannya will be felicitated by the government of West Bengal, India. The celebrity singer will be honoured with the “Bangabibhushan” and “Bangabhushan” titles. The chief minister of West Bengal, Mamata Banerjee will confer the…
Entertainment Desk There are huge rumours floating around that Ranbir Kapoor is marrying a girl from a business family in London and that he and mother Neetu Kapoor had gone to London for the initial meetings with the would-be-bride and…
In her forty-seven year old career, yesteryears diva, Zeenat Aman sings for the first time in her upcoming web series Love Life & Screw Ups!!! Interestingly, the lines which she has sung in the song has mentions of dialogues from…
Around 3,895 students, who obtained GPA-5 in Junior School Certificate (JSC) and its equivalent examinations from the city’s schools and Madrashas in 2015 and 2016, received mayor education medals. Rajshahi City Corporation (RCC) accorded reception to them as recognition to…
Speakers at a seminar here today urged the government and civil society to work together for preparing the UN Global Compact on Migration and Refugees. The UN General Assembly in 2016 adopted a resolution to prepare Global Compact on Migration…
Myanmar has planned to launch a cable car service project at a famous pilgrimage and tourist site of Kyaiktiyo Pagoda in southeastern Mon state to enable easier access for visitors to the pagoda. A South Korean company, the Sky Asia…
Roseau, (AP/UNB) — Pakistan put the onus on its bowlers to win a first test cricket series in the Caribbean after setting the West Indies 304 to win the third test and taking an early wicket on Saturday.After 14 wickets…
Madrid,(AP/UNB) — Rafael Nadal is near his best again, and he showed it with an emphatic win over a rival he hadn’t beaten in three years.Nadal ended his seven-match winless streak against Novak Djokovic with a 6-2, 6-4 win that…
Kolkata,(AP/UNB) — Two-time champions the Mumbai Indians held their nerves to beat Kolkata Knight Riders by nine runs and top the Indian Premier League table on Saturday.Mumbai finished the league stage with 10 wins from 14 matches, and will play…
Manchester, (AP/UNB) — The swagger has returned to their play. The wins and the goals are piling up. Arsene Wenger, a target of abuse for much of the season, was even greeted with rapturous applause as he walked toward the…
Dhaka – A housewife was killed and her husband injured in a road accident on Jhikargachha-Bakra road at Mohadebpur in Monirampur Upazila in Jessore on Saturday.
Dhaka- Three Bangladeshi expatriates were killed and another was critically injured in a road accident in Northern State Parkway near New York city of the United States on Saturday.
Dhaka – The fire that broke out at three jute warehouses in Shitalakha area of the district on Sunday morning was bought under control within an hour.Deputy assistant director of Narayanganj Fire Service and Civil Defence Mamunur Rashid said the fire broke out at…
Masum Billah The serine beauty of Jahangirnar University campus gives us a taste of a western university located in the lap of nature adorned with different kinds of trees, boughs, lakes, birds and their singing. The campus allured me to…
North Korea has carried out another ballistic missile test days after a new president took office in the South. The missile was launched near north-western Kusong, flying hundreds of miles then landing in the Sea of Japan. It puts immediate…
By Dean Baker There are two enormous myths about global warming. One is that dealing with it is optional. The other is that the measures needed to slow the process will devastate the economy. Neither is true. On the first…
Dhaka – BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia On Saturday emphasised on the need for establishing a link among the all education systems operating in Bangladesh to carry forward the country ahead.
Dhaka – Awami League presidium member and coordinator of the AL-led 14-party alliance Mohammad Nasim on Saturday announced that the ruling alliance would launch countrywide tour after Eid-ul-Fitr, in a bid to project the Sheikh Hasina government’s success stories before…
Dhaka – A meeting of the Board of Directors of Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited was held on 13 May 2017, Saturday at the Board Room of Islami Bank Tower.
Dhaka – Bangladesh is for the first time on the brink of setting up nuclear power centre due to farsighted and time-befitting policy of the present government, said Science and Technology Minister Architect Yafesh Osman on Monday.
Dhaka – Bangladesh Agricultural University Research System (BAURES) honor 5 top esearchers on Saturday at Syed Nazrul Islam Conference hall of Bangladesh Agricultural University (BAU) in Mymensingh.
Dhaka – An eight-member Bangladesh Junior Tennis team left Dhaka for Nepal on Saturday to participate in the ITF Asian U-12 team event competition beginning there on Monday.
Dhaka – Shooter Rabbi Hasan Munna clinched the first silver medal for Bangladesh in the men’s 10 metre air rifles in the 4th Islamic Solidarity Games Shooting scoring 245.5 points on the very first day at the Baku Shooting Centre…
Dhaka – Police in separate drives arrested 32 people, including an activist of BNP, from different parts of the district, from Friday in Satkhira to Saturday morning, on various charges.
Dhaka – The Supreme Court is likely to hear on Sunday two review petitions — one filed by the government and the other by convicted war criminal Delwar Hossain Sayedee — against its earlier verdict in a war crimes case.…
Dhaka – A housewife was tortured to death allegedly by her husband at Baluakandi village of Raipura upazila on Friday night over dowry.The deceased was identified as Sharmin Begum, 23, wife of Muktar Hossain, 30.Amirul Sikder, sub-inspector of Raipura Police…
Dhaka- At least 23 people were injured including 13 bullet wounds over a land dispute at Lauachara village of sadar upazila in Pabna on Saturday.The injured were sent to Pabna Medical College and Hospital, said officer-in-charge of Pabna Police Station,…
Dhaka – Truck, tanker-lorry, covered van and pick-up van owners and workers Oikkyo Parishad on Saturday threatened to go on a 48-hour strike on May 21 in 16 districts of Rajshahi and Rangpur divisions if their 7- point demand is…
Dhaka- A woman along with her two and half years old daughter reportedly committed suicide by jumping under the wheels of a train at Nayanibaruj Railway Station in Bakultala area in Panchagarh on Saturday. The dead is identified as Shamoli…
Dhaka- The slaughtered body of a youth was recovered from the Panguchi river at Gabtoli in Morelganj upazila of the district on Saturday.The deceased was identified as Nanna Sheikh, 25, son of Karim Sheikh hailing from Bhaijora village of upazila.