Dhaka- Three people, including a child, were killed and 15 others injured in a triangular collision among a bus, a truck and a covered van on Doulatdia-Khulna highway in Goalanda upazila in Rajbari on Sunday.The identities of the deceased could…
Day: July 9, 2017
Bangladesh U-23 Football team leaves for Nepal
Dhaka – Bangladesh Under-23 Football team left the capital for Nepalese capital Kathmandu Sunday to play a preparatory match against Nepalese U-23 team on Tuesday (July 11) as part of their preparation for the four-team Group-E matches of the AFC…
BCB HP team maintains all-win record in Australia
Dhaka- Touring Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) High Performance (HP) team maintained all-win record in Australia beating Northern Territory Invitational Eleven by nine wickets in the 4th match to take a 4-0 lead in the five-match one day series at the…
Huge weapons seized at CU
Dhaka – Police in a drive recovered two sacks of local weapons from a private hostel on the campus of Chittagong University on Sunday.Belal Uddin Jahangir, officer-in-charge of Hathazari Police Station, said a team of police raided ‘Munaf Cottage’ beside…
Cricketer Shahid’s wife brings torture allegation against him
Dhaka – Farzana Aktar, wife of Bangladesh cricket team’s pace bowler Mohammad Shahid, on Sunday lodged a complaint with the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) against her husband that he ‘tortures’ her.”He has an extramarital relationship. If I talk about this,…
Dismal performance of BD athletes in Asian Athletics on 3rd day
Dhaka- Bangladeshi athletes showed dismal performances on the 3rd day of the Asian Athletics Championship in the Indian city Bhubaneswar on Sunday.Bangladesh athlete Al Amin began the day with frustrating performance in the men’s long jump covering distance of 7.11…
AL leader killed in Gaibandha road accident
Dhaka – A local leader of Awami League was killed in a road accident at Chara Battala on Bogra-Ghoraghat regional highway in Gobindaganj upazila in Gaibandha on Saturday evening.
BD U-16 girls go to South Korea tonight
Dhaka- Bangladesh Under-16 Women’s Team are set to leave Dhaka for Seoul, South Korea tonight (Sunday night) on a 10-day tour to receive training and play friendly matches.The female booters will leave Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport at 11:55 pm.
Man electrocuted in Gopalganj
Dhaka – A man died on Saturday night after being electrocuted at Bagan Uttarpara village under Kotalipara upazila in Gopalganj .The deceased is identified as Rafiq Sheikh, 32, son of Razzak Sheikh of the village and driver of a three-wheeler.
GM crops to meet 50% increase of food demand by 2050
Dhaka – Agricultural scientists attending a seminar here today said introduction of Genetically Modified (GM) crops would help meet 50 per cent increase in food demand by 2050. “Traditional technology is not enough for solving future problems in agricultural production…
Unesco nod for Rampal with consent of countries: PM’s Adviser
Prime Minister’s Energy Adviser Dr Tawfiq-e-Elahi Chowdhury on Sunday said Unesco has given its nod to Rampal coal-fired power plant near the Sundarbans after getting consent from 12 countries without vote in this regard. “The statement issued by the Foreign…
Abducted BNP leader Ilyas Ali’s wife stopped from going to Uk
Tahsina Rushdir Luna, the wife of missing BNP leader M Ilias Ali, on Sunday alleged that she was obstructed by immigration officers at Shahjalal Airport from going to the UK for joining her son’s graduation ceremony.Talking to UNB, Luna said…
HC asks govt: Why no comoensation to Chikungynya victms
The High Court on Sunday issued a rule upon the government seeking explanation within four weeks why compensation would not be paid to Chikungunya-affected people. A High Court bench of Justice Syed Muhammad Dastagir Husain and Justice Md Ataur Rahman…
People want Khaleda to be PM again: Mirza Fakhriul
Stating that an ‘unbearable’ situation has long been prevailing in the country, BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Sunday said people now want Khaleda Zia to be the Prime Minister again.“Annoyed at the government’s misrule, the people of…
Gazipur Mayor Mannan’s suspension stayed for three months
Dhaka – The High Court Division of the Supreme Court yesterday stayed the suspension order of Gazipur City Corporation Mayor MA Mannan for three months.
50,000 slum children getting primary education
As many as 50,000 slum children of the country’s 11 city corporations are now given primary education as the government has taken a massive programme to bring all kids under the coverage of primary education. Officials familiar with the programme…
Qualcomm steps up legal battle with Apple, asks iPhone ban
Qualcomm on Thursday escalated its legal battle with Apple, filing a patent infringement lawsuit and requesting a ban on the importation of some iPhones, claiming unlawful and unfair use of the chipmaker’s technology. Qualcomm said it filed two separate legal…
Wildfires rage as California sizzles
The first major wildfires after the end of California’s five-year drought raged across the state Saturday, as the state was gripped by a record-breaking heatwave. Around 2,300 firefighters were battling several blazes with triple-digit temperatures recorded in valleys and inland…
Salman Khan’s Da-Bang concert will go
Salman Khan has toured Hong Kong, Australia and New Zealand with his show Da-Bang and not it’s time to conquer UK. He’s all set to take the concert to UK in September, what with September 14-15 being touted as the…
RMCCI leaders for promoting industrialisation in Rangpur
Leaders of Rangpur Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce and Industry (RMCCI) have laid emphasis on establishing a special economic zone here to promote industrialisation for accelerating economic development in the area. They made the view in a meeting held at RMCCI…
Ayub Bachchu ready to sell guitars
Entertainment Desk Noted musician , composer and guitarist Ayub Bachchu has decided to sell five of his guitars. The LRB frontman, who is well known for his distinctive headgear and guitars, has posted a status on his Facebook on July…
HRW critical of Home Minister’s outright ‘rejection’ of report
Dhaka – The Human Rights Watch (HRW) has criticised Bangladesh Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan for his comments on the rights body’s recent report on secret detentions and enforced disappearances in the country. The International Watchdog defends its report and claimed…
BNP accuses Govt of deceiving people over Rampal
Dhaka, July 8 – BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Saturday alleged that the government is ‘deceiving’ people by carrying out a propaganda that Unesco has lifted its objection to Rampal power station near the Sundarbans.
Four suspected neo JMB members to be taken to court
Dhaka, July 9 – Gulshan café attack case accused Sohel Mahfuz, who was arrested along with three other suspected members of militant group ‘Neo-JMB’ from Chapainawabganj, is set to be produced before a court here on Sunday afternoon.
Rail link resumes after five hrs in Brahmanbaria
Brahamanbaria – The rail communication between Sylhet-Chittagong and Dhaka-Chittagong resumed after remaining shut for five hours early Sunday.
G20 or G19+1: Trump hails talks as ‘success’ despite divisions
President Donald Trump has declared the G20 summit in Germany a “wonderful success”, despite the US’s isolated position on climate change.
UP chairman among 10 Jamaat men held in Rajshahi
Dhaka – Police here on Saturday afternoon arrested 10 leaders of Jamaat-e-Islami including Bagha upazila parishad chairman during a secret meeting at Amodpur central mosque in Bagha upazila in Rajshahi.Officer-in-charge of Bagha Police Station Ali Mahmud said they had secret…
Jessore man ‘kills self’ over conjugal dispute
Dhaka – A young man allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself at his house over conjugal dispute at Itta village in Manirampur upazila in Jessore on Saturday afternoon.Family sources said Sanjit Das Babu, 30, son of Dhiren Das, a resident…
One held, 20 injured in Gazipur RMG factory fire
Dhaka – At least 20 people were injured and a man was held in connection with a incident of fire at garment factory of Narasinghapur at Ashulia in Savar, on the outskirts of the capital, on Sunday.The fire broke out at…
Sluggish England asserts control of 1st test vs South Africa
London,(AP/UNB) – England made slow progress in building a commanding 216-run lead in the first test against South Africa on Saturday, with Alastair Cook’s circumspect 59 not out pushing the team to 119-1 at stumps on Day 3.Cook, England’s record…