Dhaka – A fire broke out in a jhut godown at Diyabari Beribadh in city’s Mirpur area on Sunday afternoon.
Month: July 2017
3-day-cricket: BCB HP beat NTI XI by 21 runs
Dhaka – Bangladesh Cricket Board High Performance (BCB HP) side beat Northern Territory Invitational Eleven (NTI XI) by 21 runs in the three-day match which finished on Saturday at Marrara Cricket Ground-1 in Darwin, Australia.With this victory, BCB HP team…
Youth dies from snakebite in Jessore
Dhaka- A young man died from snakebite at Sadipur village in Sharsha upazila of Jessore early Sunday.Locals said Musa Hossain, 25, son of Asad Hossain, a resident of Sadipur village, was bitten by a venomous snake while returning home from…
Worker dies from electrocution in Jessore
Dhaka – A worker died after being electrocuted at Dighirpar Taltola under Manirumpur upazila of the district on Sunday morning.The deceased was identified as Abdul Awal, 30, son of Munshi Abed Ali Sarder, a resident of Dighirpar village of the…
Tamim joins Tigers conditioning camp
Dhaka- Bangladesh cricket team opening batsman Tamim Iqbal on Sunday joined the Tigers conditioning camp after missing out the first six days of the camp.Ahead of the Test series against Australia at home and for an away series in South…
3 Bangladeshis to play Indian Pro Kabaddi League
Dhaka – Three Bangladeshi players–Ziaur rahman, Zakir Hossain and Soleiman Kabir-will play in the franchised-based Indian Pro Kabaddi League Season-5 beginning on July 28 in Hyderabad.Puneri Paltan recruited Bangladesh Navy defender Ziaur Rahman, defending champions Patna Pirates purchased Zakir Hossain…
BD U23 football team leaves Qatar for Jordan
Dhaka-Bangladesh U23 team on Sunday left Qatar for Jordan to set out for the Group E campaign in the AFC U23 Championship Qualifiers 2018 scheduled to be held in Palestine.From Jordan, Bangladesh team will travel to Palestine by road through…
Int’l Rating Chess: 5 players share lead after 2nd round
Dhaka – Five players shared the lead in the category ‘A’ points table of the Saif Powertec 2nd International Rating Chess Tournament after the 2nd round at Bangladesh Chess Federation hall-room and NSC Tower Auditorium on Sunday.GM Ziaur Rahman, GM…
Obert Int’l Chess: Nasir earns 2 points after 3rd round
Dhaka – FM Sheikh Nasir Ahmed of Bangladesh secured two points form three games in the 19th Obert International Sant Marti chess tournament after the 3rd round at in Barcelona, Spain on Saturday.
Aamir Khan upset as he will miss
Aamir Khan has made his way to global stardom with his film Dangal breaking all box-office records worldwide. The actor who’s known as Mr. Perfectionist expressed his sadness for not being able to Ranbir Kapoor – Katrina Kaif starrer much…
Ranbir in Ayan Mukherji’s ‘Dragon’
Actor Ranbir Kapoor, who is all geared up for his first production venture ‘Jagga Jasoos’, says that he will start the shooting of Ayan Mukherji’s next titled ‘Dragon’ from October 15. Ranbir shared the details about his next films at…
Top stars, low cost – Quebec celebrates a festival model
The top names in music playing some of their careers’ largest shows, with tickets selling for a sliver of the price they usually command… Such is the unique model of Quebec City’s summer festival, which turned 50 this year with…
Stocks open week up on higher transactions
Stocks opened the week on Sunday upward with rising trend of all indices at Dhaka and Chittagong stock exchanges on higher transactions. The day’s trade value at DSE increased to Taka 1263.47 crore from Thursday’s Taka 1009.33 crore and the…
200 houses washed away in Kurigram
Dhaka, July 16– At least 200 families lost their houses in the last two days in three Upazilas of Kurigram district as floodwater started to recede, triggering soil erosion.
Muguruza beats Venus for 1st Wimbledon title
London, Jul 16 (AP/UNB) — As a kid, Garbine Muguruza sat in awe in front of the TV as the Williams sisters accumulated Grand Slam titles. They were her role models.
Cops, journo among 40 hurt in police-autodriver clash
Dhaka, Jul 16– At least 40 people, including two policemen and a journalist, were injured in a clash between law enforcers and CNG-run auto-rickshaw drivers at Borotakia Bazar in Mirsarai Upazila of Chittagongbon Saturday afternoon.
RAB cordons off suspected ‘militant den’ at Ashulia
Savar, Jul 16 – The Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) on Sunday cordoned off a house in Chakalgram Chourapara area of Pathalia union in Ashulia, suspecting it as a militant hideout.
Confronting Africa’s water challenge
Akinwumi Adesina Abidjan – Water is essential for life, and yet it is scarce in many parts of the world. Owing to the effects of climate change, Africa is experiencing its worst drought since 1945, especially in Southern Sudan, Somalia,…
Asia’s future farms
by Mahfuz Ahmed Manila – Food shortages are a distant memory for many people in Asia. But as the region struggles to feed and nourish a booming population, they could become a painful fact of life again.
The health costs of environmental change
by Shaukat Aziz Oxford – In recent years, the world has become increasingly preoccupied with the catastrophic potential of global warming and other human-induced environmental changes, and rightly so. But one of the most serious risks has been all but…
IBBL launches Agent Banking services
Dhaka – Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited launched Agent Banking services with a view to reaching banking services to the door-steps of unbanked people across rural areas. First Agent Banking Center of the Bank was inaugurated at Bou Barza, Birulia, Savar,…
2 on hunger strike for withdrawal of case against JU students
Savar – Two students of Jahangirnagar University (JU) began fast-unto- death on Saturday demanding withdrawal of case lodged against the students for vandalizing VC’s residence.
Khaleda slams Government for interference in JSD (Rob) meeting
Strongly denouncing law enforcers’ reported intervention in a meeting at Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal (JSD-Rab) President ASM Abdur Rab’s Uttara residence, BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia on Saturday alleged it has manifested the state’s current ‘atrocious and extremely anti-people nature’.
BNP wants unity of all opposition parties
BNP senior leader Moudud Ahmed on Saturday said the unity of opposition political parties with a one-point demand for a credible election is a must to put an end to the current ‘despotic rule’, and ‘restore’ democracy and people’s voting…
Khaleda to place polls-time govt framework after return home
BNP standing committee member Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain on Saturday said their Chairperson Khaleda Zia will present a framework on the election-time supportive government soon after she returns home from the UK.“Our chairperson is going to London for her treatment. Hope,…
Youth beaten dead in Ctg
Dhaka- A youth, who sustained injuries being beaten severely over a trifling matter in Sandwip upazila in the district, died at Chittagong Medical College Hospital early Saturday.The deceased was identified as Abu Sayeed, owner of a mobile phone recharge shop…
Dhaka Sri Lanka want 3-fold rise in trade in two years
Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena on Saturday attended a trade and investment event before leaving Dhaka that discussed ways to have greater trade and investment cooperation between the two countries.Bangladesh and Sri Lanka want to see their two-way trade volume…
Shakib sidelined from conditioning camp for injury
Dhaka – Bangladesh cricket team all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan on Saturday could not join the national conditioning camp due to minor injury on his left ankle.Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) physician taped up Shakib’s injured ankle and he will remain under…
Turkey marks one year since coup attempt
Turkish authorities sacked nearly 7,400 more civil servants for alleged links to terror groups as the country on Saturday marked the first anniversary of last summer’s failed coup attempt that left some 250 people dead.Thousands are expected to turn out…
Inter Varsity Football: East West beat Prime Asia 5-0; Muhit makes hat-trick
Dhaka – A brilliant hat-trick by Muhit guided East West University to earn a huge 5-0 goal victory over Prime Asia University in the First Inter-University Football Tournament, named as Faraz Challenge Cup, at Kamalapur Stadium here on Saturday.Muhit scored…