Dhaka – Four teams-Viqarunnisa Noon, Holy Cross, Commerce and Tongi Amjad Ali Colleges-reached the semifinals of the Walton Inter-College Women’s Baseball Competition eliminating their rivals on the opening day at the Dhanmondi Women’s Sports Complex on Tuesday.
Dhaka- Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) arrested two Myanmar nationals along with 1.10 lakh pieces of Yaba tablets from Teknaf border area here in Cox’s Bazar on Tuesday.The arrestees are Md Ayat, 20, son of Abul Bashar and Md Mamunul,…
Dhaka-A young man was stabbed to death by unknown miscreants at Juragate area in Khulna on Tuesday noon.The deceased was identified as Saidur Rahman Hawlader, 25, son of Selim Hawlader, a resident of 7 No. ghat area of the city.
Dhaka- The custom officials of India on Tuesday morning arrested a Bangladeshi man along with 20 gold bars at Petrapole custom centre in India.
Dhaka – A court here on Tuesday awarded death sentence to a man for killing his mother in Charmartrin area of Kamalnagar upazila inLaxmipur in 2005.Additional Judge of District and Sessions Judges’ Court Md Saidur Rahman Gazi passed the order…
Dhaka- Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) president Nazmul Hasan Papon on Tuesday said they have not taken any decision to remove national ODI skipper Mashrafe Bin Mortaza form the team or scrap his captaincy.”BCB has no plan to remove him (Mashrafe)…
Dhaka- A brilliant hat-trick by Arafatul Islam enabled BGC Trust University to crush Ma & Shishu Medical College by 6-0 goal in the Dakhina-CJKS Inter-University Football Tournament at the MA Aziz Stadium in Chittagong on Tuesday.Arafatul Islam slammed a hat-trick…
Dhaka – At least two people were killed and another was injured early Tuesday as a minibus ploughed into a group of people who put up a barricade on the road to check the suspicious speedy movement of the vehicle…
The government has set a target to generate 2000 megawatts (MW) of electricity from renewable sources in three years, which will be 10.0 percent of the country’s total power production. “We are working to increase power generation from renewable sources…
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights told Reuters on Tuesday that it had “confirmed information” that Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi has been killed.Russia’s Defence Ministry said in June that it might have killed Baghdadi when one of its…
Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives Minister Khandker Mosharraf Hossain on Tuesday told Parliament that 87 percent of the country’s population is now under safe water coverage.“The remaining 13 percent also collect safe water from other distant sources,” he said…
Books of Obama photographs will be in the news this fall.A collection of White House pictures of Michelle Obama is coming out Oct. 17, Ten Speed Press told The Associated Press on Tuesday. “Chasing Light” will feature 150 color shots…
The capital city once again witnessed severe traffic congestions and waterlogging triggered by intermittent rains, inflicting immense sufferings on commuters and disrupting normal life on Tuesday.Many roads, lanes and by-lanes at different parts of the city went under knee-deep water…
BNP senior leader Shamsuzzaman Dudu on Tuesday said there is no sign of taking any step to create a congenial atmosphere for holding the next national election as people across the country are still passing their days amid grave panic…
A training aircraft of Bangladesh Air Force (BAF) crashed at Borohatia Haridarghona in Lohagara upazila on Tuesday afternoon.Rezaul Karim, assistant director of Inter Services Public Relations Directorate (ISPR), said the aircraft crashed around 2:45 pm.
Microsoft is announcing a project to bring broadband internet access to rural parts of the United States.Microsoft President Brad Smith says in a blog post that he plans to unveil details about the initiative at a Tuesday event in Washington,…
India’s top court on Tuesday stayed for three months a ban introduced by the Hindu nationalist government on the sale of cows and buffaloes for slaughter.The Supreme Court approved a lower court ruling that said people have a basic right…
Civilians in west Mosul have been ruthlessly exploited by the armed group calling itself the Islamic State (IS), which has systematically moved them into zones of conflict, used them as human shields, and prevented them from escaping to safety. They…
New Delhi, 11 July (Indrajit Bose)- The actual status of the resources committed to the UNFCCC’s Green Climate Fund (GCF) became an issue at the 17th Board meeting which was held on 5-6 July in Songdo, South Korea.
By Carlotta Gall Istanbul — Hundreds of thousands of protesters turned out for a massive rally in Istanbul on Sunday evening, cheering the leader of the opposition as he concluded his three-week March for Justice and threw down a challenge…
Hamburg, 7 Jul (D. Ravi Kanth) – As the G20 leaders began their stormy meeting amid violent protests on the streets of Hamburg, serious existential challenges continued to dominate the meeting, particularly on the uninterrupted multilateral trade liberalization under the…
Washington, Jul 11 (AP/UNB) — A meeting between President Donald Trump’s eldest son and a Russian lawyer during the presidential campaign occurred at the behest of a Moscow-based singer with family ties to Trump’s businesses, according to a participant in…
Dhaka, July 11 – A girl in Satkhira, Southwest Bangladesh, has been discovered suffering symptoms similar to the ‘tree-man disease’, in which the skin deteriorates to give way to debilitating growths akin to the bark of a tree.
UN – U.S. Ambassador Nikki Haley is urging the international community “to stand together” and call on Myanmar’s government to cooperate with a U.N. mission charged with probing alleged abuses by military and security forces, including against the minority Rohingya…
The senior US commander in Iraq has warned that the war against the so-called Islamic State (IS) is not over, despite a “historic” victory in Mosul. Lt Gen Stephen Townsend told the BBC there were still IS fighters in Iraq.
At least 16 people have died after a US military plane crashed in the southern state of Mississippi at around 16:00 local time (21:00 GMT) on Monday.
Dhaka – The central committee of Bangladesh Chhatra League, the ruling party-backed student organisation, on Monday suspended two of its leaders of Rajshahi University unit over attacking a journalist in front of the university gate.The suspended leaders are – Mahmudur…
Dhaka – An alleged robber was killed in a gunfight between police and a group of robbers early Tuesday at Satrakanda village in Jhalakati.The identity of the deceased was not available immediately.Additional police superintendent of the district Md Abdul Latif…
Dhaka- Some 30 baby king cobras were killed and 90 eggs were destroyed again at two villages in Durgapur upazila of Rajshahi district on Monday.One mother cobra was taken alive.At least 201 king cobras were killed in Rajshahi and Satkhira…
Dhaka – A minor girl was raped allegedly by a teenage boy at Noshangkar village in Tongibari upazila on Monday afternoon.Shakhawat Hossain, sub-inspector of Tongibari Police Station, said Mahin, 15, son of Jewel Mridha of the village, allegedly raped the…