Dhaka – Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited organised voluntary blood donation program on the occasion of National Mourning Day and 42nd Martyrdom Anniversary of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. Arastoo Khan, Chairman of the bank inaugurated the program…
Rajshahi – Professor Dr. Provash Kumar Majumdar, a teacher of Statistics department has been appointed new administrator of Public Relation office of Rajshahi University (RU).
The Election Commission says it will have no role in initiatives to build a ‘consensus’ among political parties to take part in the next national election. Chief Election Commissioner Nurul Huda’s remarks came during discussions with journalists from television stations,…
BNP senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi on Thursday alleged that Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is talking about their party founder Ziaur Rahman’s involvement in the August 15, 1975 murder incident of Bangabandhu and most of his family members…
Five activists of Ganojagaran Manch, including its spokesperson Imran H Sarkar, were injured in an attack allegedly by Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) men at Shahbagh intersection in the city on Thursday evening.
Onrush of waters in one three major river basins have shown a receding trend in the upstream but continued to swell the other two while experts said possibility if a massive deluge now depends on rainfall quantum in coming days.…
Bangladesh Bank (BB) has reduced the interest rate of green transformation fund for export oriented textile and textile products and leather manufacturing industries to encourage the use of the fund.
A new study has shown that consuming fortified rice can significantly reduce anaemia and zinc deficiencies among the poorest women in Bangladesh. Conducted by the research centre icddr,b and on behalf of the United Nations World Food Programme or WFP,…
Dhaka – A driver was killed and his helper injured when a covered van hit another one in Daklapara area in Buringchar upazila on Dhaka-Chittagong highway in Comilla on Thursday morning.
Dhaka – Two people, including an engineer, were hacked to death by some miscreants in two separate incidents in Belabo and Narsingdi Sadar upazilas in Narsingdi on Wednesday night.Golam Mostofa, officer-in-charge of Narsingdi Sadar Police Station, said Sujon Saha, son…
Dhaka – A court here on Thursday sentenced two people to life term imprisonment for killing a minor girl in the city’s Badda area in 2011.The lifers are Manik Kumar Das, 20, hailing from Shakhati village in Munshiganj sadar upazila…
Dhaka – Australia cricket team will arrive here on Friday night to play a two-match Test series against the Tigers after an 11-year break. Steve Smith’s men are scheduled to land at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport around 10:30pm, leaving home…
An Islamist militant who is serving a prison sentence for destroying ancient mausoleums in Timbuktu has been found liable for nearly 3m euros in damages. Ahmad al-Faqi al-Mahdi was jailed for nine years last September by the International Criminal Court…
Dhaka – Holders Bangladesh Under-15 Football team will start their campaign in the six-team South Asian Football Federation (SAFF) U-15 Football Championship taking on Sri Lanka in the opening match on Friday at ANFA Complex in Kathmandu eyeing to defend…
Dhaka- Bangladesh team will take on Namibia in one of the three opening day matches of the ICC U-19 World Cup’2018 on January 13 in Christchurch, New Zealand.The ICC announced the schedule of ICC U-19 World Cup on Thursday.
Dhaka – The JFA U-14 Women’s National Football Championship 2017, Bangladesh Football Federation, will kick-off next Sunday (Aug 20) at six different venues across the country .
Dhaka- Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) arrested two members of a sea robber gang from the Sundarbans in Bagerhat district on Thursday morning.The arrestees are Mintu Gazi, 30, second-in-command of Sumon Bahini, and Dhali, 28,” said lieutenant colonel Anwaruzzaman,…
Apple chief executive Tim Cook has become the latest boss to criticise President Donald Trump over his response to the white nationalist rallies in Virginia. Mr Cook said he did not agree there was a “moral equivalence” between white supremacists…
Culture Desk Today marks the 11th death anniversary of eminent poet Shamsur Rahman. On the occasion of his death anniversary, National Poetry Council, Shamsur Rahman Smrity Parishad, Poet Shamsur Rahman Foundation and the family of the poet will lay floral…
Culture Desk IGCC is going to organise an evening of Rabindra Sangeet by Sutapa Chakrabarty and Tabla recital by Pandit Parimal Chakrabarty from India at Kabi Sufia Kamal Auditorium, Bangladesh National Museum, Shahbagh in the city. The musical soiree will…
Australian researchers have reported a major breakthrough in the relief of deadly peanut allergy with the discovery of a long-lasting treatment they say offers hope that a cure will soon be possible. In clinical trials conducted by scientists at Melbourne’s…
Japan recorded a double-digit drop in its trade surplus in July as costs of energy imports rose on a weaker yen, government data showed Thursday. The world’s third-largest economy logged a surplus of 418.8 billion yen ($3.8 billion), down 17…
“Mission: Impossible 6” has halted filming after Tom Cruise broke his ankle in a botched stunt, the director confirmed Wednesday, while vowing not to push the release date back. Cruise, known for performing his own death-defying stunts, was injured as…
Spain’s coastguard says it has rescued 600 migrants crossing from Morocco in a 24-hour period amid a spike in the number of migrant arrivals.
Dhaka- Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) has issued its highest alert in the bordering areas in Benapole to prevent illegal entrance and smuggling of Indian cows ahead of Eid ul Azha.BGB issued this high alert notification on Monday and it will…
Dhaka – A court in Khulna Wednesday sentenced six people to life imprisonment for killing a trader in a bomb attack in 2010.The convicts are Akter Jamil alias Boni, son of late Firoj Ahmed, Jahidul Islam alias Babu Bhuiyan, son…
Madrid,(AP/UNB) – Real Madrid beat Barcelona 2-0 to complete a 5-1 victory on aggregate in the Spanish Super Cup on Wednesday, dominating its fiercest rival without the need of Cristiano Ronaldo or Gareth Bale.Marco Asensio and Karim Benzema provided the…
Dhaka,(AP/UNB) – Dries Mertens started this season where he left off the last, setting Napoli on its way to a 2-0 win over nine-man Nice in the first leg of their Champions League playoff on Wednesday.Mertens scored more than 30…
Madrid,(AP/UNB) – Colombia striker Carlos Bacca joined Spanish club Villarreal on loan from AC Milan on Wednesday.Villarreal said the one-season loan agreement includes the option to buy the player at the end of the season.
Madrid, (AP/UNB) – Cristiano Ronaldo has bitterly criticized his five-game suspension for pushing a referee who had sent him off, describing the ban as “persecution.”Ronaldo wrote on his Instagram account on Wednesday that “it is impossible to remain silent in…