Fashion model Risila Binte Wazer has been found dead at her home in Badda on Monday. Gulshan police is speculating that she committed suicide. Gulshan police station sub-inspector Nur Alam Masum Siddique and Officer-in-Charge Abu Bakar Siddique both filed the…
Kanye West filed a lawsuit Tuesday against Lloyd’s for $10 million, alleging the insurer is refusing to pay claims stemming from the cancellation of his tour following a reported mental breakdown. The 40-year-old rap superstar filed a claim with Lloyd’s…
Rising carbon dioxide levels from global warming will drastically reduce the amount of protein in staple crops like rice and wheat, leaving vulnerable populations at risk of growth stunting and early death, experts warned Wednesday. Researchers say they still don’t…
Two satellites including one dedicated to monitoring the effects of climate change on vegetation were successfully launched into orbit late Tuesday, launch company Arianespace said. They were launched from Korou, in French Guiana, at 10:56 pm (0136 GMT). The Vegetation…
by Alexandra Scheele Though the two principles “equal pay for equal work” and “equal pay for work of equal value” have been legally fixed with the European Treaty of Rome 1957 as well as with the subsequent Equal Pay Directive…
UN, Aug 2 (AP/UNB) — The crisis in Yemen that has left millions hungry and on the brink of famine is “a man-made disaster” driven not only by decades of poverty and lack of investment but also by economic strangulation…
Dhaka, Aug 2 – A man was killed and three others sustained serious injuries when a Chandpur-bound passenger bus from Comilla hit a Hajiganj-bound CNG-run auto-rickshaw from Chandpur on Chandpur-Comilla regional highway in Devpur area of Chandpur Sadar Upazila on…
Moscow, Aug 1 (AP/UNB)- Five defendants at a Moscow courthouse attacked their guards in a bungled escape attempt, leading to a shootout that killed three people and wounded five others, officials said Tuesday.
Dhaka, Aug 2 – Police recovered the throat-slit bodies of two sisters from their house at Deoliabari village of Sadar Upazila of Jamalpur on Wednesday morning.
Brahmanbaria, Aug 2 – Two suspected extortionists were lynched and another was injured by a mob at Bholanagar village in Bancharampur Upazila of the district on Tuesday evening.
Technology giant Apple, best known for its iPhones and computers, said newer lines of business such as Apple Pay, the App Store and Apple Music helped to drive growth in its third quarter. The services unit was what one analyst…
Saudi Arabia has launched a massive tourism development project that will turn 50 islands and other sites on the Red Sea into luxury resorts. It hopes to attract both foreign tourists and domestic visitors as part of efforts to diversify…
The US government is not seeking a regime change in North Korea, the secretary of state says, amid tensions over Pyongyang’s weapons programme. “We’re not your enemy,” Rex Tillerson said, adding that the US wanted a dialogue at some point.…
Dhaka – Conjoined twins–Tofa and Tahura–have successfully been separated by a group of expert physicians at Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) on Tuesday.
Dhaka – A young man was stabbed to death by rivals in Jhautola Sarder Bahadur Nagar area under Khulshi Police Station on Monday night over love affairs.The deceased was identified as Mohammad Masum, 20, son of Md Julfikar Ali.
Dhaka – A tribunal here on Tuesday convicted a man and sentenced him to death in a murder case.The court also fined condemned convict Ratan Hossain, 26, son of Saidur Rahman of Boalia area of the city, Tk 20,000. He…
Dhaka – Amid the outcry over the rape of a female student by a Sramik League leader and subsequent torture on the girl and her mother, a drunk Jubo League leader tried to rape a housewife in Dhunat upazila in…
Dhaka – Two farmers were killed in separate lightning strikes in Chhatak and Jagannath upazilas of Sunamganj district on Tuesday. The deceased were identified as Abdur Rahim, 55, hailing from Kharai village of Chhatak upazila, and Jamir Ali, 45, of…
Dhaka -The 10-team Marcel Bangladesh Championship League (BCL) Football, the 2nd tier soccer league after Bangladesh Premier League (BPL), begins next Sunday at the Kamalapur Stadium here.The contract signing and logo unveiling ceremony of BCL, powered by Premier Bank Limited,…
Dhaka – Bangladesh national hockey team will leave here for China on Thursday (Aug 3) to play eight preparatory matches against different teams as part of their preparation for the Hero 10th Men’s Asia Cup’ 2017 schedued for October 12-22…
Dhaka- A six-member team of Bangladesh Premier Chess League Champions Saif Sporting Club left here for Sri Lankan capital Colombo on Tuesday to participate in the Asian Chess Club Champions League beginning on Thursday.
Dhaka- Test captain cum wicket-keeper of Bangladesh National Cricket team Mushfiqur Rahim joined Rajshahi Kings as icon player in the franchised-based Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) beginning here on November.Mushfiqur was introduced as the icon player of the Rajshahi Kings for…
Dhaka- Narayanganj District team have clinched the Dhaka Divisional Commissioner Gold Cup Football title beating Tangail District by 3-0 goals in the final at a stadium here recently.
Indian government data shows that at least one person has been killed every day in conflict with a wild tiger or elephant for the past three years.The statistics released by the Environment Ministry count a total 1,144 people killed between…
BNP on Tuesday alleged that Prime Minister’s Energy Affairs Adviser Dr Tawfiq-e-Elahi Chowdhury is spreading lies over Unesco’s stance on the much-talked-about Rampal power plant project near the Sundarbans.“Unesco in its report said the power plant at Rampal can’t be…
A total of 340 children, including 24 physically challenged ones, were violated in the country in the last seven months of the current year, according to statistics of Child Rights Advocacy Coalition in Bangladesh.Of them, some 46 fell victims to…
Renewing her allegation that Khandaker Mostaque Ahmed and Ziaur Rahman were involved in the plot to assassinate Father of the Nation along with most of his family members, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday said it was an attempt not…
Venezuela opposition leaders Leopoldo López and Antonio Ledezma have been taken from their homes, where they were under house arrest, family members of the two have tweeted. López’s wife and Ledezma’s daughter said they would hold President Nicolás Maduro responsible…
Jordanian lawmakers will decide on August 1, 2017, whether to remove or amend an infamous provision in the country’s 1960 penal code that allows people who commit sexual assault to avoid punishment if they marry their victims, Human Rights Watch…
Hand in hand with UN Environment and the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), the People’s Bank of China (PBoC) disembarked in the Argentine capital to prompt this country to adopt and promote the agenda of so-called green finance, which supports clean…