Extremist Israeli settlers attacked Palestinian olive harvest and stole it over the past weeks. Last Sunday, a Palestinian landowner found their olive crops near Qalqilia harvested and stolen, and many mature trees damaged by toxic chemicals. The perpetrators, who came…
AKM Moinuddin, UNB Staff Writer Hunan Province (China), Oct 30 – China wants to maintain good relations with Bangladesh and other South Asian countries, keeping in mind the greater welfare of the people in the region, says a Chinese vice…
Dhaka – Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) arrested an alleged drug dealer along with 5.5kg heroin from Bhatopara village in Godagari upazila on Monday.The arrestee was Shamsul Haq alias Sover, 55, son of Thandu Miah of the village.
Dhaka -Nine people were killed and four others injured in separate road accidents in Madhabdi and Shibpur upazilas on Monday morning.In Madhabdi, six people were killed in a head-on collision between a bus and a microbus on Dhaka-Sylhet highway in…
Dhaka – A schoolboy allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself at his residence at Khanpur village in Bagha upazila here in Rajshahi on Monday.The deceased was identified as Shohan, a JSC examinee and son of Ashraf Ali, a rickshaw puller…
Dhaka- A court here on Monday placed Jamaat-e-Islami ameer Maqbul Ahmad on a 3-day fresh remand in a violence case.Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Sadbir Yasir Ahsan Chowdhury passed the order after investigation officer of the case sub-inspector of Detective Branch Anwarul…
Dhaka – In separate incidents, customs officials on Monday arrested seven people along with 12 gold bars weighing around 1.4 kg at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport.
Dhaka – Bashundhara Kings secured a 1-0 victory against Bangladesh Police Football Club in the Marcel Bangladesh Championship League football at Bir Shreshtha Shaheed Sepoy Mohammad Mostafa Kamal Stadium in Kamlapur on Monday.
Dhaka – The much-talked-about election to the country’s most affluent sports body, Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB), will be held on Tuesday.The voting will begin at 10am at the BCB board room at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Mirpur and end…
Dhaka – The Crony Group Dhaka Metropolis Premier, First and 2nd Division Volleyball Leagues, began on Monday at the Dhaka Volleyball Stadium with Titas Club making a flying start beating Bangladesh Police by 25-20, 25-13, 25-22 points (3-0 sets) in…
Dhaka – Bangladesh Under-19 football team will take on hosts Tajikistan in their first Group B match of the AFC Under-19 Championship Qualifiers at Hisor Central Stadium (HCS), Dushanbe on Tuesday.The match will begin at 6pm Bangladesh time. Bangladesh team…
The government has targeted to install two lakh shelters, 50,000 latrines and five police camps for the Rohingya people, who entered Bangladesh in the face of ethnic cleansing from their homes in Rakhine state of Myanmar troops, said Disaster Management…
chairperson Khaleda Zia on Monday condemned the attacks on her motorcade in Feni and alleged that the attackers are known to the government, reports UNB. “We’ve come here to visit Rohingyas and give them some assistance, but on our way,…
The concentration of carbon dioxide (CO2) in the atmosphere has hit a new high, the UN said Monday, warning that drastic action is needed to achieve targets set by the Paris climate agreement. “Concentrations of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere…
The former prime minister’s call came on Monday during her visit to the refugee camps in Cox’s Bazar, when she also blamed the government for failing to take proper diplomatic efforts to send the Rohingyas back. More than 600,000 Rohingyas,…
The Cabinet today approved a proposed pesticide law suggesting tougher punitive actions against storing and marketing of adulterated bug killers meant for crop protection.
Khaleda Zia distributes relief materials among Rohingyas at Moynargona Rohingya camp in Ukhia upazila. Photo: UNB/Salahuddin Ahmed Cox’s Bazar, Oct 30 (UNB) – Condemning the attacks on her motorcade in Feni, BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia on Monday alleged that the…
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Monday cleared way for the continuation of Zia Orphanage Trust graft case against BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia. A four-member bench led by acting Chief Justice Abdul Wahhab Miah passed ‘no order’ on…
Actress Parineeti Chopra said she will work “harder” after the success of the Ajay Devgn-starrer Golmaal Again. Directed and co-produced by Rohit Shetty, Golmaal Again is the fourth installment of Golmaal franchise which also features Tabu, Arshad Warsi, Tusshar Kapoor,…
Entertainment Desk The top most romantic and talented actress Joya Ahsan will appear as ‘Banolota Sen’ in her upcoming movie ‘Jhora Palok’. The storyline of the movie is the biography of renowned poet Jibanananda Das. In Jhora Palok, Joya will…
Asian stocks markets were largely flat in early trade on Monday as investors braced for key earnings reports and US President Donald Trump’s announcement of the new Federal Reserve chair. Hong Kong and Tokyo shed early gains after traders—boosted by…
Facing 195 other countries who have chosen a different path, the task of US negotiators at upcoming climate talks in Bonn is unenviable. Donald Trump has vowed to exit the Paris Climate accord, just not yet, leaving US policy in…
The crammed basement bar heaves with laughter as the young comedians take to the microphone, riffing on daily life in austerity-slammed Greece. This is one of a growing number of open mic nights to have sprung up in the past…
Chinese Huawei Technologies Company has provided a total of 680,000 U.S. dollars worth of assistance under 15 programs of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in Myanmar in 2016-2017, according to a CSR report released by Huawei Myanmar here on Saturday. During…
Spain’s foreign minister has repeated his government’s position that the sacked Catalan leader could run in new elections in December, but stressed that meant only if he was not in jail. Alfonso Dastis spoke as a huge rally for Spanish…
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has visited a cosmetics factory in Pyongyang, accompanied by his wife Ri Sol-ju and sister Kim Yo-jong. State media released undated photos of the visit on Sunday. Both women are rarely seen in public. Ms…
Yangon, Oct 30 (AP/UNB) — People marched in Myanmar’s largest city on Sunday to support the military, which has come under heavy criticism over violence that has driven hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslims to flee to neighboring Bangladesh.
Dhaka – A former local leader of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) was stabbed to death by rivals during a clash in Sirajganj municipality area on Sunday.The deceased was identified as Abdul Malek, 28, former religious affairs secretary of the municipality…
Dhaka – Police recovered the body of a retired army man from a paddy field at Pakulla village of Mirzapur upazila on Sunday afternoon, 11 days after he went missing.The deceased was identified as SM Abdul Malek, 80, a retired…
Dhaka – A freedom fighter was killed and three other people sustained injuries in a road accident at Chotura of Faridganj upazila in Chandpur on Sunday evening.