Golmaal Again director Rohit Shetty and Ae Dil Hai Mushkil filmmaker Karan Johar are coming together not for a film but will be judges of an upcoming reality show tentatively called Ticket to Bollywood on Star Plus. After the success…
Month: November 2017
Fresh survey to trace diabetes patients next year
Bangladesh Diabetes Association (BDA) will conduct a fresh survey to find out the actual number of diabetes patients in the country. “We have a plan to conduct a pilot survey to get the actual figure of diabetes patients and depict…
Pound down in Asia as May’s future uncertain, equities struggle
The pound sank against its major peers on Monday as British Prime Minister Theresa May’s future looks increasingly uncertain, while Asian equities traders moved cautiously after a recent rally to multi-year highs. Markets have surged in recent weeks—with Wall Street…
Parents angry as Delhi schools reopen despite smog
Angry parents accused Delhi authorities on Monday of “playing with children’s health” as schools reopened despite a fresh surge in pollution to emergency levels. Doctors declared a public health emergency last week when choking smog descended on the capital and…
Fuel removal device installed at meltdown-hit Fukushima reactor
Workers at Japan’s crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant have installed a device to remove nuclear fuel from a meltdown-hit reactor nearly seven years after the crisis was sparked by a tsunami, a spokesman said Monday. The plant’s operator, Tokyo…
RUET launches computer networking course
The Rajshahi University of Engineering and Technology (RUET) has launched an advance level training course on computer networking in order to make its teachers, officers and employees skilled on the modern communication technology. RUET Vice chancellor Prof Rafiqul Alam Beg…
BD experts against indiscriminate groundwaer extraction
Rajshahi, Nov 13 – Water experts at a workshop here on Sunday called for stopping indiscriminate extraction of groundwater for lessening the gradually mounting pressure on it in the vast Barind area.
Khaleda’s speech shows outrage on Sheikh Hasina: Quader
Dhaka, Nov 12 – Awami League General Secretary and Roads Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader today described the speech of BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia as expression of her outrage towards Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.
Ronaldo says he’s father of baby girl
Madrid,(AP/UNB) – Soccer star Cristiano Ronaldo has announced that he is the father of a baby girl.Ronaldo posted a photo Sunday on Twitter of him with the baby’s mother, Georgina Rodriguez, and his oldest son in a hospital in Madrid.
Croatia qualifies for World Cup after 0-0 draw with Greece
Athens,(AP/UNB) – Croatia qualified for the 2018 World Cup finals after a 0-0 draw in the second leg of the playoffs against Greece on Sunday.With a considerable advantage from Thursday’s 4-1 victory in Zagreb, Croatia easily held off the Greek…
Rodriguez key at both ends as Switzerland reaches World Cup
Basel,(AP/UNB) – Switzerland is going to the World Cup after left-back Ricardo Rodriguez denied Northern Ireland hope in both games of their playoff at either end of the field.In each leg of Switzerland’s 1-0 aggregate win, the key incident involved…
United States beats Belarus to win its 18th Fed Cup title
Minsk,(AP/UNB) – A 17-year championship drought came to an end Sunday for the United States when it beat Belarus 3-2 to take its 18th Fed Cup title.CoCo Vandeweghe and Shelby Rogers defeated Aryna Sabalenka and Aliaksandra Sasnovich 6-3, 7-6 (3)…
Roger Federer wins opening match at ATP Finals
London,(AP/UNB) – One break of serve, and a mini-break, was all Roger Federer needed to win his opening match at the season-ending ATP Finals on Sunday.The 19-time Grand Slam champion broke Jack Sock at the start of his 6-4, 7-6…
Google Doodle celebrates Humayun Ahmed’s 70th birthday
Dhaka, Nov 13 (UNB) – Search engine giant Google has created a new Doodle on its homepage, celebrating the life of prolific Bangla writer Humayun Ahmed on the occasion of his 70th birth anniversary.
Iran says at least 140 killed, 300 hurt in quake
Tehran, Nov 13 (AP/UNB) — Iran’s state-run IRNA news agency says the death toll in the powerful 7.2-magnitude earthquake along the borders of Iran and Iraq has risen above 140. IRNA also said over 860 people were injured in the…
Judiciary freed from burden: AG Mahbubey Alam
Dhaka, Nov 12 – Reacting to the resignation of Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha, Attorney General Mahbubey Alam on Sunday said that the judiciary is now freed of burden.
The Queen, Royal Family members at Armistice event
The Queen was joined by members of the Royal Family to commemorate the fallen at the Royal Festival of Remembrance at the Royal Albert Hall.
Commode and cleanliness in RMC hospital needed
A few days ago, I went to a cardiac ward at Rajshahi Medical College Hospital (RMCH). I visited my patient who was about 83 years old. There was no commode in the toilet and all the toilets are so dirty.…
IBBL Shariah Supervisory Committee meeting held
Dhaka – A meeting of the Shariah Supervisory Committee of Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited was held on 12 November 2017, Sunday at Islami Bank Tower. Mufti Sayeed Ahmad, Vice Chairman of the Committee presided over the meeting.
World War III is postponed!
Proinsias Mac Pheadair The actions recently of the world’s most notorious arms dealer Dr Moosa bin Shamsher (73) and former Chairman of Donald Trump’s election campaign Paul Manafort (68) are believed to have prevented an American nuclear attack on North…
Air Chief leaves for Turkey
Dhaka, Nov 12 – Chief of Air Staff Air Chief Marshal Abu Esrar along with his spouse and three other entourage members left Dhaka for Turkey on Sunday on a five-day official visit.
BD Election commission for more security around its offices
The alarm has been raised as the commission is gearing up to hold six city polls and the eleventh general elections due between Oct 30, 2018 and Jan 28, 2019.
CJ forced to resign, claims Khaleda
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia on Sunday alleged that Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha was forced to step down by sending government agency men abroad.
BNP blames govt for obstructing transports before its rally
BNP on Sunday alleged that the government has stopped public bus services to the capital from different adjacent districts in a planned way to prevent the gathering of people at its Suhrawardy Udyan rally.
Justice Sinha’s resignation causes no const void
Attorney General Mahbubey Alam today said the resignation of Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha caused no constitutional void in the country.
Buses go off Dhaka’s roads ahead of BNP’s rally
The BNP claims that police and Awami League activists are blocking them in an attempt to diminish the public gathering at the rally.
Rohingya women gang-raped by Myanmar army: UN
United Nations Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict Pramila Patten on Sunday said they consistently heard about sexual violence from Rohingya survivors, including gang-rape of women by multiple soldiers.
Khaleda wants army with magistracy power during polls
Dhaka, 12 Nov – BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia on Sunday reiterated her call to the government to hold the next general elections under a neutral government to restore the voting rights of the people.
One held with 40,000 Yaba tablets in Cox’s Bazar
Dhaka- Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) in a drive arrested a man along with 40,000 Yaba tablets from Katakhali Purbapara area in Teknaf upazila in Cox’s Bazar early Sunday.
School boy killed in Jessore road crash
Dhaka – A school boy was killed as his motorbike hit a roadside tree on Jessore-Benapole Highway in Tafsidanga Muchipara area of sadar upazila in Jessore on Sunday morning.