Dhaka, Dec 2 – Pope Francis wrapped up his busy Bangladesh trip on Saturday afternoon when he had an emotional interaction with Rohingyas.
Month: December 2017
Eid-e-Miladunnabi observed in Bangladesh
Dhaka, Dec 2 – Holy Eid-e-Miladunnabi, the day of birth and demise of Prophet Hazrat Muhammad (pbuh), was observed in the country on Saturday with due religious solemnity.
68 held in Dinajpur special drive
Dhaka- Police in a special drive have arrested 68 people and recovered huge drugs from different areas in Dinajpur .
‘Robber’ lynched in Narsingdi
Dhaka- A suspected robber was killed in a lynch-mob attack at Dari Hairmara village in Raipura upazila early Saturday. Sub-inspector Aminul Islam of Raipura Police Station said a group of bandits stormed the house of Maulana Zakaria at the village…
Kishoreganj mother, 2 kids hacked dead over land dispute
Dhaka – A woman and her two children were chopped to death and her husband was injured in an attack over a land-related dispute at Tarakandi village in Pakundia upazila in Kishoreganj on Saturday morning.The deceased were identified as Taslima,…
Youth stabbed dead in Ctg
Dhaka – A young man has been stabbed to death over a previous enmity at Jhaldi in Banshkhali upazila.The deceased was identified as Didarul Alam, 28, son of Najir Ahmed of the village.
Youth chopped dead in Comilla
Dhaka – A young man was chopped to death and two others were injured in an attack allegedly by local Jaitya Party men over playing badminton at Darichar village in Homna upazila on Friday night.Police said a group of young…
Pabna road crash kills two
Pabna – Two people, including a woman, were killed and four others injured when a truck hit a CNG-run auto-rickshaw in Nurpur area on Pabna-Gachhpara road in Sadar upazila on Saturday.
NZ 267-4 at tea on day 2, 1st test vs West Indies
Wellington,(AP/UNB) – Ross Taylor was dismissed for 93, seven runs short of his 17th test century, as New Zealand increased its first innings lead over the West Indies to 133 runs Saturday on the second day of the first cricket…
India wins toss, opts to bat in 3rd test against Sri Lanka
Delhi,(AP/UNB) – India has won the toss and opted to bat in the third test against Sri Lanka on Saturday.The hosts won the second test in Nagpur by an innings and 239 runs to take a 1-0 lead in the…
Rain causes delays in 2nd Ashes test, Australia 33-0
Adelaide,(AP/UNB) – Rain interrupted play twice during the opening session of the inaugural day-night Ashes test at the Adelaide Oval, where Australia was 33 without loss after being sent in to bat by England captain Joe Root.England bowled 11.2 overs,…
BPL5: Comilla maintain top slot with 4-wkts victory against Rangpur
Dhaka – Comilla Victorians defeated Rangpur Riders by four wickets to register their 8th win and maintained the lead in the points table of the seven-team Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) T20 at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium on Saturday.
SKS School and College inaugurated in Gaibandha
Newly built SKS School and College was inaugurated at Horinsingha, on outskirt of the district town yesterday amid much festivity and enthusiasm. A function was also held on the school premises with Rasel Ahmed Liton, chief executive of SKS Foundation…
Neil Young releases vast archive and new politically loaded album
Neil Young on Friday opened an exhaustive online archive of his half-century career, as the rock legend charged ahead on a politically loaded new album.In a project whose breadth has no parallels among musicians of his level of fame, Young…
NASA successfully fires Voyager 1 thrusters after 37 years
NASA’s Voyager 1 spacecraft — cruising interstellar space billions of miles from Earth — was back on the right track Friday thanks to thrusters that were fired up for the first time in 37 years. The unmanned spaceship was launched…
Gold futures rise as political concerns roil U.S. dollar
Gold futures on the COMEX division of the New York Mercantile Exchange rose on Friday, as the U.S. dollar weakened and equities dropped in the wake of news that former national security adviser Michael Flynn pleaded guilty to lying to…
62nd founding anniversary of Bangla Academy tomorrow
The 62nd founding anniversary of Bangla Academy will be celebrated tomorrow in a befitting manner and festivity. Marking the anniversary, Bangla Academy has chalked out elaborate programmes, said a release here today. The programmes will begin at 10 am through…
Julia Roberts’s role in Wonder left her ‘speechless’
Julia Roberts says “she’s speechless” about the character behind her latest role in Wonder – the mother of a boy with a rare congenital condition that has affected the way his face is formed. The film, out on Friday, is…
What they said at the World Cup draw
MOSCOW,(BSS/AFP) – The World Cup draw in Moscow on Friday threw up some tantalising group-stage encounters for next year’s finals, including 2010 winners Spain’s clash against Cristiano Ronaldo’s Portugal. Here, AFP Sport looks at the best reaction from the countries bidding…
Sexagenarian father stabbed dead by son in Habiganj
Dhaka – A sexagenarian man was stabbed to death allegedly by his son at Beelpar village in Chunarughat uapzila on Friday evening. The deceased was identified as Foyez Miah, 65.Quoting witness, Km Azmiruzzaman, officer-in-charge of Chunarughat Police Station, said Imran…
Annisul will be buried next to his mother at Banani
Dhaka – The Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCCC) mayor Anisul Haque will be buried next to his mother’s grave. ASM Mamun, DNCC Public Relations Officer said that he will be buried next to his mother, mother-in-law and younger son Sharaful…
Two decades of BD hill districts peace treaty celebrated
Khagrachhari, Dec 01 – Two decade of the Chittagong Hill Tracts peace accord was celebrated here in Khagrachhari with the colourful programme. Khagrachhari Hill District Council (KHDC) was organized day long programme to celebrate two decade of CHT accord.
HIV cases 4143 and deaths 658 in BD – 2016 report
The World AIDS Day-2015 is being observed on Friday in the country as elsewhere across the globe, putting importance to the right to health and the challenges the people affected by HIV face in fulfilling that right. This year’s theme…
Obama told Modi privately India shouldn’t be divided on religious lines
Former US President Barack Obama said today that he had “privately” told Prime Minister Narendra Modi that a country should not be divided on sectarian lines and emphasised how the Indian society needed to cherish that Muslims in the country…
No. of BD Internet users increase 100 times in 9 years
The total number of internet users in the country has been increased by 100 times in nine years that can be viewed as a milestone to achieve the government’s goal to build a ‘Digital Bangladesh’. Currently, the number of internet…
Pope uses word ‘Rohingya’ for first time in current visit
Pope Francis on Friday used the word “Rohingya” for the first time during his current trip to Asia to refer to refugees who have fled in large numbers from violence in Myanmar. “The presence of God today is also called…
16 killed in India, Sri Lanka as strong cyclone hits
A powerful cyclone has killed at least 16 people across India and Sri Lanka, uprooting trees and cutting power for millions amid warnings Friday that the storm would intensify. Disaster officials said nine people were killed in India and seven…
Climate finance: Waiting for the first EU $ from committed 100b
Listening to Europe speak in Bonn, Germany during the recent conference on how to implement the Paris Agreement on climate change, it is possible to be get carried away thinking, nay believing, that the global response is well underway. But…
‘Meso Bagh’ fish-earing cat captured in Jessore
Villagers caught a Meso tiger at Tengrali village in Sharsha upazila of the district on Thursday evening. Locals said a group of 10-12 people saw the Meso tiger in a paddy field of the village and caught it. Lutfar Rahman,…
Obama blasts Trump over climate change issue
Former US president Barack Obama launched a veiled barb at his successor Donald Trump on Friday, saying there is “a pause in American leadership” on climate change. Since leaving office in January, Obama has been relatively restrained in his comments…