Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Sunday ordered the Road and Highway Department (RHD) engineers to complete the renovation work of damaged roads and highways of 15 North-Western districts within 24 hours. “No excuse, including that of natural…
State-owned Power Development Board (PDB) signed a 20-year power purchase agreement (PPA) on Sunday with local private company Intraco Solar Power Limited (ISPL) to buy electricity from its 30MW grid-tied solar power plant to be set up at Gangachara in…
Stocks opened the week on Sunday upward with rising trend of all indices at Dhaka and Chittagong Stock exchanges on higher transactions. The day’s trade value at DSE increased to Taka 930.23 crore from Thursday’s Taka 782.11 crore and the…
BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Sunday said ex-Supreme Court judge AHM Shamsuddin Choudhury should be put on trial for making ‘contemptuous’ comments on Chief Justice SK Sinha. “His (Choudhury’s) remarks (on Chief Justice) are indecent, unforgivable and…
In the detritus of Hurricane Harvey a splash of red, white and blue catches the eye. It is a rain-sodden American flag, half-hidden under the green leaves of fallen trees. A few paces away Judie McRae, 44, is inspecting the…
Followers of a controversial Indian guru have started to withdraw from his 1,000-acre compound in Sirsa, Haryana, after a tense stand-off with soldiers. Tens of thousands are still believed to be inside the headquarters of the Dera Sacha Sauda sect.…
Clashes in western Myanmar that began last week when insurgents launched attacks against police posts were continuing Sunday, with the government and advocates for the Muslim Rohingya ethnic minority trading charges of killing civilians, burning down homes and planting land…
More than 1,000 people have been rescued in flooded parts of Houston, as Tropical Storm Harvey continues to batter Texas with heavy rains. There is a “flash flood emergency” across the Houston Metro area, with travel near impossible, the National…
It has several purposes. First, is it is an Eid or day of lawful enjoyment. Islam has not prescribed many festivals , it has only two.
Information Minister Hasanul Haq Inu today said that Bengali films provided inspiration to the Bengali nationalist movement in the late ‘60s. The minister was speaking as the chief discussant at a memorial meeting on legendary film star Abdur Razzak fondly…
A case was filed against actor Rishi Kapoor on Saturday for posting pornographic material on his Twitter account. Afroz Malik, President of ‘Jai Ho Foundation’ NGO said: “We would request you to immediately register an FIR against actor Rishi Kapoor…
Passengers’ baggage is collected by robots, they relax in a luxurious waiting area complete with an indoor garden before getting a face scan and swiftly passing through security and immigration—this could be the airport of the future. It’s a vision…
The conviction and jailing of South Korea’s top business tycoon heralds a drive to reform the country’s giant conglomerates and loosen their grip on the economy, analysts said. When Lee Jae-Yong, de facto head of the world’s biggest smartphone maker…
Culture Desk Renowned singer Sabina Yasmin will perform at a solo musical show on Bangladesh Television in upcoming Eid-ul-Azha. The programme titled ‘Chirokaler Sabina’, which features 10 songs by the singer, will be aired on BTV on the second day…
Dhaka – A man was killed in a road accident in Chachra area on Khulna-Benapole road in the district town in Jessore on Saturday night.
Dhaka- Three people, including two of a family, were killed and 25 injured in a road accident at Bedgram in the Sadar upazila in Gopalganj early Sunday.Police said a bus of ‘Golden Line Paribahan’ was heading to Pirojpur from Dhaka in…
Winston-Salem,(AP/UNB)- Top-seeded Roberto Bautista Agut beat Damir Dzumhur 6-4, 6-4 on Saturday in the Winston-Salem Open for his second ATP World Tour title of the year and the sixth overall.Bautista Agut, the Spaniard ranked No. 15 in the world, became…
Madrid,(AP/UNB)- Lionel Messi missed a penalty kick but rebounded by scoring his record 350th goal in the Spanish league in Barcelona’s 2-0 win at Alaves on Saturday.Messi also scored the second in leading the club to its second consecutive victory…
Bournemouth,(AP/UNB)- Manchester City winger Raheem Sterling was sent off for exuberantly celebrating a stoppage-time winner that led to fans spilling onto the pitch at Bournemouth on Saturday.Sterling was shown a second yellow card of the game after celebrating scoring in…
Manchester,(AP/UNB)- Three wins out of three for Manchester United, just like the start of last season. No wonder Jose Mourinho is so restrained this time around.Far from laying the foundations for an English Premier League title challenge, United faded after…
By Zadie Neufville Negril, Jamaica, Aug 24 (IPS) – Ceylon Clayton is trying to revive a sea moss growing project he and friends started a few years ago to supplement their dwindling earnings as fishermen. This time, he has sought…
Every year we observed that a few special trains, as well as a few extra compartments, are added to the existing train services in almost all the routes of train services from Dhaka to other districts and it happens only…
Rajshahi – The Rajshahi University (RU) authority has introduced a new unit (Cluster) for the BBA (Honors) programme under the Institute of Business Administrative (IBA) in the admission test.
Hurricane Harvey smashed into Texas late Friday, lashing a wide swath of the Gulf Coast with strong winds and torrential rain from the fiercest hurricane to hit the U.S. in more than a decade. The National Hurricane Center said the…
Brahmanbaria, Aug 26 (UNB) – The mobile court on Friday sentenced two young men to two months jail for stalking two schoolgirls in Nabinagar upazila.
Dhaka – A minor boy was crushed under a human hauler in Taragunia Mandalpara area of Daulatpur upazila in Kushtia on Saturday morning. The deceased was identified as Ariyan, 3, son of Oman expatriate Sharif Uddin.
The Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission (BAEC) has taken an initiative to conduct a survey in eight char areas of southern region to select one or two suitable sites to set up the country’s second nuclear power plant, aiming to meet…
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday said no one will suffer from hunger due to the ongoing flood, renewing the promise that her government’s support for the flood victims will continue until the next crops are harvested. “Our aim is…
Dhaka – A motorcyclist was killed as a bus hit him in front of Jadia Madrasa on Dhaka-Laxmipur road on Saturday morning.The accident took place when a bus knocked down the motorbike ridden by Ismail Hossain, a resident of Torabganj…
The 41st death anniversary of national poet Kazi Nazrul Islam, popularly known as Bidrohi Kobi, will be observed Sunday with due respect across the country. The poet passed away in Dhaka at the age of 77 after suffering from a…