West Bromwich,(AP/UNB) — Chelsea manager Antonio Conte has had the golden touch in his first season in the English Premier League, all the way through to the title-clinching game.With Chelsea scoreless at West Bromwich Albion on Friday and looking like…
Dhaka – Police on Friday afternoon arrested two people for offering Tk one lakh bribe to the officer in charge (OC) of Nabinagar Police Station in Brahmanbaria.The arrestees are Dulal Miah, 45, and Hannan Miah, 60.
Dhaka – Two regional leaders of the outlawed Purba Banglar Communist Party (PBCP-Lal Potaka) were killed in a reported gunfight with members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) in Rakhalgachhi area of Goalondo upazila early Saturday.The deceased were identified as Bappi,…
Dhaka – A fire that broke out at Fareast Knitting and Dyeing factory in Chandra Palli Bidyut area of the city has been brought under control early Saturday.Akhteruzzaman, assistant deputy director of Gazipur Fire Service and Civil Defense, said that…
By Akinwumi Adesina Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, May 12 (IPS) – No region of the world has ever moved to industrialised economy status without a transformation of the agricultural sector. Agriculture, which contributes 16.2% of the GDP of Africa, and gives…
By Warief Djajanto Basorie Jakarta, May 12 (IPS) – Remove one word in the narrative. You hit your target with a two-year jail sentence. Governor of Jakarta Basuki Tjahaja Purnama, widely know as Ahok, was the target. After a six-month…
Dhaka – The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court will hold hearing Sunday on the review petitions filed against its verdict that commuted death sentence of war crimes convicted Jamaat leader Delawar Hossain Sayedee to imprisonment until death.
Dhaka – The High Court has declared illegal and unconstitutional the operation of mobile courts carried out by the executive magistrates.
Dhaka – A Dhaka court on Sunday remanded Shafat Ahmed, the main accused in the rape of two private university students, for six days on police custody and Sadman Aqif, another accused, in the case for five days after the…
By Emilio Godoy HuaqueChula – UAQUECHULA, Mexico, May 11 2017 (IPS) – Jilder Morales, a small farmer in Mexico, looks proudly at the young avocado trees that are already over one metre high on her ejido – or communal –…
Dhaka– Two people were killed as a pickup overturned in the city’s Khilkhet area on Friday.The deceased were identified as Babul Hossain, 24, son of Shamsul Haque, hailing from Narsingdi, and Abul Kalam.
Dhaka – Police recovered the body of a young man from a river in Nayabil Bazar area of Nalitabari upazila on Friday afternoon.
Dhaka – Police arrested seven suspected members of banned militant outfit Jama’atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) from Shibganj, Nachole and Sadar upazilas during a two-day anti-militancy drives on Wednesday and Thursday.Police super of the district TM Mojahidul Islam came up with…
Dhaka – Police, in a drive, detained an alleged smuggler along with about 45000 pieces of shrimp fry from Fulhjhuri Kheyaghat area in Sadar upazila on Friday afternoon.
Dhaka– Three HSC examinees suffered injuries in an attack by miscreants at Ambarkhana in the city in Sylhet on Friday.The injured are Raju Ahmed, 18, Hasan Ahmed, 19, and Juhurul Shahriar, 18, of Shahi Eidgah area in the city. They…
Dhaka – Two minor cousins drowned in a pond of Punditpur village in Sarsha upazila in Jessore on Friday.The deceased were identified as Souhardo, 3, son of Sohel Rana of the village and his cousin Afroza, 4, daughter of Ahammad…
Dhaka – BNP senior leader Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury on Friday said Awami League leaders are criticising BNP’s ‘Vision-2030’ out of their nervousness. UNB news agency reported
Dhaka – Police recovered the body of a housewife from a house at Sonapur village in Jhikargachha upazila in Jessore early Friday.Police said Monira Khatun, 26, wife of Hasanur Rahman of Noali village in the upazila, went to the house of…
New York – Shares of department stores sank again Friday, hurt by more evidence that shoppers are turning away from them. A drop in Treasury yields also put pressure on bank stocks, and the weakness helped pull the Standard &…
Sherpur – Police recovered the body of a young man from a river in Nayabil Bazar area of Nalitabari upazila on Friday afternoon. UNB news agency reported
Dhaka – Bangladesh collected 157 for 4 in 31.1 overs spurred by the unbeaten 87-run partnership in 16.2 overs in the 5th stand between Tamim Iqbal and Mahmudullah Riyad against Ireland in the Tri-nation Series opener at Malahide in Dublin…
Bonn, 12 May (T Ajit)- The G77 and China said that developed countries are intending to reinterpret the Paris Agreement (PA) by their stance in the negotiations at the Bonn climate talks. At the contact group meeting of the UNFCCC’s…
Lyon, (AP/UNB)- Ajax withstood a brilliant comeback from Lyon to reach the Europa League final despite a 3-1 away defeat on Thursday.Ajax, a club chasing former glories after winning the last of its four European Cups in 1995 and leading…
Manchester,(AP/UNB)- Manchester United survived a late scare against Celta Vigo to stumble into the Europa League final on Thursday, keeping alive its hopes of winning the only major trophy missing from the English club’s collection. United drew the second leg…
Mumbai,(AP/UNB)- Mohit Sharma bowled three terrible overs and four brilliant balls at the death as Kings XI Punjab kept its hopes alive of reaching the Indian Premier League playoffs with a seven-run victory over Mumbai Indians on Thursday.Mohit conceded just…
Dhaka- A young man was stabbed to death allegedly by his rivals during an arbitration meeting at Khamarmundia village in Kaliganj upazila early Friday.Aminul Islam, officer-in-charge of Kaliganj Police Station, said there had been an altercation between two groups of…
Dhaka – A mobile court here on Thursday sentenced a trader to one month’s jail and fined him Tk 10,000 for mixing toxic chemical with mangoes in Sadar upazila.
Spokane – The large sinkhole that caved in a tunnel filled with radioactive waste at a sprawling Washington state nuclear waste repository may have gone unnoticed for days before its discovery because workers do not patrol tunnel sites daily, a…
Washington – President Donald Trump insisted Thursday that there was “no collusion” between his winning campaign and the Russian government, in his first extended remarks since he roiled Washington with his decision to fire FBI Director James Comey. AP/UNB news…
New Delhi – A building wall collapsed onto guests at a wedding in western India, killing at least 22 people, police said Thursday. AP/UNB news agency reported