Dhaka – Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) members arrested a union parishad chairman, an alleged robber kingpin, along with firearms, including an automatic Sub Machine Carbine (SMC), in Pekua upazila early Monday.The arrestee is Syed Nur, 52, chairman of Rajakhali union…
Dhaka – Police recovered the body of a young man from the city’s Hatirjheel Lake on Monday.Sources at Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) said locals spotted the floating body of Sabuj, 30, in Hatirjheel Lake in Tejgaon industrial area around…
Dhaka– A rickshaw-puller was electrocuted to death in the city’s Shahjahanpur on Monday.
Dhaka – Customs officials seized 60 gold bars, weighing around 6.960 kg, from a flight in an abandoned condition at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport here on Monday.Assistant Commissioner (Customs) Saidul Islam told UNB that the flight ‘BS202’ of US-Bangla Airlines…
Dhaka – Bangladesh Film Directors Association on Monday declared withdrawal of the boycott of popular Dhallywood superstar Shakib Khan for an indefinite period for his “derogatory remarks” on directors and actors.Director General of the association Badiul Alam Khokan came up…
Dhaka – A leopard was beaten to death by locals at Aburi village in Mirpur upazila in Kushtia on Monday morning.Assistant sub-inspector Alamin, in-charge of Malidah police camp, said the leopard used to invade the village sometimes for the last…
Indian police officials say two Muslim men have been beaten to death by a mob in the northeastern state of Assam over allegations of cow theft, the latest in a series of similar attacks across the country. Senior Assam police…
Chairman of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) Kazi Reazul Hoque on Monday said the police and public representatives cannot shirk the responsibility over the alleged suicide of a man along with his minor girl for failing to get justice.…
Two Indian soldiers were killed Monday by rockets and mortars fired by Pakistan along the highly militarized de facto border that divides the disputed region of Kashmir between the nuclear-armed rivals, the Indian army said. Pakistani soldiers fired at two…
A boat carrying 18,000 kg rice meant for distributing among the flood-hit people here under the vulnerable group feeding (VGF) programme sank in the Surma River in Sadar upazila on Sunday night. Food controller of Sadar upazila Shaheen Ahmed said…
Four people were killed and over 100 dwelling houses damaged as a nor’wester lashed nine upazilas of the district on Sunday evening. The deceased are Faridul Islam, 48, son of Azizul Islam of Sapura area of Boalia Police Station in…
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Dhaka, Apr 30 – The Bangladesh Islamic Foundation on Sunday released the timings of Sehri, the meal consumed early in the morning by Muslims before fasting and iftar, the meal eaten after sunset during Ramadan.
Dhaka, May 1 – Four people went missing as a boat capsized in the Ganga River in Dargapara area of Rajshahi city on Sunday evening during a violent localised storm. Three of the missing people are—Sarwer Hossain Rafiq, 45, Robin,…
VIENNA, (AFP) – “Vienna til I die!” chanted the fans, in accented English, at a recent rainy match, testament to the British roots of Austria’s oldest football club: the once-mighty First Vienna FC 1894.But while the few hundred diehard supporters…
Dhaka – Amid a growing demand for a new salary structure for workers and ensuring their justified rights, the historic May Day is being observed in the country on Monday.May Day, also known as International Workers’ Solidarity Day, commemorates the…
Carrie Arnold Shortly before 8am on 26 December 2004, the cicadas fell silent and the ground shook in dismay. The Moken, an isolated tribe on the Andaman Islands in the Indian Ocean, knew that the Laboon, the ‘wave that eats…
Dhaka – The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) yesterday directed the prosecution not to call anybody ‘Razakar’ in any case filed against anybody about crimes against humanity committed during the Liberation War of 1971, until the allegations are proved.
Dhaka – Speakers at a view exchange meeting on Sunday emphasised the need for taking coordinated efforts to ensure reaching of food and assistance to all the flood affected people in haor (depression) area until the next harvest. Speaking at…
Dhaka– Bangladesh golfer Siddikur Rahman finished joint 39th in the US$300,000 Yeangder Heritage carding one-under-par 71 in the final round at National Golf Country Club in Thailand on Sunday.The two time Asian Tour winner Siddikur aggregated two-under-par 286, stayed 14…
Dhaka – The 11 Infantry Division of Bogra clinched the Bangladesh Army Football title beating hosts 55 Infantry Division of Jessore by 2-1 goals in tiebreaker at Jessore Cantonment on Sunday.
Dhaka – Bangladesh ODI captain Mashrafe Bin Mortaza has left England for home as his wife Sumana Haque has been hospitalised.Mashrafe is expected to arrive in Dhaka around 11pm on Sunday. Mashrafe boarded a flight from England on Saturday evening…
Dhaka– Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club earned the 4th win in their 5th match of the Dhaka Premier Division Cricket League beating all-losers Partex SC by three wickets at Khan Shaheb Osman Ali Stadium in Fatullah on Sunday.In the day’s other…
Zurich, (AP/UNB)- FIFA Council member Sheikh Ahmad Al Fahad Al Sabah of Kuwait is resigning from his soccer roles under pressure from allegations in an American federal court that he bribed Asian officials.Sheikh Ahmad says he will withdraw from a…
Rajkot,(AP/UNB) — Mumbai Indians kept their nerve in the Super Over to defeat Gujarat Lions for their seventh win in the Indian Premier League on Saturday.Earlier, Rising Pune Supergiant cruised to a 61-run victory over Royal Challengers Bangalore as Virat…
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia on Sunday demanded the government declare the flood-hit haor areas as disaster ones for the next six months. In a statement, she also alleged that Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has failed to realise the severity of…
Turin,(AP/UNB) — Patrik Schick scored another stunning goal as his Sampdoria side drew 1-1 at Torino on Saturday in Serie A.Schick has enjoyed a meteoric rise since joining from Sparta Prague in the offseason, with the Czech Republic forward emerging…
At least 888 workers died and 1093 were injured in workplace-related accidents and violence in Bangladesh in 2016, says a new study. The study titled ‘Occupational Accident, Violence and Industrial Dispute-2016’ also claimed that there had been 73 incidents of…
Dhaka- Police have arrested four members of a fraud gang along with firearms, ammunition and other items usually used by law enforcers from the city’s Banani area.Deputy Commissioner (Media) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Masudur Rahman on Sunday said when…
Finance Minister AMA Muhith and top business leaders on Sunday had a heated debate at a meeting over the implementation of the new VAT law. Amid chaos over the issue during the meeting of the consultative committee of the NBR,…