Dhaka – Transplantation of Boro seedling has been ending as the farmers have already brought about 89 per cent of the targeted land area under its cultivation in all five districts under Rangpur agriculture region. According to the Department of…
Year: 2017
Truck kills college student in Magura
Dhaka- A college student died as a truck crushed him in stadium area in Magura today.The deceased was identified as Biswajit Biswas. He was a student of Govt. Shaheed Suhrawardi College of the town.Police said the accident took place at noon…
Zia maintains solo lead in Language Day Rating Chess
DHAKA, Feb 18, 2017 (BSS)- GM Ziaur Rahman Zia of Sheikh Russel Memorial Sporting Club maintained his solo lead in the points table with maximum 8 points after 8th or penultimate round games in the International Mother Language Day International…
Cricket: Root happy to rely on old friend Stokes
Dhaka – When Joe Root leads England out for the first time as Test captain he will be able to turn to a familiar face in Ben Stokes. Yorkshire batsman Root first came across Stokes in an Under-12s tournament when…
Bangladesh in last 16 of Roll Ball World Cup
Dhaka – Bangladesh stayed in the last 16 team race of the 4th Roll Ball World Cup after 11-0 victory against Myanmar in their Group D third match at Shaheed Suhrawardy Indoor Stadium (SSIS) in Mirpur on Sunday.In the day’s…
ICC WWCQ: Bangladesh lose to Sri Lanka by 42 runs
Dhaka – Bangladesh Women’s Cricket team conceded a 42-run defeat (D/L method) against Sri Lanka in their 3rd and last Super League match at the Nondescripts Cricket Club Ground, Colombo on Sunday.In the day’s match, sent in to bat first,…
Tigresses’ ICC World Cup hopes shattered
Dhaka – Bangladesh Women’s Cricket team’s dreams for playing the ICC Women’s World Cup got shattered losing to Sri Lanka by 42 runs via DL method in their last Super League match of the ICC Women’s World Cup Qualifiers at…
Women’s Cricket League: Ansar, Keranigonj reach final
Dhaka – Bangladesh Ansar & VDP, and Keraniganj Cricket Academy reached the final of the Dhaka Metropolis Women’s First Division Cricket League eliminating their rivals at separate city venues on Sunday.The two teams will play each other in the final…
Star children who could be future superstars in Bollywood
Entertainment Desk Let’s move on from the year of break-ups and look towards the bright, bright future shall we? As we head towards a new year, here’s the…
Shah Rukh to host TED Talks India
TED Talks is a widely popular phenomenon around the world. And now, Shah Rukh Khan will be hosting TED Talks India: Nayi Soch, a global first Hindi TV talk show created in partnership with TED, a non-profit devoted to ‘ideas…
Kangana is super upset with the person
Kangana Ranaut was recently on the set of The Voice India with Shahid Kapur to promote Rangoon. But things didn’t go quite well when the shows host Sugandha Mishra, at the behest of Salim and Sulaiman, started mimicking Kangana. Things…
Tourism shows signs of recovery in Egypt
Tourists are slowly returning to Egypt, easing pressure on a key sector battered by years of turmoil and the 2015 bombing of a plane carrying Russian holidaymakers. “There is an increase in the number of tourists. This situation was much…
Tech tools gain traction amid Trump war on leaks
As President Donald Trump warns of a crackdown on US government leaks to media, interest is growing in technology tools that allow sources to share information anonymously. One such tool called SecureDrop, being used by at least 30 US and…
Weaning off oil, Scottish islands eye renewable future
Strong winds and stormy seas have helped turn the Shetland Islands in the North Atlantic into a European renewable energy giant, producing more power than it knows what to do with. The tidal power underwater turbines that were completed last…
Adaptation to climate change must for food security
Agriculture experts and environmentalists underscored on the issues of adaptation to global climate change and its adverse impacts on the agriculture sector must get maximum priority in every country to keep agro-production increasing for ensuring food security. They expressed this…
Rain delays 1st ODI between NZ and South Africa
Dhaka — Rain has delayed the start of the first one-day cricket international between New Zealand and South Africa.Almost 130 millimeters of rain has fallen on Seddon Park over the past two days, leaving the outfield waterlogged. Head groundsman Carl…
Human hauler overturned in Khagrachhari; one killed
Dhaka – A man was killed and three people were injured as a human hauler overturned at Palashpur Zone in Matiranga upazila on Saturday evening.Officer-in-charge of Matiranga Police Station M Shahadat Hossain Titu said the deceased, M Kabir Hossain, 37,…
Atalanta beats Crotone 1-0 to move 4th in Serie A
Dhaka — Atalanta maintained its push for a European spot by defeating relegation-threatened Crotone 1-0 in Serie A on Saturday.It was more difficult than Atalanta perhaps expected but Andrea Conti scored to propel Atalanta into fourth spot, one point above…
Nice holds on to beat Lorient despite Balotelli’s red card
Dhaka— Nice striker Mario Balotelli has more red cards away from home than goals this season.The Italian has scored nine in the French league so far, but all have been at home. On Saturday he was sent off for the…
Sunamganj road crash kills 2 bikers
Dhaka – A motorcyclist and his co-rider were killed in a road accident at Baghmara Point on Bishwamvarpur-Tahirpur road in Bishwamvarpur upazila in Sunamganj on Saturday.
আমারি ঢাকার রুফটপে মনোরম বারবিকিউ বুফের আয়োজন
ঢাকা, ফেব্রুয়ারী ২০১৭: রুফটপের মনোরম পরিবেশে মজাদার সব বারবিকিউ আইটেম নিয়ে হাজির আমারি ঢাকা| আপনার প্রিয়জন এবং বন্ধুদের নিয়ে আমারি ঢাকার মুখরোচক বিভিন্ন বারবিকিউ আইটেম এর স্বাদ নিন চমৎকার ডেক ৪১ এ| জনপ্রিয় রুফটপ রেস্টুরেন্ট ডেক-৪১ সবাইকে আমন্ত্রণ করছে আকর্ষনীয়…
Trump motorcade hit by 2×4, 5 students face charges
West Palm Beach, Feb 19 (AP/UNB) — Authorities say a vehicle in President Donald Trump’s motorcade was struck by a “2×4” and five middle school students are now facing charges.
Suspected robber killed in Rajshahi ‘gunfight’
Dhaka, Feb 19 – An alleged robber was killed in a ‘gunfight’ with members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) in Bhutpara area of Rajshahi city early Sunday.
Oil-laden vessel catches fire in Barisal- 4 injured
Barisal, Feb 19 – Four workers suffered burn injuries as a fire broke out at the engine room of an oil-laden vessel at Beltala on the Kirtankhola River on Saturday night.
Special Indian visa camp held at Dhaka cantonment
Dhaka, Feb 18 – Indian High Commission here on Saturday organised a special visa camp for family members of serving and retired Armed Forces personnel at Sena Malancha of Dhaka Cantonment.
Rich people literally see the world differently
By Drake Baer The way you view the world depends on the culture you come from — in a granular, second-by-second sense. If you present a Westerner and an East Asian with the same visual scene, for instance, the former…
Zuckerberg Manifesto is blueprint to destroy journalism?
Lip service to the crucial function of the Fourth Estate is not enough to sustain it. It’s not that Mark Zuckerberg set out to dismantle the news business when he founded Facebook 13 years ago. Yet news organizations are perhaps…
Solar-Powered Trike Ambulance In Bangladesh
by Steve Hanley A solar-powered, three-wheel ambulance may look like a crude oddity to those of us who are fixated on whether a Tesla Model S P100D with Ridiculous Mode is faster than a Lucid Air or a Faraday Future…
PM seeks int’l support to relocate Rohingyas
Munich (Germany), Feb 18 – Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday sought support from the international community, including Germany, to temporarily relocate illegal Myanmar nationals living in Bangladesh to Thengar Char in Noakhali for providing them with all sorts of…
Remove draft law provision for marriage under 18: HRW
Dhaka, Feb 18 – Bangladesh should remove the provision in the draft law permitting marriage under the age of 18 to work toward a Bangladesh free of child marriage, says a senior official of the Human rights Watch (HRW), UNB…