Dhaka –Bangladesh’s celebrity golfer Siddikur Rahman will contest in the $3 million Maybank Championship to be started at Saujana Golf and Country Club, Kuala Lumpur on Thursday.The two times Asian Tour winner, Siddikur, will take part in the meet against…
Dhaka– Rayer Bazar AC defeated City Club by five wickets in the Dhaka Metropolis Women’s First Division Cricket League at Gulshan Youth Club ground here on Wednesday.
Culture Desk Daag, a Bangladeshi short film will become the first short to be selected for screening in the Cannes Film Festival. The film will be shown in the upcoming 70th edition of the annual festival between May 17…
Drought has sharply boosted the intensity of deadly West Nile virus epidemics, which are set to worsen with global warming, scientists reported Wednesday. Their research, published in the Royal Society journal Proceedings B, offers the best explanation of why the…
British rock star Sting and American jazz saxophonist Wayne Shorter were on Tuesday awarded the 2017 Swedish Polar Music Prize for their innovative contributions to music. The prestigious award was founded in 1989 by Swedish pop group ABBA’s late manager…
In the basement of a Bangalore building, hundreds of young Indians sit in neat rows of desks typing furiously, all dreaming of becoming the new Steve Jobs or Mark Zuckerberg. A quarter of a century after liberalisation kick-started India’s economic…
Tokyo stocks slipped Wednesday morning as an uptick in the yen hit exporters while energy shares dropped on falling oil prices. Japan’s main equity markets opened in positive territory on the back of a rise in New York, where the…
In the basement of a Bangalore building, hundreds of young Indians sit in neat rows of desks typing furiously, all dreaming of becoming the new Steve Jobs or Mark Zuckerberg. A quarter of a century after liberalisation kick-started India’s economic…
Al-Shabab fighters stormed a hotel in the capital of the semi-autonomous Puntland region killing four guards, while two of the attackers also died, a senior Somali official said. The attack occurred in the port city of Bosasso early on Wednesday,…
(CNN)Days after a raid on an al Qaeda compound in Yemen led to the first US military combat death under Donald Trump, the leader of al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula released an audio message taunting the new American President.
An appeals court has questioned whether President Donald Trump’s travel ban discriminates against Muslims. The executive order temporarily banned entry for all refugees and visitors from seven mainly Muslim countries, until it was halted last week.
Dhaka, Feb 7 – Voicing frustration over the ‘quick’ formation of the Election Commission (EC) from the search body’s proposed names, BNP on Tuesday night said the Prime Minister’s choice has been reflected in it. Speaking at a press conference,…
Dhaka, Feb 8 – Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) arrested eight members of two teenage groups from Uttara in the city on Wednesday morning in the schoolboy Adnan murder case.
Dhaka, Feb 8 – Two suspected robbers were killed in a ‘gunfight’ with police at Panchpir in Kahalu upazila of Bogra district in northern Bangladesh early Wednesday.
Dhaka, Feb – The Appellate Division on Wednesday appointed 12 senior lawyers as amicus curiae to advise the court to dispose of an appeal filed against a High Court (HC) order that declared illegal the 16th amendment to the Constitution…
Dhaka, Feb 7 – Bangladesh Bank (BB) Governor Fazle Kabir today asked bankers to ensure proper banking services in their banks for bringing down the country’s position in doing business ranking to below 100 from the existing 176 within fiscal…
Dhaka, Feb 7 – Two medical students sank down into a quicksand at Lalakhal Mistrighat in Jaintiapur upazila of Sylhet, northeast Bangladesh, on Tuesday afternoon.
Dhaka – Two motorbike riders were killed and another was injured as their bike collided head-on with a truck in Shambagat area under Fakirhat upazila of the district today.The victims are M. Osman Ali, 54, son of Ashraf Ali, resident…
Dhaka – A leader of a robber gang was killed today in a shootout between his cohorts and members of Rapid Action Battalion(RAB) at Mregomary Canal(khal) under Mongla upazila in the Sunderbans.The deceased was identified as Shamsu Sheikh alias Kopa…
Dhaka – Police recovered the bullet-hit body of a young man, who was allegedly picked-up by plainclothes police, from a field near Medda Sishu Paribar in the municipality area in Brahmanbaria early Tuesday.The deceased was Al Amin, 28, son of…
Dhaka — A Buddhist monk has been arrested in Myanmar after authorities found more than 4 million methamphetamine pills in his car and in his monastery, police said Tuesday. Officer Maung Maung Yin said the monk was stopped Sunday as…
Dhaka –Bangladesh Women’s cricket team made a flying start in the ICC Women’s World Cup Qualifier with a huge 118-run victory against Papua New Guinea (PNG) in their Group ‘B’ match at Colombo Cricket Club Ground on Tuesday.Papua New Guinea…
Late Jahanara Zaman, wife of National Leader Shaheed AHM Quamaruzzaman, laid to eternal rest next to her husband at the family graveyard at Kadirgonj in the city this afternoon. Zahanara Zaman passed away at her son’s house in Gulshan in…
Dhaka – Former Bangladesh national team footballer Akhteruzzaman Khan Babu has passed away at a hospital in India. He was 58.Babu, who was suffering from old age complications along with diabetes and hypertension, breathed his last at Christian Medical College…
Dhaka – Keraniganj Cricket Academy notched a 125-run victory against Shining Sports Academy in Dhaka Women’s First Division Cricket League at City Club Ground on Tuesday. Sent in to bat first, Keraniganj CA scored 228/9 in 40 overs, with Shila…
Foreign Minister Mr. A H Mahmood Ali, MP, briefed the members of the diplomatic community on the situation of Myanmar refugees and undocumented Myanmar nationals at the State Guest House Padma today. About 60 (sixty) Ambassadors/High Commissioners / Heads of…
Dhaka – Two medical students sank down into a quicksand at Lalakhal Mistrighat in Jaintiapur upazila in Sylhet on Tuesday afternoon.The deceased were identified as Hasan M Sayeed, 25, son of Humayun Reza of Dhaka, and Ishak Ibrahim, 25, son…
The United Nations’ Mideast envoy on Tuesday said a new Israeli law legalizing dozens of unlawful West Bank settler outposts crossed a “very thick red line,” while Israeli rights groups said they would fight to overturn the measure in the…
Dhaka – The High Court on Tuesday asked the authorities concerned to withdraw Gaibandha SP Ashraful Islam and other policemen involved in setting fire to the houses of the Santal community during an eviction drive in Gobindaganj upazila of the…
The High Court on Tuesday asked the authorities concerned to withdraw Gaibandha SP Ashraful Islam and other policemen involved in setting fire to the houses of the Santal community during an eviction drive in Gobindaganj upazila of the district. An…