Dhaka – Two people including a woman, were killed in separate incident in Manirampur and Sadar upazilas of Jessore district on Thursday.In Manirampur upazila, Parul Kahatun, 22, wife of Shafiqul Islam of Gobindapur village, allegedly committed suicide by hanging herself…
Dhaka – A teenage boy was killed and at least 50 people were injured in a clash between two rival groups at Srihail village in Shalla upazila on Friday afternoon.The deceased was identified as Md Sajal Miah, 18, son of…
Dhaka -Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) and the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Friday jointly announced the Tigers’ tour of India to play the one-off Test starting at Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad on February 9. Although…
Dhaka – Bangladesh U16 girls’ football team will start their campaign in the J-Green Sakai Lady’s Festival Under-15 meet playing three matches in Osaka, Japan on Saturday.In their Group-D 1st match on Saturday, Bangladesh will face AC Imabari, Cerezo and…
Dhaka, Jan 27 (UNB) – Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) members arrested five members of a passport forgery syndicate from different areas of the city on Thursday.The arrestees are Md Selim Miah, 50, Md Majid Bhutto, 50, Manik Das, 73, Md…
Dhaka – Unidentified miscreants set a girls’ school on fire at Kunderpara in sadar upazila of the district early Friday, putting the future of 600 female students of the school into uncertainty.Abdus Salam, chairman of Kamarjani Union, said miscreants set…
Dhaka, Jan 27 – A man and his son were killed and 25 other people injured when a bus rammed into a tree at Kandigaon in Nabiganj upazila of Habiganj on Friday.
Mexico City, Jan 27 (AP/UNB) — Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto canceled a planned Tuesday meeting with President Donald J. Trump on Thursday, signaling a remarkable souring of relations between Washington and one of its most important international partners just…
San Francisco, Jan 27 (AP/UNB) — The Pixel phone, Google’s answer to Apple’s iPhone and Samsung’s Galaxy, is off to a promising start — but might have done even better had Google managed consumer demand as smartly as the device’s…
Washington, Jan 27 (AP/UNB) — Determined to wall off America’s border with Mexico, President Donald Trump triggered a diplomatic clash and a fresh fight over trade Thursday as the White House proposed a 20 percent tax on imports from the…
Dhaka — Lionel Messi continued his remarkable form by scoring one goal and playing a role in the other four as Barcelona routed Real Sociedad 5-2 Thursday to reach the Copa del Rey semifinals for the seventh straight season.Denis…
Dhaka — Manchester United reached the English League Cup final despite surrendering its 17-match unbeaten record with a 2-1 loss to Hull in the second leg of their semifinal on Thursday.United, which won the first leg 2-0, advanced with a…
Dhaka – Three people were killed when a truck hit a tree on Dhaka-Pabna highway at Dulai in Sathia upazila in Pabna early Friday.The identities of the deceased could not be known immediately.
There are a lot of mistakes in the textbooks this year, mostly Bangla spelling mistakes and some others. This has happened previous years as well. The textbooks are not student-friendly. Textbook should be written in a way so that a…
Rome, 26 January – The world needs to take urgent action to mobilise the estimated US$265 billion a year needed to achieve the first two Sustainable Development Goals to end poverty and hunger by 2030, said Kanayo F. Nwanze, President…
Dhaka – The closing ceremony of three training courses namely ‘Project Appraisal’, Management Training, Shariah Compliance and Value-system of Banks, and Foundation Training Course of RDS /UPDS Officials organized by Islami Bank Training and Research Academy (IBTRA) was held on 26…
Dhaka – Finance minister Abul Maal Abdul Muhith informed that the matter of taking tax benefit illegally of the organizations of Nobel Laureate Prof. Dr Muhammad Yunus in the name of Grameen would be investigated. “It is a very difficult…
Dhaka – Protesting the brutal police action on the anti-Rampal hartal observant in Dhaka University area, National Committee to Protect Oil-Gas-Natural Resources and Power-Port declared fresh new programs including protest and demonstration program all across the country in January 28…
Dhaka – Appreciating Bangladesh’s economic progress, President of Singapore Dr Tony Tan Keng Yam on Thursday said more Singapore companies would be interested in investing in Bangladesh in near future.
Dhaka – BNP on Thursday alleged that the warrant was issued for the arrest of its senior vice chairman Tarique Rahman in the Zia Orphanage Trust case as per the government’s will.
Dhaka – Inspector General of Police (IGP) AKM Shahidul Hoque on Thursday asked the field-level police officers to take strict measures to prevent militancy and the spread of illegal drugs, saying Bangladesh Police has taken a ‘zero tolerance’ policy against…
Dhaka – BNP vice-chairman Shamsuzzaman Dudu on Thursday described the six-member search committee formed by the President for constituting the new Election Commission (EC) as a ‘farce committee’.
Dhaka – A police official was suspended in connection with assault on two journalists in the city during the half-day hartal enforced by the National Committee to Protect Oil-Gas, Mineral Resources and Port-Power on Thursday.
Dhaka – Skipper Eoin Morgan’s sublime half-century and a disciplined bowling effort powered England to a seven-wicket win against India in the first Twenty20 international in Kanpur on Thursday.Chasing a modest 148 for victory, England rode on the third-wicket 83-run…
The Special Judge Court-3 of Dhaka on Thursday issued warrant of arrest against BNP Senior Vice-Chairman Tarique Rahman in Zia Orphanage Trust graft case filed accusing six persons including BNP Chief Begum Khaleda Zia and her son Tarique. Judge Abu…
Police have assaulted two journalists at Dhaka University amid clashes during a strike called against the Rampal Power Plant.A protester was seen being dragged away by his T-shirt before the journalists were assaulted in front of Shahbagh Police Station around…
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday visited Bangabandhu’s ancestral home in the district town here, now being used as the district Awami League office, as she is now on a two-day visit to her village home. “After her oath of…
Police foiled an attempt of Pragatishil Chhatra Jote, a platform of leftist student organisations, to stage demonstrations in front of Shahbagh intersection demanding cancellation of Rampal power plant project during National Committee’s hartal in the city.
Dhaka – A candle factory and an auto-rickshaw workshop were gutted in a devastating fire in Nazumia hat and Alipur area under Hathazari upazila of the district in the early hours of today. Fire Service sources said the fire originated…
Bangladeshi-origin American scientist Dr Shafiqul Islam has jointly won the prestigious Prince Sultan Bin Abdulaziz International Prize for Water (PSIPW). The Creativity prize was awarded to the team of Dr Shafiqul Islam (Tufts University, USA) and Dr Rita Colwell (University…