Air quality in Indian capital city of Delhi has once again deteriorated and slipped from poor to very poor category, state-run broadcaster – All India Radio (AIR) said Tuesday. The broadcaster quoting Central Pollution Control Board saying the Air Quality…
BASIC Bank Limited is planning to cut its Non-Performing Loan (NPL) by 30 percent in the next three years as the rate of NPL is now 50 percent of the bank’s total outstanding loans. “We are working to set a…
Culture Desk Ra’dia Inc. and Kotha Kobita Abritti jointly organised a unique poetry competition programme titled “Kobitar Khojey”. Promising poets receited their self-composed poems. This initiative is designed to make youths of the country vibrant, literate and creative. In this…
Culture Desk Jahid Hasan has been roped in for acting in an Indian film project. The story is based on a novel by Abul Bashar, popular writer of West Bengal, India. The film has been titled “Sitar” and the novel…
Culture Desk Runa Khan is an established actress of TV dramas. It is said that no director wants to find a replacement for her once they have crafted a character she can play. Now the actress is set to leave…
MONTREAL, (BSS/AFP) – Calgary’s bid for the 2026 Winter Olympic Games needs further evaluation by the local authority to the tune of CAN$2 million ($1.6 million), according to recommendations presented to the city council Monday.
Dhaka – Two suspected pirates were killed in a gunfight with members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) in Sutlar Ghat area in Hatia upazila in Noakhali early Tuesday.The deceased were identified as Saiful, ringleader of the notorious pirate gang ‘Saiful…
Dhaka – A hotel boy was punched to death by his co-worker at a hotel in Alexandar Bazaar of Ramgati upazila in Laxmipur on Monday night.The deceased was identified as Riaz, 16, son of Safu Majhi, a hotel boy of…
Saleem Shaikh Bonn – As developing countries push the implementation of the 2015 Paris Agreement, scientists and leaders at the UN-led climate talks underway in Germany say the world will fail to meet the key goal of limiting global average…
Maitreyi Bordia Das In the lead-in to World Toilet Day, we hear a great deal about the role of toilets in sanitation and in better health and human development outcomes. Toilets are good development. We hear less about the fact…
Dhaka – A Dhaka court on Monday granted bail to Brokerage Alliance Securities and Management Limited chairman Pankaj Kumar Roy in a case filed for amassing wealth worth Tk 8.5 crore illegally.
Dhaka – The Metropolitan Sessions’ Judge’s Court of Dhaka on Monday framed sedition charges against BNP Senior Vice-Chairman Tarique Rahman and three others for telecasting a “fabricated and provocative” speech of the BNP leader.
Dhaka – In a verdict, the High Court (HC) on Monday ordered hospitals and clinics authorities to release dead body of poor and marginalised people even if they fail to pay the due bills.
When it was announced that the government of Fiji would chair this year’s climate talks in Bonn, Germany, expectations were high. As a small island, Fiji sees climate change as an existential threat.
Dhaka – The High Court on Monday issued a rule asking the government to explain in three weeks why March 7 should not be declared as ‘National Historic Day.
BNP senior leader Moudud Ahmed on Monday said Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina must enter into a negotiation with their party over the next polls if she wants to have a ‘graceful exit’ from power.
Dhaka- A female worker was killed and two others were injured in a boiler explosion at a rice mill at Khwajanagar in Kushtia on Sunday night.
Dhaka – Three motorcyclists were killed in a road accident in Amtoli area on Nageshwari-Bhurungamari road in Kurigram on Monday morning. The deceased were identified as Motaleb, 35, Sohel, 32, and Sujon, 30, hailing from Santospur union of Nageshwari upazila.
Dhaka – A court here on Monday sentenced a man to death for killing his wife in 2010.According to the prosecution, Mohamamad Mostafa, a resident of South Pahartoli Natun Para in Hathazari upazila, strangled his wife Rozina Begum to death…
Dhaka -Police in a joint drive on Sunday arrested another suspected militant at Gulshan in the city in connection with the ‘planned militant attack’ from a hideout at hotel Olio International in Panthapath here on August 15.The arrestee is Tanvir…
Dhaka – Law enforcers have arrested four people along with contraband drugs and bullets in Dhaka, Chittagong and Jessore.In the capital, police arrested two people along with Yaba tablets and ammunition from Khilkhet area on Sunday evening.The arrestees are Saiful,…
Dhaka – Two minor girls drowned on Dauki River in Shaktiargaon village of Chhatak Upazila on Sunday.
Barcelona,(AP/UNB) – Valencia kept pace with Spanish leader Barcelona on Sunday by beating Espanyol 2-0 for an eighth straight league win despite having coach Marcelino Garcia Toral sent off.In his first season, Garcia Toral has transformed Valencia from a team…
Foreign Ministers of Asian and European countries have agreed on the broad points of the Rohingya issue, and asked for the immediate cessation of hostilities, halting the outflow of Rohingya from Rakhine State, and early return of the displaced population…
Stocks continue to maintain upward trend on Monday extending the wining spell for third consecutive sessions in a row, while the prime index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and Shariah index reached a new high on higher transactions.
Dhaka – Tamim Iqbal-led Comilla Victorians took a solo lead in the seven-team Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) T20 Cricket beating Shakib-Al Hasan’s Dhaka Dynamites by four wickets at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium Mirpur on Monday.With day’s well-merited win, Comilla…
Dhaka- Bangladesh Police and Wari Club won their respective matches in the Crony Group Dhaka Metropolis Premier Division Volleyball League at the Dhaka Volleyball Stadium on Monday.
Dhaka – Two boys singles matches were decided on the first day of the Bengal Plastic Asian 14/U Series Tennis Tournament that began on Monday at the Raman National Tennis Complex here .In the boys’ singles, Mahadi Hasan Alve of…
BNP on Monday demanded strong action against the perpetrators through a judicial probe into the sectarian attack on the Hindu community members and their houses at Harkali Thakurpara village in Sadar upazila here. Talking to reporters after visiting the affected…
The Armed Forces Day will be celebrated tomorrow marking the founding of army, navy and air force during the 1971 Liberation War. The day’s programme will begin with the offering of special prayers after Fazr prayers at all mosques in…