Entertainment Desk One of the lead ladies of Dhallywood film star Apu Biswas is set to return to the silver screen with three new upcoming films. Her husband, Shakib Khan, another famous film star, will not be starring opposite her…
Year: 2017
Daddy Abhishek has the sweetest birthday wish for Aaradhya
Aaradhya Bachchan has turned six today and it was obvious that mommy and daddy Abhishek Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan will make it a special one for their darling daughter. While granddad Amitabh Bachchan reminded us of how grown up…
Vegetable vendor killed in Bagerhat road crash
Dhaka- A vegetable vendor was killed as a passenger bus Vegetable vendor killed in Bagerhat road crash hit a human hauler on Bagerhat-Khulna road in Fulbari area of Sadar upazila on Sunday morning. The deceased was identified as Akkas…
Man held with 130 bottles Phensidyl in Magura
Dhaka – Police in a drive arrested a suspected drug dealer along with 130 bottles of Phensidyl syrup from Sachani Rautora village in Sadar upazila in Magura on Saturday night.
Goffin beats Federer at ATP Finals, faces Dimitrov in final
London, (AP/UNB) – A set up against a man he’d never lost to, Roger Federer looked to be cruising toward a shot at a seventh ATP Finals title. David Goffin had other ideas.The Belgian rallied in the semifinals on Saturday…
Atletico and Real Madrid draw first derby at Metropolitano
Madrid, (AP/UNB) – Barcelona was the team celebrating at the end of the first derby between Atletico Madrid and Real Madrid at the Wanda Metropolitano Stadium.The Madrid rivals played to a scoreless draw at Atletico’s new venue on Saturday, leaving…
‘We are the city’: Roma beats Lazio 2-1 in heated derby
Rome,(AP/UNB) – It was just what Italian football fans needed in the first Serie A game since the Azzurri failed to qualify for the World Cup: An entertaining Rome derby that wasn’t marred by fan disturbances.Roma scored twice in four…
Saudi govt wants up to 70pc of some individuals’ wealth for their release
Saudi officials are reportedly offering businessmen and royal family members detained under a corruption investigation freedom in exchange for their assets. The Financial Times cited sources as confirming the government is demanding up to 70 per cent of some individuals’…
US nuclear chief to resist ‘illegal’ presidential strike order
The top nuclear commander in the US says he would resist any “illegal” presidential order to launch a strike. Air Force Gen John Hyten, said as head of the US Strategic Command he provided advice to a president and expected…
Palestinians ‘could freeze US ties’ over Washington office closure
The Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) has warned it will freeze its ties with the US if it carries out a threat to close the PLO office in Washington. In a video on Twitter, PLO Secretary General Saeb Erekat called the…
Ex-husband, accomplices gangrape woman in Laxmipur
Laxmipur, Nov 19 – A woman was reportedly gang-raped by her former husband and his two cohorts at Torabganj in Kamalnagar upazila.
Satellite signals bring hope of Argentina’s missing sub rescue
After days of searching for its missing submarine with 44 crew aboard, Argentina’s navy received distress signals late Saturday, authorities said.
Japanese tug boat scrapes US Navy ship during exercise
Tokyo, Nov 19 (AP/UNB) — A Japanese tug boat lost propulsion and drifted into a U.S. Navy guided-missile destroyer during a towing exercise, the Navy said.
BNP criticizes AL for ‘forcing students, officials to join rally’
Dhaka, Nov 18 – BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Saturday said the recognition of the historic 7th March speech of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman as a world documentary heritage is a matter of joy. He, however, alleged…
The greening of the miners
Raimund Bleischwitz London – Donald Trump’s presidency in the United States has turned mining – and the coal industry in particular – into a political cause célèbre over the last year. In June, during his first White House cabinet meeting,…
Sounding the alarm on biodiversity loss
Robert Watson Norwich – With the United Nations’ climate change conference underway in Bonn, Germany, rising global temperatures are once again at the top of the world’s agenda. But why care about the increase in temperature, if not because of…
Good to know (perhaps) that food Is being ‘nuclearised’
By Baher Kamal Rome, Nov 16 (IPS) – It might sound strange, very strange, but the news is that scientists and experts have been assuring, over and again, that using nuclear applications in agriculture –and thus in food production—are giving…
‘Save Gumti, Dakatia rivers from pollution, encroachment’
Dhaka, Nov 18 – The National Committee to Protect Shipping, Roads and Railways (NCPSRR) on Saturday demanded immediate excavation of river Gumti and Dakatia by making those free from pollution and grabbing for the free flow of water and movement…
Dhaka south building owners protest holding tax hike
House and apartment owners of Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) formed a human chain at Kalabagan on Mirpur Road in the city on Saturday protesting the rise in holding tax and blatant indiscrimination in the name of revision. The residents…
13 Jamaat men held in N’ganj
Dhaka – Police in a drive arrested 13 leaders and activists of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami, including Narayanganj city unit Ameer Maulana Mainuddin Ahmed and general secretary Abdul Kaiyum, from Fatullah Haziganj area in Sadar upazila on Friday noon.
Bangabandhu’s speech recognition revenge of History: PM
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday said the recognition of the historic 7th March speech of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman by Unesco is the revenge of history against those who had tried to erase his name…
Solar powered health posts to serve Rohingyas
IOM, the UN Migration Agency, is harnessing solar energy to power its remote health posts in Cox’s Bazar’s giant Kutupalong and Balukali makeshift settlements, which are now home to an estimated 440,000 Rohingyas from Myanmar, an IOM press release said.…
12 BD nationals rescued at Benapole
Benapole – Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) rescued 12 Bangladeshi nationals from Sadipur bordering area here on Friday night while they were being trafficked to India.
UN climate envoys agree to 2018 stocktake of planet
UN negotiators agreed at climate talks Saturday to take stock in 2018 of country efforts to cut fossil fuel emissions as part of a pact — rejected only by Washington — to limit global warming. Closing two weeks of talks…
Winged guests add to winter charm of JU campus
Migratory birds have started arriving at the lakes of Jahangirnagar University with the advent of winter. A huge number of enthusiastic bird loving people are thronging the university campus everyday to watch the migratory birds twittering and swimming in the…
‘Arms trader’ held with pistol in C’nawabganj
Dhaka- Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) arrested an alleged arms trader along with a pistol and bullets from Shahapur Munshipara village in Shibganj upazila early Saturday.
Abducted businessman Aniruddha-Return home
Dhaka, Nov 18-Businessman Aniruddha Kumar Roy has returned to his Gulshan residence on early Thursday after 70 days of his reported abduction, police said quoting his family members.
Rights body plead for saving vital Comilla rivers
Dhaka – The National Committee to Protect Shipping, Roads and Railways (NCPSRR), a rights body, on Saturday demanded immediate excavation of Gumti and Dakatia by freeing these two rivers from pollution and grabbing.NCPSRR made the demand to ensure free flow…
China prefers mediating Bangla-Burma talks on Rohingya
Visiting Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Saturday expressed his country’s willingness to facilitate talks between Bangladesh and Myanmar to resolve the protracted Rohingya crisis which has hit Bangladesh hard. Wang Yi made the offer when he met Prime Minister…
Independence of Judiciary goes with Sinha’s departure: Moudud
BNP senior leader Moudud Ahmed on Saturday alleged that the independence of the judiciary has been obliterated with the ‘forcing out’ Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha. “It’s known to all how the Chief Justice was forced to quit, denting the…