Dhaka, 19 Jan – The Islami Bank Officer Kalyan Samiti (IBOKS) organized annual get together and picnic with the participation of the bank’s directors, executives, all employees and their family members at Subarnagram Park of Rupganj Upazila of Narayanganj on…
Rajshahi, 19 Jan – At the benevolence of an American student, a Bangladeshi student Mesbaul Haque gets back his life from his critical condition.
Rajshahi, 19 Jan – About four hundred train passengers have been fined for Train Journey without having tickets in Ishwardy to Dhaka railway route.
Savar, Dhaka 19 Jan – A daylong bird fair on Jahangirnagar University (JU) campus was organised on Friday) amid mixed criticism about gathering of the guest birds on campus.
A new blood test for cancer has shown promise toward detecting eight different kinds of tumors before they have spread elsewhere in the body, offering hope of early detection, researchers said Thursday. Further study is needed before the test —…
Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) on Friday alleged that the government’s inaction over the apex court’s stay order on the mayoral by-polls to the Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) has exposed that it has a role in ‘foiling’ the scheduled election.…
Nine people including two firefighters were killed Thursday as violent gales battered northern Europe, snapping air and train links. Germany halted all long-distance rail traffic for at least a day, while numerous domestic flights were scrapped as hurricane-force winds lashed…
Bangladesh reached the final of the Tri-nation series with two successive victory crushing Sri Lanka by 163 runs at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium on Friday. The Tigers restricted Sri Lanka on 157/10 in 32.2 overs after posting a strong figure…
It is no secret that Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Israeli counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu share a good working relationship and mutual admiration. Netanyahu just concluded a six-day India visit, marking another occasion when the two leaders showered praise…
Human Rights Watch will launch a billboard and online campaign on January 19, 2018, to end the waste management crisis in Lebanon, Human Rights Watch said today. The campaign calls for an end to the dangerous practice of open burning…
A Rohingya man was killed in an elephant attack in Majurchhara area of Kutupalong Rohingya camp in Ukhia upazila early Friday.The deceased was identified as Yakub Ali, 45, son of Mahmud Ali.
Dhaka – A schoolgirl was found hanging in a house at Munchefpara in Brahmanbaria town early Friday.The deceased was identified as Khadija Begum, 15, a class-X student of Anandamoyi Girls High School and daughter of Mamunur Rashid of Ashuganj upazila. She…
Dhaka – At least 20 people were injured in a road accident at Sadirpur in Dirai upazila in Sunamganj on Friday morning.Mostafa Kamal, officer-in-charge of Dirai Police Station, said a Sylhet-bound minibus plunged into a roadside ditch when its driver…
Dhaka – Forest robbers kidnapped four fishermen, including two siblings, from Pakratola canal in the Sundarbans under Satkhira range in Satkhira early Friday.
Dhaka – Members of Benapole Customs intelligence arrested a Hundi trader along with 3.5 lakh Indian rupees from Benapole check post area in Benapole on Friday noon.The arrestee was identified as Safikul Islam Howlader, 35, son of Abser Howlader, a…
Dhaka – Police in a drive arrested six activists of Islami Chhatra Shibir along with three crude bombs from Godaghata area in Sadar upazila early Friday.The arrested Shibir men were identified as Hafez Abdul Hakim, 31, Afzal Hossain, 19, Yunus…
Dhaka – The Prime Bank Cup Gold Tournament 2018 began on Friday at the Kurmitola Golf Course here.Director General of Bangladesh Institute of International and Strategic Studies (BIISS) Major General AKM Abdur Rahman inaugurated the three-day gold tournament in the…
Dhaka – Sheikh Russel Krira Chakra moved into quarterfinal of the Independence Cup Football Tournament eliminating all-losers Team BJMC by 2-1 goals at the Bangabandhu National Stadium here on Friday.
A day-long Bird Fair-2018 was held today on the Jahangirnagar University (JU) campus with a view to raising mass awareness to conserve birds in the environment. JU Zoology department in association with Wild Life Rescue Center (WLRC), Bangladesh Bird Club,…
Critiques of EU democracy are currently high on the public agenda, and are by no means only the prerogative of extreme nationalists. Yanis Varoufakis has called the EU a ‘democracy-free zone’ while Nigel Farage believes the Members of the European…
DHAKA – Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) on Friday announced a 15-member squad for the 3rd and 4th match of the ongoing Rocket Bangladesh-Sri Lanka-Zimbabwe Tri-Nation ODI series dropping top order batsman Imrul Kayes.
Dhaka, Jan 18 – BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Thursday said that 80 percent people will vote for their party if the next election is held in a fair and credible manner.
Dhaka, Jan 18 – Finance Minister Abul Maal Abdul Muhith on Thursday admitted that the country’s banking sector is not completely free from flaws.
Dhaka, Jan 18 – The country’s literacy rate has risen to 71 percent from 46 percent in 2009, according to statistics placed by Planning Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal in Parliament on Thursday.
Seoul, Jan 19 (AP/UNB) — When athletes from the rival Koreas paraded together behind a single flag for the first time at the opening ceremony of the 2000 Sydney Olympics, it was a highly emotional event that came on a…
Dhaka, January 19 – Traders in fish import are in deep soup over a new government move that made testing of all imported fish shipments a prerequisite for their sales in the domestic market.
Approval for US falls to 30% from 48% under Obama In just under half of the world’s countries – 65 out of 134 – US standing collapsed, by 10 percentage points or more. Global confidence in US leadership has fallen…
Dhaka – Police in a drive arrested two people, including a woman, along with 11,000 pieces of Yaba tablets from a house at Shiroil in the city on Thursday morning.
Dhaka – Two young men were killed in a road accident at Kanaipur on Dhaka-Khulna Highway at sadar upazila in Faridpur on Thursday night.
MELBOURNE, (BSS/AFP) – Roger Federer says he plans to keep the Hopman Cup on his playing schedule leading into the season-opening Australian Open Grand Slam as it suits his children best.The Swiss star, who teamed with Belinda Bencic to win…