Dhaka – A man was killed and five others were injured in a clash between two groups of villagers over a piece of land at Laxmipur village in Nabinagar upazila in Brahmanbria early Saturday.
Day: March 3, 2018
Fake NSI held in Faridpur
Dhaka – Police here early Saturday arrested a person posing as an official of the National Security Intelligence (NSI) and his accomplice from a property at Hazrakanda of Bhanga upazila in Faridpur.
Man ‘burns’ self to death in city
Dhaka – A man died as he reportedly set himself alight at Nazirabazar of the city’s Bangshal area early Saturday.
Housewife attempts suicide in Bagerhat
Dhaka – A housewife tried to commit suicide by pouring kerosene on herself at Sauthkhali village in Sharankhola upazila on Saturday morning.The victim is Kamala Begum alias Nuri, 20, wife of Motaleb Hawladar of Bakultala village of the upazila and…
Nidahas Trophy: Shakib-less Tigers leave for Colombo Sunday
Dhaka – A 16-member Bangladesh team, without captain Shakib Al Hasan, will leave for Sri Lanka Sunday at 1 pm to participate in the Nidahas Trophy Tri-nation T20I Tournament beginning on Tuesday (March 6) at the R. Premadasa Stadium in…
BCB announce U17 squad against Afghanistan
Dhaka – Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) on Saturday announced a 15-member Under-17 squad to play two three-day matches and three one-day matches against Afghanistan Under-17 at Greater Noida, India, in March.
England beats NZ by 4 runs in thrilling 3rd ODI
Wellington,(AP/UNB) – England held on for a thrilling four-run win in the third one-day cricket international on Saturday, despite an unbeaten century by New Zealand captain Kane Williamson.
Pran-RFL U-14 School Handball kicks off Sunday
Dhaka -The Pran-RFL Under-14 School Handball Tournament for Boys and Girls, organised by Bangladesh Handball Federation, will begin at the Shaheed Capt (retd) M Mansur Ali National Handball Stadium here on Sunday.
PSL- Mahmudullah scores only 15 for Quetta
Dhaka – Bangladesh stand-in T20 captain Mahmudullah Riyad contributed only 15 runs off 13 balls with one six as his team Quetta Gladiators suffered a nine-wicket defeat against Multan Sultans in the day-night basis Pakistan Super League T20 Cricket in…
Sheikh Russell SDA clinch women’s cricket league title
Dhaka – Sheikh Russell Sports Development Academy clinched the Dhaka First Division Women’s Cricket League title beating City Club by 12 runs in the final at BKSP ground-3 in Savar on Saturday.
819 houses brought under power network in Chandpur
A total of 819 houses of seven villages under Faridganj upazila of the district have been brought under rural electrification network by Chandpur Palli Bidyut Samity-2 (CPBS) on Saturday.
Health savings outweigh costs of limiting global warming: study
The estimated cost of measures to limit Earth-warming greenhouse gas emissions can be more than offset by reductions in deaths and disease from air pollution, researchers said on Saturday. It would cost $22.1 trillion (17.9 trillion euros) to $41.6 trillion…
Cherish your parents: Jahnvi pens after mom Sridevi’s death
A week after her mother and veteran actress Sridevi’s sudden demise, her elder daughter Jahnvi Kapoor says there’s a “gnawing hollowness” within her. She has penned an emotional note urging people to cherish their parents. Jahnvi, who is one of…
Liberation War Museum draws weeklong programme marking 7th Mar
Liberation War Museum (LWM) has chalked out a weeklong programme starting on March 7 over the UNESCO recognition of historic 7th March, 1971speech of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman as a world documentary heritage. As part of…
Exhibition of “Chitropote Bangabandhu and Bangladesh” begins
A ten-day exhibition titled “Chitropote Bangabandhu and Bangladesh” began last night in the auditorium of Poet Sufiya Kamal at the National Museum. As many as 70 paintings of artist Nazir Hossain are being displayed at the exhibition that will continue…
Europe’s poor need more than jobs
More EU citizens work than ever recorded. Twelve million moved into work in just the past four years. That is more than the total population of Belgium or Greece. That’s the exciting news. But what will it mean for Europe’s…
JP to resign from cabinet soon: Ershad
Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad on Friday said resigning of his party members from Cabinet is now a matter of time.The prime minister’s special envoy came up with this remark while talking to reporters at Rangpur circuit house in the…
Best to keep BNP out of power: Inu
Information Minister Hasanul Haque Inu on Friday said it is appropriate to keep BNP out of the state power for the sake of democracy.
Lowest fare for Australia?
Dhaka, 02 March – Asia’s largest budget airlines ‘Air Asia’ has announced its lowest fare for travel to Australia by Bangladeshi passengers. This fare will be applicable for Dhaka-Kulalumpure-Sydney and Dhaka-Kulalumpure- Melbourne rute. In this process Bangladeshi students and middle…
Ebadi for women’s awareness against patriarchal culture
Shirin Ebadi, an Iranian Nobel laureate, has urged the womenfolk to get educated to change the patriarchal culture.“And this is basically because men don’t want women to be literate and educated because once they become educated they’ll try and weaken…
BNP will publish white paper on corruption during Awami League’s tenure: Moudud
BNP leader Moudud Ahmed has said that this is not the last government in the country, and his party will publish a white paper on corruption during the Awami League government’s tenure when it comes to power.
Burma claims troops at border for internal security
In the wake of Thursday’s strong protest by Dhaka, Myanmar on Friday defended the deployment of troops and artillery along the Bangladesh-Myanmar border saying that it was done for internal security.Myanmar, however, refuted the claim of firing blank shots along…