Dhaka – The 12-team Popular Life Insurance 17th Inter-District Women’s Volleyball Tournament begins on Monday at Shaheed Nur Hossain National Volleyball Stadium in Purana Paltan here with four matches billed for the opening day.
Month: July 2018
War on plastic leaves manufacturers clutching at straws
For decades, plastic straws have been essential props for cocktail makers, smoothie lovers and fast food addicts. But that may be starting to change, thanks largely to vigorous environmental campaigning.
Slow but sure’ progress toward less toxic tools to fight cancer
John Ryan is just one of the miracles to emerge from the Johns Hopkins cancer unit in Baltimore. An immunotherapy treatment — highly effective in a minority of patients — saved his life after a lung cancer diagnosis.
Sanju starts with a bang at the box office
Clearing the air off misconstrued facts and twisted tales, Sanju is the epic biography of one of the most scandalous names in the industry, Sanjay Dutt. Giving you a closer look into the life of a man who’s seen it…
Priyanka will sport five different looks in Bharat
Ali Abaas Zafar has made our wish true to watch Priyanka Chopra soon again on the big screen in a Bollywood film. Our desi girl is ready to star opposite bhaijaan Salman Khan in Bharat. The film is the official…
Ranveer Singh, Sara Ali Khan set to recreate magic of this ’90s song
Sara Ali Khan will step into the world of showbiz this November with the film Kedarnath opposite Sushant Singh Rajput and will be seen in her second film Simmba opposite Ranveer Singh in December 2018.
Russia joins Nuclear Quality Standard Association NQSA
Dhaka, June 30 – Russian State Atomic Energy Corporation Rosatom, represented by Atomenergoprom, joined the Nuclear Quality Standard Association(NQSA). An agreement to this effect was signed at the World Nuclear Exhibition, held in Paris at the end of last month.
Fear turns into joy: Rescue boat saves 60 in Mediterranean
Aboard The Open Arms In The Mediterranean Sea, Jul 1 (AP/UNB) — The full moon was the only light as a terrified 9-year-old boy from the Central African Republic climbed into a rubber dinghy held them together with duct tape,…
Melania Trump seeing lots, saying little at migrant centers
Washington, Jul 1 (AP/UNB) — Melania Trump lit up when a 3-year-old boy darted out of “Family Unit 8” at a migrant centre in Tucson, Arizona.
Uruguay into quarters; Ronaldo and Portugal out
Moscow, July 01 (AP/UNB) – Edinson Cavani has scored twice to lead Uruguay to a 2-1 win over Cristiano Ronaldo and European champion Portugal in the round of 16 at the World Cup.
2 years of Holey Artisan attack: Govt to act tough
2nd Holey Artisan attack anniversary: Japan lauds untiring efforts Dhaka, Jul 1 – The government and Bangladesh’s foreign friends want to continue cooperation against radicalisation and terrorism on the second anniversary of deadly Holey Artisan attack.
Stronger movement through national unity: Moudud
Dhaka, June 30 – BNP’s senior leader Moudud Ahmed on Saturday said their party will launch a strong oust-government movement through forging a national unity.
Custodial deaths, extrajudicial killings 275 in 6 months: ASK
427 women raped, it says Dhaka, June 30 – Some 275 people were killed in incidents of ‘gunfight’ and ‘crossfire’ with law enforcers, and in custody of law enforcement agencies, or being shot by law enforcers from January 1 to…
Oil-laden train derails in B’baria, spill in nearby canals
Brahmanbaria, June 30 – Rail communications on Chattogram-Sylhet route snapped as an oil-laden train derailed in Shamarailkandi area here on Saturday night.
Gazipur City polls rigging not resisted for strategic reason: BNP
Dhaka, June 30 – BNP senior leader Mirza Abbas on Saturday said their party did not put up any resistance against the ruling party’s various irregularities in Gazipur and Khulna polls due to a strategic reason.
Protection of climate displaced people urged
Dhaka, Jun 30 – Speakers at an event in Geneva on Friday have pleaded for a rights-based protection framework and adaptation-based resilience as the fundamental need for climate displaced people.
How Costa Rica gets it right
By Joseph E. Stiglitz How has a country of under five million people become a world leader in developing holistic policies that promote democratic, sustainable, and inclusive economic growth? The answer lies in its people’s belief that focusing on the…