Dhaka – Bangladeshi Grand Master Ziaur Rahman shared the 3rd slot with 14 other players in the 3rd Kolkata International Open Grandmasters Chess Tournament’ 2018 securing four points after the 5th round matches held in Kolkata, India on Friday.
Year: 2018
Markets abuzz with visitors as Ramadan starts with weekends
With the Ramadan starting with weekends this year, shoppers in the city took the chance to do some early shopping on Friday and Saturday, the first two days of the holy month. Traders, however, said, their business is yet to…
Preliminary squad of national football team announced
Dhaka – Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) initially picked up 41 booters to form the national football team for the seven-nation SAFF Championship to be held here next September.
Premier Hockey: Ajax SC, Victoria SC win
Dhaka – Ajax Sporting Club and Victoria Sporting Club won their respective matches in the Green Delta Insurance Metropolis Premier Division Hockey League at the Maulana Bhashani National Stadium here on Saturday.
Asia Pacific Classic: Siddikur advances to joint 36th
Dhaka – Bangladesh’s celebrity golfer Siddikur Rahman moved up to the joint 36th from joint 47th slot after the 3rd round of the $300,000 Asia Pacific Classic (APC) at St Andrews Golf Club in Henan, China on Saturday.
SA Women win T20I series against Bangladesh
Dhaka – Bangladesh women’s cricket team suffered 0-2 series loss in the three-match T20Is against host South Africa (SA) as the visitors conceded a 32-run defeat in the second game at Mangaung Oval in Bloemfontein on Saturday.
BCB Academy Cup kicks off Sunday
Dhaka- The maiden edition of the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) Academy Cup will begin on Sunday with vision to find out new talents from 32 private academies in Dhaka Metropolises area.
Govt has failed to rein in Ramadan market: BNP
BNP senior leaders Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain on Saturday alleged that the government has completely failed to control the market at the beginning of the fasting month of Ramadan.
Quota protesters postpone exams boycott
Leaders of quota reform movement on Saturday decided to withdraw their decision of boycotting exams, but to continue with class boycott for indefinite period at all university and colleges across the country.
Restive Kashmir shuts to protest Indian PM Modi’s visit
Shops, businesses and schools are shut in Indian-controlled Kashmir to protest Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s daylong visit to the disputed region.
Meghan Markle wears dress by UK designer Clare Waight Keller
British designer Clare Waight Keller is the master designer behind the silk boat-necked gown and long veil worn by Meghan Markle as she walked down the flower-bedecked nave of St. George’s Chapel for her wedding to Prince Harry.
Princes Harry, best man William arrive for royal wedding
Prince Harry and best man Prince William arrived in formal military dress Saturday at Windsor Castle for Harry’s wedding to American actress Meghan Markle, joining thousands of well-plumed guests invited to St. George’s Chapel to celebrate the trans-Atlantic union.
Prince Harry, Meghan Markle wed in Windsor
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle gazed into each other’s eyes and pledged their eternal love Saturday as they married at St. George’s Chapel in front of hundreds of celebrity guests and millions of viewers around the world.
9 dead as India, Pakistan trade fire along Kashmir border
Eight civilians, including a husband and wife and four members of another family, were killed when Indian and Pakistani soldiers fired at border posts and villages along the highly militarized frontier in disputed Kashmir, officials said Friday. An Indian soldier…
UN rights chief backs calls for inquiry over Gaza deaths
The U.N.’s top human rights official said Friday there’s “little evidence” that Israel made an effort to minimalize casualties during protests by Palestinians earlier this week and backed calls for an international inquiry.
Kuwait urges UN to condemn Israel and protect Palestinians
Kuwait is urging the Security Council to condemn Israel’s use of force against Palestinian civilians “in the strongest terms,” especially in the Gaza Strip, and to deploy and international force to protect civilians.
Govt trying to keep Khaleda away from election: Fakhrul
BNP on Friday alleged that the government is trying to promptly dispose of BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia’s appeal against her conviction in Zia Orphanage Trust graft case by the High Court to keep her away from the national election.
Slovenia, a land with beekeeping in its genes
It was a Slovene who wrote the world’s first modern beekeeping manual. And Slovenia has gone on to lead the way in raising awareness of the plight of bees, as concern has grown over the health of the world’s bee…
Russia to notify WTO of plans for retaliation against US for steel, aluminum duties
The United States has refused to hold consultations with Russia on the WTO platform over the introduction of restrictions on steel and aluminum import, saying such measures were not special protectionist ones, the Ministry of Economic Development told TASS on…
Raazi’s first week collections become the 5th highest of 2018
Raazi has been sailing smoothly on its journey towards the prestigious Rs 100 crore club and it will be no shocker if the film grosses over it. The cast and crew of the film recently held an event to celebrate…
Films in the running for the top prize at Cannes
From an African-American detective infiltrating the Ku Klux Klan to Kurdish female fighters battling jihadists, here are the movies vying for the top Palme d’Or prize at the Cannes film festival, to be awarded yesterday by a jury led by…
Kareena says she’ll never be on social media
Shashanka Gosh’s Veere Di Wedding is all set to bring the gorgeous Kareena Kapoor Khan back to the big screen after a gap of two years. The actress took a break after giving birth to Bollywood’s most popular toddler Taimur…
Royal wedding: Anglican prayers, classical music, gospel
Windsor, May 19 (AP/UNB) — Prince Harry and Meghan Markle will marry in an Anglican service with an American flavor that mixes prayers, classical music, a gospel choir and sweet soul sounds.
Cubana flight with 110 aboard crashes, 3 said to survive
Havana, May 19 (AP/UNB) — A 39-year-old airliner with 110 people aboard crashed and burned in a cassava field just after taking off from the Havana airport Friday, leaving three survivors in Cuba’s worst aviation disaster in three decades, officials…
At OIC, Muslim nations condemn Israel and US, call for unity
Istanbul, May 19 (AP/UNB) — Muslim nations on Friday condemned Israel and the inauguration of the American embassy in contested Jerusalem as a “provocation and hostility against” the Islamic world, while Turkey’s president called for action, including a peacekeeping force.
Militant-turned-populist cleric Sadr wins Iraqi election
Baghdad, May 19 (AP/UNB) — Influential Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr’s political coalition has won the most seats in Iraq’s national parliamentary elections, according to complete results released by Iraq’s electoral commission early Saturday.
3 suspected BD drug traders killed in ‘gunfight’ with Rab
Dhaka, May 19 – Three suspected drug traders were killed in a reported gunfight with members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) on Paira-Noapara road in Abhaynagar Upazila of Jashore early Saturday.
What if you shoot to kill unarmed men not of instant threat?
By Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein Geneva, May 18 (IPS) – Appalling recent events in Gaza have called this Council into Special Session. Since the protests began on 30 March, 87 Palestinians have been killed by the Israeli security forces in…
Will climate change create more migrants than wars?
By Daniel Gutman Buenos Aires, May 17 (IPS) – Climate change is one of the main drivers of migration and will be increasingly so. It will even have a more significant role in the displacement of people than armed conflicts,…
Indigenous peoples recover native languages in Mexico
By Daniela Pastrana May 18 (IPS) – Ángel Santiago is a Mexican teenager who speaks one of the variations of the Zapotec language that exists in the state of Oaxaca, in the southwest of Mexico. Standing next to the presidential…