Dhaka – Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) arrested a man and his son along with 224 kg hemp at Alinagar village in Bijoynagar Upazila in Brahmanbaria on Sunday evening.
Year: 2018
3 Bangladeshis among 9 killed in Saudi road crash
Dhaka – Nine workers, including three Bangladeshis, were killed and six others injured in a road accident in Al-Baha province in Saudi Arabia on Saturday evening, reports the Saudi Gazette.
AFC Cup: Saif SC to play TC Sports of Maldives Tuesday
Dhaka – Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) team Saif Sporting Club will play the Maldives Premier League runners-up TC Sports Club in a preliminary stage of the AFC Cup – 2018 at the Bangabandhu National Stadium here on Tuesday with both…
Tri-series: Favorite Bangladesh to face underdogs Zimbabwe Tuesday
Dhaka – Bangladesh will face visiting Zimbabwe in the 5th match of the Tri-nation series at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium (SBNCS) in Mirpur on Tuesday.The match will begin at 12 noon (Bangladesh time) where Graeme Cremer-led Zimbabwe will need…
1st Div Women’s Cricket: City Club notch 7 wkt win against Urban SCDA
Dhaka – City Club routed Urban Sports & Cultural Development Academy by seven wickets in their first phase match of the First Division Women’s Cricket League at City Club Ground on Monday.City Club chased down a target of 27 for…
East Zone declare 1st Innings for 735/6 against Central Zone
Dhaka- A brilliant double century by Zakir Hasan and two centuries by Yasir Ali and Alok Kapali guided Islami Bank East Zone to declare the first innings for massive 735 runs for 6 in 164 overs against Walton Central Zone…
Harsher punishment for disrupting law & order
A bill, titled ‘The Law and Order Disruption (Speedy Trial) (amendment) Bill, 2018’ was placed in Parliament on Monday, raising jail term by two years for committing crimes that disrupt law-and-order situation. Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan placed the bill and…
2nd Div Cricket: Amber SC notch 10 wkt win against Matuail CA
Dhaka – Amber Sporting Club notched a huge 10-wicket victory against Matuail Cricket Academy in the curtailed 34-over-a-side match of the Dhaka 2nd Division Cricket League at Bangladesh Krira Shikkha Protishtan (BKSP) Ground 3 on Monday.
BD imports 13400 mt food from Myanmar
Bangladesh has imported over 13,400 tonnes of rice from Myanmar through the Maungtaw Trade Zone during the 10 months of the 2017-2018 fiscal year. Up to January 14, 2017-2018 FY in Myanmar, some 13420 tonnes of rice were exported to…
Asian Handball: Bangladesh concede 4th successive defeat
Dhaka – Bangladesh suffered 4th successive defeat in the 18th Asian Men’s Handball Championship losing to Australia by 22-35 goals in the Korean city of Suwon on Monday.
BNP seeks Constitutional amemdment
BNP senior leader Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain on Monday urged the government to amend the constitution to include the provision of having an election-time government.“The Prime Minister has recently said an election-time government will be formed, but there’s no existence of…
12pc BD families use electricity for cooking food
A survey, conducted by Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS), found that some 12.1 percent people across the country use electricity for cooking purpose.According to the survey, the rate is 7 percent in the rural area, 20 percent in municipal area…
No polls by keeping BNP workers in Jail: Fakhrul
BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Monday warned that their party will not allow the government to hold the next general election keeping their leaders and activists in jail.
One year under Trump: An assault on women’s health
It was one year ago that millions of women worldwide marched against newly inaugurated US President Donald Trump. The marches were meant to send a message to Trump after a presidential election that “insulted, demonised and threatened” women, immigrants and…
Richest 1pc get 82pc of world wealth: Oxfam
Half of the world’s population received no share of all wealth created globally last year, while 82 percent went to the richest one percent, a report by Oxfam International revealed. Billionaires in 2017 increased their wealth by $762bn, enough to…
Austerity: From outrage to progressive alternatives
Social democracy in Europe is not in good shape. Perhaps the main reason for social democratic parties losing support has been their perceived association with austerity policies. Where, however, the centre-left has more categorically rejected austerity, as in the case…
Facebook makes blood donation easier
Facebook is set to launch a blood donation feature in Bangladesh tomorrow making the blood donation process easier for the people to get safe blood.
Sanofi buys US haemophilia treatment firm for $11.6 bn
French pharmaceutical firm Sanofi said Monday it had reached an agreement to purchase US biotech company Bioverativ, which specialises in treatments for haemophilia and rare blood disorders, for $11.6 billion (9.5 billion euros).
Barrier Reef funding boost to tackle predatory starfish
A multimillion-dollar campaign to stop the predatory crown-of-thorns starfish devouring the Great Barrier Reef was announced by the Australian government Monday in a push to preserve the World Heritage-listed ecosystem. The coral-eating starfish are naturally occurring but have proliferated due…
Bipasha Basu rubbishes all rumours
Bollywood’s adorable couple Bipasha Basu and Karan Singh Grover tied the knot in April 2016 and ever since the duo has been giving us major couple goals. Right from PDA on social media to hitting the gym together, travelling and…
Aparna in psychological thriller film
Entertainment Desk National Award winning actress Aparna Ghosh has always been lauded for choosing experimental projects for film. Being popular in small screen, she is famous in big screen as well for her extraordinary acting and simplistic smile. The actor…
Sanjay Leela Bhansali meets Akshay
Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s magnum opus Padmaavat has finally got its release date. It was just yesterday when Supreme Court removed the four states ban on the film and now it will have its national release. What comes as a twist…
3 Bangladeshis among 9 killed in Saudi road crash
Dhaka, Jan 22 – Nine workers, including three Bangladeshis, were killed and six others injured in a road accident in Al-Baha province in Saudi Arabia on Saturday evening, reports the Saudi Gazette.
Saraswati Puja Monday
Dhaka, Jan 22 – Saraswati Puja, one of the main religious festivals of the Hindu community, is being celebrated across the country on Monday.
4 Tablig Ijtema devotees killed in Sylhet road crash
Sylhet, Jan 22 (UNB) – Four people, including a union parishad member, were killed and 10 others injured as a bus carrying Biswa Ijtema devotees collided head-on with a truck on Dhaka- Sylhet highway at Lalabazar in Dakkhin Surma upazila…
Both stocks up at opening
Dhaka, Jan 22 – The Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and the Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) saw positive trend in early hours of trading on Monday as enthusiastic investors are on buying spree.
Water management is health management
Giulio Boccaletti London – With climate change accelerating and its effects exacerbating other geopolitical and development crises, the role of environmental protection in preserving and improving human well being has become starkly apparent. This recognition lies at the heart of…
India’s urban awakening
Ejaz Ghani Washington, DC – When the United Kingdom became the first country in the world to undergo large-scale urbanization in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, the process transformed its economy and society. Today, India is facing a similar…
US govt services closed as working week begins
Hundreds of thousands of federal workers will be unable to report for work on Monday, as the US Senate struggles to end a government shutdown. The shutdown began at midnight on Friday, when lawmakers failed to agree on an extension…
UK army chief warns of Russian threat
Britain’s armed forces would struggle to match the Russian army in battle, the head of the Army will say. General Sir Nick Carter will say the British Army’s ability to respond to threats “will be eroded if we don’t keep…