Dhaka – Former captain Khaled Mahmud Sujon has blamed bowlers for Bangladesh Cricket team’s failure in New Zealand where the Tigers lost the three-match ODI series 0-2 after suffering two successive defeats. Bangladesh went to New Zealand with a hope…
Dhaka – The International Cricket Council (ICC) has fined Bangladesh all-rounder Mahmudullah Riyad and New Zealand speedster Trent Boult for breaching the ICC Code of Conduct during the second ODI at Christchurch on Saturday. Specifically, the fines were for the…
Chattogram – Hosts Bangladesh U-19 Cricket team need another 299 runs with nine wickets in hand on the 4th and final day on Monday at Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium here to whitewash touring England U-19 side in the two-match Youth…
Dhaka – Sheikh Russel Krira Chakra maintained their unbeaten run in the ongoing Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) Football after playing out a goalless draw with Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club at the Bangabandhu National Stadium here on Sunday. After the match,…
Khulna, Feb 17 (UNB) – Police recovered 32 abandoned grenades from a fish enclosure at Sonadala village in Paikgachha upazila on Sunday. A group of workers spotted some bomb like objects while they were excavating a pond inside the enclosure…
Dhaka, Feb 17 (UNB) – With a view to engaging students in bringing out solutions for several socio-economic problems facing society, a workshop was held at city’s East West University (EWU) on Sunday. ‘Socio Leadership Challenge (SLC) season 2’ arranged…
Dhaka, Feb 17 (UNB) – Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD), the student wing of BNP, on Sunday demanded that the elections to Dhaka University Central Students’ Union (Ducsu) be deferred by at least three months to ensure a stable and congenial…
Dhaka, Feb 17 (UNB) – BNP on Sunday warned of taking organisational action if any of its leaders and activists will take part in the upcoming Upazila Elections. Party Senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi issued the warning at…
Dhaka, Feb 17 (UNB) – BNP senior leader Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain on Sunday termed mockery the surrender of Yaba traders to police in Cox’s Bazar. “They (govt) have been talking about various steps to prevent drugs over the last 12…
Dhaka, Feb 17 (UNB) – An early morning shower on Sunday caught the book publishers at the Amar Ekushey book fair off-guarded as it damaged huge books at the fair venue. Jalal Ahmed, member secretary of the book fair…
Dhaka, Feb 17 (UNB) – A tri-nation motor rally, marking the 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, arrived in Bangladesh on Sunday to spread the message of peace and non-violence. The motor rally, which will also promote the message of…
Dhaka, Feb 17 (UNB) – Chief Election Commissioner KM Nurul Huda on Sunday said the decision of some major political parties to refrain from joining the upcoming upazila election is disappointing. The CEC came up with the remark while addressing…
Munich, Feb 17 (UNB) – Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has underscored the ‘will’ of the richer segments of societies – everywhere – to act ambitiously against climate change as there are enormous amount of science, technology, innovation and finance to…
The cultivation of different kinds of pulses including Motor (pea), Mosur (lentil), Maskolai, Khesari and Mug is gaining popularity among farmers with exceeding its farming target every year in Manikgnaj. Deputy Director at Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) Md. Habibur…
Thousands of schoolchildren went on “strike” across Britain yesterday in a protest against climate change, with hundreds rallying in London’s Parliament Square. Children of all ages chanted “save our planet”, cheered as flares were lit and clambered onto statues in…
The 69th Berlinale, Europe’s first major film festival of the year, awards its Golden and Silver Bear top prizeson Saturday with 16 movies from around the world competing. A six-member jury led by French Oscar winner Juliette Binoche will hand…
Entertainment Desk The premier show of ‘Fagun Haway’, a movie based on the 1952 Language Movement, draw a large number of film loving people at cinema halls. Actor turned director Tauquir Ahmed directed the movie which was released simultaneously at…
Sridevi passed away last year on February 24, 2018 under controversial circumstances in Dubai. The news shocked millions of her fans across the globe, who are still mourning for her loss. Yesterday, in accordance with the Hindu calendar, a special…
Cumilla, Feb 17 (UNB) – At least five people were killed and 10 others injured when a bus crashed into a truck from backside on Dhaka-Chattogram highway at Gangrai in Chauddagram upazila on Sunday morning. The deceased were identified as…
Chattogram, Feb 17 (UNB) – At least nine people, including seven members of two families, were burned to death and several others injured as a deadly fire broke out at Bheramarket slum in Chaktai area early Sunday. Seven of the…
Dhaka, Feb 16 (UNB) – In the wake of resignation of a party senior leader, Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami has expelled its Majlis-e-Shura member Mojibur Rahman Monju. In a post on his Facebook account, Monju on Saturday said a party leader, on…
BEIRUT (AP) — The leader of Lebanon’s militant Hezbollah group is blasting President Donald Trump ahead of his expected declaration of victory against the Islamic State group in Syria. Hassan Nasrallah said Saturday that had it not been for the…
Jashore, Feb 16 (UNB) – A four-day long director general-level border conference between the Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) and Border Security Force (BSF) will begin at an aristocratic hotel in Jashore on Sunday. Various issues including drug smuggling, firearms, arms…
Srinagar, Feb 17 (AP/UNB) – As India considers its response to the suicide car bombing of a paramilitary convoy in the disputed region of Kashmir that killed dozens of soldiers, a retired military commander who oversaw a much-lauded military strike…
by Nava Thakuria As if the people of the northeast (NE) India became more conscious about India’s constitution, rule of law and its secular image abroad. So groups of people, including politicians, civil society group representatives, media personnel came to…