Madrid (Xinhua/UNB) — FC Barcelona striker Luis Suarez is likely to be out of action for a while after suffering a calf injury in his side’s 1-0 defeat to Athletic Club Bilbao on the first day of the new Liga…
Day: August 17, 2019
BCB calls 35 cricketers to join conditioning camp
Dhaka – Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) called 35 cricketers to join conditioning camp beginning on Monday (August 19) under National Team Strength and Conditioning Coach Mario Villavarayen.
BD women’s hockey team to play first foreign opponent
Dhaka – The Bangladesh Women’s Hockey team is set to play their first match against a foreign opponent, the Sports Authority of India’s (SAI)-National Women’s Hockey Academy team on Tuesday at Maulana Bhasani Hockey Stadium here. The match will kick-off…
Thailand’s lost baby dugong dies of shock, ingesting plastic
Bangkok, Aug 17 (AP/UNB) — An 8-month-old dugong nurtured by marine experts after it was found lost near a beach in southern Thailand has died of what biologists believe was a combination of shock and ingesting plastic waste. The female…
Indian authorities begin easing clampdown in Kashmir
New Delhi, Aug 17 (AP/UNB) — Authorities in Indian-administered Kashmir on Saturday began restoring landline phone services after a nearly two-week unprecedented security crackdown and news blackout following a decision to downgrade the majority-Muslim region’s autonomy. Administrator Shahid Choudhary said…
BNP demands fair probe into Mirpur Section 7 slum fire
Dhaka, Aug 17 (UNB) – BNP on Saturday demanded a fair and neutral investigation into Friday’s fire at a slum in the city’s Mirpur-7 area as such incidents are on the rise. Talking to reporters after visiting the fire-ravaged slum,…
Fresh dengue infection rate falls slightly; 2 die Saturday
Dhaka, Aug 17 (UNB) – Two more people have died of dengue and 1,460 others have been infected with the mosquito-borne disease, showing a significant fall in the number of dengue patients than Friday’s 1,719. The fresh deaths were recorded…
Integrated Vector control must to fight dengue: Dhaka Mayor
Dhaka, Aug 17 (UNB) – Underscoring the importance of public awareness against mosquito breeding, Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) Mayor Atiqul Islam on Saturday said Integrated Vector Management (IVM) is necessary for combatting the dengue outbreak in the country. ‘We’ve…
Bus hits car again killing four at Narsingdi, 30km off Dhaka
Narsingdi, Aug 17 (UNB)- Four people were killed and another was injured in a collision between a bus and a private car on Dhaka-Sylhet highway in Shibpur upazila early Saturday. The deceased were identified as Akib Hossain, 27, Jannatul Ferdous…
‘Easy Rider’ star, 1960s swashbuckler Peter Fonda dies at 79
Los Angeles, Aug 17 (AP/UNB) — Actor Peter Fonda, the son of a Hollywood legend who became a movie star in his own right after both writing and starring in the counter-culture classic “Easy Rider,” has died. His family said…
Hundreds defy restrictions, join protests in Kashmir
New Delhi, Aug 16 (AP/UNB) — Hundreds of people protested an unprecedented security crackdown and clashed with police Friday in Indian-controlled Kashmir, as India’s government said it was constantly reviewing the situation in the disputed region and the restrictions there…
Two minor brothers jump into Jamuna to collect ball missing
Bogura, Aug 16 (UNB) – Two brothers went missing in the Jamuna River as they jumped into it to bring back a football during a football match at Pakuria Char in Sariakandi upazila on Friday noon. The victims are Omar…
2 siblings among 3 killed in Jamalpur lightning
Jamalpur, Aug 16 (UNB) – Three people, including two siblings, were killed by lightning here on Friday. Anwar Hossain, 25, and his brother Al Amin, 19, sons of Abdul Latif of Chengtimari village in Dewanganj upazila, were struck by a…
Two suspected robbers lynched in Pabna
Pabna, Aug 17 – Two suspected robbers were killed in a lynch-mob attack at Sondaha Kanelpara village in Santhia Upazila here early Saturday.
Mirpur slum fire doused after 6 hours: Shaties gutted
Dhaka, Aug 17 – The massive fire that broke out at a slum in Mirpur-7 of the city on Friday was doused early Saturday after six hours of efforts by firefighters.
Australia couple injured in ‘freak’ goanna attack on their dog
An elderly couple has been attacked in Australia by a goanna (a large lizard), as they tried to stop it from savaging their dog, emergency officials say.
US issues warrant to seize Iranian oil supertanker
The US Justice Department has issued a warrant to seize a detained Iranian oil tanker, a day after a judge in Gibraltar ordered it to be released.
Run your way to better mental health
I once lived a life almost ruled by anxiety, intrusive thoughts and paralysing fear. I spent years looking for the thing that would release me, and when I finally found it, it wasn’t medication or therapy (although both helped). It…
‘Alpha’ gets TV premiere
Entertainment Desk Nasiruddin Yousuff directed ‘Alpha’ had its TV premiere on Channel-i yesterday.’Alpha’ is the third feature film directed by Nasiruddin Yousuff, who made his directorial debut with liberation war film Ekatturer Jishu in 1992.
Arctic sea ice loaded with microplastics
At first glance, it looks like hard candy laced with flecks of fake fruit, or a third grader’s art project confection from recycled debris.
Band Metallica donates 250,000 euros for Romanian pediatric hospital
American heavy metal band Metallica has donated 250,000 euros to a Romanian association building the country’s first pediatric oncology hospital, they said. The donation to Daruieste Viata (Give Life), founded in 2012, came ahead of the band’s sold out concert…
Poet Shamsur Rahman’s 13th death anniversary Saturday
Culture Desk The 13th death anniversary of one of the major poets in modern Bengali literature, Shamsur Rahman, will be observed today. Shamsur Rahman died at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) on August 17, 2006 while undergoing treatment. Different…
কাশ্মীরের ভারতভূক্তির চেষ্টা কোনদিন সফল হবেনা -লতিফ নেজামী
ইসলামী ঐক্যজোট চেয়ারম্যান ও বাংলাদেশ নেজামে ইসলাম পাটি সভাপতি মাওলানা আবদুল লতিফ নেজামী জাতিসংঘ নিরাপত্তা পরিষদ ও সাধারণ পরিষদে বিভিন্ন সময়ে গৃহিত প্রস্তাব মোতাবেক গণভোট অনুষ্ঠানের মাধ্যমে কাশ্মীরিদের আত্মনিয়ন্ত্রনাধিকার প্রতিষ্ঠার সুযোগ সৃষ্টির আহ্বান জানিয়েছেন ।
চামড়া শিল্প ধ্বংসকারী সিন্ডিকেটগুলোকে বিচারের আওতায় আনতে হবে
ইসলামী আন্দোলন বাংলাদেশ-এর সিনিয়র নায়েবে আমীর মুফতী সৈয়দ মুহাম্মদ ফয়জুল করীম শায়খে চরমোনাই বলেছেন, চামড়া শিল্পকে ধ্বংসকারী সিন্ডিকেটগুলোকে বিচারের আওতায় আনতে হবে। এই প্রভাবশালী সংঘবদ্ধ সিন্ডিকেটের কারণে এবার ‘গরিবের হক’ কোরবানির পশুর চামড়ার বাজারে বড় ধস নেমেছে।
YouTube Music Video Review: Tumi Robe Nirobe -Debolina Nandi
by M Zahidul Haque I have been listening to a young female singer with a melodious voice on YouTube and some other social media for the last one year. The name of the singer is Debolina Nandi. On August 14…
US has more to lose if Trump pulls it out of WTO
Geneva (Chakravarthi Raghavan) – In a speech on Tuesday (13 August) in Pennsylvania, a crucial state he must win for re-election in 2020, US President Donald Trump threatened to pull the United States out of the World Trade Organization (WTO)…
Dengue patients admitted to hospitals cross 50000 this year
Dhaka, August 16 – The number of dengue patients admitted in different public and private hospitals has crossed well over 50,000 this year, breaking all records.