Dhaka, Dec 8 – While some of the imported onions were relatively cheaper, but the local newly harvested and old onions were still selling at higher prices in the capital’s kitchen markets. Though the local onion price was relatively down…
Day: December 8, 2019
ACC chief rejects Taposh’s stance to include one name in FIR
Dhaka, Dec 8 – The Anti-Corruption Commission chairman Iqbal Mahmood yesterday warned that no corrupt people would escape from the net of the commission (ACC).
Bangladesh women clinch gold medal
The Bangladeshi contingent at the ongoing 13th South Asian Games has already created history securing a record haul of gold medals for the country in an edition of the regional games held outside Bangladesh. Bangladesh’s haul was buoyed by the…
SA Games Cricket: Bangladesh suffer first defeat to Sri Lanka
Dhaka — Bangladesh Men’s cricket team (U-23) suffered their first defeat against Sri Lanka (U-23) in the ongoing 13th South Asian Games (SA Games) on Sunday in Nepal. Before heading to this game, Bangladesh won three consecutive games respectively against…
Bangladesh create history securing 14 golds
Dhaka- The Bangladeshi contingent at the ongoing 13th South Asian Games has already created history securing a record haul of gold medals for the country in an edition of the regional games held outside Bangladesh. Bangladesh’s haul was buoyed by…
Bangladesh out of SA Games Football title race
Dhaka – An early goal by midfielder Sunil Bal helped hosts Nepal to eliminate Bangladesh U-23 team from the title race of the South Asian Games Men’s Football on Sunday. Bangladesh conceded a 0-1 goal defeat against Nepal in their…
PM wishes ‘grand success’ of Bangabandhu BPL
Dhaka — Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina wished for the competition’s ‘grand success’ as she inaugurated the special edition of the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL), rebranded as Bangabandhu BPL to pay tribute to the Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur…
Friends actor Ron Leibman dies
Award-winning American actor Ron Leibman, famed for playing Rachel Green’s overbearing dad in the sitcom Friends, has died at the age of 82.
‘Gondi’ features Rupankar’s song
Culture Desk Popular singer from Pacchim Bangla, Rupankar Bagchi has joined Fakhrul Arefin Khan’s second movie ‘Gondi’. He gave voice to a song of this movie titled ‘Tobu Dupaye’.
SA Games: Archery brings 3 more gold medals for Bangladesh
Bangladesh clinched three more gold medals – all in archery – in the 13th South Asian Games at Pokhara Stadium, Nepal on Sunday.
Ntv video editor Atik murder: HC upholds lower court verdict
The High Court on Sunday upheld the death penalty of a convict and the life imprisonment of two others in the NTV video editor Atikul Islam Atik murder case.
Sri Lanka to firmly support, Port City development: PM
Sri Lankan Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa said on Saturday that his government will firmly support and accelerate the development of the Colombo Port City project constructed by China to ensure that it will emerge as a new business hub in…
Messi celebrates Balon d’or with his 35th hat-trick
FC Barcelona turned on the style and Leo Messi scored yet another hat-trick to ensure they remain top of the Liga Santander after a 5-2 win at home to Mallorca on Saturday night.
Base shooter watched shooting videos before attack
PENSACOLA, PUBLISH DATE – DECEMBER 08– The Saudi student who fatally shot three people at a U.S. naval base in Florida hosted a dinner party earlier in the week where he and three others watched videos of mass shootings, a…
Housewife killed for ‘dowry’ in Chittagong
Chittagong, Dec 8 – A housewife has been strangulated to death reportedly by her laws at Dakkhin Jiri village in Patiya upazila.
Nobel literature winner dreams of a new narrative style
Stockholm, Dec 8, AP/UNB – Nobel Literature Prize winner Olga Tokarczuk says she thinks a new sort of fiction may be needed to counteract the modern era’s tendency to isolate and divide people.
‘We all must step up’ joint action on disability inclusion
8 December 2019 – SDGs – The international community has agreed truly ground-breaking frameworks to advance the rights of persons with disabilities, including in the context of development, but there remains a significant gap between these ambitions and the reality…
Egypt uncovers large stone slabs of Pharaonic temple
Cairo, Dec 7 – Xinhua/UNB – Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities announced on Friday that it has discovered a number of huge archaeological stone blocks near Giza pyramids west of the capital Cairo.