LISBON – Cristiano Ronaldo hit the crossbar as Portugal and Spain played out a goalless draw in a compelling friendly in Lisbon on Wednesday. Ronaldo and Renato Sanchez both struck the woodwork for Portugal, who then should have won it…
Day: October 8, 2020
BTF plans to arrange more int’l meet on occasion of ‘Mujib Barsho’
DHAKA- The Bangladesh Taekwondo Federation (BTF) is planning to host more international championships this year to celebrate the birth centenary of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. After successfully hosting the Bangladesh Taekwondo International Poomsae Live Championship that…
Eve booters’ report to coach for residential camp
DHAKA- The U-17 and U20 national women’s team’s footballers reported today to coach Golam Robanni Choton for residential training camp for the age group women’s national football teams ahead of AFC U-20 Women’s Championship 2022 (qualifiers) and AFC U-17 women’s…
Three-team 50-over tournament named BCB President’s Cup
DHAKA—The three-team 50-over tournament which the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) organizes in a bid to bring back competitive cricket after a gap of six months was named the BCB President’s Cup. The competition that features national cricketers, players from the…
Bangabandhu Federation Cup Basketball begins Saturday
DHAKA- The Bangladesh Basketball Federation (BBF) going to return to the game after a prolonged seven-month gap due to COVID-19 pandemic is going to host Bangabandhu Federation Cup Basketball schedule to begin from Saturday at Dhanmondi Basketball Gymnasium in the…
BCB to organize Mujib 100 T20 in favourable time
DHAKA – The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) is mulling to host two Twenty20 International matches between the Asia XI and the World XI in favourable time to mark the birth centenary of the Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur…
Savar, Dhaka, Oct 08 – The Department of Environment (DoE) on Wednesday fined eight tanneries at Savar Tannery Industrial Estate Tk 21lakh for polluting the environment.
Tensions high at Rohingya camps after violence
Cox’s Bazar, Oct 08 – Tensions heightened at Cox’s Bazar Rohingya camps following a fierce clash at Ukhiya camp on Tuesday that left four people dead.
6k families homeless in Khulna devastating riverbank erosion
Khulna, Oct 08 – The pain that riverbank erosion has caused over the past decade is immense. I have lost everything to the natural calamity — my home, my livelihood,” says Rabiul Islam, a resident of Koira upazila who has…
Trump back at Oval Office work days after testing positive
Back in the Oval Office, Donald Trump says he wants Americans to have access to the treatment he had. US President Donald Trump has returned to work and held briefings at the Oval Office less than a week after he…
KSA visa, Iqama valid for Bangladeshi expats until Oct 31
The government of Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) has extended the validity of visa and Iqama (work permit) for Bangladeshi expatriate workers and professionals until October 31 without any charge to help them return to their workplaces smoothly.
2 scientists win Nobel chemistry prize for gene-editing tool
Stockholm, AP/UNB, Oct 07 – Two scientists won the Nobel Prize in chemistry Wednesday for developing a way of editing genes likened to “molecular scissors” that offer the promise of one day curing inherited diseases.
IBBL inaugurates Sub-Branch at Dhanmondi in Dhaka
Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited inaugurated its ‘Dhanmondi-5 Sub-Branch’ under New Market Branch, Dhaka on 5 October 2020, Monday. Md. Omar Faruk Khan, Additional Managing Director of the Bank inaugurated the Sub-Branch as chief guest.