Madrid (AP/UNB) — After giving a European Championship title to Portugal and another Champions League trophy to Real Madrid, Cristiano Ronaldo ends 2016 with something just for himself — his fourth world player of the year award. Ronaldo on Monday…
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Fire panic leaves 50 RMG workers hurt in Gazipur
Gazipur – At least 50 garment workers were injured in a fire panic at a factory in Dakkhin Salna area of the city on Monday morning.
Mother, 2 children found dead in Feni
Dhaka – A woman and her two minor children were found dead at their residence at West Ukilpara in Feni district town on Monday night.
Bhasani’s 136th birth anniversary observed
Dhaka – The 136th birth anniversary of Maulana Abdul Hamid Khan Bhasani, a great national leader, was observed on Monday amid various programmes. Born on December 12 in 1880 at Dhanpara village in Sirajganj, Bhasani dedicated his life to establishing…
Divorced woman ‘killed after rape’ in Jessore
Dhaka – Police recovered the body of a divorced woman from her house at Kefayetnagar in Sadar upazila of Jessore on Monday. The deceased was identified as Selina Begum, 48, daughter of late Hasem Ali of the village.
Tropical cyclone Vardah takes aim at India
(CNN)Heavy rain and winds have begun to pound the Indian city of Chennai, with a severe tropical cyclone expected to make landfall Monday.
Militants retake ancient city of Palmyra from Syrian forces
Beirut (AP/UNB) – Islamic State militants recaptured the ancient city of Palmyra from Syrian troops Sunday, according to both sides in the battle, scoring a major advance after a year of setbacks in Syria and neighboring Iraq.
Netanyahu hopes to work with Trump to undo Iran deal
Jerusalem (AP/UNB) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says he believes U.S. President-elect Donald Trump will be a good friend to Israel and hopes the two countries can work together to dismantle the international nuclear agreement with Iran.
Bomb kills 25 at Egypt’s main Coptic Christian cathedral
Cairo (AP/UNB) – Sunday morning Mass was drawing to a close at the chapel next to St. Mark’s Cathedral, the seat of Egypt’s ancient Coptic Orthodox Church, when Magdy Ramzy said there suddenly was a “shattering explosion like nothing I…
85 shanties gutted in Dhaka city slum fire
Dhaka – A fire broke out at ‘Saat Tola’ slum in the city’s Mohakhali area early Monday, burning down 85 shanties. Mahmudul Haque, a warehouse inspector at the Fire Service Headquarters, said the fire broke out from a shanty of…
Saudi minister says, guesthouses built for migrants’ security
Dhaka – Adnan Abdullah Alnuaim, Deputy Minister of Customer Relations, Ministry of Labour and Social Development of Saudi Arabia, says his government has built guesthouses in different parts of the country as a security measure for migrant workers. “We’re working…
22 BD district council chairmen set to win unopposed
Dhaka – The chairman post election to 22 district councils (Zila Parishad) is set to go uncontested finding single chairman candidates after the deadline for withdrawal of candidature, which expired on Sunday.
Suspected ‘robber’ killed in Kushtia ‘gunfight’
Dhaka – A suspected robber was killed and four others suffered bullet wounds in a ‘gunfight’ with members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) at Barmail in Bheramara upazila of Kushtia early Monday. The deceased was identified as Abdus Salam, a…
Govt blocking all options for opposition politics: BNP
Dhaka – BNP senior leader Nazrul Islam Khan on Sunday alleged that the government is blocking all the options of doing politics by its opponents as it has no accountability. “Even women are also being affected as they cannot exercise…
Russia highly rates Indonesian capabilities in NPP construction
Dhaka – Russian State Atomic Energy Corporation ROSATOM and PT. PLN (PERSERO) held a joint seminar, the second within this year.
At SAU, 56 applicants vied for one seat!
Admission Test for 2017 intake of Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University (SAU), Dhaka was held peacefully on 9/12/16. A total of 30,265 candidates had taken part in the admission test for admission into four year courses under four faculties namely, Faculty of…
Severe cyclonic storm ‘vardah’ intensifies further
Dhaka: The severe cyclonic storm ‘vardah’ over southeast bay and adjoining southwest bay and west-central bay intensified and moved further west-northwestwards over west-central bay and adjoining southwest bay.
Alleged ‘terrorist’ bullet-injuried in Jessore ‘gunfight’ with rivals
Dhaka – An alleged terrorist was shot in a gunfight between two groups of criminals in TB Clinic area of Jessore district town on Saturday night.
‘Don’t dress like Kim Kardashian’ says Queen’s University Belfast
Queen’s University in Belfast has been given a dressing down for advising women not to style themselves like Kim Kardashian West at graduations. An article on its website said women should “think Grace Kelly, not Kim Kardashian”. It also said…
More than 30 dead as tanker rams into vehicles on Kenya road
Nairobi (AP/UNB) — A tanker carrying chemical gas slammed into other vehicles and burst into flames on a major road in Kenya, killing more than 30 people and injuring 10, officials said Sunday.
Dylan expresses awe over Nobel Prize, alludes to Shakespeare
Stockholm (AP/UNB) — Bob Dylan has expressed awe at receiving the Nobel Prize in literature and thanked the Swedish Academy for including him among the “giants” of writing.
Twin blasts near Istanbul stadium kill 29, hurt 166
Istanbul (AP/UNB) —Twin attacks by a suicide bomber and a car bomber near an Istanbul soccer stadium Saturday night killed 29 people and wounded 166 others in the latest large-scale assault to traumatize a nation confronting an array of security…
At least 60 killed as crowded church collapses in Nigeria
Lagos (AP/UNB) — The roof of a crowded church collapsed onto worshippers in southern Nigeria on Saturday, killing at least 60 people, witnesses and an official said.
Photographic show on Buriganga at AF, Dhaka
Dhaka – A solo photography exhibition titled Save The River Buriganga by photographer Fojit Sheikh Babu has opened at Galerie Zoom, Alliance Française de Dhaka. The inaugural ceremony of this exhibition was held on Saturday, 10 December 2016. Prof. Anisuzzaman,…
3 Hindu temples vandalised in Lalmonirhat over 12 months
Dhaka – Though three Hindu temples were vandalised and desecrated in Kaliganj upazila of Lalmonirhat over the last twelve months, no legal step has been taken in connection with those incidents.
‘Russia was trying to help Trump win White House’
The CIA has concluded in a secret assessment that Russia intervened in the 2016 election to help Donald Trump win the presidency, rather than just to undermine confidence in the U.S. electoral system, according to officials briefed on the matter.…
At least 43,000 homeless after Aceh, Indonesia quake
Indonesia (AP/UNB) — At least 43,000 people have been displaced by the powerful earthquake that hit Indonesia’s Aceh province, authorities said Saturday, as the government and aid agencies pooled efforts to meet the basic survival needs of shaken communities.
21m Bangladesh children taking vitamin A capsules Saturday
Dhaka – Over 2.10 crore children, aged between six months and five years, will be fed vitamin A-plus capsules today under a national campaign. Children, aged between six and 11 months, will be given the blue-coloured high-powered vitamin A capsules,…
New cyber-attacks on major banks thwarted, Russia says
Distributed denial of service strikes on five biggest banks and financial organisations in Russia was halted. Russia’s telecom operator on Friday said it had blocked a series of cyber-attacks on the country’s leading banks this week, the latest to target…
Obama orders review into ‘Russian hacking’
President Barack Obama has ordered an investigation into a series of cyber-attacks, blamed on Russia, that shook the US election season. The hacks targeted emails at the Democratic Party and a key aide to presidential nominee Hillary Clinton.