Asian stock markets were mostly weaker on Tuesday as the price of crude oil turned lower following a surge overnight.KEEPING SCORE: Japan’s Nikkei 225 drifted 0.2 percent lower to 16,074.71 while South Korea’s Kospi was 0.2 percent lower to 1,912.71.…
A young man was killed and 15 others injured in a clash between two groups during a football match at Baliar Chora village in Bhanga upazila on Tuesday morning.Mijanur Rahman, officer-in-charge of Bhanga Police Station, said the clash ensued following…
Ten people have died on a single small island in Fiji as the total death toll from a powerful cyclone climbed to 29, officials said Tuesday.Government spokesman Ewan Perrin said the death toll on Koro Island had reached double figures…
Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) arrested four people including two alleged drug peddlers and recovered 1,00,000 pieces of Yaba tablets from Sirson Road area in the city early Tuesday.Major Jahangir, deputy commander of Rab-7, said tipped-off, a team of…
Joint teams of U.S. and Brazilian health workers will fan out across one of Brazil’s poorest states Tuesday in search of mothers and infants for a study aimed at determining whether the Zika virus is causing babies to be born…
Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Tuesday said an agreement to recruit an advisor for the Airport-Ashulia EPZ flyover project will be signed on Wednesday.He said this while talking to reporters after inspection of the road repair works…
A baby gorilla is “doing well” after being delivered by Caesarean section in a rare operation at Bristol Zoo.The Western lowland gorilla was born early, weighing 2lbs 10oz, after her mother showed signs of the potentially dangerous condition pre-eclampsia.She needed…
A suspected criminal was killed in a ‘shootout’ with police at Haldipara in Maheshkhali upazila early Tuesday.The deceased was identified as Santu, son of Rowshan Miah, a resident of Lalpur village of the upazila, and an accused in a number…
The use of natural gas for electricity generation in the UK may have to decline significantly over the next 30 years, according to a new study.Without carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology, gas-fired electricity would have to fall to 10%…
Mayan civilization is one of the oldest and the most mysterious civilization of the ancient world. There had been so many stories told about their extinction, most of which are assumptions. British journalist Robin Wylie discussed what may be the…
Leaving the European Union would threaten jobs and put the UK’s economy at risk, business leaders from some of Britain’s biggest companies have said.Bosses – including those of BT, Marks & Spencer and Vodafone – signed a letter published in…
This week, Saudi oil minister Ali Al-Naimi will for the first time face the victims of his decision to keep oil pumps flowing despite a global glut: US shale oil producers struggling to survive the worst price crash in years.While…
Veteran Indian journalist Kuldip Nayar has expressed doubts about possibility of holding free and fair elections that can change the regime in Bangladesh in the near future.In an article published in The Statesman on 11 February, he also tacitly blamed…
Three people—two suspected members of banned militant outfit Jama’atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) and a Shibir man—have so far arrested in connection with the killing of a Hindu priest in Debiganj upazila of Panchagarh.Police super of the district Gias Uddin said…
At least 13 people, including nine civilians, were killed Monday in a suicide bombing targeting Afghan police which was claimed by Taliban insurgents in a remote area northwest of Kabul, authorities said.The bomber targeted a local police chief, injuring him…
New fathers please take note! Men who are stressed can put their children at an increased risk of diabetes, an interesting study has found.According to experts, stress hormones can cause a change in the sperm that induces high blood sugar…
Imagine living in a world where, every 69 years, the sun disappears in a near total eclipse that lasts for three and a half years. That is just what happens in an unnamed binary star system nearly 10,000 light years…
The work of making a documentary on the national anthem of Bangladesh ‘Amar Sonar Bangla’ will begin in the last week of February.Mridul Mamun will direct the film to be produced by Drisshokar Films, said a press release on Monday.This…
Bangladesh quick Mohammad Rubel Hossain may even face punishment after being dropped from the central contract for not following injury rehabilitation guidelines.Bangladesh Cricket Board President Nazmul Hassan told reporters after a meeting at the National Cricket Stadium on Monday that…
British High Commissioner Alison Blake has condemned the murder of a Hindu priest in northern Bangladesh.“I am horrified at the savage attack on Mr J Roy & Mr G C Roy. Nothing can justify attacks on people because of their…
Two unidentified criminals have tried to torch a book stall at ‘Amar Ekushe’ book fair today.The book stall did not suffer much damage on Monday evening as fire fighters soon arrived at the scene.“They had set fire to a heap…
A woman was beaten to death allegedly by her husband as she protested his extramarital relationship with a neighbour at Saraskati village in Sadar upazila early Monday.Locals said Jamal Uddin developed an extramarital relation with a neighbour.Jamal’s wife Ferdousi Mira,…
A baby at the centre of an asylum row in Australia has been released from hospital into community detention.But the government says baby Asha will be sent to an offshore camp in Nauru once she is well.Doctors refused to discharge…
The apparent death of a baby dolphin after being passed around on an Argentine beach is creating a furor in the South American country.Photos and video of the incident have begun emerging this week of the incident, which local media…
The Indian government has invited applications from eligible Bangladeshi nationals for admission to some courses at reputed colleges and institutions in India under the ‘self-financing scheme’ for the academic year 2016-2017.The courses are MBBS, BDS, BE, Diploma in Engineering, B…
Detectives arrested a Poland national from Gulshan area of the city on Sunday in connection with ATM card forgery.Sources at the Detective Branch (DB) said they arrested Thomas alias Peter, a Poland national, during a drive in the area on…
Long-time residents joke that you need to live in Delungra for 30 years before you’re truly considered a local, writes Katie Beck.Formerly a bustling grain farming hub, it’s now a typical northern New South Wales town with a bowling club,…
If the news of two Delhi brothers who were so hooked to video games that they became too lazy to even go to washroom and were treated in a rehab facility for a month shocked you to the core, it…
Images from the New Horizon space probe suggest that Pluto’s moon Charon once had a sub-surface ocean that has since frozen and expanded, causing the surface to stretch and fracture, NASA said Friday.Charon’s surface was photographed by the New Horizons’s…
Amar Bhaier Rokte Rangano Ekushey February’, the most iconic song of the Language Movement that holds a special place in the heart of every Bangladeshi, has been sung in 12 different languages.Besides Bangla, the song, which has become an emblem…