Chattogram, April 27 – A local Jubo League activist was shot to death by miscreants in Bakalia area of the city on Friday afternoon over grabbing cable TV trade.
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Forge an alliance to support global women: PM
Sydney (Australia), April 27 – Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Friday called for forging an alliance to support millions of women in need around the world and uphold their rights.
4 Indian citizens held along Sunamganj border
Dhaka – Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) detained four Indian nationals from Chargaon border area in Tahirpur upazila in Sunamganj on Thursday morning.
‘Mentally challenged son’ kills mother in Joypurhat
Dhaka- A woman was hacked to death allegedly by her ‘mentally challenged son’ at Sagrampur village in Khetlal upazila on Thursday morning.
6 get life term for double murder in Khulna
Dhaka- A court here on Thursday sentenced six people to life term imprisonment in a double murder case in Terokhada upazila in Khulna in 2001.
Lightning kills 4 in 3 dists
Dhaka – Four people, including a woman, were killed in separate lighting strikes in Jamalpur, Jashore and Sirajganj districts on Thursday.
Olympics Youth Hockey: Mixed day for Bangladesh
Dhaka – Bangladesh’s Youth Hockey team had mixed fortunes Thursday, in the qualifying round of the Youth Olympic Games Hockey in Thailand on Thursday.
Asian Volleyball: Bangladesh play Turkmenistan in final Friday
Dhaka – Defending champions Bangladesh will take on stronger Turkmenistan in the final of the six-nation Bangabandhu Asian Senior Men’s Central Zone International Volleyball Championship at the Shaheed Suhrawardy National Indoor Stadium here on Friday afternoon eying to retain the…
Ex-BNP minister M Shamsul Islam dies at 87
Dhaka, April 26 – Former Information Minister M Shamsul Islam died at a city hospital on Thursday. He was 87. Shamsul Islam, also a former BNP standing committee member, breathed his last at United Hospital at 1:40 pm, said his…
Tarique no longer a Bangladesh citizen: Anisul
Dhaka, April 26 – Law Minister Anisul Huq on Thursday said BNP acting chairman Tarique Rahman is no longer a Bangladeshi citizen.
BNP slams AL leaders’ India visit
Dhaka, April 26 – BNP on Thursday alleged that a 19-member Awami League delegation went to India as part of the party’s ‘desperate move’ to hold another ‘lopsided’ general election in the country with interference by others.
‘No Bangladeshi killed by Indian BSF this year’
Dhaka, April 26 – Director General (DG) of Indian Border Security Force (BSF) KK Sharma on Thursday said no Bangladeshi national was killed this year along Indo-Bangla border till to date as his force started maintaining non-lethal strategy.
Movement if gazette on job quota not issued by April
Dhaka, April 26 – Bangladesh General Students’ Rights Protection Council, a platform of students that led the recent quota reform movement, on Thursday threatened to a wage tougher movement if the gazette on abolishing the much-talked-about quota system in government…
37 kg gold seized in Chuadanga border
Dhaka – Members of Border Guard Bangladesh seized 320 gold bars weighing around 37 kg from the Mathabhanga River along Nastipur border in Damurhuda upazila in Chuadanga on Wednesday noon.
‘Drug dealer’ killed in Munshiganj ‘gunfight’
Dhaka – An accused drug dealer was killed in a reported gunfight between his cohorts and police at Katakhali Haidrabad in the municipality area here in Munshiganj early Thursday.
Missing housewife found dead in B’baria
Dhaka – A housewife, who went missing on Monday, was found dead at a water body in Kahdurail village of Bijoynagar upazila in Brahmanbaria on Wednesday night.
Pregnant woman among 3 killed in Rangpur road crash
Dhaka – Three people, including a pregnant woman, were killed in a road crash at Paglapir in Sadar upazila in Rangpuron Thursday.
Mother daughter killed as Moulvibazar house catches fire
Dhaka – A woman and her daughter were burnt to death and her son received burn injuries as the house they lived in caught fire at Bujbal village in Rajnagar upazila in Moulvibazar early Thursday.
Madrid beats Bayern 2-1 away to take control of semifinal
Munich (AP/UNB) – For once, Real Madrid didn’t need Cristiano Ronaldo to score.
Djokovic loses to 140th-ranked Klizan; Nadal advances
Barcelona(AP/UNB) – While Novak Djokovic struggles, Rafael Nadal keeps impressing.
South Zone lift BCL title for 3rd time
Dhaka – Although they were 13 points adrift before the final round, Prime Bank South Zone smartly clinched the title of the country’s first class cricket tournament, Bangladesh Cricket League (BCL), for a record third time crushing holders BCB North…
Have 10pc power from renewable energy; govt urged
Dhaka – Speakers at a discussion at Metropolitan Chamber on Wednesday urged the government to ensure specific policy, budgetary allocation and project approach to achieve the goal of generating 10 percent of electricity from the renewable energy by 2020.
Rights bodies concerned at rising rape incidents
Dhaka – Expressing deep concern over the rising incidents of rape in the country, different women and child rights organisations on Wednesday urged the government to take effective steps to prevent the ongoing violence against women and children.
Indian court jails spiritual guru for life in rape case
New Delhi(AP/UNB) — An Indian court on Wednesday found a high-profile spiritual guru guilty of raping a teenage female devotee in 2013 and sentenced him to life in prison.
World is changing ten years after the great recession
Dhaka-A decade after the outbreak of the global economic crisis, the deepest since the Great Depression, a question remains open: what has changed in the international economy? For some analysts, there is a shared feeling of a return to business…
New tax paradigm in the digital age
Dhaka-Much of the western world is experiencing a social crisis. Basic public services—in the UK, for instance, the National Health Service—are set at unsustainably low levels of funding. Unemployment, already high amongst the young, is set to rise rapidly as…
DB man held with ‘4,000 Yaba pills’ in Cumilla
Dhaka- Police arrested a member of Detective Branch (DB) of police and his accomplice allegedly along with 4,000 Yaba pills from Katherpool area in Chandina upazila in Cumilla on Tuesday night.
BCL: East Zone trailing by 282 runs against Central Zone on Day-2
Dhaka – The Islami Bank East Zone were trailing by 282 runs with seven wickets in hand in the first innings against Walton Central Zone on day 2 of their Bangladesh Cricket League (BCL) – the domestic first class competition…
AFC Cup: Abahani, Aizawl play 1-1
Dhaka – Bangladesh Premier League champions Abahani Ltd played out 1-1 draw against I-League champions Aizawl Football Club of India in their group match of the AFC Cup Football Tournament at Bangabandhu National Stadium on Wednesday.
BCL: North Zone trailing by 146 runs against South Zone
Dhaka – Defending champions BCB North Zone were trailing by 146 runs against Prime Bank South Zone in the 2nd innings with 10 wickets in hand after the 2nd day of the four-day first class Bangladesh Cricket League (BCL) match…