Hong Kong – Shares rose Wednesday, reversing early losses as investors shrugged off concerns over North Korea’s launch of a long-range missile a day earlier. Trading was thin following the U.S. Independence Day holiday. Investors are looking ahead to the…
Dhaka – The government will import some 5 lakh metric tonnes of crude salt to meet the domestic demand, keep its price and supply stable in the market as its local production has marked a fall. -UNB
Dhaka – Police on Wednesday pressed charges against four young men, including prime accused Rafsan Hossain Rubel, in a case filed for gang raping a Garo girl in the city’s Badda area last year. -UNB
Gauhati – Heavy rains since the start of India’s monsoon season have triggered floods and landslides in parts of the remote northeastern region, causing at least 20 deaths, authorities said Wednesday. –AP/UNB
Caracas — A small jet with nine people aboard crashed Tuesday off the coast of Venezuela as it was attempting an emergency landing. It’s not known if there were any survivors. -UNB
London, (AP/UNB) – Sloane Stephens hadn’t played a competitive match in nearly a year because of an injured left foot, so when she stepped on the grass of Wimbledon on Tuesday, simply being there was significant.”Just getting on the court,…
Sydney, (AP/UNB) – The Western Sydney Wanderers have signed Spanish striker Oriol Riera as their marquee player for the next two League seasons.The team said Wednesday that Riera, 31, will arrive in Sydney this week before joining his teammates in…
Dhaka – A housewife of Shangkarpur Chopdarpara area in Jessore town, who reportedly committed suicide on April 2, had actually been strangled to death, according to autopsy report.Earlier, family members had taken Khukumoni to Jessore 250-bed Hospital citing that she…
Dhaka – A man died from snakebite at Tupipara village in Sreepur upazila in Magura on Tuesday night.
Dhaka- A teenage boy was hacked to death by another one over previous enmity at Lalchandpur village in Monohorganj upazila in Comilla on Tuesday night.Quoting locals, police said Yusuf Kazi, 14, son of Wazed Kazi and Rahmat Ullah, 15, son…
Dhaka – Four people were killed and seven others injured in two separate road accidents in Dinajpur on Tuesday.In Kaharole upazila, three people were killed and five others injured as a bus crashed into a human hauler at Sholo Mile area.The…
Dhaka – The bodies of four more people were found in the debris following the boiler explosion at Multi-Fabs Ltd in Nayarapara area on Tuesday evening, raising the death toll from the incident to 13.Firefighters found three bodies in the…
Dhaka- The body of a youth was recovered from Abdullahpur here in Keraniganj on Tuesday.The deceased is Meherazul Islam Shohag, 20, son of Mosharraf Hossain hailing from Chittagong. He used to live in Rajbari of Keraniganj with family. He is…
Dhaka – A garment worker was stabbed to death allegedly by a group of muggers in Telipara Truck Stand area in Gazipur on Tuesday morning.Quoting family members, police said a group of muggers waylaid Hasanur Rahman, 35, hailing from Sherpur district,…
Dhaka – Sri Lankan wicketkeeper batsman Niroshan Dickwella will play for defending champions Dhaka Gladiators in the eight-team franchised-based 5th Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) Cricket beginning on November 4.Dhaka Dynamites have confirmed the inclusion of Niroshan Dickewella in the team…
Dhaka – Chittagong Royals earned 35-22 point victory over MH Sporting Club in the Asian Group-CJKS Basketball League at the CJKS gymansium in Chittagong on Monday.
Dhaka – A night guard of a local madrasah was stabbed to death by a gang of miscreants at Valain in Manda upazila on Monday night. Police said the miscreants swooped on Mansur Rahman, 38, son of Abdul Malek Sardar…
Dhaka – Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) High Performance (HP) Squad, now touring Australia 19/Northern Territory, will play the first of their five-match one day series against a local selection on Wednesday at the Marrara Cricket Ground (MCG) 1 in Darwin.As…
Dhaka – Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday urged workers to boost productivity and improve the quality of both the products and the standard of their works to keep pace with the competitive world. –UNB
Dhaka – Kidnappers blindfolded poet and columnist Farhad Mazhar after picking him up in a vehicle, said detectives. –UNB
Washington – The Pentagon has thrown a cloak of secrecy over assessments of the safety and security of its nuclear weapons operations, a part of the military with a history of periodic inspection failures and bouts of low morale. –AP/UNB
Moulvibazar – Relief and Disaster Management Minister Mofazzal Hossain Chowdhury Maya on Tuesday said the government will be there beside the flood-hit people with food and other emergency supplies as long as needed. -UNB
Dhaka – Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday said the government has all the necessary preparation to face possible natural disasters like flood. –UNB
London,(AP/UNB) – Venus Williams wiped tears from her eyes during her Wimbledon news conference Monday.She shook her head, fiddled with her hair and sat, silently.
London, (AP/UNB) – Neither a nagging injury to his left hip nor a brief rain delay seemed to pose any challenge to Andy Murray.The top-seeded Murray opened the defense of his Wimbledon title with a 6-1, 6-4, 6-2 win over…
Undated,(AP/UNB) -Tiger Woods says he’s checked out of the clinic where he went to get help dealing with pain medications, adding he will “continue to tackle this going forward.”The treatment follows the golfer’s arrest on a DUI charge after he…
Dhaka – A garment worker was stabbed to death by muggers at Telipara in Gazipur Tuesday.
Dhaka- Chittagong City Corporation Eleven earned a comfortable 73-20 points victory over Young Star Club Blues in the Asian Group-CJKS Basketball League at the CJKS gymnasium in Chittagong here on Sunday.
Gazipur, July 3 – At least four people were killed and 40 others suffered injuries as a boiler exploded at a readymade garment (RMG) factory in the city’s Nayarapara area in Joydebpur Police Station on Monday evening.Ataur Rahman, duty officer…
Dhaka – Police in a drive arrested three men along with a pistol and 12 rounds of bullets in their possession from Kulpara High School under Shah Makhdum Police Station of the city on Sunday evening.The arrested individuals were identified…