Dhaka, – Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) in a drive arrested two suspected members of banned militant outfit Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) from Chowrasta area in Gazipur city early Friday.The arrestees were identified as Md Mostasim Billah, 21, son of…
Dhaka – Bangladesh Under-16 Women’s football team defeated Seisho High School by 3-1 goals at J-GREEN Sakai National Training Center in Osaka, Japan on Friday.Krishna Rani, Anuching Mugni and Marzia scored one goal each in the 28th, 55th and 85th…
Kazan, (AP/UNB)- Alexis Sanchez became Chile’s all-time leading scorer as they were held by Germany to 1-1 in the Confederations Cup on Thursday. Both teams were in a good position to make the semifinals.Sanchez netted his 38th goal for Chile…
Dhaka – Bangladesh will play 12 Test and 8 ODI series in the next ICC leagues as per the ICC’s proposed schedule which was worked out in the ICC board meeting in London on Friday. -UNB
Newport Beach, (AP/UNB)- Maria Sharapova will return to competitive tennis in July for two World Team Tennis matches.Sharapova recently returned to the WTA Tour after a 15-month doping ban. She is skipping Wimbledon because of an injured left thigh that…
Wellington, (AP/UNB)- Batsmen Jeet Raval and Neil Broom and all-rounder Colin de Grandhomme have been included for the first time on New Zealand Cricket’s list of contracted players for the 2017-2018 season.Fast bowler Doug Bracewell, off-spinner Mark Craig and recently-retired…
Dhaka – Fatema Begum of Amtali upazila in Barguna district stands as an example of where a person with strong determination can reach. -UNB
Dhaka – A teenage inmate of Jessore Juvenile Rehabilitation Centre allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself on Friday morning.The deceased was identified as Gobinda Soren, 15, son of Sushil Soren of Tantihat area in Tanore upazila of Rajshahi district. Mohammad…
Warsaw – A leading Polish human rights official has come under fire for saying the “Polish nation” took part in the implementation of the Holocaust – a controversial statement in a country that never collaborated with Nazi Germany during World…
Brussels – British Prime Minister Theresa May’s show of goodwill at the European Union summit left the 27 other EU leaders with “thousands of questions” and eagerly awaiting a more detailed proposal on the future right of EU citizens to…
Dhaka – Making people aware of the Right to Information Act 2009 and encouraging them to use it is the main challenge in implementing the law, says the Information Commission. -UNB
Dhaka – BNP senior leader Moudud Ahmed on Friday alleged that Awami League filed a case against their party men with a Chittagong court in connection with Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir’s motorcade attack with an ill-motive to divert the incident…
Rajshahi – A researcher of Bangladesh Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (BCSIR) was killed and the driver of his car injured on Friday in a road accident near Bidyadharpur Kalina bridge in Mohanpur Upazila in the district. -UNB
Dhaka – As part of its move to strengthen the party’s organisational capacity, BNP is going to start a two-month-long membership collection and renewal programme on July 1 next. -UNB
Dhaka – Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) arrested eight suspected muggers from city’s New Market area on Wednesday.
Dhaka – Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) in a drive arrested three alleged forest robbers from Keyakhali canal adjacent to Kholpetua river under Satkhira range of the Sundarbans in Satkhira on Thursday morning.The arrestees- Abdul Kader, of Tengrakhali village,…
Dhaka – Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) in a drive arrested a local leader of Sramik League along with ‘firearms and ammunition’ from Paran Sikdar Para in Kutubdia upazila in Cox’s Bazar early Thursday.
Dhaka- Two children drowned in a pond at Laksham upazila parishad area here in Comilla on Thursday.The deceased were identified as Arif Hossain, 9, son of Bachchu Mia and Arafat Hossain, 8, son of Mahib Ullah of Laksham upazila.
London, (AP/UNB) – Top-ranked Andy Murray headed a list of high-profile departures in the first round at Queen’s on Tuesday, with the Wimbledon champion losing to a player who found out he was competing only on the morning of the…
Dhaka – Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) on Thursday announced a 29-member preliminary squad for the upcoming home series against Australia and the away one against South Africa.
London, (AP/UNB) – Afghanistan and Ireland have been voted in as full members of the International Cricket Council, meaning they can play test matches against the world’s elite countries.
London – Britain’s Prince Harry has suggested that no one in the royal family really wishes to rise to the throne. –AP/UNB
Canberra – Australia said Thursday it had lifted a suspension of its airstrikes against Islamic State targets in Syria that was imposed amid tensions with Russia after a U.S. fighter jet shot down a Syrian warplane this week. –AP/UNB
Irbil – The Islamic State group destroyed Mosul’s 12th century al-Nuri mosque and its iconic leaning minaret known as al-Hadba when fighters detonated explosives inside the structures on Wednesday night, Iraq’s Ministry of Defense said. –AP/UNB
London – The local administrator in the west London community devastated by a high-rise apartment fire has resigned after government officials criticized the speed of the response to the devastating blaze that killed at least 79 people. –AP/UNB
Dhaka – Around 70 lakh people will leave the capital city of Dhaka for their village homes to celebrate upcoming Eid-ul-Fitr with their near and dear ones. -UNB
The Hague – Leaders of the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg are due to meet with counterparts and senior officials from Baltic and Nordic nations for talks ahead of a European Union summit and two days after formal negotiations on Britain’s…
Dhaka – Parliamentarian Caucus on Migration and Development Chairman M Israfil Alam on Wednesday said thousands of Bangladeshi workers have been faffing around on the streets in Bahrain without jobs as they were sent there without any demand. -UNB
Dhaka – State Minister for Power and Energy Nasrul Hamid has urged the country`s banks and financial institutions to invest in the government`s ‘fast track projects’, presumably by borrowing –UNB news agency reported
Dhaka – A madrasah teacher was found dead at a fish enclosure in Matiadanga area of Sadar upazila in Satkhira on Wednesday morning.