Dhaka – Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) arrested Nurul Alam, the mastermind of the attack on an Ansar camp in Teknaf upazila that killed an Ansar member, from Kutupalang Rohingya camp of Ukhiya upazila on Tuesday.Tipped off, a team…
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Public suffering mounts amid transport workers’ agitation
Dhaka – Transports workers set a police vehicle on fire in the city’s Gabtoli as part of the countrywide indefinite transport strike on Tuesday evening as they demonstrated demanding cancellation of a provision to sentence errant drivers to life in…
Ex-BNP leader’s son Irad sent to jail
Dhaka – A court on Tuesday sent Chowdhury Irad Ahmed Siddique, son of former BNP leader Tanvir Ahmed Siddique, to jail in a case filed for making disparaging remarks about Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her family members.Metropolitan Magistrate M…
BCL: BCB North Zone take 127-run lead against Walton Central Zone
Dhaka – Lower order batsman Dhiman Ghosh scored the 3rd century after Naeem Islam and Nazmul Hossain Shanto enabling BCB North Zone to take a 127-run lead over Walton Central Zone scoring 537 runs in the first innings on the…
BCL: South Zone trailing by 198 runs against East Zone
Dhaka – Prime Bank South Zone were trailing by 198 runs against the Islami Bank East Zone on the 3rd day of the four-day Bangladesh Cricket League (BCL) at Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chittagong on Tuesday.Replying to South Zone’s…
Sk Kamal Football: Ctg Abahani eliminated after 1-2 defeat by Pocheon
Dhaka – Defending champions Chittagong Abahani Limited were eliminated from the 2nd version of the Sheikh Kamal International Club Cup Football after conceding 1-2 goals defeat against Pocheon Citizen FC of South Korea in the 2nd semifinal at the floodlit…
2nd Div Football: Nawabpur KC emerge champions
Dhaka – Nawabpur Krira Chakra clinched the Saif Power Tec Dhaka Metropolis 2nd Division Football League crown beating Kashaituly Samaj Kallyan Parisad by 2-0 goals in a title-deciding play-off match at Kamalapur Stadium here on MondayEarlier, both the teams earned…
Afif, Tasamul close gap for East Zone 290/6 vs South Zone 296/10
Dhaka– Afif Hossain’s century of 137 and Tasamul Haque’s 98 runs helped Islami Bank East Zone close the gap against Prime Bank South Zone as they trailed by six runs with six wickets in hand in the first innings after…
Sk Kamal Football: TC Sports reach final eliminating Manang Marshyangdi 1-0
Dhaka – TC Sports Club of Maldives reached the final of the eight-team Sheikh Kamal International Club Cup Football 2017 eliminating Manang Marshyangdi Club of Nepal 1-0 goal in the first semifinal at the MA Aziz Stadium in Chittagong on…
Shifat murder: Husband gets 10 yrs imprisonment
Dhaka – Husband Asif Pisly has been convicted and sentenced to 10 years behind the bar on charge of instigating his wife Wahida Shifat, a former student of Department of Mass Communication and Journalism of Rajshahi University, to commit suicide…
Transport strike in Khulna division withdraws
Dhaka – The indefinite period transport strike at 10 districts of Khulna division was withdrawn this evening which was enforced by the Bus-Truck Workers Federation protesting the life-term imprisonment of a bus driver.The decision came after a meeting between road…
Road accident kills schoolboy in Gazaria
Dhaka – A schoolboy was killed and five others were injured in a road accident at Baluakandi under Gazaria upazila of the district today.The victim was identified as Bisal Chandr Das, 11, son of Biswanath Das, a resident of Narsingdi…
Mahfuz, Ruhul elected Ctg Taxes Bar president, GS
Dhaka -Mohammad Mahfuzul Hoque Moni and Mohammad Ruhul Amin have been elected president and general secretary (GS) respectively of the Chittagong Taxes Bar Association (CTBA). Election Commissioner Mohammad Abdul Malek today in the morning declared the results of CTBA polls…
AL activist killed in Khulna
Dhaka -Miscreants killed an AL activist of Daulatpur Thana due to controlling over the supremacy of a shrimp gher at Beel Pabla area in the early hours of today.Police recovered the dead body from a shrimp gher at Beel Pabla…
Mourinho demands United trophy charge
Dhaka – Jose Mourinho has challenged his Manchester United stars to use their dramatic League Cup final win against Southampton as a springboard to bigger prizes.Mourinho lifted the first major trophy of his United reign on Sunday after Zlatan Ibrahimovic’s…
Bangladesh Cricketers off to Sri Lanka
Dhaka – Bangladesh national cricket team led by Mushfiqur Rahim left Sri Lanka today (Monday) to play a full series against their Sri Lankan counterpart starting next month. Tigers departed from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport at 2pm on a flight…
Youth stabbed to death in Ctg
Dhaka – A youth was stabbed to death by his rival in the city’s Zianagar area under Akbarshah thana on Saturday night.The deceased was identified as Yasin Mia, 25, hailed from Colonel Hat area under Akbarshah thana in the port…
Three to die for killing two children in Bahubal
Dhaka -A court here today sentenced three persons to death for killing two children at Jashpal village under Bahubal upazila of the district in 2008.Additional District and Session Judge Mafroja Parvin pronounced the verdict.The convicts are Abdul Ali, 30, Sayed…
Sri Lankan tour a great anticipation for Tigers
Dhaka – The Sri Lankan tour of the Bangladesh team would be looked at with a great deal of anticipation and expectation since this would perhaps be the first time when Bangladesh team would be facing a full fledged test…
Excessive smoke from mosquito coil kills teenager
Dhaka – A teenager was suffocated to death and his father fell ill due to excessive smoke emanating from a mosquito coil in a house of Kuril Biswa Road in the city on Sunday afternoon.
Fire at old train bogie at Kamalapur
Dhaka – An old train compartment caught fire at Kamalapur Railway Station here on Sunday.Palash Chandra Madak, duty officer at Fire Service Central Control Room, said the fire broke out at the bogie around 6:20 pm.
Unidentified man’s dead body found in Keraniganj
Dhaka – An unidentified man, estimated to be aged around 40, was found dead behind the Crown Melamine Factory at Shakta area of the district on Sunday.Locals spotted the body with its hands and legs tied up and throat slit.
AL chooses Joya Sengupta for Sunamganj-2 by-polls
Dhaka – Ruling Awami League has picked Dr Joya Sengupta, wife of Suranjit Sengupta, as its candidate in the upcoming by-election to Sunamganj-2 constituency.It has also nominated Anjum Sultana for Comilla City Corporation polls.The decisions were taken at the joint…
Thiem and Carreno Busta into clay-court final in Rio
Dhaka— Dominic Thiem and Pablo Carreno Busta will face off in the final of the clay-court Rio Open.Thiem defeated Albert Ramos-Vinolas 6-1, 6-4 on Saturday to advance, and Carreno Busta ruined the night of 18-year-old Norwegian Casper Ruud, 2-6, 7-5,…
Sk Kamal Football: TC Sports to play Manang Marshyangdi in first semi on Monday
Dhaka – TC Sports Club of Maldives will play Manang Marshyangdi Club of Nepal in the first semifinal of the ongoing Sheikh Kamal International Club Cup Football on Monday (Feb 27) with both the teams preparing well for the knock…
BCL: Imrul’s ton spurs South Zone’s collection 296/10 v East Zone
Dhaka – Imrul Kayes hammered a century of 136 runs on the way to Prime Bank South Zone’s 1st innings collection of 296/10 on day one against Islami Bank East Zone in the 5th round of the four-day Bangladesh Cricket…
GSF to set up Sports University in Bangladesh
Dhaka – The Global Sports Federation (GSF) with the support of United Nations Office on Sports for Development and Peace (UNOSDP) will establish an International Sports University in Bangladesh.The first-ever sports university will be set up in Wazirpur upazila of…
Tigers to leave for Sri Lanka Monday
Dhaka – Mushfiqur Rahim-led Bangladesh Cricket team will leave Dhaka for Sri Lanka Monday noon for a tour comprising a two-Test, three-ODI, and two-match T20 series against the hosts.The Tigers will start their campaign in island nation with a two-day…
BB Football: Kamranghi Primary School of Sylhet moves to final
Dhaka– Jaintapur Kamranghi Primary School of Sylhet moved into the final of the Bangabandhu Gold Cup Primary School Football Tournament outplaying Aamtoly Agradut Primary School of Borguna by 6-0 goals in the 2nd semifinal at Bangabandhu National Stadium here on…
180 sued over Laxmipur clash
Dhaka – A case was filed against 180 people in connection with Friday’s triangular clash among police, villagers and devotees in Tumchar area in Laxmipur of Sadar upazila.