Dhaka: Country’s petrol pump and tank-lorry owners and workers observed a nine-hour strike on Sunday and threatened to enforce a non-stop strike after Eid-ul-Azha to press home their 12-point demand. The threat came from the leaders of Bangladesh Petrol Pump…
Dhaka: The Supreme Court will deliver its verdict on August 30 on the petition of condemned war criminal Mir Quasem Ali seeking a review of its earlier judgement that upheld his death penalty for crimes against humanity during the Liberation…
Dhaka: BNP senior leader ASM Hannan Shah on Sunday warned that their party together with people will be there in the field to stop the implementation of Rampal power plant project. “The country’s people have got united against Rampal power…
Dhaka: A court here on Sunday once again denied bail to Toronto University student Tahmid Hasib Khan in connection with the Gulshan terror attack. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Mahmudul Hasan passed the order after Tahmid’s counsel M Masud Arif Bhuiyan Hanif…
Dhaka – Two ships from Indian Coast Guard arrive at Chittagong on Monday on a four-day visit as part of the ongoing bilateral maritime exchanges between the two Coast Guards.The ships, ‘Vishwast’ and ‘Anmol’, are on a goodwill tour of…
Dhaka – All the three militants, including Tamim Chowdhury, who were killed during a special police raid on a den of ‘New JMB’ in Narayanganj, died from bullet wounds.Dr Sohel Mahmud, assistant professor of Forensic Department of Dhaka Medical College…
Dhaka – One of the two militants killed in Narayanganj operation has been identified as Fazle Rabbi while another might be Tausif, said Additional Commissioner and head of DMP’s Counter Terrorism and Trans-national Crime (CTTC) Monirul Islam.“One of them has…
Dhaka -Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) recovered 3.25 kilograms of heroin from Raninagar area in Godagari upazila in Rajshahi on Saturday night.BGB in a press release said on secrete information that a group of drug peddlers were selling heroin…
Dhaka -Detectives arrested six people, including the prime accused, in connection with the case for killing four people in the city’s Middle Badda area in August last year.Identities of the arrestees could not be known immediately.Deputy Commissioner (media) of Dhaka…
Dhaka -Detectives in a drive arrested an alleged drug peddler from Daulatdia bus stand area of the district town in possession of 50 ampoules of pethidine in Chuadanga on Saturday night,UNB News Agency Reported.
Dhaka – A tribunal here on Sunday convicted a man and sentenced him to death for killing his wife for dowry in 2005.The condemned convict was identified as Anwar Hossain, 47, son of late Hafez Uddin Peyada of Jamduara village…
Dhaka – Gazi TV (GTV) made a good start in the Walton-DRU Media Cup Football Tournament beating Boishakhi TV by 2-1 goals in one of the seven matches held on the opening day (Sunday) at the Shaheed Captain (retd) M…
Dhaka – Bangladesh National Cricket Team left-handed dashing opener Tamim Iqbal injured the little finger of his left hand during a practice session Sher-e-Bangla Cricket Stadium, Mirpurs on Saturday.The dashing opener will be out of cricket for 2 or 3…
Dhaka – Hosts Bangladesh will play Singapore on Monday in their 2nd Group C match of the six-nation AFC U-16 Women’s Championship-2017 Qualifiers at Bangabandhu National Stadium here at 6 pm.The home girls enjoying an upper hand advantage making a…
Dhaka – Top-seeded Agnieszka Radwanska completed a dominating week at the Connecticut Open on Sunday, beating Elina Svitolina 6-1, 7-6 (3) in the final then spraying her coaches and friends with champagne.The Polish star didn’t drop a set during the…
Dhaka – Juventus won 1-0 at Lazio on Saturday in a Serie A match dedicated to the victims of the earthquake in central Italy.Fans held aloft banners to mourn the nearly 300 people killed in Wednesday’s quake, and a minute…
Dhaka – Pakistan opening batsman Mohammad Hafeez has been ruled out of the remaining three one-day internationals and one-off Twenty20 against England due to calf injury.The Pakistan Cricket Board says in a statement that Hafeez hurt his left calf before…
Dhaka – The Tigers are likely to play an ODI series against the ICC associate Afghanistan in September, ahead of the England tour to Bangladesh for Test and ODI series.The Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) officials are communicating with the Bangladesh…
Dhaka – The Walton-DRU Media Cup Football Tournament,organised by Dhaka Reporters Unity (DRU) and sponsored by Walton Group, begins Sunday at Shaheed Captain (retd) M Mansur Ali National Handball Stadium here after a long gap of five years.Shipping Minister Shahjahan…
Dhaka – Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) arrested five alleged members of an inter-district robber gang from Basila in the city’s Mohammadpur area early Saturday.The arrestees are – ringleader Md Akhtar Hossain, 50, his associates Md Imdad Sarder, 35,…
Dhaka – Students of Shariatpur Polytechnic Institute blocked Mongla-Chittagong highway on Saturday morning demanding resignation of the institute’s principal over corruption charges.The students brought several allegations against their Principal Engineer Humayun Kabir including that he is using an administrative building…
Dhaka – Hosts Bangladesh made a flying start in the Group-C match of the six nation AFC U-16 Women’s Championship 2017 Qualifiers outplaying holders Iran by 3-0 goals at Bangabandhu National Stadium on Saturday.With the day’s well merited victory, Bangladesh…
Dhaka: Health Minister Mohammad Nasim on Saturday said Awami League would no longer show a liberal attitude towards BNP. “BNP, while in power, hatched a conspiracy to destroy Awami League and kill Hasina. We have showed liberal attitude to BNP…
Dhaka: Bangladesh is likely to convey its ‘firm position’ on continuation of war criminals’ trials apart from conveying tougher stance against terrorism and violent extremism during the visit of US Secretary of State John Kerry to Bangladesh on Monday. The…
Dhaka: Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) arrested five alleged members of an inter-district robber gang from Basila in the city’s Mohammadpur area early Saturday. The arrestees are – ringleader Md Akhtar Hossain, 50, his associates Md Imdad Sarder, 35,…
Dhaka -The Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime (CTTC) unit of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) started busting a den of banned militant outfit Jama’atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) after its discovery in Sadar upazila of Narayanganj district early Saturday,UNB News Agency Reported.
Dhaka – Inspector General of Police (IGP) AKM Shahidul Hoque on Saturday said Gulshan café attack mastermind Tamim Chowdhury had taken cover in the Narayanganj militant den following the Kalyanpur raid where nine militants were killed.The IPG came up with…
Dhaka – Malaga scored in the 90th minute to complete its comeback from two goals down and draw 2-2 at Espanyol in the Spanish league on Friday.Gerard Moreno put Espanyol in control of the match with goals in the 27th…
Dhaka -Farmers in Netrakona are expecting a bumper production of jute this season riding on favourable weatherand availability of quality seeds and fertilisers.As the farmers of ten upazilas in the district have got satisfactory profits in jute cultivation over the last…
Dhaka -Flood triggered by the rise in water level of the Padma River after India opened the sluice gates of the Farakka Barrage to ease Bihar flood situation left several hundred people in four upazilas marooned.SM Ali Mortuja, officer of…