A court here on Sunday placed four people, including acting Pro-Vice Chancellor of North South University Gias Uddin Ahsan, arrested for not keeping tenant information and renting out their houses to Gulshan attackers, on an eight-day remand each.Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate…
GAIBANDHA – A 7-day long fruit bearing, timber and medicinal tree fair will begin on Independence Square premises of the town here on July 30 amid much enthusiasm to all the concerned.Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) and Social Forest Department, Rangpur…
Dhaka – Defending champions Great Britain, Argentina and France gatecrashed their hosts’ Davis Cup parties to edge closer to the semi-finals on Saturday.Britain, playing without Wimbledon champion and world number two Andy Murray, took a 2-1 lead over 2010 winners…
Dhaka – Ivan Dodig and Marin Cilic dealt Bob and Mike Bryan a rare doubles defeat on Saturday to keep Croatia alive in their Davis Cup World Group quarter-final against the United States.World number 12 Cilic stepped in at the…
Dhaka – Grass has overgrown the unattended grave of Samuel Wanjiru on the remote Ol-Ojorok plateau in central Kenya – a symbol of how quickly a country can forget its heroes.”He was a great guy,” said Eliud Kipchoge, a two-time…
Some of Egypt’s pro-army media jumped the gun in their reporting on Friday night’s attempted coup in Turkey, declaring it a success and welcoming the overthrow of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. At least three newspapers ran headlines Saturday declaring that…
Serbia will deploy joint army and police patrols on the borders with Bulgaria and Macedonia to curb illegal entry of migrants and people smuggling, the Balkan country’s prime minister said Saturday. Serbia’s move comes days after EU member Hungary started…
Two delegations of Awami League and BNP left here on Saturday for the UK to attend a seminar there on Bangladesh’s current situation. A five-member Awami League delegation, led by Prime Minister’s adviser HT Imam, and another five-member BNP delegation,…
Dhaka – Rafael Nadal is on the final entry list for the Rio Olympics.The 14-time major champion hasn’t played since pulling out of the French Open because of an injured left wrist and needed the International Tennis Federation’s Olympic Committee…
Dhaka -Two-time Grand Slam champion Victoria Azarenka says she is pregnant and plans to resume her career after the baby is born.The 26-year-old Azarenka posted a letter on her Twitter account Friday saying that when she was recovering from the…
Dhaka- Students, teachers and local people here on Saturday blocked the Dhaka-Pabna Highway demanding nationalisation of Dr Juhurul Kamal Degree College in Sujanagar upazila in Pabna.Officer-in-charge of Sujanagar Police Station M Nur Islam said agitating students and teachers of the…
Dhaka – Police arrested two people along with 500 bottles of the Indian Phensidyl syrup from Kakanhat Bazar in Godagari upazila in Rajshahi early Saturday.The arrestees were identified as Manirul Islam, son of late Taisur Rahman of Nabinagar Barohati village…
Manikganj – Three people were killed and 15 others injured in two road accidents in Shibalaya and Sadar upazilas on Saturday morning.In Shibalaya, two motorcyclists were killed as a bus knocked down their vehicle at Tepra on the Dhaka-Aricha highway in…
Dhaka – A schoolgirl was killed as a rashly-driven truck ran over her at Sukhia on the Dhaka-Kishoreganj highway in Pakundia upazila on Friday.The deceased was identified as Setu,11, class V student of Porabaria Government Primary School and daughter of…
Dhaka – Police recovered the body of an unidentified man, aged about 45, from the Surma River in Kanaighat upazila in Sylhet on Friday.Police said locals spotted the body floating in the river beside Darul Ulum Madrasah in the area at…
Dhaka – Spanish football’s ‘El Clasico’ encounters between Barcelona and Real Madrid will happen in December and April, two of the most anticipated games of the 2016-17 Primera Division season whose fixtures were announced on Friday.
Dhaka – Portugal have omitted from their Olympic football squad each of the six pre-listed players who took part in the national team’s European Championship triumph. The players left out were Renato Sanches, Raphael Guerreiro, Andre Gomes, Joao Mario, William…
Dhaka – Three people, including a woman and a child, were killed as a bus crashed into a CNG-run auto-rickshaw at Sabgram in Sadar upazila on Friday in Bogra.The deceased could not be identified immediately,UNB News Agences Reported.
Dhaka- A wood trader was hacked to death by miscreants in Shalua Kalibari area of Dumuria upazila early Friday in Khulna .The deceased was identified as Shamsul Haque Raj, 32, son of late Abdul Mannan, a resident of Modyodanga Pramanik Para…
Dhaka – Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) in a drive seized one lakh pieces of yaba tablets from Sabrang union parishad of Teknaf upazila early Friday in Cox’s Bazar,UNB News Agences Reported.
Dhaka -Robbers looted valuables from the house of a college teacher near Alia Madrasha in the district town early Friday in Satkhira.Quoting the victims, police said 8/10 robbers identifying themselves as police members asked Abdul Hamid, a teacher of Kumira Women’s…
Dhaka- A housewife was hacked to death allegedly by her husband over a dowry-related conflict at Mohammadjuma village in Sadar upazila in Chuadanga on Thursday midnight. Quoting locals, police said Akash alias Mintu, son of Ramjan Ali of Tiorbila village…
Dhaka – An imam of a local mosque was found dead at his house at Krishnarampur village in Noakhali municipality area on Thursday night.Anwar Hossain, officer-in-charge of Sudharampur Model Police Station, said being informed by locals, police recovered the throat-slit…
Dhaka-A woman was strangulated to death allegedly by her daughter-in-law’s (son’s wife) paramour and his associates at Dharmapur village in Sadar upazila in Laxmipur early Friday,UNB news azence reported.
Dhaka – Chapainawabganj Narcotics Control Office today recovered 100 kg of hemp from Komlakantapur Ghatpara area under Shibganj upazila of the district.
Munshiganj – A newly elected union parishad member and his brother were killed and at least 12 people injured in a clash between two groups of villagers over establishing supremacy at Char Bolaki in Gazaria upazila on Thursday evening.The deceased…
Jessore -A tribunal here on Thursday convicted three women and sentenced them to two years’ rigorous imprisonment in a drug case.The convicts are Shahana Begum, wife of late Abdus Salam, Mira Begum,wife of Shariful Islam, and Beauty alias Hafiza, wife…
Manikganj -Four people including a woman and her daughter, were killed and three others injured when a bus rammed a pick-up van on the Dhaka-Aricha highway at Tara in Ghior upazila on Friday.The deceased were identified as Shefali Begum, 50,…
Dhaka – Captain Misbah-ul-Haq hit a century in his maiden test appearance at Lord’s and spearheaded Pakistan to 282-6 against England on the opening day of the first test on Thursday.The 42-year-old Misbah overshadowed the return of fast bowler Mohammad…
Dhaka – Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) arrested two suspected members of banned militant outfit Jamaatul Mujahidin Bangladesh (JMB) from the city’s Uttara area early Thursday.