Dhaka- Jimmy Anderson put on a swing-bowling clinic after Jonny Bairstow struck his second test century to leave England in complete control of the first test against Sri Lanka at Headingley on Friday.Playing on his home ground, wicketkeeper Bairstow hit…
Narsingdi – Three people, including a Pakistani citizen, were burnt to death and 10 others injured as a fire broke out at a dyeing factory of Pakiza Group at Shekher Char in Sadar upazila on Saturday morning.Station officer of Sadar…
Dhaka – Five people were killed and 50 others injured as landslides and storms, triggered by the cyclonic storm ‘Roanu’, hit Chittagong, Bhola and Patuakhali districts on Saturday.In Bhola, Akram, a class VI student and son of Mafiz, was killed…
Chittagong – A woman and her son were killed in a landslide triggered by incessant rains at Jungle Salimpur in Sitakunda upazila early Saturday.Salimpur Upazila chairman Salahuddin Aziz said the incident took place when a chunk of mud collapsed on…
Patuakhali – A woman was killed during a storm at Uttar Charlaxmi village in Dasmina upazila early Saturday as cyclone Roanu moved towards Bangladesh’s coastal areas, UNB News Agency Reported.
Rajshahi – An elderly man was crushed under the wheels of a train at Asgram Rahir Dhal in Paba upazila on Friday.Witnesses said a Rajshahi-bound train from Rahanpur hit Abdus Sattar Gujon, 75, a resident of Shah Makhdum area of…
Rajshahi – Police in a drive arrested eight leaders and activists of Islami Chhatra Shibir, the student wing of Jamaat-e-Islami, from Shimultala Ghat in Bagha upazila on Friday evening.Tipped off, a team of police raided the area and arrested the…
Search crews found floating human remains, luggage and seats from the doomed EgyptAir jetliner Friday but face a potentially more complex task in locating bigger pieces of wreckage and the black boxes vital to determining why the plane plunged into…
Wrapping up her three-day official visit to Bulgaria, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina returned home on Saturday morning. A VVIP flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines carrying the Prime Minister and her entourage landed at the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport at 6:10am.…
Dhaka – Roger Federer pulled out of the French Open on Thursday, ending his record streak of appearing in 65 consecutive Grand Slam tournaments – every one since the start of 2000.The 17-time major champion, who had a knee operation…
Egyptian air and naval forces have found some of the passengers’ “personal belongings” and debris of EgyptAir flight 804, which crashed while carrying 66 passengers and crew from Paris to Cairo, the army said Friday. The debris was found around…
Dhaka – Kaka remains Major League Soccer’s highest-paid player at just over $7 million, and American goalkeeper Tim Howard will earn slightly more than $2.5 million in his return to the league.Kaka, the former AC Milan and Real Madrid star,…
Dhaka- Sepp Blatter’s support for the American World Cup bid should face more scrutiny, the head of Qatar’s 2022 organizing committee said on Thursday in his latest expression of frustration at the focus on the probity of their winning campaign.Qatar’s…
Dhaka – ‘Cutter Master’ and the pride of Satkhira, Mustafizur Rahman is on a roll.Apart from his on-pitch successes, he is now featured in television commercials, as part of the Sunrisers Hyderabad entourage, he was shown in an online delivery…
BNP leader ASM Hannan Shah on Friday warned that their party followers will not sit idle if the government does any injustice to their chairperson Khaleda Zia using the ‘false’ cases filed against her. “You’re harassing our leader by filing…
Dhaka – Abahani maintained winning spree in the 12-team Dhaka Premier Division Hockey League beating Bangladesh SC by 3-1 goals in their 3rd encounter at Maulana Bhasani National Hockey Stadium on Friday. Rajib Das fired the net first by a…
Dhaka – Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) secured four gold medals on the opening day of the 33rd National Judo Competition at Shaheed Suhrawardi Indoor Stadium, Mirpur on Friday. Hasanur Rahman (100kg plus), Abul Kalam (100kg), Jahangir Alam (90kg) and Milton…
Dhaka – Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) arrested 38 alleged drug peddlers special anti-narcotics drives in the capital in 24 hours till 6:00 am on Friday.Local police stations and the Detective Branch (DB) of DMP conducted separate drives from 6:00 am…
Jessore – A man was killed and four people, including a cameraperson of Bangladesh Television, were injured in a collision between a bus and a private car on Jessore-Magura highway in Kismat Nowapara area of district town on Friday morning.
Kushita -A schoolboy was killed and another injured in a bomb explosion at Kaburhat in Sadar upazila on Friday morning.
Benapole -A man died and his wife was injured from electrocution at Barandi Mollapara in Jessore district town on Thursday night.Mizanur Rahman, uncle of the victim, said Ashraful Islam,33, received shock while picking clothes from a GI string that got…
Satkhira – Police arrested a son of local MP Begum Rifat Amin along with a pistol and 43 rounds of bullets from a resort in the Sundarbans in Shyamnagar upazila on Thursday night.
Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) on Friday imposed restriction on carrying of all types of explosives, crackers as well as explosion of firecrackers in the city ahead of Shab-e-Barat to be observed on Sunday next. Dhaka, UNB News Agency Reported.
Dhaka -Two housewives were found dead in separate incidents in Chandpur and Shariatpur on Thursday.In Chandpur, police recovered the body of Mobashera Begum, 50, wife of a homeopathic physician, Abul Kashem, from a water-body near her house on Chandpur-Comilla road…
Brahmanbaria – A man was killed and at least 20 others injured in a post-union parishad polls clash between the followers of elected and defeated candidates in Telikandi village of Pakshimul union in Sarail upozila on Thursday night.
Buddha Purnima, the biggest religious festival of the Buddhist community, will be observed across the country on Saturday. Buddha Purnima marks Gautam Buddha’s birth, enlightenment and death. It falls on the day of the full moon in May. Dhaka, UNB…
Rangamati – A man was killed in an elephant attack in Rajnagar area of Longdur upozila on Thursday night.The deceased was identified as Abdus Salam, 45, a resident of Marishay in Baghaichori upazila.
BNP senior leader Nazrul Islam Khan on Friday alleged that the government has invented a ‘Mossad plot’ to divert people’s attention to a different direction from its misdeeds and corruption. “As people are protesting the Bangladesh Bank reserve account heist…
Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) has failed to collect the outstanding payment of Tk 1,614.65 crore from state-run mobile operator Teletalk Bangladesh Limited despite issuing several notices. Sources at the BTRC said the regulator has recently sent a letter to…
‘Cutter Master’ and the pride of Satkhira, Mustafizur Rahman is on a roll. Apart from his on-pitch successes, he is now featured in television commercials, as part of the Sunrisers Hyderabad entourage, he was shown in an online delivery brand’s…