Dhaka – Dhaka Abahani Limited reached the semifinals of the KFC Independence Cup Football Tournament from Group B beating Sheikh Russel KC by 1-0 goal at the Bangabandhu National Stadium here on Saturday.Forward Jewel Rana scored the match-winner for Dhaka…
Chittagong -Two people were killed when a private car overturned at Sonapahar in Mirsarai upazila on Saturday morning.Farid Uddin, in-charge of Joralganj police camp, said the accident occurred when a Dhaka-bound private car from Chittagong skidded off the road as…
Dhaka – Bangladesh Under-14 Girls Football Team safely reached Dushanbe, Tajikistan on Friday night.Bangladesh girls’ team left home for Dushanbe on Friday morning to take part in the AFC U-14 Girls Regional Championship (South & Central).Reaching Dushanbe, the BD footballers…
Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD), a civil society think tank, on Saturday said there has been some sort of improvement in the country’s RMG sector working environment after the Rana Plaza tragedy, but the progress is slow. The CPD came…
Dhaka – Defending champions Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club and Chittagong Abahani Ltd reached the 12-team Independence Cup semifinals from Group-A playing 1-1 draw at Bangabandhu National Stadium here on Friday.Sheikh Jamal DC confirmed the semis as the table topper collecting…
Dhaka – Famed Bangladesh golfer Siddikur Rahman stayed in the race making cut in the US$ 1,270,000 Panasonic Open Golf Championship at Chiba Country Club, Umesato Course in Japan on Friday.
Dhaka – Kazi Mohammad Salauddin-led Sammilita Parishad on Friday announced its election manifesto ahead of the Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) polls slated for April 30.Parishad Chief Coordinator Tarafdar Ruhul Amin read out the election pledges at a press conference in…
Sunamganj – A woman was killed and at least 20 others injured as a nor’wester lashed Chhatak and Jagannathpur upazilas of the district on Thursday evening.The deceased was identified as Anwara Begum, 39, wife of Sundor Ali of Char Moholla…
Sylhet – Robbers looted valuables worth Tk 30 lakh from a house at Akhalia Surma Residential area in the city early Thursday.Quoting house inmates, police said a gang of robbers, numbering eight, stormed the house of Dr. Shafiul Azam, a…
Laxmipur – Police arrested the accused in a case for raping a schoolgirl in Laxmipur from Eidgah Bou Bazar area in Chittagong district early Friday.Tipped off, a team of Laxmipur police and Chittagong police conducted a drive in the area…
Rajshahi – The bodies of a young couple were found at a hotel in Shaheb Bazar area of the city on Friday.The deceased were identified as Mizanur Rahman, 30, son of Umed Ali of Pathan Para area in Ullapara upazila…
Noakhali – A housewife was found slaughtered at Dakkhin Char Clerk Adarsha village of Subarnachar upazila on Friday morning.The deceased was identified Kulsuma Begum, 35, 2nd wife of Firoj Alam of the village.Nizam Uddin, officer-in-charge of Char Jabbar Police Station,…
Brahmanbaria – Police recovered 20 crude bombs from two shoe boxes in Nabinagar upazila here on Friday afternoon.Locals spotted the two shoe boxes in an abandoned condition at Thanakani at noon and informed police, said officer-in-charge of Nabinagar Police Station…
Dhaka- Neymar will play for Brazil at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics but will skip the Copa America, Barcelona said Wednesday.The news was announced by the Catalan club after it trounced Deportivo La Coruna 8-0 in the Spanish league, with…
Dhaka – Barcelona sent a strong message to Atletico Madrid and Real Madrid on Wednesday, demolishing Deportivo La Coruna 8-0 to end a four-game winless streak and keep its lead in the Spanish league.Luis Suarez scored four goals and set…
Dhaka – Barcelona’s 8-0 rout of Deportivo La Coruna was a lot more typical than the three consecutive losses that sent the Spanish powerhouse into turmoil and raised doubts about whether it could still win the Spanish league.Barcelona was back…
Chittagong – Laxmipur District earned a comprehensive six-wicket victory over Bandarban District in the Chittagong Divisional phase of the 36th National Cricket Championship at Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium here on Thursday.Sent in to bat first, Bandarban scored a fighting a…
Dhaka – Bangladesh’s celebrated golfer Siddikur Rahman made a dismal start in the US$ 1,270,000 Panasonic Open Golf Championship, sharing 88th slot after shooting a 74 in the 1st round at the Chiba Country Club, Umesato Course in Japan on…
Dhaka – Brothers Union Club forced Dhaka Mohammedan SC out of the KFC Independence Cup Football beating them by 3-2 goals in a Group A match at the Bangabandhu National Stadium here on Thursday. With the day’s debacle, defending champions…
Dhaka – The Election Commission of the Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) on Thursday published the final list of the candidates for its upcoming election scheduled for April 30. A total of 46 candidates will contest for 20 posts — one…
Chittagong – A court on Thursday convicted and sentenced a young man to death for the 2011 murder of his friend in the Lalkhan area of the port city.Jahed Mahmud, 26, a resident of Baghmoniram area of the city, is…
Chittagong – Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) seized more than 150 tonnes of jatka (hilsa fry) from a fishing trawler on the Karnaphuli River in the city on Thursday noon.
Dhaka -Police in a drive arrested 18 suspected robbers following an abortive robbery attempt at Golapbagh in the city’s Jatrabari area on Wednesday night.Identities of the arrestees could not be known immediately.
Benapole – Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) rescued a teenage girl from Babubazar brothel in Jessore town on Wednesday night.Khairul Alam, corporal of Jessore Rab-6 camp, said tipped off, a team of the elite force conducted a raid on…
Benapole -A young man died after receiving a snakebite at Panchbaria village in Sadar upazila of Jessore district on Wednesday night.The deceased, Rabiul Islam,30, son of Elias Hossain, a resident of Hashimpur Bazar area of the upazila, is a rickshaw-van…
Rajshahi -A mobile court here on Wednesday sentenced the owner of a poultry farm to three months’ jail for causing environmental pollution at Fulbari Bazar in Puthia upazila. The convict Sun Mohammad Kalu, 60, is vice-president of Bhalukgachhi union unit…
Gazipur – An Awami League-backed union parishad member candidate was hacked to death by miscreants at Bankoramona village in Proholapur union of Sreepur upazila on Tuesday, three days ahead of the UP elections.The deceased was identified as Akter Hossain, a…
Sirajganj – Two labourers were killed and five others injured as a boiler blasted at a rice mill at Rameshwargati village in Raiganj upazila on Wednesday morning. The deceased were identified as Nasiruddin, 25, son of Altaf Ali, and Idris…
Dhaka- Cricket Australia has scheduled day-night test matches against South Africa and Pakistan in a revamped southern summer that will break with tradition by starting in Perth.CA on Wednesday released a program including a three-test series against South Africa, opening…
Rangpur – At least 10 people, including two women, were killed and more than 40 others injured in a head-on collision between two buses at Teromile on the Rangpur-Dinajpur highway in Taraganj upazila on Wednesday morning. Identities of the deceased…