Rajshahi -Three children, who were abducted from Faridpur, were rescued by a BRTC bus supervisor in the city on Tuesday night. After their rescue, the supervisor later handed over the children to police. Officer-in-charge of Boalia Police Station Shahadat Hossain…
Panchagarh – A farmer was shot and injured by the members of Indian Border Security Force along Moynaguri bordering area in Sadar upazila on Wednesday.
Dhaka – Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) arrested 10 suspected robbers, including prime accused Habib alias Rubel, in connection with the snatching of Tk1.84 crore from an ATM booth of Dutch-Bangla Bank in Kaliakoir upazila of Gazipur district on…
Chittagong – A case was filed on Wednesday against seven people in connection with the recovery of the bodies of a housewife and her five-year-old daughter from their residence in Boalkhali upazila. Bidhan Shil, mother of deceased Shelly Shil, filed…
Dhaka – Dhaka Abahani Ltd dropped important points again in the Group B of the KFC Independence Cup Football after playing 2-2 draw with Rahmatganj MFS at the Bangabandhu National Stadium here on Wednesday.After the 2nd consecutive draw in their…
Dhaka – Abdus Salam Murshedy has been elected unopposed as Senior Vice-president of the Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) again. Chief Election Commissioner of the BFF election 2016, Misbah Uddin informed to press that as the three other aspirants — Manjur…
Dhaka – Dhaka University and National University emerged joints champions in the Inter-University Football Championship that concluded at the Dhaka University central playground on Tuesday.
Dhaka – The three-day Brac Chicken 2nd National Surfing Championship, organised by Bangladesh Surfing Association (BSA) begins Thursday at the Laboni point of Cox’s Bazar sea beach.A record 150 surfers from across the country will compete in three categories of…
Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Wednesday alleged that BNP hatched a conspiracy to kill Awami League’s future leader Sajeeb Wazed Joy out of its frustration as it remained out of power for a long time. “But, Awami…
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday stressed taking more initiatives so that the country’s poor and meritorious students have a greater access to education. “More initiatives should be there so that the poor and meritorious students get greater scope of…
Searchers found a man’s body Wednesday in a landslide-hit area in southern Japan, bringing the death toll to 48 from two powerful earthquakes last week. Three people remain missing. Kumamoto prefecture said that another 11 have died from illnesses believed…
Dhaka – Although it has been made mandatory to insert pictorial heath warnings on 50 percent areas of tobacco products, about 75 percent packets of tobacco products have no pictorial warning, says a new survey.The survey reveals 14 brands of…
Robi has embarked on a massive project to enable internet access using WiFi hotspots across Bangladesh. Over the next 6 months, the company is going to provide high-speed WiFi service in 500 top restaurants, cafes and retail outlets; 100 educational…
A one and a half-year-old boy was stabbed to death allegedly by his mother over family feud at Masterpara in the city’s Uttar Khan Monday night. The deceased was identified as Nehal Sadik, son of Syed Sajjad Hossain Murad Babu…
Inspector General of Police AKM Shahidul Hoque on Monday said police arrested journalist Shafik Rehman as they have clear evidence of his involvement in the conspiracy to abduct and kill Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s son Sajeeb Wazed Joy. “We wouldn’t…
BNP standing committee member Gayeshwar Chandra Roy on Monday slammed the party leadership for not taking any programme to mark the fourth anniversary of its leader M Ilias Ali’s disappearance. “Why is BNP afraid of remembering Ilias Ali? He was…
Bandarban – Three cattle traders, who were kidnapped by miscreants here on Friday, were found dead in Deem Hill area of Thanchi upazila on Monday.Sirajul Islam, officer-in-charge of Thanchi Police Station, said miscreants called the three cattle traders — Abu…
Keraniganj – A case was filed against a drug addict with Keraniganj Model Police Station on Sunday night for killing his father.Alifa Begum, wife of deceased Md Mamtaz Uddin, filed the case with the police station against her son Md…
Benapole – A schoolgirl allegedly committed suicide by hanging herself at Kirttipur village of Jhikargaccha upazila in Jessore District on Monday morning.The deceased was identified as Santa Khatun, 16, daughter of Malaysia expatriate Abdar Hossain and a class X student…
Chittagong – Two alleged robbers were killed in a gunfight with the members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) in Mohurir Char project area of Mirsarai upazila early Monday.The deceased were identified as Yakub Ali and Kamrul Islam who were allegedly…
Chittagong – Bandarban District tasted the first victory in their 2nd match of the Chittagong Divisional phase of the 36th National Cricket Championship beating Cox’s Bazar by three wickets at Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium here on Monday.Earlier, Bandarban conceded an…
Dhaka – Caroline Garcia and Kristina Mladenovic beat Kiki Bertens and Richel Hogenkamp 4-6, 6-3, 6-3 in a decisive doubles match on Sunday as France rallied from 2-1 down against the Netherlands to win 3-2 and reach its first Fed…
Dhaka – Rafael Nadal is glad he won a ninth Monte Carlo Masters title the hard way, after defeating Frenchman Gael Monfils 7-5, 5-7, 6-0 in an error-strewn final Sunday.Normally, having to face 47 break points in five matches to…
Dhaka – Juventus continued its march toward a fifth successive Serie A title as it beat relegation-threatened Palermo 4-0 to move nine points clear on Sunday.Second-place Napoli lost 2-0 at Inter Milan on Saturday. There are five rounds left.The only…
Dhaka – Greek league champion Olympiakos routed last-place Kalloni 5-0 to complete a record-setting season on Sunday.Costas Fortounis and David Fuster gave Olympiakos a 2-0 lead, both with free-kicks, and Pajtim Kasami, Omar Elabdellaoui and Brown Ideye added goals after…
South Africa’s former Olympic track star Oscar Pistorius appeared briefly in a Pretoria court where a judge scheduled five days in June to determine his sentence for the conviction of murdering his girlfriend. The sentencing hearing for Pistorius will be…
Afghan officials say flash floods in northern provinces have killed at least 38 people overnight.Remote, northern areas of Afghanistan often see flash floods triggered by heavy rains, which also cause landslides. The officials said Monday that the flash floods struck…
The Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) on Monday arrested eight people, including a banker and two government officials, from different parts of the country in separate graft cases. An ACC team, led by deputy director Abdus Sattar Sarkar, arrested system analyst…
World stock benchmarks sank and crude oil prices slumped Monday after an effort by major oil producing nations to agree on production cuts failed over the weekend. European stocks fell in early trading, with France’s CAC 40 dropping 0.8 percent…
A court here on Monday fixed April 25 for hearing a petition filed by DB over showing Amar Desh acting editor Mahmudur Rahman arrested in a case filed in connection with a plot to ‘abduct and kill’ Prime Minister Sheikh…