Bogra – A pair of conjoined twins was born after successful surgery on a housewife at a local hospital on Friday.Medical officer of Islami Hospital Dr Ashraf Ali said a team of surgeons, headed by Associate Prof Dr Md Rafiqul…
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Shift power project from Banshkhali: Nat’l Committee
Dhaka – The National Committee to Protect Oil-Gas, Power-Port and Natural Resources on Friday urged the government to look for a new site for the Banshkhali coal-fired power project.“Since the local people are not supporting the project, the government should…
2 kids electrocuted in Rangpur
Rangpur – Two minor children were electrocuted in Mithapukur upazila of the district on Friday.The deceased were identified as Sinthia, 6, daughter of Sherul Islam, and Nazmul, 4, son of Moynul Haque of Durgamati village.Police said Sherul has a poultry…
Rangpur interns go on work abstention
Rangpur – Interns at Rangpur Medical College Hospital went on an indefinite work abstention on Friday to press home their five-point demand, including the arrest of those attacked one of their fellows.RMCH Intern Association president Dr Mahmudur Rahman Rifat told…
2 killed in Tangail road crash
Tangail – Two people were killed and three others injured when a truck rammed a CNG-run auto-rickshaw at Rasulpur in Sadar upazila on Friday.The accident took place around 6:30 am when a Mymensingh-bound truck from Tangail hit a CNG-run auto-rickshaw…
BFF Election: Delegates asked to send names by Saturday
Dhaka – Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) will receive until Saturday names of eligible delegates to prepare the voter list ahead of its general election slated for April 30.The BFF asked sports organisations and clubs concerned to send the names of…
Narine cleared to resume bowling in int’l cricket
Dhaka – West Indies off-spinner Sunil Narine has been cleared to resume his bowling in both international and domestic cricket as his action was found legal after a retest in Chennai.The International Cricket Council (ICC) on Friday confirmed that following…
Comilla, Nilphamri move final in IGP Cup Kabaddi
DHAKA – Comilla and Nilphamari districts moved final of the BBS Cables IGP Cup National Youth Kabaddi (Under-21) eliminating their respective rivals in the semifinals held on Friday at the kabaddi stadium in the city.The final of the competition will…
5th Gemcon Cup Golf Tournament 2016 begins in Rangpur
RANGPUR – The three-day fifth “Gemcon Golf Tournament- 2016” kicked off this morning on the Golf Ground of Rangpur Cantonment in the city.The Gemcon Group has been sponsoring the tournament being organised by Rangpur Golf Club (RGC).More than 100 contestants…
Indian Premier League set to ease T20 heartache
Dhaka – The glitzy Indian Premier League (IPL) starts Saturday, helping to ease the heartache of millions of fans following India’s failure to win the World Twenty20 on home soil this month. India’s short-form extravaganza, famous for its fireworks and…
Football: Rostov target title boost at struggling Anzhi
Dhaka – Russian Premier League surprise table- toppers Rostov hope to consolidate their lead when they visit bottom-placed Anzhi Makhachkala on Friday.Rostov, who went top after a 2-0 win over Spartak Moscow last week, are just one point ahead of…
Wolfsburg stuns Real Madrid in Champions League upset
Dhaka – Wolfsburg caused the biggest upset of this season’s Champions League with a 2-0 victory over record 10-time winner Real Madrid in the first leg of their quarterfinal on Wednesday.Making only its second appearance in the competition and playing…
FIFA ethics judge Damiani resigns while under suspicion
Dhaka- Under suspicion in the fallout from the global offshore accounts investigation, Uruguayan lawyer Juan Pedro Damiani resigned as a FIFA ethics judge on Wednesday.Damiani was already under investigation by FIFA ethics prosecutors after being identified on Sunday in a…
I-Cup Football: Fikru hattrick shrinks BJMC
Dhaka – Ethiopian forward Fikru Teferra’s triple strike enabled his side Sheikh Russel KC to defeat Team BJMC in a five-goal thriller in their Group B match of the ongoing KFC Independence Cup at the Bangabandhu National Stadium on Thursday.With…
BAF Tennis: Base Bashar emerge champions beating Base Zaharul
Chittagong – BAF Base Bashar team clinched the Bangladesh Air Force Inter-Base Lawn Tennis title beating BAF Base Zahurul Haque team by 2-0 sets in the final at BAF Base Zahurul Haque Tennis ground here on Thursday.Squadron Leader Zaky Anwar…
Independence Day Tennis opens
Dhaka – The Independence Day Runner Open Tennis Tournament, organised by Bangladesh Tennis Federation (BTF), opened at Ramna National Tennis Complex here on Thursday.State Minister for Youth and Sports Dr Biren Sikder inaugurated the five-day meet in the afternoon.
Independence-Cup Football: Mohammedan beat Uttar Baridhara 2-0
Dhaka – Dhaka Mohammedan SC tasted the first victory in their 2nd match of the KFC Independence Cup Football Tournament beating Uttar Baridhara Club by 2-0 goals in a Group A match at Bangabandhu National Stadium here on Thursday.Traditional Mohammedan…
5 to die for murder in Sunamganj
Sunamganj – A court here on Thursday sentenced five people, including three siblings, to death for killing a man in Tahirpur upazila here in 2006.The condemned convicts were Md Abdur Rahim, son of Md Kachna Miah, three siblings-Ershad Ali and…
20 gold bars seized in Shahjalal Airport
Dhaka – Customs officials seized 20 gold bars weighing two kilograms from a toilet at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport on Thursday morning.
‘Terrorist’ killed in Laxmipur ‘gunfight’ with cops
Laxmipur – An alleged member of a terrorist gang was killed in a ’gunfight’ between police and his associates at Baropol in Sadar upazila early Thursday.Superintendent of police ASM Mahtab Uddin said a team of Chandraganj Police Station arrested Kawsar,…
Bike crash kills 2 in Gopalganj
Gopalganj – The driver and a passenger of a rented motorcycle were killed as a bus crashed into their vehicle at Pathalia on the Dhaka-Khulna highway in Sadar upazila on Thursday morning.Sub-inspector of Sadar Police Station Shah Alam said the…
Pregnant woman killed ‘by husband’ in Jessore
Benapole – A four-month expecting woman was strangulated to death allegedly by her husband over dowry at Bagdah village in Keshabpur upazila of Jessore district early Thursday.Quoting locals, Sub-inspector of Keshabpur Police Station Tariqul Islam said Raich Uddin Gazi used…
Storm-felled tree kills 2 women in Jessore
Benapole – Two women were killed as a tree collapsed on them during a storm that ravaged Abhaynagar upazila of Jessore district on Wednesday night.Officer-in-charge of Abhaynagar Police Station Sheikh Nasiruddin said Laxmirani Mandol,35, daughter of Bhushan Mandol, a resident…
Cricket: Australia to play pink-ball Tests against SAfrica, Pakistan
Dhaka – Australia will play two day-night Tests against South Africa and Pakistan next southern summer in a revamp of home international scheduling, a report said on Thursday.Following the success of the inaugural pink-ball Test against New Zealand in Adelaide…
Storm lashes Khulna
KHULNA – A violent storm ripped through the Khulna city and district last night, damaging several thousand thatched and tin-shed houses, uprooting a huge number of trees and destroying standing Boro paddy on thousands of acres of land.Electricity in the…
AL leader passes away in C’nawabganj
CHAPAINAWABGANJ – Advocate Shamsul Haque, former general secretary of Chapainawabganj district Awami League and former president of Chapainawabganj Bar Association died of cardiac arrest at Rajshahi Medical College Hospital today. He was 68.
Two truck drivers killed in Sirajganj accident
SIRAJGANJ – Two truck drivers were killed and four others injured when two truck collided head-on at Shimultola area in Kamarkhand of Sirajganj early this morning.Officer-in-Charge (OC) of Bangabandhu Bridge West Thana Raquibul Islam said a north Bengal bound truck…
Ctg Customs seizes covered van duplex board
CHITTAGONG – Officials of Customs Intelligence and Investigation Department (CID) seized a Covered Van Duplex Board worth TK one crore from Fuzdarhat bypass road area on Tuesday night.Custom sources said Taj Accessories Limited of Chittagong imported the Duplex Board for…
Two killed, 7 hurt in Munshiganj road accident
MUNSHIGANJ -Two passengers were killed and 7 others injured when a Moua-bound bus from Dhaka plunged into road side ditch at KC road in Munshiganj this noon.Driver of the bus VIP-Apon Paribahan lost his control and the bus plunged into…
Banskhali situation normalises after violence
BANSKHALI, Chittagong – Calmness returned at this southeastern coastal township two days after a deadly violence over installation of a proposed coal-fired power plant, with peaceful enforcement of a daylong strike.Residents and witnesses said Gondamara union, the scene of the…