Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) recovered 318 pieces of goatskin worth Tk5 lakh from Daulatpur bordering area in Benapole on Saturday night.BGB-21 Battalion commander Subedar Samsul Haque said tipped off that a huge number of goatskins would be smuggled…
A man and his minor son were killed in a road accident on the Brahmanbaria-Comilla highway in Suhilpur area of Ashuganj upazila on Sunday morning.The deceased were identified as Rony, 35, and his son Imran Khan, 7.
Students of the Department of Women and Gender Studies of Begum Rokeya University, Rangpur (BRUR) distributed blankets among cold-stricken poor and distressed people in the second phase here on Saturday.Head of the Department of Women and Gender Studies of the…
Members of Detective Branch (DB) of police in a drive arrested two people and recovered two foreign made pistols, eight bullets and arms making materials from a local newspaper office in Maskanda BSCIC Industrial area of the district town this…
A woman was killed when an auto-rickshaw hit her on Magura-Jhenaidah Road in the district this noon.The deceased was identified as Rupban Begum, 55, wife of Phul Miah of Stadium Para in the town.
Bangladesh Olympic team (Bangladesh U-23) finished the fourth Bangabandhu Gold Cup International Football Tournament campaign conceding a solitary goal defeat against visiting Cambodia in their Group-B last match at the Bangabandhu National Stadium (BNS) here on Friday.Cambodia also finished their…
Bangladeshi Fide Master Mohammad Fahad Rahman of Sheikh Russel Memorial SC finished 128th in the 14th Delhi Open International Grandmasters Chess Tournament securing 4.5 points after the 10th and last round matches held in Delhi India on Saturday.In the last…
Rafael Nadal admitted Saturday he faces a “very, very dangerous” Australian Open first-round clash against Fernando Verdasco with memories still fresh of their epic 2009 semi-final duel.At five hours and 14 minutes, that battle seven years ago was then the…
Despite starkly contrasting playing philosophies, Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp and his Manchester United counterpart Louis van Gaal are grappling with similar problems ahead of their meeting at Anfield on Sunday.While Klopp espouses hard-running, high-pressing, “heavy metal” football, Van Gaal is…
A jhut (garment rags) godown was gutted by a fire that broke out at Khailkoir in the city on Saturday.Fire service sources said the fire originated from an electric short circuit in the godown around 7 am and spread soon.On…
Police during an overnight drive on Friday arrested 31 people, including four activists of BNP and Jamaat-e-Islami, from different parts of the district.The drive continued from Friday night to Saturday morning.
Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) seized 550 bottles of Phensidyl from the Padma River at Rautha in Charghat upazila on Friday.Tipped off, a team of BGB led by Mirganj camp Nayeb Subedar Abul Taleb conducted a drive in the…
Police arrested two people in possession of 27 fake currency notes amounting to Tk14,000 from Launch Ghat area in the city on Friday.The arrestees were identified as Sarwar Hossain,20, son of Afzal Hawlader, a resident of Baraia village in Rajapur…
A day-long traditional fish fair was held at Poli village of the Sadar upazila of the district on Friday. Hundreds of fish sellers and buyers and curious people from Habiganj ,Moulvibazar, Sylhet, Sunamgang, Kishoreganj and Brahmanbaria districts joined the 100-year…
A day-long traditional fish fair was held at Poli village of the Sadar upazila of the district on Friday.Hundreds of fish sellers and buyers and curious people from Habiganj ,Moulvibazar, Sylhet, Sunamgang, Kishoreganj and Brahmanbaria districts joined the 100-year old…
About 1,000 blankets were distributed among the primary students of Tetulia upazila in the district yesterday.Darjipara Shishu Sargo organization distributed the blankets among the students. The organization also distributed education stipend among 14 meritorious students.
The hosts had already been assured of a spot in the semifinals after Sri Lanka beat Malaysia in the other Group A match at the Bangabandhu National Stadium on Friday.Bangladesh and Nepal both progressed to the knockout stage with five…
The sanction means that the clubs, currently third and first respectively in Spain’s top division, will not be able to register any new signings until July 2017 once the present transfer window closes at the end of the month.There was…
Detectives in a drive arrested 14 leaders and activists of Jamaat-e-Islami, including its Habiganj district unit ameer Mukhlesur Rahmanon, from Bhadai village in Sadar upazila on Friday morning on charges of sabotage plan.The other arrested are: district Jamaat nayeb-e-ameer Muhammad…
Robbers looted 15 tonnes of pulses from a mill in Bagerhat BSCIC Industrial Area here early Friday.Mizanur Rahman, officer-in-charge of Bagerhat Model Police Station, said a gang of bandits stormed into ‘Messrs Shakti Mills’ owned by Swapan Basu breaking open…
Detectives arrested two newly elected BNP-backed councillors of Bogra municipality on sabotage charges on Friday, immediately after they took oath.The arrestees were identified as Tawhidul Alam Bitu, a councillor from ward No 2 and a member of district BNP, and…
Six shops were gutted by a fire that broke out at Mollahhat Bazar in Borhanuddin upazila early Friday.Locals said the fire originated from an electric short circuit in a shop around 4am and soon engulfed five other adjoining shops.
The triennial council of Jhalakathi District Awami League will be held at Old Stadium here tomorrow (Saturday) after nine years of its schedule.Its last council was held in June in 2006 and the committee constituted at the council has so…
Chittagong district police in separate drives arrested 83 people from different upazilas of the district last night.Abdul Awal, Additional Superintendent of Police (Special Branch) of Chittagong district, said police detained 83 persons from different upazilas of the district for their…
Over 1,500 leaders and workers of BNP today joined formally the ruling Awami League (AL) being imbued with the ideologies of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.They joined the Awami League by handing over flower bouquets to Industries…
Australia scored 309-3 to beat India by seven wickets in their second one day international at the Gabba in Brisbane on Friday.
Sri Lanka shrugged off their previous match defeat as they beat Malaysia by 2-1 goals in the group A match of the Bangabandhu Gold Cup International Football tournament held on Friday at the Bangabandhu National Stadium here.The victory of Sri…
Pakistan beat New Zealand by 16 runs in the opening Twenty20 international at Eden Park in Auckland on Friday.
Motivated Bangladesh under-19 team face visiting West India under-19 team in their second match of the three-match Youth ODI series scheduled to be held tomorrow (Thursday) at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chittagong.The match kicks off at 9 am.
The eyes of the cricket world will be on Pakistan in New Zealand on Friday with Mohammad Amir set to make his international comeback after serving a jail term and five-year ban for spot-fixing.The 23-year-old is expected to be named…