Arnold Palmer, the gentleman golfer from Latrobe, Pa., whose thrilling, go-for-broke style made him the first television superstar of his sport and earned him generations of devoted fans, has died, according to Golf Digest. He was 87. The beloved Palmer,…
Dhaka – Bangladesh managed a narrow seven-run victory over spirited Afghanistan at the Shere Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur of capital Dhaka on Sunday night. The hosts collected a total of 265 all out, with Tamim Iqbal top-scoring with a…
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has rubbished BNP’s allegation that the Awami League government was ‘depoliticising’ Bangladesh.”There is enough scope for politics, of articulating views and opinions in Bangladesh and there is no doubt about it,” Hasina told Voice of America’s…
Traffic snarls in capital Dhaka cost $4.6 billion a year in lost time, fuel and health consequences, among other elements, says the UN Development Programme (UNDP).That is the annual income of over a million citizens but many people felt they…
Dhaka – The newborn miracle baby, who was found alive while being buried at Alipur graveyard of Faridpur district town on Thursday morning, was brought to Dhaka on Saturday by a helicopter for better treatment, UNB news agency reported.
Burlington (AP/UNB) — The suspect in a shooting at a Washington state mall that left five dead is in custody, authorities said Saturday. The Skagit County Department of Emergency Management said via Twitter Saturday evening that the suspect had been…
Dhaka – Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will have a crucial bilateral meeting with her Indian counterpart Narendra Modi in Goa on October 16, where they are likely to decide their attendance in the upcoming Saarc Summit, UNB news agency reported.…
Islamabad – Energy regulators of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (Saarc) have agreed to have harmonisation of regulations, codes and standards of electricity grids for cross-border electricity trade in the region. After a two-day meeting, the National Electric…
Housing and Public Works Minister Engineer Mosharraf Hossain today said the government will take massive initiatives for enhancing the beauty of Ramna Park planting saplings of rare varieties of trees and developing modern facilities for visitors.”We have taken recommendations from…
Flammable chemicals might have caused the fire at Tongi’s Tampaco Foils factory, as Titas Gas investigators suspect. A committee of the state-run gas distributor to investigate the deadly fire submitted its report on Thursday.
Four people have been shot dead at a shopping centre in Burlington, Washington state, police say. The Cascade Mall and nearby shops have been sealed off and a search is under way. It is not known if more than one…
More than half of the rivers in Asia, Africa and Latin America have become more dangerous due to steep rises in organic and pathogen pollution over the last 20 years.According to a recent UN study, more than 300 million people…
Egypt’s state news agency says the total number of bodies pulled from the Mediterranean waters off the Egyptian coast has climbed to 148, three days after a boat carrying hundreds of migrants capsized.MENA quotes Wahdan el-Sayyed, the spokesman of the…
In a statement, Yahoo on Thursday said user information — including names, email addresses, telephone numbers, birth dates, passwords and in some cases security questions — was compromised in 2014 by what it believed was a “state-sponsored actor.” It did…
Dhaka – After confiscation of a six storied building of former Dhaka city mayor Sadeque Hossain Khoka in Gulshan, the government has further confiscated his 50-acre of lands at Rupganj in Narayanganj. The concerned district administrations have hung notices at…
New York – Underscoring the need for ensuring equitable sharing of transboundary water bodies, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said water should be considered as an integral part of the new development architecture and strongly advocated for creating a global…
Dhaka – The sunken launch, ‘ML Oishi’, was salvaged this (Thursday) morning, nearly 21 hours after it capsized in the Sandhya River in Banaripara upazila of Barisal district on Wednesday morning, UNB news agency reported.
The European Union (EU) has said attacks on freedom of expression in Bangladesh ‘multiplied’ in 2015, UNB news agency reported.Intimidation of journalists and editors also increased, while measures were taken to undermine the economic viability of some prominent newspapers, said…
Dhaka has sought support from the global community to help develop an integrated plan for protecting marine resources, according to a document of the Ministry of Environment and Forests.Environment and Forests Minister Anwar Hossain Manju made the request at the…
The death toll from the launch capsize in the Sandhya River in Banaripara upazila of the district on Wednesday rose to 14 with the recovery of 12 more bodies.Mustafizur Rahman, deputy director of River Security and Traffic Department of Bangladesh…
Dhaka – Another young man who suffered burn injuries in the fire at the factory of ‘Tampaco Foils Ltd’ in Tongi BSCIC Industrial area on September 10 died at a city hospital on Tuesday, raising the death toll in the…
New York – Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said Bangladesh looks forward to working with the new Myanmar leadership to find a lasting solution to the refugee issue and urged the other international partners to remain engaged in this regard,…
A court here on Tuesday framed charges against BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir and 73 leaders and activists of the 20-party alliance in a case filed for obstructing police from discharging their duties and attempt to murder.Dhaka Additional…
Sajeeb Wazed Joy, information and communication technology adviser to the Prime Minister, has been conferred upon “ICT for Development Award, 2016” in recognition of his outstanding contribution to the people of Bangladesh through implementation of “Digital Bangladesh” initiative.Joy was given…
At an estimated 80% of beef cattle feeding operations in America farmers use artificial growth hormones to make the animals grow faster. But the practice is rare in the country’s north-eastern states. Hilary Niles visited one farm in Vermont to…
Dhaka – Customs intelligence officials have seized a robot and some spy and networking devices, imported under false declaration, at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Capital Dhaka, UNB news agency reported.
India has accused Pakistan of being behind one of the most deadly attacks in Kashmir in a quarter-century-old armed rebellion. Lieutenant General Singh said that Sunday’s attack bore the hallmarks of Pakistan-based armed group Jaish-e-Mohammed. Evidence gathered at the scene…
Chittagong – Five hundred eleven (511) members of Bangladesh Navy (BN) with two Naval ships left Chittagong for Sri Lanka and India on a 22-day training tour.
The probe body report on the cyber heist of Bangladesh Bank’s (BB) account with New York’s Federal Reserve Bank will be made public on September 22, finance minister Abul Maal Abdul Muhith said here today.”The report will be made available…
Montreal (Canada): Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday called upon the expatriate Bangladeshis living in Canada and the USA to mobilise public opinion for the extradition of convicted killers of Bangabandhu from the two countries. “I’m leaving a demand before…