The deadliest attack in Pakistan’s troubled election campaign killed 65 people at a rally in southwester Baluchistan on Friday ahead of the return to Pakistan of disgraced former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif.
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Indonesia Open: Siddikur’s cut sees bumpy show
Dhaka – Bangladesh’s star golfer Siddikur Rahman has stayed in the race of the US$500,000 Bank BRI Indonesia Open, making the cut with one-over joint 66th place after the second round at the Pondok Indah Golf Course in Jakarta on…
Elephant kills elderly man in Chittagong
Dhaka– A wild elephant trampled an elderly man to death in Mohammedpur area of Anowara upazila in Chattogram on Friday morning.
Twins drown in Pabna pond
Pabna – A pair of twins aged just two-and-half, drowned in a pond in Boalmari village in Sathia upazila on Thursday.
Bangladesh book their place in ICC women’s showcase
Dhaka – The Bangladesh women’s cricket team earned the right to play the ICC’s biggest platform for women yet, the 10-nation ICC Women’s World T20 finals later this year, beating Scotland by 49 runs in the 2nd semifinal of the…
Will trade unions survive in the platform economy?
A new publication by our partners from the European Trade Union Institute (ETUI). Via a non-exhaustive mapping of various examples in Western European countries, this Working Paper explores to what extent the collective representation and voice of digital platform workers…
Gallery Cosmos etching printmaking unit for RU Fine Arts Faculty
Gallery Cosmos has handed handover an etching printmaking machine, donated by Cosmos Foundation to the Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Rajshahi, on 9 July 2018. A printmaking workshop at the campus where around 40 students and teachers of Fine…
The last chapter of The Macedonian Question?
by Evangelos Liaras It all felt like the end of a James Bond movie: a flotilla of motorboats sailing across a peaceful lake in a Balkan landscape. On the shores of Lake Prespa, the prime ministers of Greece and soon-to-be…
UPDF man shot dead in Khagrachhari
Dhaka – An activist of the United People’s Democratic Front (UPDF), the Chittagong Hill Tracts-based political party, was gunned down by unidentified miscreants in Alutila area of Matiranga upazila in Khagrachhari on Thursday.
Women’s WT20QLF: Scotland invite Bangladesh to bat
Dhaka- Bangladesh women’s cricket team have to bat first as Scotland skipper Kathryn Bryce won toss and elected to field first in the second semifinal of the Women’s World T20 Qualifiers at VRA Cricket Ground, Amstelveen in Netherlands on Thursday.
2nd Test: Bangladesh opt bowl against Windies
Dhaka – Bangladesh won the toss and elected to bowl first against host West Indies in the series-decider second Test at Sabina Park, Kingston in Jamaica on Thursday.
A debate on abolishing manual scavenging
12th July (10 am-1 pm) Side Event: Inclusion in Sustainable Development Goal 6- Water and Sanitation. A debate on abolishing manual scavenging @ American-Scandinavian Foundation, 58 Park Ave Deepak Nikarthil deepak.nikarthil@asiadalitrightsforum.org via googlegroups.com – asiapacificrcem asiapacificrcem@googlegroups.com
World Population Day observed at RU
Rajshahi, July 11 – With the slogan of “Parikalpito paribar, Surakkito manobadikhar” the World Population Day was observed on Rajshahi University Campus on Wednesday.
Croatia beat England by 2-1 goals to move into final
DHAKA– Croatia came from behind to enter the dream final of the FIFA World Cup 2018 as they recorded a 2-1 goals victory in the extra time over England in the second semifinal held in the early hour of Thursday at…
Women’s WT20QLF: Bangladesh, Scotland to play semis Thursday
Dhaka – Bangladesh women’s cricket team will face Scotland in the 2nd semifinal of the Women’s World T20 Qualifiers at VRA Cricket Ground, Amstelveen in Netherlands on Thursday.
Keep calm and carry on: Williams serene at Wimbledon
LONDON,(BSS/AFP) – Serena Williams may be on the verge of making history at Wimbledon, but the stress-free former champion insists she doesn’t feel under any pressure Williams reached her 35th Grand Slam semi-final with a gritty 3-6, 6-3, 6- 4…
Death toll from Japan disaster reaches 176, thousands face water shortage
TOKYO,(BSS/XINHUA) – The death toll in the wake of torrential rains battering western Japan and caused devastating floods and fatal landslides reached 176 on Wednesday, authorities said.
Partial solar eclipse on Friday
Dhaka- A partial solar eclipse will occur on Friday which will be visible from South-Eastern Australia to Northern Antarctica.
Suicide bomber kills 12 in attack on Pakistan election rally
Peshawar, Jul 11 (AP/UNB) — Police in Pakistan say a suicide bomber killed a secular party leader and 11 supporters in an attack on an election rally Tuesday in the northwestern city of Peshawar.
Five including 4 suspected drug traders killed in gunfights
Dhaka, July 11 – Four suspected drug traders and one suspected robber were killed in separate ‘gunfights’ with police and Rab in Kushtia, Natore, Laxmipur districts and Keraniganj on Tuesday night and early Wednesday as the anti-narcotics crackdown continues across…
France advances to World Cup final, beats Belgium 1-0
St. Petersburg,(AP/UNB) – France advanced to the World Cup final for the first time since 2006 with a 1-0 win over Belgium on Tuesday.
Preparations for hassle-free Hajj
Dhaka, July 10 – The religious affairs ministry has completed all the preparation to make an example so that pilgrims can perform Hajj this year without any hassle.
Screening of Bhabnagar (Mystic Realm) at AF Dhaka Thursday
Alliance Française, Dhaka will host a screening of the one and half-hour documentary film ‘ভাবনগর / Bhabnagar (Mystic Realm)’ by Monjurul Haque on Thursday, 12 Jul at 7 pm at Auditorium Nouvelle Vague, AF Dhaka.
Couple electrocuted in Joypurhat
Dhaka – A couple was electrocuted at Rangta village in Sadar upazila in Joypurhat on Tuesday.
BCL leader hacked in Bagerhat
Dhaka – A local Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) leader was hacked by miscreants at Ariyamardan in Kachua upazila in Bagerhat early Tuesday.
Nadal finally back in Wimbledon quarterfinals after 7 years
London,(AP/UNB) – After seven years of struggles, Rafael Nadal is finally looking like a contender again at Wimbledon.
Women’s WT20Q: Bangladesh invite UAE to bat
Dhaka – Bangladesh women’s cricket team won the toss and elected to bowl first against the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in their Pool ‘A’ last game of the Women’s World T20 Qualifiers at Sportpark Maarschalkerweerd of Utrecht in Netherlands on…
Ronaldo leaving Real Madrid to join Italian club Juventus
Turin,(AP/UNB) – Real Madrid says Cristiano Ronaldo is leaving to join Italian club Juventus, bringing to an end a glittering nine-year spell in Spain.
Shitalakkhya trawler capsize: 4 bodies retrieved
The bodies of four people, who went missing as a trawler capsized in the Shitalakkhya River near Narayanganj Ghat on Sunday night, were recovered from different points of the river on Tuesday.
Two suspected drug traders, one robber killed in ‘gunfights’
Dhaka, Jul 10 – Two suspected drug traders, one ‘robber’ were killed in gunfights with members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) in Mirpur of the Capital, Narayanganj and Rangpur early Tuesday.