Dhaka – A court here on Sunday awarded death penalty to three people and life imprisonment to seven others for killing a businessman for extortion in Keraniganj in 2006.
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Madrid draws at Villarreal 2-2 before Champions League final
Barcelona,(AP/UNB) – Real Madrid showed Liverpool its strengths and weaknesses a week before their Champions League final. Madrid squandered first-half goals by Cristiano Ronaldo and Gareth Bale in drawing at Villarreal 2-2 on Saturday in its last match before attempting…
BD squad for T20 series against Afghanistan announced
Dhaka- Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) on Sunday announced a 15-member national squad recalling batsman Mosaddek Hossain to play their first-ever bilateral three-match T20 International series against Afghanistan beginning on June 3 at the Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium in the…
Premier Hockey: Mariner Young’s maintain all-win run
Dhaka – Defending champions Dhaka Mariner Young’s Club maintained their all-win record in the Green Delta Insurance Metropolis Premier Division Hockey League outplaying Dhaka Wanderers Club by 9-0 goals at the Maulana Bhashani National Stadium here on Sunday.
Kolkata Chess: GM Zia lost to GM Deep Sen in 6th round.
Dhaka-Bangladeshi Grand Master Ziaur Rahman lost to Indian GM Deep Sen in the 6th round match of the 3rd Kolkata International Open Grandmasters Chess Tournament held in Kolkata on Saturday.
Siddikur finishes joint 43rd in Asia Pacific Classic
Dhaka- Bangladesh’s pioneer golfer Siddikur Rahman finished joint 43rd in the $300,000 Asia Pacific Classic (APC) after the final round at St. Andrews Golf Club, Henan, China on Sunday.
One held for killing two ethnic girls in Chattogram
Dhaka – Police arrested a man from Mahdebpur area in Sitakunda sadar upazila early Saturday in connection with the murders of two teenage girls of ethnic minority whose hanging bodies were recovered on Friday night.
Lighting kills three in Chattogram
Dhaka- Three people were killed while two others injured in separate incidents of lightning strike in Banshkhali and Sandwip upazilas in Chattogram on Saturday.
Two killed in Moulvibazar road crash
Dhaka- Two people were killed in a head-on collision between a bus and CNG-run auto-rickshaw on Moulvibazar-Kulaura road in Islampur area here in Moulvibazar on Saturday.
Nadal and Djokovic to renew rivalry in Italian Open semis
Rome(AP/UNB) – Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic will renew their rivalry in the Italian Open semifinals – and three-time Rome champion Maria Sharapova also reached the last four Friday.
Kolkata Chess: Bangladeshi GM Ziaur Rahman shares 3rd slot
Dhaka – Bangladeshi Grand Master Ziaur Rahman shared the 3rd slot with 14 other players in the 3rd Kolkata International Open Grandmasters Chess Tournament’ 2018 securing four points after the 5th round matches held in Kolkata, India on Friday.
Preliminary squad of national football team announced
Dhaka – Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) initially picked up 41 booters to form the national football team for the seven-nation SAFF Championship to be held here next September.
Premier Hockey: Ajax SC, Victoria SC win
Dhaka – Ajax Sporting Club and Victoria Sporting Club won their respective matches in the Green Delta Insurance Metropolis Premier Division Hockey League at the Maulana Bhashani National Stadium here on Saturday.
Asia Pacific Classic: Siddikur advances to joint 36th
Dhaka – Bangladesh’s celebrity golfer Siddikur Rahman moved up to the joint 36th from joint 47th slot after the 3rd round of the $300,000 Asia Pacific Classic (APC) at St Andrews Golf Club in Henan, China on Saturday.
SA Women win T20I series against Bangladesh
Dhaka – Bangladesh women’s cricket team suffered 0-2 series loss in the three-match T20Is against host South Africa (SA) as the visitors conceded a 32-run defeat in the second game at Mangaung Oval in Bloemfontein on Saturday.
BCB Academy Cup kicks off Sunday
Dhaka- The maiden edition of the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) Academy Cup will begin on Sunday with vision to find out new talents from 32 private academies in Dhaka Metropolises area.
9 dead as India, Pakistan trade fire along Kashmir border
Eight civilians, including a husband and wife and four members of another family, were killed when Indian and Pakistani soldiers fired at border posts and villages along the highly militarized frontier in disputed Kashmir, officials said Friday. An Indian soldier…
Cubana flight with 110 aboard crashes, 3 said to survive
Havana, May 19 (AP/UNB) — A 39-year-old airliner with 110 people aboard crashed and burned in a cassava field just after taking off from the Havana airport Friday, leaving three survivors in Cuba’s worst aviation disaster in three decades, officials…
More than 100 die in Havana plane crash
More than 100 people have died after a Boeing 737 airliner crashed near Jose Marti International Airport in Havana, Cuban state media say. Three people have survived but are in a critical condition, Cuban Communist Party newspaper Granma reported. The…
Housewife beaten dead ‘by husband’ in Benapole
Dhaka- A housewife was beaten to death allegedly by her husband over family feud at Balidah village in Sharsha upazila on Thursday night.
‘Drug peddler’ killed in C’nawabganj ‘gunfight’
Dhaka – An alleged drug peddler was killed in a ‘gunfight’ between his cohorts and Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) at no 4-Beribadh Ghat area of Padma River in Shibganj upazila in Chapainawabganj early Friday.
27 held in Jhenidah
Dhaka- Police in a special drive arrested 27 people from different upazilas in the district from Thursday night to Friday morning.
‘Drug peddler’ killed in C’nawabganj ‘gunfight’
Dhaka- An alleged drug peddler was killed in a ‘gunfight’ between his cohorts and Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) at no 4-Beribadh Ghat area ofPadma River in Shibganjupazila early Friday.
One held with 8kg hemp in Naogaon
Dhaka – Police in a drive arrested a suspected drug peddler along with eight kilograms of hemp at Magura village in Sadar upazila on Friday morning.
Farmer killed in Narail lightning strike
Dhaka-A farmer was killed in a lightning strike at Kamargram of Lohagara upazila in Narail on Friday morning.
Nadal avenges Shapovalov defeat, Djokovic through
Rome (AP/UNB) – Seven-time champion Rafael Nadal methodically wore down Denis Shapovalov 6-4, 6-1 Thursday to reach the Italian Open’s last eight and gain revenge over the Canadian teenager.
Siddikur makes cut in Asia Pacific Classic
Dhaka – Bangladesh’s pioneer golfer Siddikur Rahman stayed in the race of the $300,000Asia Pacific Classic (APC) making cut with one-under-par after the second round at St. Andrews Golf Club, Henan, China on Friday.
2 killed in Sherpur road crash
Dhaka – Two people were killed and four others injured in a road accident at Kandapara in Sherpur district town in Sherpur on Thursday.
‘Robber’ beaten dead in Jashore
Dhaka – A suspected robber was killed in a lynch-mob attack at Majhiali village in Bagharpara upazila in Jashore early Thursday. The identity of the deceased could not be known yet.Police said a gang of robbers swooped on the house…
3 get life in prison in Tangail rape case
Dhaka – A court here on Thursday sentenced three people to life imprisonment for raping a woman in Basail upazila in 1999 in Tangail.