Savar, Apr 8 – Three members of a family sustained burn injuries as a fire erupted due to a gas line leak in Bhadail area of Ashulia here on early Sunday.
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One dies in Trump Tower fire
One man has died and four firefighters have been injured in a blaze at Trump Tower in New York. The victim was a male resident of the building who was pronounced dead after being taken to hospital, fire officials said.…
515 hats made of artificial hair seized in Jashore
Dhaka – Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) recovered a total of 515 hats made of artificial hair in abandoned condition from no-man’s land near Benapole check post here in Jashore on Saturday.
Accused fled from police custody held in Bagerhat
Dhaka – Police arrested an accused young man from Babuana area in Kachua upazila in Bagerhat on Saturday night who escaped from Chitalmari Upazila Health Complex while being treated in police custody on Thursday night.
Indian arms recovered at Benapole
Dhaka – Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) recovered an Indian air gun and two bullets from Boro Achra border area under Benapole thana in Jashore on Saturday night.
CWG Shooting: Baki claims air rifle silver
Dhaka – Bangladeshi shooter Abdullah Hel Baki won the silver medal in the men’s 10m Air Rifle event at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast on Sunday.
Journalist Syed Ahiya Bakht laid to rest
Dhaka – Syed Ahiya Bakht, a veteran journalist and freedom fighter, was laid to rest at his family graveyard in Habiganj on Saturday. –UNB
40-km Ctg human chain demands end to road crashes
A 40-kilometer long human chain was formed in Sitakunda on Saturday demanding effective steps to prevent road accidents on Dhaka-Chattogram highway.
JUJA marks 46th founding anniversary
Savar (Dhaka) April 7 – Jahangirnagar University Journalists’ Association (JUJA), on Fridya celebrated its 46th founding anniversary on the campus amid fanfare and festivity.
Joglul Ahmed clinches Khagrachhari President’s Cup Golf title
Dhaka- Brigadier General Joglul Ahmed clinched the 4th President’s Cup Golf Tournament held at the Chengi Golf and Country Club in Khagrachhari Cantonment on Friday.
IPL opener: Fizz gets spot in best XI of Mumbai Indians
Dhaka – Bangladesh’s cuter master Mustafizur Rahman was placed in the best eleven of Mumbai Indians to play the opener of the 11th Indian Premier League (IPL) against Chennai Super Kings at Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai on Saturday night.
Swimmer Najma ends CWG with dismal performance
Dhaka – Bangladeshi swimmer Najma Khatun completed her engagement in the ongoing Gold Coast Commonwealth Games with dismal performances in both of her events at the Gold Coast Aquatic Centre in Australia on Saturday.
8 Shibir men held with ‘bombs’ in Jashore
Dhaka – Police arrested eight activists of Islami Chhatra Shibir along with ‘7 bombs’ from Narayandpur union in Sadar upazila of Jashore on Friday night.
BNP leader hacked dead in Chuadanga
Dhaka- A local BNP leader was hacked to death by rivals at Jugirhuda village in Alamdanga upazila in Chuadanga on Saturday morning.
FIFA VP quits amid audit into confederation irregularities
Zurich,(AP/UNB) — David Chung abruptly resigned as FIFA’s senior vice president and a member of its ruling council on Friday after an audit of the Oceania confederation he led found “potential irregularities” on a $20 million building project and funding…
Fizz’s Mumbai Indians take on Chennai SK in IPL opener tonight
Dhaka – Bangladesh’s cuter master Mustafizur Rahman’s IPL franchise Mumbai Indians will take on Chennai Super Kings in the 11th edition opener at Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai on Saturday.
Youth stabbed dead in Natore
Dhaka – A young man was stabbed to death by his rivals over a trifling matter at Kholabaria Khamarpara in Sadar upazila in Natore on Thursday night.
‘Robber’ killed in city ‘gunfight’
Dhaka – A suspected robber was killed in a ‘gunfight’ with police near Joy Kali Temple in city’s Wari area early Friday.
2 killed in Sherpur road crash
Dhaka – Two people were killed when a motorbike hit a tree on Kamaria-Nakla road at Baniapara in Sadar upazila in Sherpur on Friday.
VDP man held with ‘Yaba tablets’ in Satkhira
Dhaka – A Village Defence Party (VDP) member was held allegedly along with 20 Yaba tablets from Fultala intersection of the district town on Friday morning.
Atletico and Arsenal in control in Europa League
Prague,(AP/UNB) – Antoine Griezmann bagged his 17th goal of 2018 to seal Atletico Madrid’s 2-0 victory over Sporting in the first leg of the Europa League quarterfinals Thursday.
Arsenal eyes Europa League semis after 4-1 win
London,(AP/UNB) – Arsenal took a huge step toward securing a place in the last four of the Europa League by beating CSKA Moscow 4-1 in the first leg of the quarterfinals on Thursday.
Chhatra League takes charges of TSC canteen at BAU
Mymensingh, April 6 – Chhatra League of Bangladesh Agricultural University (BAU) has taken the charge of student-teacher center (TSC) canteen allegedly without following any written agreement.
Peaty revs up as le Clos chases Games swim history
GOLD COAST, Australia,(BSS/AFP) – Olympic champion Adam Peaty flexed his muscles in the Commonwealth Games 100 metres breaststroke Friday as the title-holder clocked the best time of the morning heats.
Oceania football chief quits unexpectedly
WELLINGTON,(BSS/AFP) – Oceania Football Confederation president David Chung of Papua New Guinea announced his immediate resignation Friday for “personal reasons”.
Minor boy hurt in Meherpur bomb blast
Dhaka – A minor boy was injured in a bomb explosion at Saharbati village in Gangni upazlia in Meherpur on Thursday morning.
4 motorcyclists killed in Narsingdi road crash
Dhaka – Four motorcyclists were killed when a bus hit a motorbike on Dhaka-Sylhet highway at Charabagh in Raipura upazila in Narsingdi on Friday.
Missing schoolboy found dead in Laxmipur
Dhaka -A schoolboy, who went missing on Saturday, was found dead at a cropland at Charfalkan in Kamalnagar upazila in Missing schoolboy found dead in Laxmipur on Thursday. The deceased, Sharif Hossain, was a class V student of a…
2 get life term for killing Natore teacher
Dhaka – A court hereon Thursdayconvicted two people and sentenced them to life term imprisonment for killing a college teacher in 2009.
China’s tit-for-tat response to US $50 billion tariffs
Geneva, 4 Apr (D. Ravi Kanth) – China, in a tit-for-tat response to the unilateral crowbar trade measures being imposed by Washington on Chinese goods, signalled on Wednesday that it would slap tariffs on more than 100 American products in…