Dhaka – A hotel boy was punched to death by his co-worker at a hotel in Alexandar Bazaar of Ramgati upazila in Laxmipur on Monday night.The deceased was identified as Riaz, 16, son of Safu Majhi, a hotel boy of…
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Boiler blast kills female worker in Kushtia
Dhaka- A female worker was killed and two others were injured in a boiler explosion at a rice mill at Khwajanagar in Kushtia on Sunday night.
3 killed in Kurigram road accident
Dhaka – Three motorcyclists were killed in a road accident in Amtoli area on Nageshwari-Bhurungamari road in Kurigram on Monday morning. The deceased were identified as Motaleb, 35, Sohel, 32, and Sujon, 30, hailing from Santospur union of Nageshwari upazila.
Man to die for killing wife in Ctg
Dhaka – A court here on Monday sentenced a man to death for killing his wife in 2010.According to the prosecution, Mohamamad Mostafa, a resident of South Pahartoli Natun Para in Hathazari upazila, strangled his wife Rozina Begum to death…
Panthapath hotel operation: Another ‘militant’ held in city
Dhaka -Police in a joint drive on Sunday arrested another suspected militant at Gulshan in the city in connection with the ‘planned militant attack’ from a hideout at hotel Olio International in Panthapath here on August 15.The arrestee is Tanvir…
Yaba pills bullets recovered in city, Ctg, Jessore; 4 held
Dhaka – Law enforcers have arrested four people along with contraband drugs and bullets in Dhaka, Chittagong and Jessore.In the capital, police arrested two people along with Yaba tablets and ammunition from Khilkhet area on Sunday evening.The arrestees are Saiful,…
Two minors drown in Sylhet
Dhaka – Two minor girls drowned on Dauki River in Shaktiargaon village of Chhatak Upazila on Sunday.
Valencia wins 8th straight game to keep pace with Barcelona
Barcelona,(AP/UNB) – Valencia kept pace with Spanish leader Barcelona on Sunday by beating Espanyol 2-0 for an eighth straight league win despite having coach Marcelino Garcia Toral sent off.In his first season, Garcia Toral has transformed Valencia from a team…
BPL Cricket: Comilla Victorians take solo lead beating Dhaka Dynamites by 4 wkts
Dhaka – Tamim Iqbal-led Comilla Victorians took a solo lead in the seven-team Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) T20 Cricket beating Shakib-Al Hasan’s Dhaka Dynamites by four wickets at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium Mirpur on Monday.With day’s well-merited win, Comilla…
Premier Volleyball: BD Police, Wari Club win
Dhaka- Bangladesh Police and Wari Club won their respective matches in the Crony Group Dhaka Metropolis Premier Division Volleyball League at the Dhaka Volleyball Stadium on Monday.
Asian 14/U Series Tennis begins
Dhaka – Two boys singles matches were decided on the first day of the Bengal Plastic Asian 14/U Series Tennis Tournament that began on Monday at the Raman National Tennis Complex here .In the boys’ singles, Mahadi Hasan Alve of…
4kg heroin recovered in C’nawabganj
Dhaka- Police in a drive recovered 4.1 kg heroin from the bank of Padma river at Hakimpur in Sadar upazila on Sunday night.
Man’s throat-slit body found in Comilla
Dhaka – Police recovered the throat-slit body of a man at New Chowdhury Para in Comilla city on Sunday evening.Identity of the deceased, aged around 25, could not be known.
2 ‘drug smugglers’ held in Jessore
Dhaka- Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) in a drive arrested two alleged drug smugglers along with 200 bottles of Indian smuggled Phensidyl from Jessore-Jhenidah highway in Churamankati area of the district town in Jessore on Sunday.
Missing youth found dead in Comilla
Dhaka- A young man, who had gone missing three days ago, was found dead in a pond near Bazar road in Daudkandi upazila on Saturday night.The deceased was identified as Sumon, 25, son of Mannan Member, a resident of Sabjikandi…
‘Pirate gang ringleader’ killed in Cox’s Bazar ‘gunfight’
Dhaka- The alleged ringleader of a pirate gang was killed in a reported gunfight with members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) in Kutubjom area of Maheshkhali upazila in Cox’s Bazar district on Sunday afternoon.The deceased was identified Mokarram Miah alias…
Sports-BPL: Tamim, Liton, fined for breaching BCB Code of Conduct
Dhaka- Comilla Victorians captain Tamim Iqbal and wicket-keeper Liton Kumer Das have been fined 50 percent of their match fees for breaching level-2 of BCB Code of Conduct during the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) match against Rangpur Riders at the…
Afghanistan clinch Youth Asia Cup crushing Pakistan by 185 runs
Dhaka- The Under-19 team of the ICC’s newest full member Afghanistan emerged new champions of the ACC Youth (Under-19) Asia Cup Cricket crushing the Youth team of Test elite Pakistan by a massive margin of 185 runs in the final…
Asian U/14 Series Tennis inaugurated
Dhaka- The Bengal Plastic Asian 14/U Series Tennis Tournament, organized by Bangladesh Tennis Federation and approved by Asian Tennis Federation, inaugurated the Raman National Tennis Complex here on Sunday.
BPL Football: Sheikh Jamal DC beat Team BJMC 3-0
Dhaka – Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club outplayed Team BJMC by 3-0 goals in their 13th match of the Saif Power Battery Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) Football at the Bangabandhu National Stadium here on Sunday.
Premier Division Kabaddi League begins Monday
Dhaka – The Adtouch Metropolis Premier Division Kabaddi League begins at Kabaddi Stadium in Paltan Maidan on Monday after a recess of two years.President of Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) Nazmul Hassan Papon, MP, will inaugurate the 12-team league in the…
Vegetable vendor killed in Bagerhat road crash
Dhaka- A vegetable vendor was killed as a passenger bus Vegetable vendor killed in Bagerhat road crash hit a human hauler on Bagerhat-Khulna road in Fulbari area of Sadar upazila on Sunday morning. The deceased was identified as Akkas…
Man held with 130 bottles Phensidyl in Magura
Dhaka – Police in a drive arrested a suspected drug dealer along with 130 bottles of Phensidyl syrup from Sachani Rautora village in Sadar upazila in Magura on Saturday night.
Goffin beats Federer at ATP Finals, faces Dimitrov in final
London, (AP/UNB) – A set up against a man he’d never lost to, Roger Federer looked to be cruising toward a shot at a seventh ATP Finals title. David Goffin had other ideas.The Belgian rallied in the semifinals on Saturday…
Atletico and Real Madrid draw first derby at Metropolitano
Madrid, (AP/UNB) – Barcelona was the team celebrating at the end of the first derby between Atletico Madrid and Real Madrid at the Wanda Metropolitano Stadium.The Madrid rivals played to a scoreless draw at Atletico’s new venue on Saturday, leaving…
‘We are the city’: Roma beats Lazio 2-1 in heated derby
Rome,(AP/UNB) – It was just what Italian football fans needed in the first Serie A game since the Azzurri failed to qualify for the World Cup: An entertaining Rome derby that wasn’t marred by fan disturbances.Roma scored twice in four…
Japanese tug boat scrapes US Navy ship during exercise
Tokyo, Nov 19 (AP/UNB) — A Japanese tug boat lost propulsion and drifted into a U.S. Navy guided-missile destroyer during a towing exercise, the Navy said.
BNP criticizes AL for ‘forcing students, officials to join rally’
Dhaka, Nov 18 – BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Saturday said the recognition of the historic 7th March speech of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman as a world documentary heritage is a matter of joy. He, however, alleged…
13 Jamaat men held in N’ganj
Dhaka – Police in a drive arrested 13 leaders and activists of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami, including Narayanganj city unit Ameer Maulana Mainuddin Ahmed and general secretary Abdul Kaiyum, from Fatullah Haziganj area in Sadar upazila on Friday noon.
12 BD nationals rescued at Benapole
Benapole – Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) rescued 12 Bangladeshi nationals from Sadipur bordering area here on Friday night while they were being trafficked to India.