PARIS,(BSS/AFP) – Austrian fifth seed Dominic Thiem battled into the last 16 of the Paris Masters on Tuesday with a 6-4, 6-7 (3/7), 6-4 victory over German lucky loser Peter Gojowczyk. The 24-year-old Thiem, who has reached the French Open semi-finals…
Dhaka – A man was killed and three others injured in a clash between a gang of ‘gamblers’ and local people at Rajendrapur in Gazipur district on Tuesday.The deceased was identified as Azizur Rahman, 50, son of late Mainuddin, a…
Dhaka – A school girl was allegedly raped by two young men in Kathalia area near Indian border in Chauddagram upazila in Comilla on Sunday morning.
From Zafor Firoze <zaforfiroze@gmail.com> Chinese film A Tale of an Old Town is a semi-finalist for Los Angeles Cine festival 2017 and also selected by Johor Bahru International Writers and Film festival 2017 in Malaysia. This movie director Qiao Li…
By Joe Rothstein In the United States, anyone can be elected president. How often do we tell that our children? The United States is an equal opportunity nation. Even up to and including the highest office in the land.
Dhaka – A seven-year-old girl was violated allegedly by a young man in Sontoshpur area of Faridganj upazila on Monday afternoon.
Dhaka – Members of the Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) in a drive arrested the prime accused Beauty Begum and two others in the much-talked-about Aziza Begum killing case from Mirergaon village of Bishwanath upazila of Sylhet district early Tuesday.Ali Haidar…
Dhaka – A court here on Tuesday sentenced two men to death for killing a workshop mason in Kapasia upazila in 2016.The convicts are – Md Shakil, son of Md Mostafa, and Sanjiban Chandra Monidas, residents of Torgaon Madhyapara village…
Dhaka – Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) have arrested four alleged members of Jama’atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB), including a pilot of Biman Bangladesh Airlines, who had been planning acts of sabotage on an aircraft.The arrested pilot is Sabbir Ahmed,…
Paris, (AP/UNB) – Hyeon Chung of South Korea swept aside Mischa Zverev 6-0, 6-2 at the Paris Masters on Monday to set up a second-round match against Rafael Nadal.Nadal will begin his quest for a record 31st Masters title –…
Dhaka – The first Test captain of Bangladesh Naimur Rahman Durjoy, Syed Ashfaqul Islam and Alamgir Hossain Alo were elected directors of Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) in the much-talked-about election to the country’s most affluent sports body held at the…
Dhaka – Sylhet District made a flying start in the Chittagong phase of the 38th National Cricket Championship beating Narsingdi District by seven wickets in a curtailed 24 over-a-side match at the MA Aziz Stadium in the port city of…
Dhaka – Bangladesh Under-19 Football team forced hosts Tajikistan u-19 side to play goalless draw in their opening Group B match of the AFC Under-19 Championship Qualifiers at the Hisor Central Stadium in Tajikistan on Tuesday.With the day’s feat, touring…
Dhaka – Power Development Board (PDB) made a flying start in the Crony Group Dhaka Metropolis Premier Division Volleyball League beating Azad Sporting Club by straight 25-8, 25-17, 25-16 points (3-0 sets) at the Dhaka Volleyball Stadium on Tuesday.
Dhaka-A court here on Monday sent three doctors of M Abdur Rahim Medical College and Hospital to jail in a corruption case of purchasing medical equipments of the hospitals in 2015.Dinajpur District and Session Judge Hossain Shahid Ahmed passed the…
More than 200 people are feared to have died when a tunnel caved in at North Korea’s nuclear test site after its latest detonation, a Japanese news report said Tuesday. A tunnel collapsed at Punggye-ri in early September, days after…
Neena Bhandari Sydney – Genetically-intact HIV hides in the same cells of the human immune system that are supposed to attack and destroy pathogens, scientists at Westmead Institute for Medical Research, Sydney University, discovered in a new study.
LONDON,(BSS/AFP) – At a time when England have been pilloried by their own fans after a laboured World Cup qualifying campaign, the country’s promising prodigies offer hope of a brighter future. England’s starlets enjoyed a 5-2 win over Spain in the…
SYDNEY, (BSS/AFP) – Wicketkeeping great Adam Gilchrist has called on Australian selectors to pick and stick when they decide who will be behind the stumps for the upcoming Ashes series. Three players are seen as being in the mix to take…
Dhaka – Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) arrested an alleged drug dealer along with 5.5kg heroin from Bhatopara village in Godagari upazila on Monday.The arrestee was Shamsul Haq alias Sover, 55, son of Thandu Miah of the village.
Dhaka -Nine people were killed and four others injured in separate road accidents in Madhabdi and Shibpur upazilas on Monday morning.In Madhabdi, six people were killed in a head-on collision between a bus and a microbus on Dhaka-Sylhet highway in…
Dhaka – A schoolboy allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself at his residence at Khanpur village in Bagha upazila here in Rajshahi on Monday.The deceased was identified as Shohan, a JSC examinee and son of Ashraf Ali, a rickshaw puller…
Dhaka- A court here on Monday placed Jamaat-e-Islami ameer Maqbul Ahmad on a 3-day fresh remand in a violence case.Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Sadbir Yasir Ahsan Chowdhury passed the order after investigation officer of the case sub-inspector of Detective Branch Anwarul…
Dhaka – In separate incidents, customs officials on Monday arrested seven people along with 12 gold bars weighing around 1.4 kg at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport.
Dhaka – Bashundhara Kings secured a 1-0 victory against Bangladesh Police Football Club in the Marcel Bangladesh Championship League football at Bir Shreshtha Shaheed Sepoy Mohammad Mostafa Kamal Stadium in Kamlapur on Monday.
Dhaka – The much-talked-about election to the country’s most affluent sports body, Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB), will be held on Tuesday.The voting will begin at 10am at the BCB board room at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Mirpur and end…
Dhaka – The Crony Group Dhaka Metropolis Premier, First and 2nd Division Volleyball Leagues, began on Monday at the Dhaka Volleyball Stadium with Titas Club making a flying start beating Bangladesh Police by 25-20, 25-13, 25-22 points (3-0 sets) in…
Dhaka – Bangladesh Under-19 football team will take on hosts Tajikistan in their first Group B match of the AFC Under-19 Championship Qualifiers at Hisor Central Stadium (HCS), Dushanbe on Tuesday.The match will begin at 6pm Bangladesh time. Bangladesh team…
Dhaka – A former local leader of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) was stabbed to death by rivals during a clash in Sirajganj municipality area on Sunday.The deceased was identified as Abdul Malek, 28, former religious affairs secretary of the municipality…
Dhaka – Police recovered the body of a retired army man from a paddy field at Pakulla village of Mirzapur upazila on Sunday afternoon, 11 days after he went missing.The deceased was identified as SM Abdul Malek, 80, a retired…