Dhaka- At least four people were killed and two others injured in separate incidents of lightning strike at Hrishipara of Hemayetpur and in the municipality area on Thursday afternoon.
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ICC CT 17: Bangladesh to face New Zealand Friday
Dhaka – Bangladesh will play New Zealand in their 3rd and last group game of the 8th ICC Champions Trophy at Sophia Gardens in Cardiff on Friday.The crucial battle will begin at 3:30pm (Bangladesh time).The lamp of hope for Bangladesh’s…
BPL Football deferred by one and half month
Dhaka – The Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) Football, scheduled to begin on Monday (June 12), has been deferred by one and a half month and how it will start on July 28.The decision was taken at a meeting of the…
BFF initially pick up 53 booters to form U-18 teams
Dhaka – Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) on Thursday picked-up 53 under-18 footballers initially to form Bangladesh Under-18 Football teams to participate in two international tournaments.Bangladesh youth team will participate in the SAFF U-18 Championship in Nepal from September 22 to…
Korea leader warns North after latest missile launch
Seoul – North Korea’s latest launches of several suspected anti-ship missiles were short-range and landed well short of past efforts, but they still served as a defiant message for its enemies that Pyongyang will continue to pursue a weapons program…
Polls open in UK election after campaign marred by attacks
London – Polling stations opened across Britain on Thursday for national elections, amid heightened security worries following a series of terror attacks in what one senior police official described as “unprecedented times.” – AP/UNB
Banani rape: Police press charges against 5 accused
Dhaka – Police here on Thursday pressed charges against all the five accused in a case filed over the rape of two private university girls in a Banani hotel. -UNB
Fitra fixed at Tk 65
Dhaka – Fitra has been fixed at minimum Tk 65 per head this year. The decision was taken at a meeting of the National Fitra Fixing Committee of Islamic Foundation held at conference room of the Baitul Mukarram National Mosque…
Graft case: Khaleda’s self-defense statement June 15
Dhaka – A special court here on Thursday deferred till June 15 the hearing on BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia’s self defence statement in the Zia Orphanage Trust graft case. – UNB
Black money worth Tk 13,372cr whitened since liberation: Muhith
Sangsad Bhaban – Black money worth Tk 13,372 crore have been whitened (legalised) since the country’s independence, Finance Minister Abul Maal Abdul Muhith told Parliament on Thursday. – UNB
Asian shares drift lower as UK vote, ECB meeting loom
Hong Kong, Jun 8 (AP/UNB) – Asian stocks benchmarks were mostly edging Thursday as investors parsed economic data and awaited market-moving events in Europe, including Britain’s general election and a European Central Bank meeting.
Bodies, aircraft parts found in search for Myanmar plane
yangon, Jun 8 (AP/UNB) – A navy ship found bodies and aircraft parts in the seas off Myanmar while searching Thursday morning for a military transport plane carrying 120 people, a spokesman said.
Left leader, 2 ‘robbers’ killed in gunfights
Dhaka, June 8 – A regional leader of the outlawed Purba Banglar Communist Party (PBCP) was killed in a ‘shootout’ between his cohorts and the members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) at Khaskarra in Alamdanga upazila of Chuadanga district early…
HC rule to compensate flyover grider fall victim
Dhaka – The High Court (HC) on Wednesday issued a rule asking the authorities concerned to explain as to why it will not direct them to pay compensation of Tk 5 million to the family of the worker, killed after…
‘Water resources require topmost crisis management’
Dhaka – The policymakers and water experts at a meeting on Wednesday acknowledged that water resources management is the topmost crisis management issue for the country.
Rajuk takes over house: Illegally evicted, says BNP’s Moudud
Dhaka – The Rajdhahi Unnayan Kartripakkha (Rajuk) on Wednesday took over former law minister and senior BNP leader Moudud Ahmed’s Gulshan house following a court order. Talking to reporters Rajuk’s executive magistrate Khandaker Waliur Rahman said they took over the…
90Kg hemp seized in Brahmanbaria
Dhaka – Police recovered 90kg hemp from a private car with a sticker of National Board of Revenue (NBR) at Madhypara area of the district Sadar in Brahmanbaria on Wednesday.
2 siblings to die for killing Pirojpur schoolboy
Dhaka – A court here on Wednesday sentenced two brothers to death for killing a schoolboy at Adarshapara in Sadar upazila in 2013. The District and Session’s Judge, Md Golam Kibria, awarded the death penalty to Md Nafiz Hasan Nahid,…
‘Drug peddler’ killed in B’baria ‘gunfight’ with cops
Dhaka – A suspected drug peddler was killed in a ‘gunfight’ with police at Chandidwar village in Kosba upazila in Brahmanbaria on Tuesday night.The deceased was identified as Ibrahim Miah, 34, son of late Samraj Miah, a resident of Latuamora…
Man held with Tk 11 lakh in Benapole
Dhaka – Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) arrested a suspected hundi trader along with Tk 11 lakh from Putkhali border point on Wednesday morning.
Schoolboy killed in Panchagarh road accident
Dhaka- A schoolboy was killed in a road accident at Shalbahan on Panchagarh-Tetulia road in Tetulia upazila in Panchagarh on Tuesday.Witnesses said Al-Amin, a class eight student of Majipara High School, son of Ibrahim Hossain, a resident of Lohakachhi village,…
ICC CT 17: Tigers’ hopes still alive
Dhaka – The lamp of hope for Bangladesh’s semifinal berth in the 8th ICC Champions Trophy is hanging on a critical equation as the bottom three teams of Group A all have a chance to advance to the last four…
Sparta Prague signs Austria striker Marc Janko
Prague,(AP/UNB) – Austria striker Marc Janko has moved to Sparta Prague on a two-year contract.The 33-year-old forward joins Sparta from Swiss club Basel, where his two-year contract has expired.
31 Bangladeshis returned after jail terms in India
Dhaka- Thirty one Bangladeshi women, including three children, returned home from India on Wednesday after languishing in jail there for three years.They hail from different villages of Khulna, Narail, Bagerhat and Satkhira districts.
Khaleda deplores Moudud’s eviction
Dhaka – Criticising the government for evicting her party leader Moudud Ahmed from his Gulshan residence, BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia on Wednesday said people will one day evict ruling party men from their houses the same way. UNB
Islamic state claims attacks in Iran
Tehran – The Latest on attacks in Iran’s parliament building and the shrine of the Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini (all times local): AP/UNB news reported
Directives given to make eid journeys safe: PM
Sangsad Bhaban – Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday told Parliament that the government has issued a 29-point directive to make people’s journeys on highways during Ramadan and Eid-ul-Fitr safe and comfortable. UNB news agency reported
HC releases text of mobile court verdict, stayed till 2 July
Dhaka – The High Court Division of the Supreme Court on Wednesday released the full text of its verdict declaring mobile court conducted by executive magistrates illegal and contradictory to the Constitution of the country.
Pol forsight, accountability must for budget
Political foresight and strong accountability measures are key for effectively implementing and monitoring the National Budget FY2017-18. The proposed budgetary measures had not been adequately debated in the Parliament. The Parliamentary standing committees and local government also needed to play…
Trump siding against ally Qatar in Arab crisis
Washington, Jun 7 (AP/UNB) – President Donald Trump injected the United States into a volatile crisis among America’s Mideast allies, siding Tuesday with Saudi Arabia and other countries against Qatar in a dispute that threatens to disrupt efforts to defeat…