Madrid(AP/UNB) — Italian forward Giuseppe Rossi scored a hat trick to lead Celta Vigo to a comfortable 3-1 win over Las Palmas in the Spanish league on Monday.Rossi, who was born and brought up in America, scored twice in the…
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1st T20I: Tigers to face Sri Lanka Tuesday
Dhaka – Bangladesh will face host Sri Lanka in first T20I of their two-match series under floodlight at R Premadasa Stadium in Colombo on Tuesday.The matches will begin at 7:30pm, Bangladesh time. In their tour, Bangladesh bounced back brilliantly to…
4 bodies retrieved as boat sinks in Sandwip Channel
Dhaka – Coast Guard members recovered four bodies early Saturday after a boat, carrying at least 55 passengers, capsized in the Sandwip Channel in Chittagong on Sunday night.At least 25 passengers went missing after the boat sank in the channel…
Vogue model allegedly kills herself in Dhaka
A Vogue model by the name of Raudha Athif has been found dead in a room of a hostel dormitory in Bangladesh, reported The Independent. The police recovered the body of the 21-year-old Maldivian medical student at noon on Wednesday…
2nd Div Cricket: Axiom rout Wanderers by 7 wkts in super league
Dhaka – Axiom Cricketers notched a 7-wicket victory against Dhaka Wanderers Club in the first round super league stage match of the Dhaka Second Division ODM Cricket League at Fatullah Outer Stadium in Narayanganj on Monday.
HSC exams: 13069 absent on 1st day
Dhaka– Some 13,069 students were absent on the first day of the Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) and its equivalent examinations that began on Sunday.Besides, 66 students and an invigilator were expelled on the first day for adopting unfair means, according…
West Indies beats Pakistan in 4th T20, takes series 3-1
Dhaka (AP/UNB) — Ahmed Shehzad scored 53 from 45 balls as Pakistan beat West Indies by seven wickets on Sunday to win the Twenty20 international series 3-1.Pakistan reached 127-3 in 19 overs in reply to West Indies’ 124-8.The tourists won…
With Messi suspended, Suarez leads Barca to win
Dhaka (AP/UNB) – Luis Suarez filled in for the suspended Lionel Messi by scoring one goal and participating in three more to keep Barcelona close to Spanish leader Real Madrid on Sunday.Barcelona’s 4-1 victory at 10-man Granada left the defending…
10 houses gutted in Joypurhat fire
Dhaka – At least 10 houses were gutted in a fire at Shalban Guchchhagram village in Panchbibi upazila in Joypurhat on Saturday night.
North Bengal rout N’ganj academy by 43 runs
Dhaka–North Bengal Cricket Academy outplayed Narayanganj Cricket Academy by 43 runs in the three-team relegation stage battles of the Dhaka Second Division ODM Cricket League at Jahangirnagar University ground on Sunday. Batting first, North Bengal scored 278/5 in 50 overs…
Lightning strikes kill 3 in NE district of Sylhet
Dhaka- Three people, including a father and his son, were killed in two incidents of lightning strike in Companyganj upazila of Sylhet district in NE Bangladesh on Sunday.The deceased were identified as Fazal Uddin, 42, and his son of Nur Uddin,…
Two killed in Gopalganj road crash
Dhaka- Two motorcyclists were killed and their co-rider was injured in a road accident on the Muksudpur-Ujani Road in Muksudpur upazila under Gopalganj district in western Bangladesh on Saturday. The deceased were identified as Sajib Roy, 22, son of Bablu…
Murder case accused stabbed dead in Comilla
Dhaka– A murder case accused was stabbed to death by miscreants at Gouripur Bazar in Daudkandi upazila, about 60 kilometres east of the Bangladesh camptal, under Comilla district on Saturday. Police said miscreants attacked Abu Sayeed, 24, a resident of Pennai…
Fire at Shahjibazar power station in Habiganj
Dhaka – A fire broke out at Shahjibazar Power Generator Company Limited in sadar upazila in Habiganj, Northwest of Bangladesh capital Dhaka, on Saturday. Jamal Uddin, in charge of Shaistaganj fire service, said the fire broke out as a transformer…
Bagerhat trawler capsize: Salvage operation called off
Dhaka- The salvage operation launched in search of the missing victims of trawler capsize in Panguchhi river was concluded after about 96 hours on Saturday.Morelganj Upazila Nirbahi Officer (UNO) Md Obaidur Rahman officially called off the operation in the morning…
HSC, equivalent exams to begin Sunday
Dhaka- This year’s Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) and its equivalent examinations will begin across the country on Sunday.The written examinations will end on May 1 while the practical tests will be held from May 16 to May 25.
Expatriate killed by lightning strike in Sylhet
Dhaka – An expatriate was killed and another injured when a thunderbolt struck them at Bulbulikandi in Balaganj upazila on Thursday night.UNB agency
Death toll in Bagerhat trawler capsize rises to 17
Dhaka, Mar 31 – The death toll in Tuesday’s trawler capsize in the Panguchi River in Morelganj upazila of Bagerhat rose to 17 as three more bodies were recovered from the river on Friday.
3 killed in N’ganj trawler capsize
Dhaka – Three people were killed and 10 others went missing as a trawler capsized in the Meghna River in Sonargaon upazila on Thursday afternoon.The deceased are Sattar Miah, 40, Zohra Begum, 70, and Kanchan, 68, of Rampura in the…
Death toll in Bagerhat trawler capsize 12
Dhaka, Mar 30 – The bodies of seven more people, who had gone missing after a trawler capsized in the Panguchi River in Morrelganj upazila of Bagerhat on Tuesday morning, were recovered from the river on Thursday, raising the death…
Indonesian man’s body found inside python – police
A missing Indonesian man was found dead inside the body of a python, according to local police. Akbar went missing on Sunday on the island of Sulawesi, after leaving to harvest palm oil. In the search for the 25-year-old, police…
2 women among 4 commit ‘suicide’ at Tongi
Dhaka – Four persons including two women allegedly committed suicide at different parts of Tongi, today.”Two women, Marjina Akter Ria, 35, and Sonia Akter, 20, and a rickshaw-puller, Mazharul Islam and an unidentified teenage boy allegedly committed suicide at Jhinu…
Magura road crash leaves one dead
Dhaka – A man was killed and eight others were injured as a three-wheeler hit a roadside tree at Kadamtala in Sreepur upazila on Tuesday morning.UNB agency
Impact crater linked to Martian tsunamis
Scientists have located an impact crater linked to powerful tsunamis that swept across part of ancient Mars. The team believe an asteroid triggered 150m-high waves when it plunged into an ocean thought to have existed on northern Mars three billion…
Five dead as trawler with 100 passengers capsizes in BD
Dhaka – Fiver bodies have been recovered early Tuesday as a passenger trawler carrying about 100 persons capsized in river Panguchi in Bagherhat district on the southwestern part of Bangladesh.
Fan dies after falling off football stadium in Brazil
Dhaka — A Brazilian football fan has died after falling 25 meters from the top of Morumbi Stadium in Sao Paulo onto a parking lot.The height is equivalent to an eight-story building.AP/UNB agency
Motorcyclist killed in Ctg road accident
Dhaka – A youth was killed in a road accident in city’s Kalurghat area today. The deceased was identified as Mohammad Munna, 22, son of Mohammad Yusuf, hailed from Kuaish area under Hathazari thana. Police said Munna was critically injured…
Road accidents claim 18 lives in 3 dists
Dhaka – Eighteen people were killed in three road accidents in Chuadanga, Khulna and Sirajganj districts on Sunday.In Chuadanga, a fatal road accident at Joyrampur Battala on Chuadanga-Jessore road in Damurhuda upazila in the early hours left 13 day-labourers and…
Woman killed in Savar wall collapse
Dhaka- A woman was killed as a wall of a house collapsed on her during storm at Bhabanichar Dakhshinpara area here, on the outskirts of the capital, on Saturday morning.UNB agency
Rab to celebrate 13th founding anniv Sunday
Dhaka – Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) will celebrate its 13th founding anniversary on Sunday.The elite force officially began its journey by participating in the Independence and National Day parade on March 26 in 2004.The force, consisting of the members of…