Dhaka – Azampur Football Club, Uttara earned a 2-0 victory over old horse Dilkusha Sporting Club in the Dhaka Metropolis 2nd Division Football League at the Kamalpur Stadium here on Sunday. After a barren first half, Jahangir and Mohammad Ali…
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Dhaka highrise fire: Arrested building owners on remand
Dhaka, Mar 31 (UNB) – A court here on Sunday placed Faruk Hossain, land owner and Tasvir Ul Islam , owner of the extended portion of FR Tower, on a seven-day remand each, in connection with a case filed over…
Trophy of Bangabandhu Cup Golf Open 2019 unveiled
Dhaka – The trophy of the “Bangabandhu Cup Golf Open 2019”, an Asian Tour Professional Golf Tournament, was officially unveiled at the Kurmitola Golf Club here on Sunday. Quarter Master General of Bangladesh Army Lt Gen Mohammad Shamsul Haque officially…
2 suspected drug traders killed in Cox’s Bazar gunfight
Cox’s Bazar, Mar 31 – Two suspected drug traders were killed in a reported gunfight with police at Moulvibazar in Teknaf upazila’s Hneela union early Sunday. The deceased were identified as Mahamudur Rahman, 28, son of Miah Hossain, resident of…
Dhaka South City Mayor suspects sabotage in fire incidents
Dhaka, Mar 30 – Dhaka South City Corporation mayor Sayeed Khokon on Saturday directed the Bangladesh Fire Service and Civil Defence to ascertain whether the recent incidents of fire were acts of sabotage. He came up with the directive at…
BNP slams govt for ‘failure’ to modernise fire service
Dhaka, Mar 30 – BNP on Saturday alleged that the government has failed to modernise the Fire Service and Civil Defence with modern life-saving equipment as it has only enhanced the capacity of law enforcers to “suppress the opposition”. Speaking…
B Chy for judicial commission to probe fire incidents
Dhaka, Mar 30 – President of Bikalpa Dhara Bangladesh (BDB) Dr AQM Badruddoza Chowdhury on Saturday called for forming a judicial probe commission to ensure proper investigations into the recent deadly fire incidents. In a statement, he also voiced deep…
Dhaka Abahani booters to fly for Nepal Sunday
Dhaka – A 30-member football team of Dhaka Abahani will leave here for Nepal on Sunday morning to compete in the Group E match of AFC Cup Football 2019 beginning on Wednesday (April 3) at the ANFA Complex in Kathmandu.…
Premier cricket: Prime Bank outclass Brothers
Dhaka – Prime Bank Cricket Club won a high-scoring match against Brothers Union by five wickets on Saturday in the Dhaka Premier Division Cricket League. It was Prime Bank’s fifth consecutive and sixth overall win. On the other hand, Brothers…
221 shops gutted in Gulshan DNCC kitchen market fire
Dhaka, Mar 30 – Just two days after a major fire in the Dhaka’s Banani area left 25 people dead, another fire broke out at Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) kitchen market in Gulshan area early Saturday and gutted all…
Dhaka highrise fire death toll climbs to 25
Dhaka, Mar 29 (UNB) – The death toll from the devastating fire at FR Tower in the city’s Banani area rose to 25 as six more bodies were recovered from the spot on Friday morning. Talking to reporters at the…
Dr Kamal for national commission to ensure building safety
Dhaka, Mar 29 (UNB) – Jatiya Oikyafront convener Dr Kamal Hossain on Friday suggested formation of a national commission to find out whether there is any lack of law in ensuring safe construction of high-rise buildings in the country. “We…
It’s no accident, but killing: BD minister about highrise fire
Dhaka, Mar 29 (UNB) – Terming the Banani fire a killing incident not any accident, Housing and Public Works Minister SM Rezaul Karim on Friday promised that stern actions will be taken against those responsible for it, no matter how…
Dhaka highrise fire survivors narrate tales of horror
Dhaka, Mar 29 (UNB) – It was not possible to see anything as there was a dark wall of smoke everywhere. Within 10 minutes the smoke spread throughout the building making it difficult for people to escape. Exhausted and terrified, Hasina…
Dhaka highrise fire survivors narrate tales of horror
Dhaka, Mar 29 – It was impossible to see anything as there was a dark wall of smoke everywhere. Within 10 minutes the smoke spread throughout the building making it difficult for people to escape. Exhausted and terrified, Hasina Parvin,…
Premier cricket: Legends of Rupganj maintain top slot with Abahani
Dhaka – Legends of Rupganj beat Prime Doleshwar SC by 72 runs on Friday, maintaining their top slot in Dhaka Premier Division Cricket League with holders Abahani Limited. Rupganj and defending champions Abahani both have 12 points from seven matches.…
Inter-district Women’s Kabaddi begins in Faridpur
Dhaka – The final round of the Inter-district Women’s Kabaddi Tournament began in Faridpur on Friday with hosts making a good start beating Rangpur by 31-14 points in one of the four opening day’s matches. In the day’s other matches,…
Dhaka high rise inferno: Four probe bodies formed
Dhaka, Mar 28 – Four committees have been formed to investigate the deadly fire incident at a high-rise building in the capital’s Banani commercial area on Thursday afternoon that killed at least 19 people. A six-member probe body was formed…
Dhaka inferno victims either suffocated or fell to their deaths
Dhaka, Mar 28 – None of the victims of the horrific fire at FR Tower were burnt to death – they either suffocated inside the building, or died in the act of trying to escape the fire, falling from the…
Driver confesses to offence in mishap killing BUP pupil
Dhaka, March 28 – Suprobhat Paribahan bus driver on Thursday made a confessional statement admitting his offence in the case filed in connection with the death of Bangladesh University of Professionals (BUP) student Abrar Ahmed Chowdhury. Magistrate Sadbir Yasir Ahsan…
Seven killed in BD Madaripur bus plunge
Faridpur, Mar 28 (UNB) – At least seven bus passengers, including two women, were killed and 30 others injured as a bus plunged into a roadside ditch on Dhaka-Barishal highway at Kolabari in Madaripur Sadar upazila on Thursday noon. The…
Worker dies falling off govt secretariat building in Dhaka
Dhaka, Mar 28 (UNB) – A construction worker died after falling from an under-construction building at the Secretariat here on Thursday. The deceased was identified as Ashraful Islam, 21, son of Joynal Abedin of Nilphamari district. Ashraful fell from the…
At least 19 dead in Banani FR Tower Fire in Dhaka
Dhaka, Mar 28 (UNB) – The death toll from the devastating fire at FR Tower in the city’s Banani area rose to 19 as 13 more bodies were recovered from the spot when the blaze was brought under control on…
BD govt to procure 12,50,000 tonnes paddy, rice, wheat
Dhaka, Mar 28 (UNB) – The government will procure 12,50,000 tonnes of rice, paddy and wheat during the upcoming Boro season. Food Minister Sadhan Chandra Majumder said the procurement will take place between April 25 and August 31. He came…
Bidyut Club clinches Khulna First Division Volleyball title
Khulna -Bidyut Club clinched the Khulna First Division Volleyball title beating Samin Boys Club by 25-17, 25-18, 35-20 points in the final here Thursday afternoon Later, Mayor of the Khulna City Corporation Talukder Abdul Khaleque distributed the prizes. Sixteen teams…
Want to play big innings: Soumya Sarkar
Dhaka -Bangladeshi star opening batsman Soumya Sarkar, currently going through a rough patch, says he is trying to play big innings. The left-hander has failed to capitalise his decent starts in some matches recently. “Preparation is the key to success.…
Bus crashes on microbus killing 9 in Chittagong
Chattogram, Mar 28 –At least nine people, including two women and a child, were killed and three others injured when a bus rammed a microbus on Chattogram-Cox’s Bazar highway at Chunati Jaillartek in Lohagara Upazila early Thursday. The identities of…
Helper ran the bus that killed BUP student creating uproar
Dhaka, March 27 – The bus of Suprobhat Paribahan that ran over a student and sparked heavy protest among the students and locals, was being driven by its conductor. Sirajul Islam, who was designated driver of the bus, detained by…
Sylhet Bus driver, helper put on 5-day remand
Sylhet, Mar 27 (UNB) – A Moulvibazar court on Wednesday placed a bus driver and his helper on a 5-day remand in a case filed over the death of Sylhet Agricultural University (SAU) student Wasim in a road crash in…
Razzak first Bangladeshi to bag 400 wickets in List-A cricket
Dhaka – As the first Bangladeshi, veteran spinner Abdur Razzak completed 400 wickets in List-A cricket on Wednesday at Shere-Bangla-National Cricket Stadium after his team Prime Bank Cricket Club beat Uttara Sporting Club by 57 runs in DL method. It…