Dhaka, Jan 29 – The Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) on Tuesday forecast mild cold wave in late Magh is likely to sweep over the western parts of the country in the next 72 hours. The mild cold wave may be…
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Tamim, Afridi hand Vikings 3rd consecutive defeat at home
Dhaka – National opener Tamim Iqbal and Pakistani all-rounder Shahid Afridi guided Comilla Victorians to the top slot of the seven-team Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) forcing Chittagong Vikings to suffer the 3rd consecutive loss at home with a seven-wicket defeat…
BPL Football: Arambagh KS earns 2nd successive win beating Saif SC 1-0
Dhaka- Arambagh Krira Shangha earned the 2nd successive victory in their 3rd match of the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) Football upsetting Saif Sporting Club by a solitary goal in their home venue, Rafiq Uddin Bhuiyan Stadium in Mymensingh on Tuesday.…
Youth ODI: Bangladesh beat England by 5 wkts
Dhaka – The Young Tigers got off to a flying start in the three-match Youth ODI series beating touring England U-19 side by five wickets in the first match at Sheikh Kamal International Stadium in Cox’s Bazar on Tuesday. The…
Two riders killed as truck plunges into ditch near Dhaka
Savar, Jan 29 (UNB) – Three brick kilns workers and a truck driver, were killed as a truck plunged into in a roadside ditch in Ashulia Boro Bridge area near Bypail-Abdullahpur highway early Tuesday. The deceased were identified as workers…
BNP leader Milon gets bail in 18 cases
Chandpur, Jan 28 – The High Court on Monday granted bail to BNP international affairs secretary and former state minister ANM Ehsanul Haque Milon in 18 cases filed over extortion and various acts of violence, some 68 days after he…
US-Bangla crash: Distracted pilot, bad runway approach seen
Report unilateral, did not mention ATC’s fault, says Bangladesh official Dhaka, Jan 28 – The US-Bangla Airlines aircraft was misaligned with the runway and its pilot was disoriented and tried to land in “sheer desperation” when it crashed last year…
4 chosen for Bangla Academy Award
Dhaka, Jan 28 – Four personalities have been chosen for the Bangla Academy Sahitya Puroshkar 2018. Director General of Bangla Academy Poet Habibullah Siraji announced the names at a press briefing at the academy on Monday afternoon. The award recipients…
BPL Football: Rahmatganj force Sheikh Jamal to play 2-2 draw
Dhaka – A last-minute goal by Nigerian booter Monday Osagie guided Rahmatganj MFS to a 2-2 draw with former champions Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club in the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) Football at the Bangabandhu National Stadium here on Monday. The…
Dynamites ride on Rony’s fifty to post 186
Dhaka- Dhaka Dynamites posted 186/6 in their quota of 20 overs batting first after winning the toss Monday against defending champions Rangpur Riders at Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chittagong Bangladesh Premier League (BPL). Rony Talukdar was the best batsman…
HC statuesque on earth filling of canals near Purbachal
Dhaka, Jan 27 – The High Court on Sunday imposed status quo on the earth filling and encroachment in the canals, rivers, ponds and other water bodies and khash land near Purbachal by 22 real estate and housing companies including…
AL nominee for Mayor Atiqul Islam takes Nomination papers
Dhaka, Jan 27 – The Awami League nominated candidate Atiqul Islam on Sunday collected nomination form to contest the upcoming Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) mayoral by-elections scheduled to be held on February 28.Still, now 21 candidates have collected their…
Gaibandha-3 election held peacefully: JSD candidate boycott
Dhaka, Jan 27 – The parliamentary polls to Gaibandha-3 constituency were peacefully held on Sunday.A total of five candidates except for Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) participated the polls.However, the candidate of Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal (JSD) SM Khademul Islam Khudi boycotted…
ACC chief finds most teachers absent in Ctg schools
Dhaka, Jan 27 – Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) Chairman Iqbal Mahmud on Sunday(Sunday) made a sudden visit to six primary and high schools in the port city Chattogram and found most of the teachers were absent.After the visit in a view…
‘Amazing’ Djokovic tops Nadal for record 7th Australian Open
Melbourne,(AP/UNB) – Novak Djokovic was so good, so relentless, so pretty much perfect, that Rafael Nadal never stood a chance. Djokovic reduced one of the greats of the game to merely another outclassed opponent – just a guy, really –…
Dynamites, Riders, Victorians eye playoff berths
Dhaka – The Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) resumes on Monday after a one-day recess with Comilla Victorians playing lowly Khulna Titans in the first match of the day at 1:30pm at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chattogram. In the…
Need to bowl intelligently to get wickets in Chattogram: Rubel
Dhaka – Bowlers are now going through their most challenging part of the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) in Chattogram as the wicket of the venue, Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, is most gracious for the batsmen. However, the right-arm pacer of…
3rd round of BPL Football begins Monday
Dhaka – The 3rd round of the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) Football 2018-19 begins on Monday at the Bangabandhu National Stadium here. Former champions Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club will play Rahmatganj Muslim Friends Society at 3:30pm while holders Dhaka Abahani…
Oscar-winning ‘Umbrellas of Cherbourg’ composer Legrand dies
Paris, Jan 27 (AP/UNB) — Oscar-winning composer and pianist Michel Legrand, whose hits included the score for the ’60s romance “The Umbrellas of Cherbourg” and the song “The Windmills of Your Mind” and who worked with some of biggest singers…
North AL president Nurul Alam Chowdhury dies
Chattogram, Jan 27 (UNB) – President of North District Awami League unit of the port city Nurul Alam Chowdhury passed away early Sunday. He was 74. Nurul Alam, also a freedom fighter, was admitted to Park View Hospital in the…
19 dead as bombs target cathedral in southern Philippines
Philippines, Jan 27 (AP/UNB) — Two bombs exploded outside a Roman Catholic cathedral on a southern Philippine island where Muslim militants are active, killing at least 19 people and wounding nearly 50 during a Sunday Mass, officials said. The first…
JSD leader Kanak killed in elephant attack in Darjeeling
Kushtia, Jan 26 (UNB) – Syed Saimun Kanak, a central leader of Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal (JSD), was trampled to death by a wild elephant in Darjeeling, India on Friday. Quoting Kanak’s wife Mala Saimun, Kushtia district unit Jasad president Golam…
13 Comilla accident victim families to get Tk 100000 each
Dhaka, Jan 26 (UNB) – The government will provide Tk 1,00,000 to each families of the brick kiln workers who were killed when a coal-laden truck overturned at Chouddagram upazila in Cumilla on Friday. Besides, the families of the injured…
Titans out of BPL race after losing to Sixers
Dhaka – Khulna Titans were ruled out of the top four play-off race in ongoing Bangladesh Premier League after a 58-run defeat to Sylhet Sixers on Saturday at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chattgoram. The Titans have now lost…
Hasan Akhter clinches Mobil Cup Golf title
Dhaka – Major Syed Abu Arif Md Hasan Akhter (retd) clinched Mobil Cup Golf Tournament that concluded at Kurmitola Golf Course in Dhaka Cantonment on Friday. Brigadier General Md Ahsanul Haque Miah (retd) finished runner-up while Kim Hee Soon became…
England U19 to start Bangladesh campaign with maiden T20I Sunday
Dhaka – Touring England Under-19 Cricket team will start their Bangladesh campaign with lone Youth T20I against Bangladesh on Sunday at Sheikh Kamal International Stadium in the country’s tourist town of Cox’s Bazar. This will be first international T20 match…
Charles drives Kings to 198
Dhaka – Chittagong Vikings failed to impress with their bowling department once again conceding 198 runs in 20 overs against Rajshahi Kings on Saturday at Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium. Johnson Charles struck a half century. Kings had an imperious start…
COP24: Sum and substance of climate diplomacy
NEW DELHI, Jan 23 2019 (IPS) – As I was attending the 24th Conference of Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change—to create a rulebook to operationalise the Paris Agreement—in Katowice, Poland, it dawned on me, like…
3 of a family die in Dhaka’s Buriganga River boat capsize
Keraniganj, Jan 26 -Three members of a family died and a minor went missing as a boat capsized in the Buriganga River on Friday night. The deceased were identified as Motiur Rahman Moti, 55, his wife Rozina Begum, 42, and…
‘Chemistry Olympiad’ held at Comilla University
Comilla University, Jan 25 – The 9th Bangladesh Chemistry Olympiad of the Cumilla chapter was held at Comilla University (CoU) campus on Friday Amid much enthusiasm. Bangladesh Chemical Society (BCS) and Department of Chemistry of the university jointly organised the…