Pabna, Aug 28 – A female journalist was hacked to death by a group of unidentified assailants in front of her home at Radhanagar Majumdarparha in Pabna district town of Bangladesh on Tuesday night.
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Engine-boat with 100 on board sinks in the Jamuna: 3 missing
Three people, including two children, went missing as a trawler capsized in the Jamuna River at Char Alokdia in Shivalaya upazila on Tuesday morning.
Salah’s tweet shows dispute with Egypt soccer not over
Cairo(AP/UNB) – Mohamed Salah has reignited a months-old dispute with soccer authorities in his native Egypt, accusing them of ignoring his complaints about their unauthorized use of his image.
Asiad Hockey: Bangladesh concede 0-5 defeat against Pakistan
Dhaka – Bangladesh National Hockey team suffered a 0-5 goal defeat against former World Champions Pakistan in their last Pool B match of the 18th Asian Games Men’s Hockey on Tuesday at the Gelora Bung Karno (GBK) Hockey field in…
Teenage girl commits ‘suicide’ in Chattogram
Dhaka – A teenage girl allegedly committed suicide by hanging herself from a ceiling fan in her house in Chambal Shikderpara area of Banshkhali upazila in Chattogram on Tuesday.
BD’s preliminary sqaud for ACC U-19 Asia Cup announced
Dhaka – The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) on Tuesday announced a 23–member preliminary squad for the ACC U-19 Asia Cup’2018 scheduled for Chattogram and Cox’s Bazar in September next.
2 killed in Barguna road crash
Dhaka– Two people were killed as a bus hit a motorcycle on Barguna-Barishal regional highway in Betagi upazila in the district on Tuesday.
Two suspected drug traders killed in ‘gunfights’
Dhaka, Aug 28 – Two suspected drug traders were killed in separate gunfights in Natore and Gazipur districts early Tuesday.
Two Jubo League activists hacked to death in Chittagong
Chittagong, Aug 28 – Two Jubo League activists, who were brothers, were killed in an attack in Choto Daroga Hat area of Sitakundu Upazila on Monday night.
Wrong dams management create floods: India’s officials, experts
August 27, 2018, SANDRP – Accepting that reservoirs operation and flood management in India lack scientific supports, Madhavan Nair Rajeevan, Secretary, Ministry of Earth Sciences, in an interview has revealed that dams and water reservoirs need flood management systems that…
CID identifies JMB-men as TV anchor Farooqi murderers
Dhaka, Aug 27 – The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) on Monday said they finally identified some of the perpetrators involved in the murder of TV show host Moulana Nurul Islam Farooqi four years after his murder.
BNP’s Amir Khosru gets anticipatory bail
Dhaka, Aug 27 – The High Court Division of the Supreme Court Monday granted ad-anticipatory bail to BNP Standing Committee Member Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury in two cases filed over ‘instigating’ the student movement over road safety and ‘conspiring’ against…
Youth ‘pushed’ to death from running bus in Chattogram
A young man was pushed to death from a moving bus allegedly by its helper in City Gate area of the port city on Monday afternoon.
4 held with 40,000 yaba pills in city
Dhaka – Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) arrested four people and recovered 40,000 pieces of yaba tablets from the office of a courier service in the city’s Dilkusha area on Monday.
Girl dies as her scarf gets entangled with human-hauler wheel
Dhaka– A schoolgirl died when her scarf got entangled with the wheel of a human-hauler at Harenda in Panchbibi upazila in Joypurhat on Monday.
Asiad Hockey: Bangladesh to play Pakistan Tuesday
Dhaka – Bangladesh will play group leader Pakistan in their last Pool B match of the 18th Asian Games Men’s Hockey on Tuesday at the Gelora Bung Karno (GBK) Hockey field in Jakarta, Indonesia.
Sri Lanka football team reaches Nilphamari to play FIFA Friendly
Dhaka – The Sri Lanka National Football team reached Syedpur Airport in Nilphamari Monday noon to play a FIFA International Friendly match against hosts Bangladesh ahead of the seven-nation SAFF Suzuki Cup Football’2018 beginning on September 4 at the Bangabandhu…
BCB searching batting coach for Test side
Dhaka- Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) is now in search of specialist batting coach for the Tigers’ Test side to gear-up the batting shape in the longest format.
Tigers start practice ahead of Asia Cup
Dhaka- The practice session of the Bangladesh National Cricket team for the ensuing Asia Cup began at the National Cricket Academy in Mirpur on Monday.
Nepal newspaper report ‘fictitious’, ‘irreverent’: US Bangla
Rejecting a Nepal newspaper report over the investigation findings on the US-Bangla plane crash led by their government, the authorities of US-Bangla Airlines on Monday said the report was ‘fictitious’ and ‘irreverent’.
US-Bangla pilot was ‘mentally stressed, reckless’: Nepal
Captain Abid Sultan of US-Bangla Flight BS211 was going through tremendous ‘personal mental stress and anxiety, and a series of erroneous decisions on his part that led to the crash of the flight’, according to the details of an official…
US playwright Neil Simon dies at 91
Neil Simon, considered by many the greatest American playwright over the last half of the 20th century, has died at the age of 91. He died at a New York hospital from complications related to pneumonia, according to Bill Evans,…
75-year old man rapes minor girl in Brahmanbaria
Brahmanbaria, Aug 27 – A 2nd grader girl was violated at Gojanagar area in Nabinagar municipality on Friday.
North Korea to expel Japanese tourist
A Japanese man in his 30s, who had been arrested for videotaping footage of a North Korean military facility, is set to be ‘expelled’ from the country. The move comes as Japan seeks to improve relations with Pyongyang. North Korean…
Elderly couple, sedated before house loot, dies in Dhaka city
Dhaka, Aug 26 – An elderly couple died as an alleged organised gang sedated them before looting their house in the capital’s Demra area on Sunday.
Air pollution: ‘BD nationals lose 2 years of lifespan’
Pollution-induced global deaths rise from 3.5 mn in 1990 to 4.2 mn in 2015 Reaz Haider, UNB Staff Writer Dhaka, Aug 27 – Ambient air pollution shortens an average Bangladeshi’s life by 1.87 years, say scientists who suggest that better…
Bangladesh beat Thailand 3-1 in Asian Games Hockey
Dhaka – Bangladesh Hokey team have achieved their initial target of finishing 6th in the 12-team 18th Asian Games Men’s Hockey beating Thailand by 3-1 goals in their 4th Pool B match at the Gelora Bung Karno (GBK) Hockey field…
1st batch of BD football team returns home
Dhaka – The first batch of high-flying Bangladesh U-23 Football team returned home on Saturday night after a successful mission in the 18th Asian Games Men’s Football in Indonesia.
4 motorcyclists killed in M’singh road crashes
Dhaka –Four motorcyclists were killed in separate road accidents in Tarakanda, Sadar and Phulpur upazila in Mymensingh on Sunday.
BNP man shot dead in Jashore
Dhaka – A local BNP activist was stabbed and shot to death by miscreants at Shankarpur in Jashore on Sunday afternoon.