Dhaka, Nov 18 – Myanmar is not out of the jurisdiction of the international courts and it has to comply with the verdicts of the courts on Rohingya issue, state minister for Foreign Affairs Shahriar Alam said on Monday. Read More »
Dhaka – Jurain Janata Club and Faruk Smriti Sangsad won their respective matches of the First Division Kabaddi League’2019 that began on Monday at the Kabaddi Stadium here. Executive Director of Walton Group FM Iqbal Bin Anwar inaugurated the league as chief guest.Federation Vice-President and Treasurer of International Kabaddi Federation Amir Hossain Patwary and member secretary of the league committee ... Read More »
Dhaka – After winning the five–match Youth ODI series 3-0, Bangladesh Under-19 Cricket team will play Sri Lanka Under-19 side in the 5th and last match on Tuesday eyeing on whitewashing the islanders. The match will kick-off at 9 am at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chattogram. Young Tigers started the Youth ODI series beating Sri Lanka by 5 ... Read More »
Dhaka – Leonine Chess Club took solo lead with maximum 14 points beating Basir Memorial Chess Club by 3-1 game points after the seventh round games of ongoing Marcel Air Conditioner 1st Division Chess League’2019 held at the Chess Federation hall room in NSC old Building here on Monday. Subhayan Kundu and IM Prantik Roy of Leonine Chess Club beat ... Read More »
Dhaka – The number of students from Bangladesh studying in the United States increased to 8,249 during the most recent academic year – 2018/2019, according to the 2019 Open Doors Report on International Educational Exchange. This is an all-time high for Bangladesh, reflecting a 10 percent increase over the 2018 report and more than tripling since 2009, said the US ... Read More »
At least three people were shot dead during a gunfight between two factions of Parbatya Chattagram Jana Sanghati Samiti (JSS) over establishing supremacy in Rajasthali upazila on Monday evening. The identities of the deceased could not be known yet. Officer-in-charge of Rajasthali Police Station Mafzal Ahmed Khan said the gunfight between the two JSS groups started around 5pm in remote ... Read More »
The 43rd death anniversary of Maulana Abdul Hamid Khan Bhasani, a great national leader, was observed on Sunday with due respect. Bhasani, popularly known as ‘Majlum Jananeta’, the leader of the downtrodden, passed away on November 17, 1976. Different organisations, including Bangladesh National Awami Party (NAP Bhasani), Awami League, BNP Jatiya Party, Krishak Sramik Janata League, Moulana Bhasani University of ... Read More »
New Fox release “Ford v. Ferrari” roared to the front in North American box offices over the weekend, taking in an estimated $31 million on an overall slow weekend, industry watcher Exhibitor Relations said Sunday. Read More »
Rising global temperatures are worrying truffle hunters around the Italian town of Alba, where the most prized specimens can fetch twice the price of gold. Read More »
A Bangladeshi youth was shot dead by members of Indian Border Security Force (BSF) in Panbari bordering area of Sreebardi upazila here early Monday. Read More »
A court here on Monday accepted the charge sheet against 25 accused and issued arrest warrant against four fugitive ones in Bangladesh University of Technology (BUET) student Abrar Fahad killing case. Read More »
A total of 120 new dengue patients were admitted to different hospitals across the country in the last 24 hours till 8am on Monday. Read More »
Joe Gibbs won the first race, the last race and more than a dozen in between. His most dominating season in 28 years as a NASCAR team owner culminated with his fifth Cup Series championship. This one had to be more special than the others. Gibbs dedicated the season to his late son, J.D., who died in January after a ... Read More »
A group art exhibition titled ‘Odds and Ends’ by a group of students from the Faculty of Fine Art, University of Dhaka will open at Galerie Zoom of Alliance Francaise, Dhaka on Tuesday, 19 November 2019 at 5.30 pm. Read More »
London, Nov 18 – British photographer Terry O’Neill, whose images captured London’s Swinging ‘60s and who created iconic portraits of Elton John, Brigitte Bardot and Winston Churchill, has died at age 81. Read More »
New York, Nov 18 – People with severe but stable heart disease from clogged arteries may have less chest pain if they get a procedure to improve blood flow rather than just giving medicines a chance to help, but it won’t cut their risk of having a heart attack or dying over the following few years, a big federally funded ... Read More »
London, Nov 18 – The British media on Sunday slammed Prince Andrew’s effort to rebut claims that he had sex with a teenager who says she was trafficked by Jeffrey Epstein, branding his televised interview a complete public relations disaster. Read More »
Dhaka, November 18 – Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday urged UAE investors to invest in various sectors in Bangladesh to boost bilateral trade. Read More »
Dhaka, Nov 18 – Transports workers on Sunday suspended bus services on 18 routes from Jessore, demanding amendment to the new Road Transport Act 2018. Read More »
Chittagong, Nov 17, 2019 – At least seven people including a child and a government primary school teacher were killed and 15 others injured in a gas pipeline explosion in a house in Port City’s Patharghata area Sunday morning, police said. The identities of the deceased could not be known immediately. Read More »
Dhaka, Nov 17 – The 43rd death anniversary of Maulana Abdul Hamid Khan Bhasani, a great national leader, was observed on Sunday with due respect. Read More »
Dhaka, Nov 17 – Opposition alliance Jatiya Oikya Front, where the BNP is a major partner, yesterday forwarded names of its five leaders to prison authorities dropping the name of top leader Dr Kamal Hossain to meet BNP’s ailing chairperson Khaleda Zia. Read More »
Dhaka – Top Bangladeshi cricketers got their teams in the player draft of the ensuing Bangabandhu Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) with Khulna Tigers roping in Musfiqur Rahim and Chattogram Challenger Mahmudullah Riyad. The player draft for the tournament beginning December 11 started at a Dhaka hotel on Saturday evening.Mushfqiur, Mahmudullah, Mustafizur Rahman, Liton Das, Soumya Sarkar were picked by various ... Read More »
Jashore – The First Akash Cup Golf Tournament concluded on Saturday (Nov 16) at the Jashore Golf and Country Club. Seventy golfers took part in four categories – Gents, Ladies, Juniors and Sub-Juniors – at the three-day competition. GOC of the 55th Infantry Division and President of Jashore Golf Club Major General Ataul Hakim Sarwar Hasan and Head of Marketing ... Read More »
Dhaka — Top Bangladeshi cricketers got their teams in the players’ draft ahead of Bangabandhu Bangladesh Premier League (BPL). Dhaka Platoon picked Mashrafe Bin Mortaza while Khulna Tigers went for Musfiqur Rahim and Chattogram Challenger selected Mahmudullah Riyad. The draft for BPL, beginning December 11, was held at a local hotel on Sunday evening.Mushfqiur, Mahmudullah, Mustafizur Rahman, Liton Das, Soumya ... Read More »
Dhaka, Nov 17 – The opposition BNP yesterday demanded of the government to make public all the agreements and memorandum of understandings (MoUs) signed with India during the recent Prime Minister visit to the neighbouring country. A two-member BNP delegation yesterday handed a letter to the Prime Minister’s Office, confirmed BNP chairperson’s media wing officer Shairul Kabir Khan. In the ... Read More »
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