Dhaka — Cumilla Warriors won a cliffhanger against the League leader Chattogram Challengers by two wickets in the ongoing Bangabandhu Bangladesh Premier League (BBPL) at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium on Tuesday. It was Warriors’ third win in eight games while Challengers top the table after winning six matches out of nine. Warriors needed 16 runs to win in the last ... Read More »
Dhaka – Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) and Bangladesh Police reached the final of the Exim Bank 29th National Men’s Handball Tournament eliminating their rivals in the semi-finals at the Shaheed (Capt) M Mansur Ali National Handball Stadium here on Tuesday. Bangladesh Police advanced to the final eliminating Bangladesh Ansar by 36-33 goals after trailing the first session by 17-20 goals ... Read More »
Dhaka – New comers Bangladesh Police Football Club reached the semifinal of the TVS 31st Federation Cup Football Tournament eliminating formidable Saif Sporting Club Limited by 3-1 goals in the 3rd quarterfinal match at Bangabandhu National Stadium here on Tuesday. Bangladesh Police, the runners-up of the Group A, reached the semis in their first appearance in the season’s curtain raiser ... Read More »
Dhaka – Power Development Board (PDB) clinched the Walton Victory Day Volleyball title beating Bangladesh Navy by 18-25, 25-23, 21-25, 25-20, 15-8 points in a keenly contested final at the Shaheed Nur Hossain National Volleyball Stadium here on Tuesday. Bangladesh Army finished 3rd beating Bangladesh Air Force by 25-19, 21-25, 25-22 and 25-17 points in a place deciding match at ... Read More »
Dhaka – The living legend of the world football and World Cup-winning Argentine captain, Diego Maradona, will visit Dhaka during the ‘Mujib Borsho’ marking the birth centenary of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. “We’ve discussed this with his [Maradona’s] agent and his agent gave us a positive response, but he hasn’t confirmed the date yet,” BFF President ... Read More »
Getting released from Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH), Vice-president (VP) of Dhaka University Central Students’ Union (Ducsu) Nurul Haque Nur moved to a private hospital in the capital on Tuesday. Read More »
The crackdown on corruption and casino business was one of the most-discussed topics in the outgoing year of 2019 that led to the arrest of around 275 people, including some Juba League leaders and ward councillors of Dhaka. Read More »
Girls performed better than boys in this year’s Junior School Certificate (JSC) and Junior Dakhil Certificate (JDC) examinations. Read More »
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday said her government wants to provide modern and tech-based education to children so that they could grow up properly to cope with the new era. Read More »
The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (Ecnec) on Tuesday cleared seven projects involving Tk 4,460 crore, including Tk 767 crore to upgrade Mongla Seaport. Read More »
BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Tuesday hoped that the New Year, 2020, will be the year of ‘restoration of democracy’. Read More »
“Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker” continued to soar at North American theaters, taking $72.4 million over its second weekend, industry watcher Exhibitor Relations said Monday. Read More »
A controversial Sadio Mane goal was enough for Premier League leaders Liverpool to secure a nervy 1-0 victory over Wolverhampton Wanderers and open up a 13-point cushion over their nearest challengers on Sunday. Read More »
We lost renowned cultural personalities in 2019. Renowned lyricist, composer, music director and freedom fighter Ahmed Imtiaz Bulbul passed away on January 22. He received Ekushey Padak in 2010 and won National Film Award for Best Music Director twice for the films ‘Premer Taj Mahal’ (2001) and ‘Hajar Bachhor Dhore’ (2005). He composed immense number of popular Bengali songs like ... Read More »
Small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Germany are “extremely pessimistic” about the country’s overall economic situation in 2020, showed a survey published by the German Association for Small and Medium-sized Businesses (BVMW) on Monday. Read More »
At least 17 people have been killed by the extreme air pollution here over the past one week, an official with the Public Health Ministry Fida Mohammad Paikan said. Read More »
Girls performed better than boys in this year’s Junior School Certificate (JSC) and Junior Dakhil Certificate (JDC) examinations. Read More »
Dhaka, Dec 31 – ‘Ganotantra Uddhar Andolon’, a new platform of opposition parties, was launched on Monday in the city with an objective to ‘restore democracy’ in the country. Read More »
Dhaka, Dec 31 – Bangladesh’s capital Dhaka ranked second-worst in Air Quality Index (AQI) on Tuesday morning. Read More »
Dhaka, Dec 31 – The results of this year’s Junior School Certificate (JSC) and Junior Dakhil Certificate (JDC ) examinations have been published with the pass rate 87.90 percent. Read More »
গনতান্ত্রিক মূল্যবোধকে পদদলিত করে আইয়ূব খানের উন্নয়ন ও স্বৈরশাসক এরশাদের উন্নতির কীর্তিসমূহ তাদের অবধারিত পতনকে ঠেকাতে পারেনি যা সকল দল ও মতের ক্ষমতাসীনরা স্মরণ রাখলে তাদেরই মঙ্গল হবে। Read More »
বাম জোটের মিছিলে পুলিশ লাঠি চার্জ করে নেতাকর্মীদের আহত করার প্রতিবাদ ও নিন্দা জানিয়েছেন ইসলামী আন্দোলন বাংলাদেশের মহাসচিব প্রিন্সিপাল মাওলানা ইউনুছ আহমাদ ও যুগ্ম মহাসচিব মাওলানা গাজী আতাউর রহমান। এক বিবৃতিতে নেতৃদ্বয় বলেন, বাম জোটের কর্মসূচিতে পুলিশি হামলা, বেধড়ক লাঠিপেটা ও নেতা-কর্মীদের আহত করার ঘটনার নিন্দা ও প্রতিবাদ জানচ্ছি। অবিলম্বে এ ন্যাক্কারজনক ঘটনার বিচার দাবি করছি। Read More »
Dhaka, Dec 30 – The 20-party alliance leaders yesterday called upon the BNP lawmakers to resign from parliament and take to the streets for the restoration of democracy and the release of party chairperson Khaleda Zia. Read More »
Dhaka, Dec 30 – The BD government has carried out a reshuffle in the civil bureaucracy by promoting nine additional secretaries to the post of secretary and grade-1 and transfer three secretaries in different ministries and division yesterday. Read More »
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Having failed to hold its scheduled rally in the city due to ‘obstruction’ by the police on the first anniversary of the 11th parliamentary election, BNP on Monday announced that it will stage demonstrations in the capital on Tuesday. Read More »
Innovative fashion designers are turning to such things as horseradish and nettles to make sustainable clothing and accessories to the delight of a growing number of buyers. Read More »
Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) Mayor Sayeed Khokon, who failed to secure the nomination for the next mayoral run from Awami League, on Monday said he will assist the new mayor with his experiences. Read More »
Dhaka – Bangladesh Army clinched both the men’s and women’s senior titles of the two-day Victory Day Taekwondo Championship that concluded on Monday (December 30) at the National Sports Council Gymnasium in the capital. Sirajganj DSA won the men’s junior title while Adamjee Cantonment College won the women’s junior title of the meet. Harun-ur-Rashid, youth and sports secretary of Bangladesh ... Read More »
Dhaka – Rahmatganj Muslim Friends Society emerged as giant killer to reach the semifinal of the ongoing TVS 31st Federation Cup Football Tournament at the coffin of defending champions Dhaka Abahani Limited beating them by 4-3 goals in the tie-breaker at the Bangabandhu National Stadium here on Monday. The nail-biting first quarterfinal match between the two teams was locked in ... Read More »
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