Sylhet Zone of Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited organized Business Development Conference at Kushiara International Convention Hall, Sylhet on 31 August 2019, Saturday. Professor Md. Nazmul Hassan, Ph.D, Chairman of the Bank was present in the program as chief guest. Presided over by Md. Mahbub ul Alam, Managing Director & CEO of the bank, the program was addressed by Muhammad Qaisar ... Read More »
Dhaka- The first edition of Sheikh Kamal Memorial SAARC Snooker Championship, organised by Bangladesh Billiard and Snooker Federation (BBSF), will start at Dhaka Club in Ramna area on Monday. Read More »
Dhaka — Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) announced the 15-member squad of the under-19 national team who will take part in the upcoming edition of Asian Cricket Council (ACC) Asia Cup in Sri Lanka. The Asia Cup U-19 will be held during 05-14 September 2019. The young Tigers will fly for the island on September 3. A total of eight teams ... Read More »
Dhaka — Bangladesh’s first game of ICC Women’s T20 World Cup Qualifier against Papua New Guinea in Dundee, Scotland was hit by rain on Saturday, and will now be played on the reserve day set aside for it on Monday. Apart from PNG, Bangladesh will also be facing USA and Scotland in the group stage second and final game in ... Read More »
Dhaka, Aug 31 (UNB)- Bangladesh Navy have emerged as champions in the Trust Bank 15th National Summer Athletics Competition 2019 bagging 19 gold, 15 silver and 12 bronze medals. The 2-day long meet, organised by Bangladesh Athletics Federation (BAF), ended at Bangabandhu National Stadium here on Saturday. Bangladesh Army became runners-up claiming 14 gold, 17 silver and 10 bronze medals ... Read More »
Chapainawabganj, Aug 31 (UNB) – A man was injured in a cocktail explosion at his house in Shibganj upazila on Saturday morning. The injured, named by police as Tasim Ali, 40, is the son of Sirajul Islam, the owner of the house. Tasim is being treated at Rajshahi Medical College Hospital. His father was detained for interrogation, police said. Shahbazpur ... Read More »
Dhaka, Aug 31 (UNB) – BNP is going to celebrate its 41st founding anniversary across the country on Sunday with various programmes. On September 1, 1978, late Ziaur Rahman founded the party with a 19-point programme to build a self-reliant Bangladesh. BNP and its associate bodies have taken up elaborate programmes like holding discussions, taking out colourful rallies, hoisting party ... Read More »
Dhaka, Aug 31 (UNB) – BNP senior leader Gayeshwar Chandra Roy on Saturday alleged that the government is trying to keep the Rohingya issue alive just to make its political gain. “We must understand why the Rohingyas don’t want to go back. There’s a hearsay you (govt) want to keep the crisis alive out of fear that you won’t be ... Read More »
New Delhi, Aug 31 (AP/UNB) — India on Saturday published the final citizenship list in the state of Assam that excluded nearly 2 million people amid fears they could be rendered stateless. The list, known as the National Register of Citizens, intends to identify legal residents and weed out illegal immigrants from the state. A total of 31.1 million people ... Read More »
Sylhet, Aug 31 (UNB) – Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen on Saturday said 41 non-government organisations (NGOs) have been withdrawn from all kinds of activities in Cox’s Bazar Rohingya camps for their wrongdoings. A total of 139 NGOs have been operating in the Rohingya camps since the Rohingya crisis began in August, 2017, he said. The Foreign Minister came ... Read More »
Equipped with powerful magnets, history enthusiasts and environmentalists scour France’s rivers, pulling out bits of scrap metal, bikes, scooters and the odd kitchen appliance. Sometimes, too, they fish other more unexpected objects out of the water, such as unexploded munitions. Magnet fishing has fast become a popular pastime, according to public safety officials, but French authorities have clamped down over ... Read More »
Roger Federer and Serena Williams, the all-time leaders in Grand Slam titles, cruised into the fourth round of the US Open on Friday while 2014 US Open runner-up Kei Nishikori was ousted by Australian Alex de Minaur. Federer routed Britain’s 58th-ranked Dan Evans 6-2, 6-2, 6-1 in only 80 minutes, blasting 48 winners to just seven for Evans, whose effort ... Read More »
A six-day art exhibition titled ‘Symphony’ will begin at La Galerieof Alliance Française de Dhaka on Monday. Art works by eminent artists from Bangladesh and India will be exhibited featuring folk themes and traditions of two countries, said a press release. Prof Biman Bihari Das, chairmen, All India Art and Craft Society(AIFACS) will attend the opening ceremony as the chief ... Read More »
Researchers say suspected nation-state hackers infected Apple iPhones with spyware over two years in what security experts on Friday called an alarming security failure for a company whose calling card is privacy. A mere visit to one of a small number of tainted websites could infect an iPhone with an implant capable of sending the smartphone owner’s text messages, email, ... Read More »
Hackers briefly gained control of Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey’s account Friday, sending racist and vulgar tweets to his 4.2 million followers. Some of the tweets were up for about 30 minutes before Twitter took them down. The tweets included messages such as “Hitler is innocent” and, using a vulgarity, asked “bald skeleton head tramp,” apparently referring to Dorsey, to unsuspend ... Read More »
By Sameer HashmiBBC News, Kashmir Security forces in Indian-administered Kashmir have been accused of carrying out beatings and torture in the wake of the government’s decision to strip the region of its autonomy. The BBC heard from several villagers who said they were beaten with sticks and cables and given electric shocks. Read More »
New York, Aug 30 (AP/UNB) — The New York Yankees have reacquired the YES Network, joining Amazon and the Sinclair Broadcast Group to buy an 80% stake in the channel from The Walt Disney Co. The deal announced Thursday values YES at $3.47 billion, nearly $500 million less than when 21st Century Fox acquired a majority stake in 2014. Disney ... Read More »
Sylhet, Aug 30 (UNB) – Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen on Friday warned of legal steps against those instigating Rohingyas not to go back to their homeland in Myanmar’s Rakhine State. “We’ve learned that various NGOs are inciting [Rohingyas]. We’re scrutinising them,” he said at a Dua Mahfil on the occasion of 44th death anniversary of Father of the ... Read More »
Narsingdi, Aug 31 (UNB)- A listed ‘top terror’ was killed in a reported gunfight with detectives at Katapara of Madhabdi municipality area here early Saturday. The deceased was identified as Mithun, 30, son of Jakir Hossain of the area. Tipped off that the top terror Mithun and his associates would gather in the area, a team of DB police raided ... Read More »
Dhaka, Aug 30 (UNB) – BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Friday said the current government will be accused of committing crime against humanity someday for “indulging in the incidents of enforced disappearance”. “According to the United Nations’ Charter, enforced disappearance is a crime against humanity. The current government will be accused of committing such a crime one ... Read More »
Mymensingh, Aug 30 – A discussion meeting titled ‘Bangabandhu, Muktijuddho O Bangladesh’ was held at Shilpacharya Zainul Abedin auditorium of Bangladesh Agricultural University (BAU) at the initiative of Bangladesh Chhattra League of BAU unit on Wednesday. Read More »
Mymensingh, Aug 30 – The Bangladesh Agricultural University Teachers’ Association (BAUTA) has rejected the proposed uniform policy that was formulated by University Grants Commission (UGC) regarding the recruitment and up-gradation of teachers’ in the university. Read More »
Dhaka, Aug 30 – Three more dengue patients including a four-year-old child, died of dengue in Dhaka and Satkhira while a total of 1,025 new cases were admitted to different hospitals on Friday. Read More »
Dhaka, Aug 30 – BNP yesterday claimed that around 1,209 people including some senior party leaders were made victims of enforced disappearance in the last 10 years’ rule of the Awami League. Read More »
Dhaka, Aug 30 – Eminent citizens and rights body activists yesterday demanded formation of an independent and neutral commission to find out the people who were behind enforced disappearances during the various period of time across the country. Read More »
ঢাকা, ৩০ আগষ্ট – বাংলাদেশ এবং ভারতকে অবশ্যই যৌথ নদীগুলো বাঁচিয়ে রাখার স্বার্থে উৎস থেকে সাগর পর্যন্ত প্রবাহমান রেখে সার্বজনিনভাবে মেনে নেয়া অববাহিকা-ভিত্তিক ব্যবস্থাপনার ফর্মূলা বেছে নিতে হবে। Read More »
Dhaka, Aug 30 – Bangladesh and India need to opt for sustainable management of rivers to keep those alive from the points of origin to their outfall into the sea through basin-wide management which is now the universally accepted formula of sharing rivers. Read More »
Dhaka — Afghanistan national cricket team arrived in Chattogram on August 30. Rashid Khan-led Afghanistan team landed in Shah Amanat International Airport at 12:45pm here and flew to Chattogram. In this tour, Afghanistan will play a Test against Bangladesh at Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in the port city Chattogram. After that, they will take part in a tri-series T20 which ... Read More »
Dhaka – The first four-day unofficial Test match between touring Sri Lanka Emerging Cricket team and Bangladesh Emerging Cricket ended in a draw on the 4th and final day at Sheikh Abu Naser Stadium in Khulna on Friday. Read More »
Dhaka — Mahmudullah Riyad hits a ton in the inter-squad practice game on Friday at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium. Read More »
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