Dhaka – After a long break of eight months, the white-ball cricket is finally set to take place in Bangladesh with the Tri-nation T20I series involving Bangladesh, Afghanistan and Zimbabwe. The event will kick off with the match between hosts Bangladesh and touring Zimbabwe at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Mirpur on Friday at 6:30pm. Private television channel GTV will ... Read More »
Dhaka – Saif Sporting Club will play NoFeL Sporting Club in the opening match of the Walton Under-18 Football Tournament 2018-19 at Bangabandhu National Stadium here on Friday. The match will kick off 4:30 pm. Senior Vice-President of Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) Abdus Salam Murshedy MP will inaugurate the event as chief guest. Twelve teams of Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) clubs ... Read More »
Dhaka – Bangladesh Sports Press Association (BSPA) on Thursday announced a short list of nominees for their sports awards for the year of 2018. Read More »
Dhaka, Sept 12 (UNB) – Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday asked the architects to design multistorey buildings in a planned way taking the movement of people and traffic in surrounding roads, open space and waste management into consideration. Read More »
Dhaka, Sept 12 (UNB) – As part of the party’s move to intensify its movement demanding the release of Khaleda Zia, BNP’s different associate bodies will stage a 12-day human-chain programme in the city. Read More »
Paris, Sep 12 (AP/UNB) — The only daughter of Saudi Arabia’s King Salman has been found guilty by a Paris court of charges that she ordered her bodyguard to detain and strike a plumber for taking photos at the Saudi royal family’s apartment in the French capital. Read More »
London, Sep 12, (AP/UNB) — Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling has made a substantial donation for research into the treatment of multiple sclerosis at a center named after her late mother. Read More »
Dhaka, Sept 12 (UNB) – Shrugging off Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s remark that Awami League does not believed in the politics of vengeance, BNP on Thursday said the government is working in a planned way to ‘eliminate’ the opposition parties. Read More »
Naeem Khan brought it home with his new spring-summer 2020 collection, launching his runway show in the chic lobby and courtyard of his New York City apartment building. Read More »
Mobile phone operators Grameenphone and Robi filed two cases accusing Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) for its allegedly faulty audit report exaggerating the dues of the operators. Read More »
Beth Gardiner’s world tour started with the diesel smell in her adopted hometown of London. Read More »
Bangladesh’s name will be heard loud here at a global stage of architects on Friday as the recipients of the 2019 Aga Khan Award for Architecture will receive the award. Read More »
Two persons reportedly died of dengue in Chattogram and Barishal as the government said 750 new patients were hospitalised in 24 hours till Thursday morning. The victims were identified as Doume Ching Marma, 27, and Suraiya, 14. Doume Ching was admitted to Ruma Upazila Health Complex on September 10 with fever and was later diagnosed with dengue, said Bandarban Civil ... Read More »
The officer-in-charge of Pabna Sadar Police Station was withdrawn and a sub-inspector was suspended for allegedly forcing a gang-rape victim to marry one of her rapists at the police station. Sheikh Rafiqul Islam, superintendent of Pabna police, said the punitive action was taken against OC Obaidul Haq and SI Ekramul Haq. According to reports, the victim, a housewife, had an ... Read More »
17 poets and 55 poems, these are the numbers of this verse, in short, strongly desired by the Malaysian poet Rokiah Hashim. The title already contains the ultimate essence: peace and harmony as languages proper to poetry, as an open hand to welcome differences and to change the world. Read More »
by Anita Inder Singh on 12th September 2019 If Vladimir Putin thinks liberalism is obsolete when it comes to managing cultural diversity, democratic western-European leaders should not be echoing him. Greece is one of the latest member states of the European Union to be framing measures to tackle a fresh wave of human arrivals. And the handling of such newcomers—whether ... Read More »
by Frank Götmark, Robin Maynard Gothenburg/London – On September 24-25, world leaders will gather at the United Nations in New York to review progress toward the UN’s 2030 Agenda and its 17 Sustainable Development Goals. The SDGs, which aim “to end poverty, protect the planet, and ensure prosperity for all,” are commendable, and summarize the kind of world many of ... Read More »
Sudhirendar Sharma Sultry weather made me realize that soaking dress in sweat alone should suffice, why either of the hapless inner wears face the same ordeal. It occurred to me later that I was being water wise, letting one apparel less into the washing machine. Sharing my newfound wisdom with friends revealed that there were handful of others who were ... Read More »
Global underground analysis reveals monetization of IoT attacks is increasing Hong Kong, China – Media OutReach – 12 September 2019 – Trend Micro Incorporated (TYO: 4704; TSE: 4704), a global leader in cybersecurity solutions, today released new research detailing a fast-growing market for IoT attacks. Cybercriminals from around the world are actively discussing how to compromise connected devices, and how ... Read More »
New York, Sep 11 (AP/UNB) — People who were too young on 9/11 to even remember their lost loved ones, and others for whom the grief is still raw, paid tribute with wreath-layings and the solemn roll call of the dead Wednesday as America marked the 18th anniversary of the worst terror attack on U.S. soil. Read More »
Dhaka, Sept 12 (UNB) – Having failed to endure physical and mental torture in an office in Saudi Arabia, a Bangladeshi female worker tried to escape jumping off a two-storey building and suffered severe injuries, forcing her to undergo treatment at a hospital there for two months. Read More »
New York, Sept 12 (AP/UNB)- Scientists are reporting the first use of the gene-editing tool CRISPR to try to cure a patient’s HIV infection by providing blood cells that were altered to resist the AIDS virus. Read More »
Washington, Sept 12 (AP/UNB) — The federal government will act to ban thousands of flavours used in e-cigarettes, President Donald Trump said Wednesday, responding to a recent surge in underage vaping that has alarmed parents, politicians and health authorities nationwide. Read More »
Washington, Sept 12 (AP/UNB) — Researchers report two newly discovered species of electric eels in South America, one of which can deliver a bigger jolt than any other known animal. Read More »
Rio De Janeiro, Sept 12 (AP/UNB) — The cybercrimes unit of Rio de Janeiro’s police heard the testimony of Brazilian model Najila Trindade on Wednesday, part of an investigation linked to her rape allegation against soccer star Neymar. Read More »
Labour has said it is “more important than ever” that Parliament is recalled after the government published its no-deal Brexit assessment. Read More »
Dhaka, Sept 12 – The United Nation’s trade chief has said climate change poses an “existential threat to commodity-dependent developing countries” and highlighted the need to diversify economies and exports. Read More »
Organisers of major international horticultural expos presented their latest plans and progress reports at the International Association of Horticultural Producers (AIPH) Expo Conference on Monday 9th September in Beijing. Read More »
by Yekaterina Chzhen, Anna Gromada and Gwyther Rees on 11th September 2019 The Nordic countries, with their strong public spheres, are more supportive than those which elevate the family as a private institution. Read More »
Dhaka, Sept 11 – Over 80 percent of the deliveries in private hospitals in Bangladesh are caesarean, but half of them are unnecessary what health researchers criticize unethically motivated for grabbing a market of Tk 1200 crore leaving higher risks of complicacies to the mothers. Read More »
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