Dhaka — Hosts India completed day-1 of the ICC World Test Championship on high note after Bangladesh suffered a horrible batting collapse to bundle out cheaply for 150 run in Holkar Cricket Stadium in the Indian city of Indore on Thursday. India are trailing by 64 runs with nine wickets remaining losing their vice-captain Rohit Sharma at the end of ... Read More »
Dhaka – Hosts Bangladesh made a flying start in the eight-nation ACC Emerging Teams Cup’2019 beating Hong Kong by nine wickets in one of the four opening day’s matches at BKSP ground-4 in Savar on Thursday. In the other opening day’s matches, Oman made the biggest upset beating holders Sri Lanka by four wickets at the academy ground of Sheikh ... Read More »
At least 13 people were killed and 10 others injured on Wednesday when a speeding truck suffered a tyre burst along a busy highway in southwest Nigeria, an official said Thursday. Clement Oladele, commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps in Ogun state told Xinhua on phone that the crash occurred when the driver of the truck lost control of ... Read More »
Dhaka – Nepal clinched the five-nation first Bangamata Asian Senior Women’s Central Zone International Volleyball title with all-win record beating the Maldives by straight 3-0 sets in the final at the Shaheed Suhrawardi National Indoor Stadium in Mirpur on Thursday. The Maldives finished runners-up with three wins and two losses.Hosts Bangladesh, which came to the limelight beating Kyrgyzstan by 3-2-sets ... Read More »
Dhaka – Bangladesh’s premier golfer and two-time Asian Tour winner Siddikur Rahman shared the 11th slot with eight other golfers in the Panasonic Open (Golf) carding three-under par 69 after the first round in Gurgaon, India on Thursday. The last-time runner-up of Panasonic Open, Siddikur Rahman, carded five birdies against two bogeys in the first round. Other Bangladeshi golfers Badal ... Read More »
Dhaka – Additional IGP Sheikh Mohammad Maruf Hasan, also an official of Bangladesh Police Football Club, has been elected as new general secretary of the Bangladesh Football Club Association (BFCA). The BFCA members raised their hands to support Maruf Hasan as general secretary after BFCA president Tarafder Md Ruhul Amin proposed his name at a meeting at Pan Pacific Sonargaon ... Read More »
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday said hunger has already been eradicated from the country and vowed afresh to make a poverty-free Bangladesh. Read More »
Female acts may be scarce on contemporary country radio and the country charts, but they brought girl power to the 2019 Country Music Association with a resilient performance featuring top women from the genre, from Dolly Parton to Carrie Underwood to Reba McEntire. Read More »
Facebook says it removed 3.2 billion fake accounts from its service from April to September, up slightly from 3 billion in the previous six months. Read More »
Gultekin Khan, ex-wife of popular late writer Humayun Ahmed, has tied the knot at 56 for the second time with Aftab Ahmad, an additional secretary of the Ministry of Youth and Sports. Read More »
More than 700 level crossings in the western region of Bangladesh Railway — Khulna, Rajshahi and Rangpur divisions — are operating without gatemen, increasing the risks of deadly accidents. Read More »
Two days after a deadly train crash in Brahmanbaria, three compartments of another train, Rangpur Express, caught fire after the derailment in Ullapara on Thursday noon, snapping rail links between Dhaka and northern districts. Read More »
A woman died of dengue at Enam Medical College Hospital on early Thursday. Read More »
Children are growing up in a warmer world that will hit them with more and different health problems than their parents experienced, an international report by doctors said. Read More »
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has invited his Bangladesh counterpart Sheikh Hasina to watch the second Test match between Bangladesh and India that will begin at Eden Gardens in Kolkata on November 22. Read More »
The fifth edition of Dhaka International Folk Fest will begin Thursday evening at Bangladesh Army Stadium. Read More »
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday said hunger has already been eradicated from the country and vowed afresh to make a poverty-free Bangladesh. Read More »
Renowned indigenous artist Kanak Chanpa Chakma’s 17th solo art exhibition, “The Traveller’s Song” is currently drawing visitors to the Edge Gallery in Gulshan. Read More »
A fire broke out at the Foreign Ministry in city’s Segunbagicha area on Wednesday night. Read More »
Police arrested a man for allegedly raping a mentally impaired young girl at Panchkari village in Manirampur upazila on Wednesday. Read More »
Law Minister Anisul Huq on Wednesday said that the government would take the necessary steps to hold the trial in the murder case of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (Buet) student Abrar Fahad under the Speedy Trial Tribunal. Read More »
Forest Department officials detained 55 visitors from four trawlers for trespassing in the Sundarbans on Wednesday morning. Read More »
A Roman Catholic bishop named by Pope Francis to investigate the church’s response to clergy sexual abuse in Buffalo, New York, has himself been accused of sexual abuse of a child, an attorney for the alleged victim notified the church this week. Read More »
Dhaka, November 2019 – Amari Dhaka is bringing the festive tastes of Thailand for Dhaka city dwellers and food enthusiasts. Prepared by Thai culinary maestro and Amari’s newly appointed new Thai Chef Nong from 21st till 30th November 2019 at Amari Dhaka. Read More »
ইসলামী ঐক্যজোটের চেয়ারম্যান ও নেজামে ইসলাম পার্টির সভাপতি মাওলানা আবদুল লতিফ নেজামী বলেছেন, দায়িত্বশীলদের গাফিলতি কি ধরনের বিপর্যয় ডেকে আনতে পারে, কসবায় তুর্ণানিশীথা ও উদয়ন ট্রেনের ভয়ংকর সংঘর্ষ তারই প্রকৃষ্ট প্রমাণ। Read More »
Good education, undoubtedly, is the best investment any government can make. This is the noblest gift it can give to its people. It never falters or fails; it produces dividends for eternity and benefits all Read More »
Dhaka, Nov 14 – The electricity supply system of Bagerhat Rural Electrification Board (REB) was severely affected by the cyclonic storm Bulbul that lashed the country’s coastal districts in the early hours of Sunday. Read More »
By Crystal Orderson Nairobi, Kenya, Nov 13 2019 (IPS) – Young women and girls are still subjected to a range of harmful practices and violence, including early marriage. Every year, an estimated 12 million girls get married before the age of 18. Read More »
Mymensingh, Nov 13 – General students of the Bangladesh Agricultural University (BAU) held a long march abstaining from classes and exams to press their nine-points demand on Wednesday. They also complained of the university administration’s negligence over the death of a foreign student. Read More »
Geneva, Nov (Kanaga Raja) – Tariffs being imposed by the United States on China are economically hurting both countries, with US losses largely related to higher prices for its consumers, while China’s losses are related to significant export losses, a new study by the UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) says. Read More »
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