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The Australian capital region declared a state of emergency on Friday because of an out-of-control forest fire burning erratically to its south. Read More »

DHAKA, Jan 31, 2020 (BSS) – Foreign minister Dr AK Abdul Momen today questioned the Election Commission’s role as it approved 28 Bangladeshi citizens, working in different foreign missions here, as international observer for tomorrow’s city polls. Read More »

Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader was admitted to Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) on Friday morning with respiratory complications. Read More »

DHAKA, Jan 31, 2020 (BSS) – The elections to Dhaka north and south city corporations will be held tomorrow solely through the electronic voting machine (EVM) method for the first time in this major local body polls. Read More »

The Dhaka District Police yesterday suspended of its own seven detective members for their alleged involvement in taking Tk 4.5 lakh in extortion from a businessman after ‘threatening to kill him in crossfire’. Read More »

BNP’s Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) mayoral candidate Ishraque Hossain on Friday discussed the latest election situation with US Embassy’s political counselor Brent Christensen. Read More »

Bangladesh’s capital Dhaka topped the list of cities with the worst air again for the second consecutive day in the Air Quality Index (AQI) on Friday morning. Read More »

Madrid (Xinhua/UNB) — FC Barcelona produced their most convincing performance since Quique Setien took over as first team coach to enter quarterfinals of the Spanish Copa del Rey with a 5-0 win at home to Leganes. Although Leganes, who are currently second from bottom of the Liga Santander, helped the Barca cause with a display that implied they were more ... Read More »

Dhaka – The Prime Bank Cup Golf Tournament concluded at the Kurmitola Golf Club (KGC) here on Friday. Commandant of National Defence College Lieutenant General Sheikh Mamun Khaled was present as the chief guest in the inaugural and also the closing ceremony of the meet. Vice President of KGC Major General Md Enayet Ullah, Club Captain of KGC Brigadier General ... Read More »

Dhaka – The finals of three zones of the ongoing Bangabandhu National Football Championship’2020 will be held across the country on Saturday. A total of 12 teams from three zones will lock-horn in the double-leg basis cup and plate finals. In Chitra zone, Satkhira will face Barishal in the first-leg of the cup final at Satkhira District Stadium while Barguna ... Read More »

Dhaka  — Left-arm spinner Taijul Islam bagged five wickets for Islami Bank East Zone against Walton Central Zone as the eighth edition of Bangladesh Cricket League began at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium on Friday. Riding on the tremendous bowling effort of Taijul, Islami Bank managed to restrict Walton for 213 all-out in 75.1 overs in the first innings of the ... Read More »

Dhaka  — Right-arm pacer Shaiful Islam overshadowed centurion Fazle Mahmud Rabbi bagging his fourth five-for in the first-class cricket with four wickets in one over in the ongoing Bangladesh Cricket League (BCL) in Chattogram on Friday. BCB North Zone won the toss and sent BCB South Zone to bat first in the match. South Zone lost the first wicket in ... Read More »

By Sapna Gopal HIMALAYAS, India, Jan 30 2020 (IPS) – Vandana Shiva, a pioneer of organic farming in India, is incensed by the 2019 draft law to compulsorily register all seeds used by farmers. On a wintry afternoon, at her farm Navdanya in the Himalayan foothills, the noted ecologist spoke on the future of the organic farming movement in India. Read More »

By Thalif Deen UNITED NATIONS, Jan 30 2020 (IPS) – The Israeli human rights organization B’Tselem has described the much-ballyhooed US Middle East peace plan as “more like Swiss cheese– with the cheese being offered to the Israelis and the holes to the Palestinians”. Read More »

Prime Minister of UK Boris Johnson will hail the “dawn of a new era” later, as the UK prepares to leave the European Union after 47 years. Read More »

Geneva, AP/UNB, Jan 31 – The World Health Organization declared the outbreak sparked by a new virus in China that has spread to more than a dozen countries as a global emergency Thursday after the number of cases spiked more than tenfold in a week. Read More »

No one can predict how a blind love could take anybody to anywhere at any time. Recently, such an incident has taken place in life of the popular characters in mini screen– actor Farhan Ahmed Jovan and actress Tasnia Farin. Read More »

News Desk Election Commission (EC) has deployed a total of 50,000 law enforcers to ensure peaceful city corporation elections to be held in Dhaka on February 1. Read More »

Smokers can effectively turn back time in their lungs by kicking the habit, with healthy cells emerging to replace some of their tobacco-damaged and cancer-prone ones, a new study shows. Read More »

Two decommissioned satellites sped past each other yesterday after experts had warned they may collide at a combined speed of 33,000 miles (53,000 kilometers) an hour, sending thousands of pieces of debris hurtling through space. Read More »

Dhaka, Jan 30 – The paper book of the much talked about the death reference of Nusrat Jahan Rafi murder case is ready for hearing. Read More »

Dhaka, Jan 30 – The cabinet committee on purchases has approved a project of the disaster management ministry to help to train at least 60,000 youths of displaced Myanmar citizen known as ‘Rohingya’ to improve access to basic services and build faster and social resilience of their population in Cox’s Bazar. Read More »

by Christine Aumayr-Pintar on 30th January 2020 @ChristineAumayr The proposal by the European Commission to legislate on fair EU minimum wages has excited contrasting attitudes among trade unions in member states. Read More »

If you can make smartphone apps, Chinese tech giant Huawei wants you. Read More »

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani described U.S. President Donald Trump’s Middle East peace plan as “despicable,” Tasnim news agency reported Thursday. Read More »

Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen on Thursday expressed displeasure against foreign diplomats for what he said interference in Bangladesh’s domestic affairs saying they should follow the code of conduct and apply their sense of responsibility. Read More »

Dhaka – Bangladesh Krira Shikkha Protishtan (BKSP) earned huge 5-0 goals victory against Dhaka University in a Seba Zone match of the Banghabandhu National Football Championship at the Kamalapur Stadium here on Thursday. Al-Amin made a hat-trick scoring four goals for BKSP in the 53rd, 63rd, 73rd and 80th minutes of the match while netted the other goal in the ... Read More »

Bangladesh Under-19 cricket team stormed the semifinals of the ongoing ICC Under-19 World Cup in South Africa beating the hosts in the 3rd quarterfinal by huge 104 runs at Senwes Park, Potchefstroom on Thursday. Bangladesh will now face New Zealand in the semifinal at the same venue on February 6. Before eliminating the hosts in the Super League Quarter-final, Bangladesh ... Read More »

Dhaka- The zonal finals of the ongoing Bangabandhu National Football Championship’2020 will begin across the country on Friday. A total of 16 teams from four zones will lock-horn in the double-leg basis Cup and Plate finals.In the Cup finals, Narayanganj will play Cumilla in the first-leg of Padma zone at 3pm in Shaheed Dhirendranath Stadium of Cumilla, Kushtia will play ... Read More »

Dhaka — The 8th edition of Bangladesh Cricket League (BCL), the country’s lone franchise-based first-class cricket event, will kick off on Friday. In the first round of the event, Islami Bank East Zone will take on Walton Central Zone at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Mirpur on Friday BCB North Zone and BCB South Zone will face each other at ... Read More »