Argentina beat Colombia in penalty shootoutd after tense stalemate to reach Copa America semifinals on Saturday. The two-time World Cup football champions advanced to the last four 5-4 on penalties after their 90-minute onslaught failed to give them the goal...
The government has stalled by 24 hours the announcement of the first merit list for college admissions. The website www.xiclassadmission.gov.bd cited ‘unavoidable circumstances’ for not publishing admission results for 2015-2016 education year just yet. It also said the results are...
Water levels in 46 river stations monitored by Flood Forecasting and Warning Centre (FFWC) on Friday marked rises and 34 stations recorded falls. Among the 84 monitored water level stations, four river stations have been registered steady and five river...
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia will join an iftar party and dinner, to be hosted by Kazi Zafar Ahmed-led Jatiya Party (JP) at International Convention City at Bashundhara residential area at Joar Sahara in the city on Saturday evening. JP disclosed...
The 11th death anniversary of eminent journalist Humayun Kabir Balu is being observed in Khulna on Saturday. Different socio-cultural organisations and political parties have chalked out vsrious programmes to mark the day. Khulna Press Club will arrange a discussion meeting,...
The prices of essential commodities on high demand during Ramadan are rising, while the vegetables prices dropped. The prices of lentils, palm oil, soybean oil, ginger, chicken and beef increased from those of the last week (from June 20 to...
Downpour is likely to continue till 4:00pm on Saturday at places in Dhaka, Khulna, Rajshahi, Chittagong and Barisal divisions, says a Met Office report. The weather bulletin states due to active monsoon over Bangladesh, heavy to very heavy rainfall is...
The education ministry has failed to publish the first merit list for college admissions again after delaying it twice before. The announcement of the college admission results for 2015-16 education year was scheduled for Thursday 11:30pm. Many aspirants tried overnight...
Unknown assailants gunned down Kwality Ice Cream Company’s manager Obaidul Haque, also the nephew of an Awami League leader, in the city’s Kalabagan area early Saturday. Kalabagan Police Station and local sources said some unindetified miscreants swooped on Obaidul Haque,...
The budget session of the 10th Jatiya Sangsad (parliament) resumed on Saturday morning with Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury in the chair. The day’s proceedings began with recitation from the Holy Quran. After recitation from the Holy Quran, the sitting...
Finance Minister Abul Maal Abdul Muhith on Saturday said new pay scale for all republic servants, including government officials and employees under the National Pay Scale will be effective from July 1, 2015. "The pay scale will be implemented as...
The education ministry will publish the first merit list for college admissions on Sunday, an education board official has said. The authorities failed to publish the results on Saturday after delaying twice before. The announcement of the college admission results...
Batting powerplays have been scrapped from one-day international cricket and field restrictions relaxed to provide some relief to bowlers who were set upon mercilessly at the World Cup. At its annual conference in Barbados, the International Cricket Council (ICC) ratified...
Three fisherman were killed as a trawler capsized in the Meghna River in Hatiya upazila of Noakhali district amid storm on Saturday. The deceased were identified as Jamal, 35, son of Anajol, and Rakib, 15, both residents of Shunyerchar, and...
Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) personnel in a drive arrested two people along with 2,480 pieces of Yaba tablet from a branch office of SA Paribahan Courier and Parcel Services at Bangabandhu Road in Narayanganj city on Friday. The arrestees were...
Police have arrested a local leader of Jamaat-e-Islami in Chapainawabganj town on charges of sabotage. The arrestee was identified as Mohammad Alauddin, 45, son of Mozaffor Hossain, a resident of Chandlai area of the district town and president of Sramik...
A schoolgirl was killed when the roof of a two-storey building collapsed on her amid rain at Ahsan Ahmed Road under Kotwali thana of Khulna district on Saturday. The deceased was identified as Abida Arabi Sarafi, 15, a class VIII...
Some 1794 kilograms of gold seized in various incidents in the last five years were deposited with the Bangladesh Bank, Finance Minister AMA Muhith told Parliament on Saturday. "A total of 1793.72 kg of gold seized on various occasions in...
A large quantity of cocaine has been discovered in barrels of imported edible oil in Chittagong sea port. Port police said existence of liquid cocaine has been found in barrels of edible oil, seized from a container in the Chittagong...
Bodies of two people, including a minor child, who drowned in floodwater were recovered from different parts of Cox’s Bazar district on Saturday. Chakaria upazila Chairman Jafar Alam said the body of a teenage boy, who went missing while catching...
A man was killed and five others were injured in a clash between two rival groups at Zamudangan village of Sadullapur upazila of Gaibandha district on Saturday. The deceased was identified as Anil Kumar Monglu, 50, a rural medicine practitioner,...
Information Minister Hasanul Huq Inu on Saturday said BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia will not be able to participate in the national elections scheduled to be held in 2019. He made the statement while participating in the general discussion in the...
Bangladesh has expressed deep shock at the terrorist attack on a gas factory near Lyon in France, and reassured of its all-out efforts and support for fighting the terrorists together and ensuring peace and stability in the world. “I’m shocked...
Thirteen South and Central Asian countries, including Bangladesh, will meet together in Astana, Kazakhstan, on June 29-30 to discuss ways to counter violent extremism within the framework of good governance and the rule of law, especially through partnerships with civil...
An activist of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) sustained stab injuries in an attack by some miscreants in Sylhet city on Friday night. The injured was identified as Arafat Hossain Chowdhury Akash, 21, a resident of Shahi Eidgah area of the...
A three-and-half-year-old boy drowned in a pond at Khalfalia village in Shailkupa upazila in Jhenidah district on Friday. The deceased was identified as Tasim, son of Milton Zoarder of the village. Police and family sources said Tasim was playing in...
Three members of a family were stabbed allegedly by some drug addicts in Singair upazila in Manikganj district early Saturday. The victims were identified as Rokeya Begum, 35, wife of Kahinoor Islam, a resident of Baimael Pashchimpara village, her daughter...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday strongly condemned the terrorist attack on a gas factory in France and said the brutal force of the terrorists must be destroyed completely with the united efforts of civilised humanity. In a message to...
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