Bangladesh are 155 for four after 35 overs in the first One-Day International (ODI) against Zimbabwe in Chittagong. Shakib Al Hasan (67) and skipper Mushfiqur Rahim (30) are leading the hosts charge at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium. Shakib’s 27th...
Indian Border Security Force (BSF) personnel picked up a Bangladeshi young man from Baliaghat border point in Tahirpur Upazila in Sunamganj district on Friday. The victim was identified as Hazrat Ali, 35, a coal worker and son of Akkas Ali...
Bangladesh scored 281 for the loss of 7 wickets in stipulated 50 overs against Zinbabwe in their 1st one-day international (OD) cricket match at Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chittagong on Friday afternoon. Zimbabwe won the toss and decided to...
Some miscreants tortured to death a man and dumped his body in a field in Chatmohar Upazila in Pabna district on Friday. Local people spotted the body of the man with his hands and legs tied up in the field...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina exchanged pleasantries with BNP acting Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir in Dhaka Cantonment’s Senakunja on Friday afternoon. They were attending a reception marking the Bangladesh Armed Forces Day-2014. Addressing the function, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina...
A turf war between two factions of Awami League in Comilla has left one dead and at least 60 injured. The clash occurred at Titas Upazila’s Kolakandi Bazar on Friday afternoon, killing Riazul Karim Sentu, 42, an activist of Kolakandi...
Two Leftist parties have announced a two-day agitation programme in protest against the government's decision to hike gas prices. Bangladesher Samajtantrik Dal (BaSaD) General Secretary Khalequzzaman Friday said they would be out on the street with the Communist Party of...
SHARIATPUR: Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader Friday said vehicular movement on the much-talked-about Padma Bridge will start by 2018. “The construction works on the Padma Bridge is continuing defying all odds. Vehicles will start plying the Padma Bridge...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has described the armed forces the "pride of the nation". She says her government wants to see the armed forces as efficient, modern and well-equipped. "We will do everything necessary to this end," she said at...
President of Bikalpa Dhara Bangladesh (BDB) Dr AQM Badruddoza Chowdhury Friday urged the government to quit forthwith and arrange a credible general election. “An unprecedented anarchy has been created in the country following the January-5 election joined by only one...
CHITTAGONG: An all-round performance by Shakib Al Hasan enabled Bangladesh to taste their first ODI victory in 2014 beating Zimbabwe by 87 runs in the first of the five-match Bashundhara Cement ODI series at Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chittagong...
RAJSHAHI, Nov 20 (BSS): Proper supervision and monitoring has become an urgent task for enhancing the collection of holding tax in Union Parishad (UP) level for making it self-reliant, speakers at a discussion meeting here said. They viewed own fund...
THAKURGAON, Nov 20 (UNB): Police recovered the body of a young man with the throat slashed from Dehan village in Sadar upazila on Thursday morning. The deceased was identified as Shamsul Haque,57, son of late Mohammad of the same village....
PIROJPUR, Nov 20 (UNB): A bus helper was killed in a road accident in bus stand area of Bhandaria upazila on Thursday morning. The deceased was identified as Sagor, 20, son Piyar Ali, a resident of Birkathi village in Kathalia...
KHULNA, Nov 20 (BSS): The law and order meeting was held today (Thursday) at the conference room of Khulna deputy commissioner office in the city. Law maker Mizanur Rahman Mizan asked the law enforcement agencies to take immediate drive against...
RANGPUR, Nov 20 (BSS): The Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE) has fixed a target of producing 0.63 million tonnes mustard from 0.55 million hectares of land during the current Rabi season in the country, official sources said. The fixed mustard...
Our Correspondent | 2014-11-21 00:00:00
NILPHAMARI, Nov 20: As Aman paddy farmers started to sell paddy in the markets, husking mills have also started functioning in the district. As a result Chatal workers who were out of works also came back to works. There are...
MYMENSINGH, Nov 20 (BSS): Chief Information Commissioner Mohammed Faruk said every citizen of the country has the right to get information from all the public, autonomous and statutory organization as it has been recognized in the constitution. He said, it...
Lineman electrocuted in Jessore An electric lineman was electrocuted and another was injured in Monirampur upazila of Jessore district Thursday. The victim was identified as Abdus Salam Sardar 36, son of Hashem Ali Sardar of Buruli village in Keshabpur upazila...
Barani Krishnan of Reuters in New York | 2014-11-21 00:00:00
Oil prices rose on November 19 after Libya's representative to OPEC fuelled hopes of an output cut, prompting traders to focus on next week's meeting of the producer group and ignore an unexpected surge in U.S. crude inventories. U.S. crude...
Matt Scuffham of Reuters in London | 2014-11-21 00:00:00
In the next few months hackers will try to penetrate the cyber defences of Britain's major banks and steal information about millions of customers. But for once they'll be welcome. Banks are on red alert after cyber criminals obtained details...
Republican Speaker of the House John Boehner has condemned US President Barack Obama's use of executive powers to force through immigration reform. The conservative leader said the action sabotages any chance of enacting cross-party reforms and damages the presidency itself....
Tova Cohen and Ari Rabinovitch of Reuters in Tel Aviv | 2014-11-21 00:00:00
At the U.N. General Assembly in New York last September, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu set aside time for a critical meeting. But it wasn't President Barack Obama he was keen to see. It was Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi....
Takaya Yamaguchi and Hideyuki Sano of Reuters in Tokyo | 2014-11-21 00:00:00
Japan may borrow more debt over a longer horizon as the country steps up its already super-loose monetary policy to prop up economic growth and avoid slipping back into deflation. The plan is seen aimed at taking advantage of central...
Fredrik Dahl and Parisa Hafezi of Reuters in Vienna | 2014-11-21 00:00:00
Iran said it would resist Western pressure to make what it considered to be excessive concessions in nuclear talks that started on November 18, highlighting obstacles that could prevent a historic deal being reached by a Nov. 24 deadline. US...
BARWALA, India, Nov 20 (AFP): Indian police were Thursday scouring the ashram of a controversial guru for explosives after his arrest ended a bloody stand-off with thousands of followers and a long siege during which six people died. Police arrested...
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