CHITTAGONG, Jun 4 (UNB): Moderate hill and landslides in the moorland around Chittagong University (CU) campus are feared in the coming monsoon season, as the authorities have neglected taking any measures to avert the mishaps despite repeated pleas from underprivileged...
THAKURGAON, Jun 4 (UNB): 25 people were injured when a severe nor'wester tore through eight villages in Baliadanga Upazila Thursday.Of the injured, 16 were rushed to the local health complex.Around 700 thatched houses were also razed to the ground during...
SYLHET, Jun 4 (UNB): A farmer was killed as a thunderbolt struck him at Noyaghati village in Jaintapur Upazila Thursday.The victim was identified as Abdullah (25), son of late Abu Bakar of the village.Local people said while cultivating land lightning...
BOGRA, Jun 4 (UNB): A schoolgirl was stabbed by a miscreant on the outskirts of the district town Thursday.Local people said that some hoodlums used to tease the girl, a student of class X, on her way to school. They...
BOGRA, June 4 (UNB): Police recovered the hanging body of a grocer from a garden at Gabtali municipality Thursday.The victim was identified as Golam Azam (30), son of Gauhar Ali Fakir of Ulortor village in Kahalu Upazila.Family sources said that...
Our CorrespondentCHITTAGONG, June 04: Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) ATM Shamsul Huda has said EC wants to set an example of fair election in Chittagong.He said the EC has no political agenda. The people of the city will cast votes for...
A large number of candidates contesting in the upcoming Chittagong City Corporation (CCC) polls are borrowers.Of them, two out of eight mayoral candidates have an outstanding loan of over Tk 100 million (10 crore), while a total of 59 general...
RANGPUR, June 4 (BSS): Speakers at a pre-budget discussion said that enhanced participation of grassroot citizens can ensure formulation of a more pro-people and effective national budget.To ensure balanced and uniform developments and bringing the backward areas to the mainstream...
A 41-member panel for the first ever direct election of the Bangladesh Muktijoddha Central Command Council (BMCCC) led by Principal Abdul Ahad Chowdhury was announced Friday, reports UNB.Mr Chowdhury, who is vying for the post of the Chairman of the...
President of the International Commonwealth Journalists' Association Hassan Shahriar voiced concern over the chain of events that led to the cancellation of the declaration of daily Amar Desh and the arrest of its acting Editor Mahmudur Rahman on fraud charges.Such...
Bangladesh Nationalist Party Chairperson Khaleda Zia visited the Nimtali fire victims at Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) Friday, reports UNB.She went to the burn unit of the hospital at about 2.00 am and observed the condition of the burn-injured people....
JESSORE, June 4 (UNB): An Awami League (AL) activist was shot dead by unknown gunmen at Kheyaghat area under Avoynagar Upazila Thursday.Purakhali union AL Organising Secretary Raju (35) was returning home from Noapara bazar at 11.30 pm when the gunmen...
Ian Bell and Eoin Morgan steadied England's innings with a 62-run stand for the fifth wicket, as Bangladesh's spin-heavy attack settled into a solid afternoon's work on a warm day at Old Trafford. Following on from Shafiul Islam's two-wicket burst...
FRANKFURT, June 4 (AFP): New captain Philipp Lahm hit the equaliser and his deputy Bastian Schweinsteiger scored two penalties as Germany came from behind to beat Bosnia-Herzegovina 3-1 here on Thursday in a friendly. This was Germany's final World Cup...
WCup trophy handed over to SAfrica VP PRETORIA, South Africa, June 4 : FIFA president Sepp Blatter has handed over the World Cup trophy to South Africa's vice president Kgalema Motlanthe - who says the glittering prize will remain in...
Dhaka Rifles bagged two gold and one silver medals in the 24th National Shooting Championship on the 3rd day of the 24th National Shooting Cham-pionship at the National Shooting Complex in Gulshan today (Friday), reports UNB.Of the two remaining events...
A brilliant hattrick by M Pushban guided Rahmatganj MFS to an emphatic 5-1 win over Chittagong Abahani in their last match of Citycell Bangladesh League at the Bangabandhu National Stadium (BNS) here today (Friday), finishing 7th in the league. With...
Thirteen players share lead in the 31st BASIC Bank National Junior Chess Championship securing maximum two points after the 2nd round matches at the Chess Federation hall room on Friday, reports UNB. They are Saif, Sharif, Siam, Babu, Sariat, Shiblu,...
Five matches of the men's singles in the Citycell 30th National Badminton Championship was decided on the opening day at the Wooden Floor Gymnasium here on Friday, reports UNB.Zahid Ahsan Russell MP, chairman of Parliamentary Standing Committee of Youth and...
FM Syed Mahfuzur Rahman Emon of Basir Memorial took solo lead in the Six Seasons International Chess Tournament with full two points after the 2nd round matches at the NSC Tower on Friday, reports UNB. FM Kh. Aminul Islam of...
SION, Switzerland, June 4 (AP): Didier Drogba's participation in the World Cup was uncertain after an Ivory Coast official said the captain broke his right arm on Friday.Team spokesman Eric Kacou told The Associated Press that Drogba's fracture was confirmed...
RUSTENBURG, South Africa, June 4 (AP): England captain Rio Ferdinand injured his left knee in training on Friday and went to a hospital for a scan. The centre back sustained the injury in a tackle during a training session at...
FE ReportDeath toll from Thursday night's devastating fire in the capital rose to 114 while 50 others were fighting for life at different hospitals on Friday as rescuers were still searching for more bodies.The air has become thick with wailing...
Sheikh Shahariar ZamanRe-rolling mills and real estate businesses are going to face serious crisis as ship-breakers stopped importing old vessels for almost a month after a High Court directive.A High Court Division bench last month directed the ship-breakers to take...
National mourning day will be observed today (Saturday) in memory of those killed in the Nimtoli fire and Begunbari building collapse tragedies, reports UNB.Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina called for observing the national mourning day soon after visiting the people with...
Doulot Akter MalaCustoms intelligence has decided to launch a drive to detect brand new cars brought in under the guise of reconditioned vehicles by importers making false declaration to evade tax, an official said.Under the move, around 2000 cars imported...
From Fazle RashidNEW YORK, June 04: The US Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner will use the two-day meeting of the central bank governors and finance ministers of the largest economies beginning in the South Korean city of Busan today (Friday )for...
TOKYO, June 4 (AFP): Former finance minister Naoto Kan became Japan's new leader Friday, pledging economic recovery and close ties with Washington after his predecessor quit over a festering dispute about a US air base.A parliamentary vote confirmed Kan as...
Rajuk has decided to knock down the seven-storey building leaning to one side in Tejgaon's Begunbari, where another building toppled off its base Tuesday. "The building was developed without approval from Rajuk. We have decided to knock it down very...
Agitated workers Thursday night in a series of attempts vandalised the Sonali Jute Mill of Khulna over distributing the weekly salary of the mill, damaging huge amount of valuables. Eyewitnesses said that the mill authorities scheduled to distribute the weekly...
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