RAJBARI, July 9 (UNB): Four people were sentenced to different terms of imprisonment by separate courts here Sunday for possessing narcotics.Judge of the Special Tribunal No-4 M Syed Kamal Hossain sentenced drug peddler Sirajul Islam to seven years as 1,050...
SYLHET, July 8(UNB): Police recovered four dead bodies from Sylhet and Sunamganj districts Saturday and Sunday.In Sylhet, police recovered the body of Shahida Khatun (20), wife of rickshaw-puller Mahir Uddin from the courtyard of her house at Madar Khal village...
SYLHET, July 9 (UNB): Sylhet Agricultural University (SAU) has decided to introduce 10 postgraduate courses from July-December semester in 2007.The courses are Atomic, Physiology, Microbiology, Pathology, Medicine, Animal Science, Animal Nutrition Poultry Science, Pharmacology, Animal Breeding and Genetic.The decision was...
RANGAMATI, July 9 (UNB): A tribal man was arrested along with a pistol and four rounds of bullet from the Police Lines area of the district town Monday.On information, joint forces arrested Jibon Tripura alias Raju (27), along with the...
A convening committee meeting of the former students of Haji Muhammad Muhsin Hall of Dhaka University (DU) will be held today (Tuesday) at the faculty members' dining room of TSC in the city, said a press release.The meeting will discuss...
FARIDPUR, July 9 (UNB): A mobile court fined the owners of a fish depot Tk 10,000 for keeping rotten fish in their depot at Haji Shariatullah Bazar, on the outskirts of the town, Monday morning.The court, led by Magistrate SM...
THAKURGAON, July 9 (UNB): Two people sustained severe burn injuries in an acid attack at Thakithuki village under Haripur Upazila Sunday night.The injured were identified as radio-TV mechanic Shamsul Huq (25) and tailor Babul (28).
The 16th death anniversary of central leader of Awami League Shamsuddin Mollah will be observed today (Tuesday), said a press release. One of the organisers of War of Independence, he was also vice-chairman of Bangladesh Bar Council and lawmaker.On the...
HANOI, Jul 9 (AFP): Qatar stunned defending champions Japan with a late equaliser to earn a 1-1 draw in their Asian Cup opener Monday, but it ended on a sour note with Hussain Yaser and coach Dzemaludin Musovic sent off.It...
Title contender Moha-mmedan SC earned a hard-fought 2-1 win over Chittagong Ababani in the day's lone second phase match of the B. League at the Bangabandhu National Stadium in the city Monday, reports UNB.With this result, Mohammedan SC secured 32...
WIMBLEDON, Jul 9 (AP): Locked in the toughest test of his Wimbledon reign, against his only real rival in today's game, Roger Federer summoned the strokes and resolve that allow him to chase records set by the greats of yesteryear.And...
MADRID, Jul 9 (AFP): Real Madrid on Monday confirmed the worst kept secret in Spanish football when they revealed they had appointed German Bernd Schuster as coach to replace sacked Italian Fabio Capello.A club spokeswoman told AFP that Schuster, 47,...
WIMBLEDON (England), Jul 9 (AP): Venus Williams moved back into the Top 20 in the rankings for the first time in a year Monday, rising to No 17 thanks to her fourth Wimbledon singles title.Runner-up Marion Bartoli moved from No...
Rain washed out the entire first-session on the third day of the warm-up match between Sussex and the Indians at Hove. It began raining moments before the scheduled start at 11.00 am and conditions did not improve through the morning...
LONDON, Jul 9 (AFP): Chelsea paid the price of under-estimating Sir Alex Ferguson and his squad by relinquishing their Premiership crown to Manchester United last season, according to the Red Devils' captain Gary Neville.Neville, who is hopeful he will have...
The three-day match between touring Bangladesh Under-19 team and hosts Sri Lanka Under-19 ended in draw at the Colts Cricket ground in Colombo Monday, reports UNB.Sri Lanka, which scored 329 runs in the first innings after winning the toss, resumed...
Three players -- top seed Amal Roy, Dipu Lal and Prithul Mandal -- moved to the semi-finals in men's singles of the Dhaka Open Tennis Competition winning their quarterfinal matches at the National Tennis Complex in Ramna in the city...
The Keya Cosmetics 9th National Long Distance Swimming Competition-2007 will be held on July 21 in Sitalakhya River at Narayanganj, reports UNB.Organised by Bangladesh Swimming Federation the competition will start from BIWTA VIP Terminal to end at Munshiganj launch ghat...
RIO DE JANEIRO, Jul 9 (XINHUA): Brazil's Palmeiras forward Carlos Adriano de Jesus Soares died early Sunday in a traffic accident in the Nova Iguacu neighborhood in Rio de Janeiro. Local police officials said De Jesus "Alemao" was driving a...
Mansoor Sporting Club and Lutfar Rahman Chairman Football Academy moved into the semifinals of the Open Rugby Tournament'07 winning their respective matches at the Outer Stadium Rugby ground Monday, reports UNB.In the semis on Wednesday, Mansoor SC will play Khorshed...
SAO PAULO (Brazil), Jul 9 (AFP): Brazilian striker Dodo, who plays for league leaders Botafogo, bas been provisionally suspended for 30 days after testing positive for a banned substance, his club confirmed Sunday.
Three teams - Channel-i, Karotoa and Naya Diganta -- advanced to the quarterfinals of the Pepsi-DRU Six-A-Side Cricket Tournament winning their respective matches at the Maulana Bhashani National Hockey Stadium in the city Monday, repoirts UNB.Channel-i (66/4) outplayed Bhorer Kagoj...
The 5th School Kho Kho Competition, organised by Bangladesh Kho Kho Federation, will begin in the city on July 21, reports UNB.The four-day meet will be held in both boys and girls sections.Interested schools have been requested to send their...
MATURIN (Venezuela), Jul 9 (AFP): Mexico cruised to a 6-0 rout of a shorthanded Paraguay squad, advancing to the semi-finals of the Copa America Sunday. Mexico was in control from as early as the second minute when a woeful back-pass...
The government has asked jail authorities to find out a suitable building to accommodate the growing number of VIP prisoners, a senior jail official said Sunday. Deputy Inspector General (prisons) Shamsul Haider Siddiqui told the bdnews24.com that they would start...
The government is poised to heighten the administrative powers of secretaries as a plan to expand the size of the government has run into a legal bottleneck, an official said. The cabinet division has recently asked all ministries and divisions...
President Iajuddin Ahmed urged the scout leaders to take necessary initiative for further increasing the number of scouts along with their qualities and skills to advance the century-old scout movement, reports UNB."In this connection, you will get full support and...
The trial of former communications minister and Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) leader Nazmul Huda along with his wife Sigma Huda in a graft case began Monday at the special makeshift court with deposition by the prosecution witness, reports UNB.Judge AK...
Dhaka asserted that Bangladesh's non-proliferation credentials are impeccable and there's nothing to fear about its role in this connection.Adviser for Foreign Affairs Iftekhar Ahmed Chowdhury said this after a meeting with Russian Ambassador in Bangladesh Gennady P Trotsenko at the...
Jatiya Party (JP) senior leader Kazi Zafar Ahmed Monday said JP acting chairman Roushan Ershad's activities are against party's constitution, alleging that she is trying to create a group out of the party.Talking to a private television channel at his...
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