A crowded double-decker passenger ferry capsised in northwestern Myanmar after being slammed by huge waves, killing 33 people and leaving at least a dozen missing, officials said on Saturday. Rescuers pulled 167 survivors from the sea and brought them to safety after the Aung Tagun 3 went down near Myebon in Rakhine state late on Friday, said Myanmar Red Cross ...

Unabated disposal of garbage and liquid wastes from the local industries into the water of Surma River are polluting the river water and its adjacent areas in the city. Human and domestic wastes from the nearby residential areas, industries, business centres and construction sites are being disposed into the river without any treatment that is polluting water in high scale ...

The Rapid Action Battalion (RAB-9) has arrested at least 5 drug peddlers and recovered huge amount of drugs including yaba tablets, phensidyls and mobile set following conducting drive throughout the Sylhet for last two days. Five different team of the elite forces conducted separate anti-crime drive at different places in Sylhet on Thursday recovered 50 pieces of yaba tablets, 213 ...

Prangone Mor delighted audience through staging ‘Shyama Prem’ – a dance drama by Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore – at the National Theatre Main Hall of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy on Monday, the fourth day of the week-long theatre festival titled ‘Dui Banglar Natya Mela 2015’ featuring troupes from Bangladesh and West Bengal of India. The play, which had written by Ananta ...

Tisha, Syed Babu and Niloy, three of the busiest actors on the small screen teamed up for a telefilm titled Ei Boishakhe, which is set to air on the first day of the Bangla New Year. Written by Naznin Hasan Chumki and directed by Shanta Rahman, the telefilm recently completed its last round of shooting. Talking about working in the ...

Bollywood star Kareena Kapoor has started filming her upcoming movie Udta Punjab, which is being directed by Ishqiya helmer Abhishek Chaubey.The 34-year-old actress is shooting here with Punjabi star Diljit Dosanjh.Diljit took to Twitter to post a series of pictures from the set.“I am thankful to God that he has blessed me with so much, which I don’t deserve (sic),” ...

Actress Esha Deol, who has taken on the role of a judge on MTV Roadies X2, says her father and Bollywood superstar Dharmendra is a ‘die-hard Punjabi,’ and so she chose to include a Sikh member in her team on the show. In the new season, every gang leader, including Esha, Karan Kundra, Vijender Singh and Rannvijay Singh, has five ...

Customs officials arrested an employee of the Civil Aviation Authority, Bangladesh along with 8 gold bar at MAG Osmani International Airport here on Thursday afternoon. The arrestee was identified as Mosabber Ali, an LRA of the CAAB. Airport sources said customs officials arrested Mosabber after detecting his suspicious movement in the CCTV footage after a Biman Bangladesh Airlines landed at ...

Activists of Bangladesh Chhatra League Sylhet city unit have vandalised PWD and Sylhet Registrary offices, torchard 8 vehicles and five shop afire during a factional clash of the ruling party’s student wing. On information, two units of Kotwali fire service and Kotwali police rushed to the spot and took the situation under control. Police sources said a chase and counter ...

Police recovered dead body of two young man from Sylhet city on Thursday night. Police recovered a young hanging body of his house at Kazitula in the city on Thursday night. The deceased was identified as Shaheen Ahmed, 26, a resident of Kazitula area and son of Azizur Rahman of Bashtala village in Doarabazar upaizla of Sunamganj district. Another The ...