The United States will provide aerial refueling for a Saudi-led campaign in Yemen but is not passing on precise information for air raids, a senior military official said Thursday. The US military’s Central Command (CENTCOM) has been given the green light to deploy refueling tankers for the Saudis and their Gulf partners in the operation, though the refueling will take ...

Jatiyatabadi Sechchasebak Dal, the volunteers’ wing of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), called a daylong hartal in Sylhet district for Saturday protesting police firing on the party’s procession on Thursday and arresting their three leaders and activists. A press release was signed by Maududul Haque, Joint-Convener of district unit JSD confirmed the matter on Thursday night.

Finance Minister Abul Maal Abdul Muhith today said the government would finalise the next national budget giving importance to the education, health and sanitation sector. “We will ensure a total sanitation this time though the country has achieved an almost 100 per cent sanitation coverage,” he said while inaugurating the renovation of Poet Kazi Nazrul Islam auditorium and an open ...

Vidya Balan may soon be seen on television, hosting a talk show which will on the lines of the famous Oprah Winfrey Show. According to a report in Mumbai Mirror, the show will be backed by a Hollywood studio and air on a US television network. Vidya Balan denied offer to judge Nach Baliye 7 “It’s a show unlike any ...

Actor Emon and Anchal are now continuing the promotion campaign of their recent film ‘Shopno Je Tui’. On the other hand director of the film Monirul Islam Sohel said the film is set to release in many movie theatres across the country, including that of Dhaka Star, Blockbuster, Modhumita and Jonaki. He hopes that the audiences will appreciate the movie. ...

A mother and her two children in Sylhet have been burnt in a fire that broke out in their toilet. Fire service officials said that the gas originating from the septic tank caused the fire. The three victims —   Monowara Begum, 45, daughter Zahida Akter, 20 and son Zakir Hossain, 14 — have been admitted to the MAG Osmani Medical ...

Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) has cancelled its contract with the Aamby Valley (Mauritius) Limited, an affiliate of India’s Sahara Group, 15 months before the term was to end. The team sponsorship rights was sold to Aamby Valley in June 2012 in a $14 million four-year deal, the biggest in the country’s cricket history. The Tigers will no more display a ...

Former Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson thinks Brazilian forward Neymar has what it takes to succeed Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo. Ferguson, however, thinks the 23-year old still has a long way to go and that Messi and Ronaldo have no competitor at the moment. He spoke during an interview with SiriusXM FC radio station in New York. “You’ll always ...

The dollar stuck to its recent ranges in holiday-thinned trading on Friday and stocks edged up as investors awaited key US employment figures for possible clues on when the Federal Reserve will hike interest rates. MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan rose 0.2 percent, while Japan’s Nikkei stock average was up 0.3 percent. Wall Street logged modest gains ...

Kenya is mourning 147 people killed in Thursday’s al-Shabab attack on Garissa university campus, amid questions over why warnings were ignored. Kenyan newspapers say there was intelligence information of an imminent attack on a school or university. Locals question why security was not heightened, with only two guards on duty at the time of the attack. Uganda is on heightened ...