A court in Dhaka has acquitted film actor Ananta Jalil and five others from all charges in a fraud case. Dhaka Additional Metropolitan Magistrate Md Sanaullah passed this order on Sunday (February 23). The other acquitted individuals are Jahanara Begum, Managing Director of Polo Composite Knit Industries Limited; Md Sharif Hossain, Finance Director; Sakibul Islam, Assistant Manager; Md Milon, Senior ...

Robbers have shot a jewellery shop owner in the capital’s Banasree area and snatched away his bag containing gold items and cash. The incident happened approximately 10:30PM on Sunday on Road No 7 in Banasree’s D Block in front of businessman Anwar Hossain’s home. Rampura Police Station chief Ataur Rahman Akand said Anwar, 55, was admitted to Dhaka Medical College ...

Lionel Messi and Inter Miami stumbled out of the blocks with a 2-2 home draw against New York City FC in the opening round of the new Major League Soccer season on Saturday. Miami, who broke the regular season points record last year before crashing out in the first round of the playoffs, played the bulk of the match with ...

Australia defeated England by 5 wickets in their Champions Trophy match with Ben Duckett smashed 165 runs while Joe Root scored 68 as England posted 351/8 against Australia in Lahore on Saturday. Ben Dwarshuis was the pick of the bowlers taking 3 wickets including the scalps of Philip Salt and Liam Livingstone. Earlier, Australian skipper Steven Smith won the toss ...

Aarong, the country’s most popular fashion and lifestyle brand, is proud to announce theofficial opening of its new outlet in Noakhali. Aarong, the country’s popular fashion and lifestyle brand, has launched a new outlet at 826 Napiter Pool on Main Road in Noakhali’s Maijdee for shoppers. It was launched on Saturday (February 22) and warmly welcomes shoppers in time for ...

Eight more new patients were hospitalised with dengue fever across the country in the last 24 hours till Sunday morning, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS). With the new patients, the number of people hospitalised with the disease this year rose to 1,492 while total deaths remains unchanged at 13 as no death was reported during this ...

An alleged youth was arrested over a child murder case at Kamalganj upazila in Moulvibazar district on Saturday. The arrested youth is Dibas Rangot, a resident of Shamser Nagar union under the upazila. He has been arrested after 17 days of the incident. According to the case statement, the accused and another man trying to rape a 10-year old girl ...

As the sweet songs of birds like the cuckoo and nightingale fill the air, Mother Nature announces the arrival of spring in our country. According to the Bengali calendar, spring begins on February 14th, the first day of the Falgun month. During Falgun -the month of blossoms and colours- we embrace the sights and scents of Boshonto (spring). With delicate ...

An older woman in southeast Wyoming has been hospitalised with bird flu, state health department officials said Friday. It’s the state’s first human case of Type A H5N1 influenza, which is spreading through animals and some people. Nearly 70 people in the U.S. have been reported infected with bird flu in the last year, according to data from the U.S. ...

At least 25 people were injured in a clash between of two groups of villagers at Shantiganj upazila in Sunamganj district on Saturday. The incident occurred over organising a traditional event around 10:00 AM at Thakurbhog village field under Birgaon union in the upazila Locals said that Nur Miah of Thakurbhog village locked in an altercation with Sufi Miah and ...