Munshiganj, May 25 : The 13th span of the much-hyped Padma Bridge was installed on Saturday morning. A total 1,950 metres of bridge is visible now with the installation of the 13th span on the 14 ad 15 no pillars, said engineer of Padma Bridge Project Humayun Kabir. The Padma Multipurpose Bridge started becoming visible with the installation of 150-metre ...

Sylhet Office : Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen today said Bangladesh-India relations will develop further following re-election of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the office for the second consecutive terms. “We will proceed towards prosperity if there are stable governments in both Bangladesh and India. That’s why we welcomed the new Indian government, led by Narendra Modi,” he ...

Photo symbolic Habiganj Correspondent : Three persons were killed and two others wounded as thunderbolts struck them in three upazilas-Nabiganj, Chunarughat and Madhabpur- of the district on Friday (May 24). The victims were identified as Sima Uraw, 18, daughter of Pradeep Uraw, from Mango orchid of Chunarughat, Sizil Miah, 45, son of late Abdul Jalil, from Nabiganj and Faisal Miah, ...

Former Finance Minister AMA Muhith on Friday said that he can’t write a single verse and this is one of the failures in his life. He disclosed this while attending a writer-reader dialogue programme as chief guest at Bishwo Shahitto Kendro in the capital’s Banglamotor area. “Though I have composed 35 essays, but I can’t write single poem despites hard ...

  Panchagarh, May 24 : A new train on Dhaka-Panchagarh route will begin its maiden journey on Saturday after Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina inaugurates it through a videoconference. ‘Panchagarh Express’ will set out from Bir Muktijoddha Sirajul Islam Railway Station in Sadar Upazila where Railway Minister Nurul Islam Sujon will be present. The train will complete its 593-kilometer journey in ...

FILE – In this March 29, 2015, file photo, Australia’s Mitchell Starc, right, celebrates after taking the wicket of New Zealand captain Brendon McCullum during the Cricket World Cup final in Melbourne, Australia. Australia may be fifth in the ICC’s ODI rankings, but it won the World Cup the last time it was held in England in 1999, and has ...

Dhaka, May 24 : Diego Maradona, an Argentinian football legend now training the Mexican club Dorados de Sinaloa, was detained at a Buenos Aires airport after his ex-girlfriend Rocio Oliva sued him for a $6.3 million pay-out, reports The Nation. It is believed that Oliva, who had dated Maradona for six years before they broke up last December, has filed ...

Congratulating Narendra Modi on his party’s landslide victory in the Indian general election, Awami League (AL) General Secretary Obaidul Quader on Friday hoped that all bilateral issues, including Teesta water dispute, between Bangladesh and India will now be solved. Road, Transport and Bridges Minister came up with this comment in a press briefing, held at party President Sheikh Hasina’s Dhanmondi ...

A bomb exploded at a mosque on Friday in the Pakistani city of Quetta, the capital of restive Baluchistan province, killing the prayer leader and wounding 15 worshippers, three of them critically, officials said. The blast took place at the mosque in the city’s Pashtoonabad neighborhood during Friday prayers, according to Abdul Razzak Cheema, deputy inspector of police.The bomb was ...

BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir. File photo Dhaka, May 24 : BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Friday alleged that the government is trying to kill their chairperson Khaleda Zia in jail by resorting to various tricks. “The government is prolonging Khaleda Zia’s stay in jail by creating obstacles to her release by resorting to various ...