Photo: Marco Ruben of Brazil’s Athletico Paranaense, center, celebrates after scoring against Argentina’s River Plate during Recopa Sudamericana first leg final soccer match in Curitiba, Brazil, Wednesday, May 22, 2019. Sao Paulo, May 23 : Marco Ruben scored in the 25th minute and Brazil’s Athletico beat Argentina’s River Plate 1-0 on Wednesday night in the first leg of the Recopa ...

State Minister for Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Zunaid Ahmed Palak on Thursday said that government will ensure internet services for all people in the next five years. He disclosed this mission of the government while participating in a panel discussion at 5th e-Governance Conference-2019 held at Tallinn, capital of Estonia, on Wednesday. Zunaid Ahmed Palak said, “Bangladeshi government has ...

Ekushey Padak-winning Nazrul Sangeet exponent Khalid Hossain. File photo Dhaka, May 22 : Ekushey Padak-winning Nazrul Sangeet exponent Khalid Hossain passed away at a city hospital on Wednesday night. He was 78. He breathed his last at the National Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases (NICVD) around 10:15pm, said his son Asif Hossain. Khalid Hossain, who had long been suffering from cardiac ...

Canadian Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of International Development Kamal Khera meets State Minister for Foreign Affairs M Shahriar Alam at his office at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Wednesday. Photo: Courtesy Dhaka, May 22 : Canadian Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of International Development Kamal Khera on Wednesday said Canada will continue to engage with the government of ...

Railways Minister Nurul Islam Sujan. File photo Dhaka, May 22 : Admitting glitches in advance ticket sale for Eid through app, Railways Minister Nurul Islam Sujan on Wednesday said if people fail to buy train tickets through app then the remaining ones will be sold at counters after May 27. The minister said this while talking to reporters after visiting ...

Rohingya issue discussed at 3rd Dhaka-Ankara FOC held Photo: Courtesy Dhaka, May 22 : A bust of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman will be placed at the head of a boulevard named after him in Ankara, Turkey soon. The Turkish side will take a similar step as regards the placement of a bust of Ataturk in Dhaka, ...

Masudul Alam Dhaka, May 22 : Authorities have withdrawn the executive engineer of Green City housing project under Rooppur Nuclear Power Project (RNPP) amid reports of unnatural costs and portage of furniture in the project. Public Works Department (PWD) Chief Engineer Md Shahadat Hossain told Banglanews that Executive Engineer Masudul Alam has been withdrawn from the project Tuesday (May 22). ...

Photo: Gonoforum President Dr Kamal Hossain speaks at a press conference arranged by Gonoforum at the Jatiya Press Club on Wednesday, May 22, 2019. Dhaka, May 22 : Gonoforum President Dr Kamal Hossain on Wednesday alleged that farmers are not getting the fair prices of paddy due to the lack of an agricultural policy and government’s “irresponsibility”. “It’s unimaginable that ...

The British pound was rooted at four-month lows Wednesday after British MPs slammed Theresa May’s latest plan to push through her Brexit plan, increasing the chances of a no-deal divorce, while Asian markets drifted as dealers fret over China-US tensions. With Wall Street providing a positive lead, regional equities were mostly on the up but analysts warned traders were on ...

Dhaka, May 22 : Twelve fallen peacekeepers from Bangladesh will be honoured by the United Nations on Friday when it will observe the International Day of UN Peacekeepers. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres will lay a wreath to honour all peacekeepers who lost their lives since 1948. He will preside over a ceremony in which the Dag Hammarskjold Medal will be awarded ...