Messi wins Ballon d'Or award

Argentina's Barcelona forward Lionel Messi claimed the men's Ballon d'Or award for a record sixth time on Monday, reports Reuters. The 32-year-old, who lifted the coveted trophy in 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2015, beat Liverpool's Champions League winner Virgil van Dijk in a vote of international journalists...

Rajiv Gandhi assassination convicts plead for mercy killing

Convicts in the assassination of former Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi - Nalini Sriharan and Murugan, have petitioned in the Madras High Court seeking mercy killing...

Nusrat murder: 4 convicts file appeal with HC

Four of the sixteen convicts facing death sentence in a case filed over the murder of Sonagazi madrasa student Nusrat Jahan Rafi, on Monday filed an appeal with the High Court against the lower court verdict. The appellants are madrasa principal SM Sirajuddoula, Nur Uddin, Umme Sultana Popy and Jabed...

Online news portal registration starts next week: Hasan

Information Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud today said the government has decided to start registering the online news portal from next week, adding steps would be taken against those which will not get registration...

Petrol pump owners suspend strike

Petrol pump owners and workers on Monday suspended their strike until December 15 after a meeting with Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation (BPC). The meeting was held with the high officials of Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation (BPC) at Segunbagicha in the capital...

Dipu Chakma wins first gold for Bangladesh

Dipu Chakma has bagged the first gold medal for Bangladesh in the 13th South Asian Games at Satdobato Sports Complex in Kathmandu, Nepal. He won Gold in the 29+ age category in poomsae event of taekwondo beating athletes from India, Sri Lanka, Pakistan and hosts Nepal on Monday...

Masatsugu Asakawa elected ADB new president

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) announced on Monday that its Board of Governors has "unanimously elected" Masatsugu Asakawa as ADB president...

Transport owners in trouble as petrol pump owners’ strike enters 2nd day

Petrol pump owners and workers continued their strike for the second consecutive day on Monday in Rajshahi, Rangpur and Khulna divisions to press home their 15-point demand...

13th South Asian Games: Bangladesh secures its first bronze

Bangladesh’s Humaira Akhter Antara won the first bronze medal of the 13th South Asian Games in the final of women’s individual kata event of karate in Lalitpur, Nepal on Monday...

Drive against graft, terrorism will continue: PM

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has reaffirmed to continue her government’s ongoing drive against terrorism, militancy, narcotics and corruption, saying that this “sickness” of the society will have to be rooted out. The premier was addressing a reception accorded to her by Bangladesh Embassy in Spain...

JaPa to hold national council on Dec 28

Jatiya Party (JaPa) has decided to hold its national council on December 28. The party finalized the date for the national council at a meeting of its presidium members held at its Chairman’s Banani office today...

President comes down heavily on food adulterators

President M Abdul Hamid today came down heavily on those mixing formalin with fruits and urged politicians, teachers, students and all concerned to gear up campaign against the adulteration of foods and the unscrupulous traders...

Govt okays 64 parking spots in Dhaka: Quader

Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader today said Dhaka Transport Coordination Authority (DTCA) has approved 64 parking spots, proposed by Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP), in the city aiming to improve car parking facility...

5 BNP leaders gets anticipatory bail

The High Court has granted eight-week anticipatory bail to BNP vice chairman Abdullah Al Noman and four others in a case filed with Shahbagh police station over clash between police and BNP men in front of the Supreme Court in Dhaka...

Qazi Onik faces suspension after failing dope test

Left-arm fast bowler Qazi Onik faces a lengthy suspension after he failed a dope test during this season's National Cricket League. As a result, he has been removed from every BCB programme he had been part of previously, chief selector Minhajul Abedin said...

By-polls to Badal’s Ctg-8 constituency Jan 13

By-polls to Chattogram-8 constituency which was left vacant after the death of veteran parliamentarian Moinuddin Khan Badal, will be held on January 13. The voting will be held through EVMs at all centres of the constituency...

2 drivers, 1 helper of Jabal-e-Noor Paribahan get life term

A Dhaka court has sentenced two drivers and a helper of two buses of Jabal-e-Noor Paribahan to life term imprisonment in a case filed over the death of Diya and Rajib, who were killed in a fatal road crash on Airport Road in Dhaka...

Freed Taliban captive releals hostage ordeal

Two brothers murder: Death penalty for 4, life term for 7

Unsuspecting Pak victims of HIV scourge