Attacks on two women in five days spread panic in Madaripur’s Kalikapur
Panic has spread in Madaripur following violent incidents involving two women in the same area within a span of five days. First, a young woman named Ivy Akter, 18, was hacked to death with a sharp weapon by assailants who entered her home. Five days…
Nearly 200 takes for ‘Jai Jai Ram’: why Arijit sang it so many times
Arijit Singh seems to have poured the deepest feelings of his soul into the song ‘Jai Jai Ram’ from Bollywood’s much-awaited epic film ‘Ramayana: Part 1’. To properly bring out the devotion and emotion of the song, he gave…
Mimi’s ‘Tandav’ under Raj’s production after 12 years, Subhashree elated
After nearly 12 years, actress Mimi Chakraborty is once again teaming up with director Raj Chakraborty. She will act in ‘Tandav’, a new film from Raj Chakraborty’s production house. Mimi herself announced the film on social media. The…
Bangla QR payments to be credited to merchants’ accounts instantly from 1 October
To make digital transactions more popular and customer-friendly, Bangladesh Bank has directed that money from Bangla QR code-based payments be credited instantly to the account of the merchant concerned from 1 October. The Payment Systems Department-1 of…
Why wait all night on the footpath for an iPhone even in the age of 10-minute delivery?
One can order a new iPhone from Apple’s website in just 90 seconds and wait without worry sitting on the sofa. Quick-commerce platforms like BigBasket or Blinkit are even promising to deliver an iPhone to the door in 10 minutes. Yet even in this…
Teenage girl gang-raped and murdered in Delhi: one young man and three teenage boys arrested
Police have arrested a young man and three teenage boys on charges of brutally murdering a 16-year-old girl after gang-raping her in the Indian capital Delhi. Indian media outlet NDTV reported this. After being gang-raped, the girl was stabbed to death…
England win series with a match to spare on Banton’s blistering fifty
England have clinched the three-match T20 series with a match to spare by beating Sri Lanka by 6 wickets. In the second T20 at Sophia Gardens in Cardiff on Thursday, the hosts chased down a target of 146 runs in just 12.1 overs. The hero of the win was…
Asian Games hockey: Bangladesh start with 5-0 defeat to South Korea
Bangladesh have lost 5-0 to South Korea in their first match of Pool ‘A’ in the Asian Games men’s hockey. The match was held at the Gifu Prefectural Green Stadium in Japan on Friday. Bangladesh kept their goalpost intact for the first…
Dhaka, Delhi in talks again over Tarique Rahman’s possible Delhi visit: The Hindu
Bangladesh and India have once again begun formal-level talks centring on Prime Minister Tarique Rahman’s possible visit to New Delhi. This information came up in a report by Indian media outlet The Hindu. Fresh unease had recently been created in…
Government working tirelessly to build a self-reliant Bangladesh: Water Resources Minister Anee
The government is working ceaselessly to build a self-reliant Bangladesh, Water Resources Minister and BNP Joint Secretary General Shahid Uddin Chowdhury Anee has said. He said, ‘The government is carrying on various programmes keeping in view the…