The body of popular writer Humayun Ahmed is likely to flown back to Bangladesh on Sunday, Bangla daily Prothom alo reports. His first namaj-e-janaja is expected to be held after Jumma prayer on Friday at a local mosque in Jamaika, New York, the report said. The body of the writer is now kept at an [...]
Contemporary Bengali writer Sunil Gangapadhyaya of the the erstwhile Indian state of West Bengal has expressed shock at the death of Humayun Ahmed. In a reaction to BBC Bangla on Thursday the Kolkata-based writer said: “Humayun had surpassed Sharatchandra in popularity.” “Though he was younger than me, I was impressed with his humour, intelligence and [...]
BNP is deceiving people with its false promise of constructing two Padma bridges if it comes to power, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said. “They’ve announced they will construct two bridges over the Padma. There should be a limit to fraud and deception,” she told party supporters on Thursday. Hasina made the statement at the [...]
Elite crime-fighting unit, Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) has arrested four men of the banned militant organisation Hijb ut-Tahrir in Dhaka. RAB-2 assistant director Saiful Karim Saif told bdnews24.com the men were arrested from different areas of Dhaka including Mohammadpur on Thursday night. “They have all admitted to being members of Hijb ut-Tahrir. Among them is [...]
The second war crimes tribunal of Bangladesh will start hearing witness accounts from Aug 26 in the case against Jamaat-e-Islami Secretary General Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mujaheed on seven charges of crimes against humanity committed during the 1971 War of Independence. The International Crimes Tribunal-2, led by Justice A T M Fazle Kabir, set the date [...]
The Education Minister has said the BUET teachers protesting in demand of removal of VC and Pro-VC have postponed their demonstration to embarrass him. “The protesting BUET teachers have created obstacles to reach a peaceful solution. Now they will have to think how to remove these,” Nurul Islam Nahid told a press briefing at his [...]
Tottenham Hotspur’s injury-plagued defender Ledley King announced his retirement from the game on Thursday. “Sadly my injuries and inability to train have now finally brought an end to my career.” King told the Spurs website. King, an elegant and assured centre back, has suffered with chronic knee problems which restricted his training and game time [...]
Sussex 100 for 3 trail Durham 231 (Stoneman 50, Borthwick 50, Magoffin 3-28) by 131 runs Scorecard Durham have given themselves the opportunity of claiming their first County Championship win of the season after their seamers led a fightback on the second day against Sussex at Arundel. After a half-century from Scott Borthwick had helped [...]
Warwickshire 387 for 7 (Troughton 132*, Woakes 107, Chopra 93) v Somerset Scorecard It had been three months since Marcus Trescothick, whose importance to his beloved Somerset cannot be overstated, was able to bat. Whether on account of the extent of what initially appeared a standard injury, or his age, or probably both, his return [...]
Matthew Mott, the Glamorgan head of elite performance, is no longer in contention for the New Zealand coaching job so will remain in county cricket. Earlier this week it was confirmed that Mott, 38, was on a three-man shortlist to take over from John Wright after Glamorgan gave him permission to chase the role and [...]