11 Year Old Lands Million Dollar Contract

    Marilyn Thipthorpe Mikaila Ulmer began her journey when she was 4 and encouraged by her parents to take part in the Austin lemonade competition. Two events happened almost simultaneously which propelled her journey forward, first she was stung by a bee and almost began to have a phobia and next she received a 1940’s family…

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      Tofail for providing assistance to salt farmers

      BSS, Dhaka Commerce Minister Tofail Ahmed on Thursday urged the Deputy Commissioner of Cox’s Bazar to take necessary initiatives and measures for providing assistance to the salt farmers to help them produce more salts to meet the consumers’ demand in the country. “The Government is providing all necessary assistance to the salts farmers to ensure…

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        Women getting illegal abortions should be “punished”

        Desk report Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump stirred up controversy yet again when he said that women who have illegal abortions should be “punished.” His comments came during a heated interview on MSNBC on Wednesday, and he later backpedalled after his controversial comments garnered a lot of criticism said reports from AFP. Democratic frontrunner Hillary…

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          Rafiul Rabbi granted bail

          Desk report Rafiul Rabbi, the father of slain school-boy Tanvir Mohammad Toki, was granted bail by the Supreme Court till Januray next year in a cheque bounce case, said reports from Star Online. Rafiur’s lawyer Khurshid Alam told reporters that the chamber judge of the SC’s Apellate Division, Justice Mirza Hussain Haider, granted the bail…

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            Lightning kills two in Munshiganj

            BSS Two youths were killed being struck by lightning at Char Kishorganj-Mullapara in Sadar upazila on Thursday noon. The dead were identified as Anik, 15, and Ferdous, 17, both residents of the same area. Local people said thunderbolt struck them when they were taking bath in the Meghna river.

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              Man shot dead in Noakhali

              BSS Miscreants gunned down a man near Kamal Chairman Bridge at Sharifpur under Begumganj upazila of the district on Wednesday night. The victim was identified as Faruq, 27, a motorcycle mechanic and son of Nurul Amin of Bepari Bari village of the upazila.He was admitted into Noakhali General Hospital. A case was filed in this…

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                3 commit suicide in Jessore

                UNB Three people, including a septuagenarian man, allegedly committed suicide in three different incidents in Jessore Sadar, Manirampur and Abhaynagar upazilas on Wednesday. In Sadar upazila, Matiar Rahman, 70, a resident of Chanchra village took pesticides over a family feud in the night. In Manirampur upazila, Tariqul Islam, 18, son of Mohammed Ali of Khedapar…

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                  2 held with 1,600 Yaba pills in Khulna

                  UNB Police in separate drives arrested two people along with 1,600 pieces of Yaba tablet in different areas of the city on Wednesday night. Assistant Commissioner of the Detective Branch (DB) of police Sheikh Kamrul Islam said tipped off, a team of DB police conducted a drive in Boira area under Khalishpur police station and…

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                    3 siblings to die for killing BCL man in Bogra

                    UNB A court here on Thursday sentenced three brothers to death and three people, including two siblings, to life imprisonment for killing a Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) activist in the district town in 2009. The condemned convicts are Rony Mondal, Masum Parvez Masum and Masud Parvez Munna, sons of Abdul Mazid, while the lifers are…

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                      Chittagong leading in journalism: DC Mesbah Uddin

                      Chittagong Bureau Deputy Commissioner of Chittagong District Mesbah Uddin deems Chittagong to be the leading district in the fields of art, literature, culture and especially journalism. He also said that journalists can play a role in developing the country by connecting the government, the administration and the general public with the news they present. He…

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