DOT Desk North Zone fast bowler Ebadat Hossain ran riot on a green wicket as he took six wickets for 51 runs — his best bowling figures in first-class cricket — against Central Zone yesterday on the first day of the second round of the Bangladesh Cricket League. At the Shaheed Chandu Stadium in Bogura,…
DOT Desk A schoolboy was found dead at his house at Hamdah in Jhenaidah district town on Wednesday. The deceased was identified as Samiul Alam, a class VI student of Jhenaidah Government Boys’ School and son of Alamgir Hossain, former chairman of Kalicharanpur union, reports The Financial Express BD. Mother of the victim Shahida Parveen,…
DOT Desk The government is likely to reduce the value-added tax for the backward linkage of internet service providers to 5 percent with the view to lowering the price of internet for more than 9 crore internet users ahead of the general election. As a result, all the internet service providing channels will be paying…
Kabir Humayun of DOT Awami League general secretary Obaidul Quader has opined that there is no point in separating BNP from Jamaat as they are two flowers in the same stalk. Quader, also Road Transport and Bridges Minister, made the remarks at a press briefing in party’s president Sheikh Hasina’s Dhanmondi political office yesterday noon,,…
DOT Desk Bangladesh batsman Liton Das has been included in the squad as backup for Mushfiqur Rahim for the second Test against West Indies which is to be played tomorrow, skipper Shakib Al Hasan informed yesterday. “Liton has been kept [in the squad] as a backup just in case [Mushy’s] pain increases or there is…
UNB An accused in a murder case was killed in a reported gunfight with police at Yearpur in Ashulia early Thursday. The deceased was identified as Babul Mia, 27, son of Babar Ali Munshi of Teknimunshipara in Sonatala upazila in Bagura district. He is an accused in garment worker Mehedi Hasan killing cases. Tipped off,…
Hindustan Times Pakistani traffic authorities have for the first time in the country’s history, issued a driving licence to a transgender woman, a media report said on Tuesday. The Islamabad Traffic Police (ITP) on Monday issued Laila Ali her license on the special directives of Islamabad’s police chief who said that she had been driving…
DOT Desk The disciplinary committee of the Bangladesh Football Federation on Wednesday banned four footballers of Abahani Limited and Basundhara Kings for several terms for their involvement in an ugly spat during November 23 Federation Cup final, reports New Age. Basundhara player Sushanta Tripura was suspended for eight matches along with a fine of Tk…
UNB US-Bangla Airlines has announced attractive holiday packages for tourists to Singapore and Malaysia. Credit card users will be able to avail the packages through payment in six equal monthly installments (EMIs), said the airlines in a press release issued Tuesday. To avail its Kuala Lumpur package, holidaymakers will have to pay Tk 29,990 for…
The Local A section of stairs from the Eiffel Tower in Paris sold for almost €170,000 on Tuesday, auctioneers announced, around three times the pre-sale estimate. More than two dozen wrought-iron steps from the original spiral structure, from between the second and third floors of the Paris landmark, were sold to a Middle East collector…