No room for Sohag in WC probable 30s

The Bangladesh Cricket Board on Saturday announced 30-member preliminary squad for the upcoming ICC World Cup 2015 to be staged in Australia and New Zealand without any major surprise.

Maldives declare public holidays to battle water crisis

The upmarket honeymoon destination of Maldives Saturday declared two days of public holidays in bid to manage fraying tempers and ration supplies following a drinking water crisis caused when a fire crippled a key desalination plant.

Derailment snaps Dhaka-north Bengal train communications

Train communications between Dhaka and northern regions and Khulna were suspended as five carriages along with its locomotive of a local train derailed near Soydabad station in the west of Bangabandhu Bridge in Sirajganj on Sunday morning.

Unauthorised hospitals mushroom in city

Fake orthopaedic surgeons conduct operation, mobile court finds

5 injured as gas cylinder explodes in Gazipur RMG factory

At least five people were injured as the cylinder of compressed natural gas of a pick-up van exploded on the premises of Ahsan Composite Mills at Palli Bidyut area of Kapasia in Gazipur on Saturday.

124-kilogram gold haul: 10 Biman staffs sued among 14

A total of 14 people including 10 employees of Biman Bangladesh Airlines were sued on Friday after the customs intelligence investigation found them responsible for smuggling of 124 kilograms of gold last year in a single haul.

17 dead as militants storm Kashmir army camp

Militants hurling grenades stormed an army camp Friday in Indian Kashmir and killed 11 security officials, police said, and spreading violence in the Muslim-majority region which is voting in state elections.

Burdwan Blast key accused arrested from Assam

Sahanur Alam, a key accused in the Burdwan blast case, was arrested by the National Investigation Agency of India late on Friday night, reports NDTV.