Pro-BNP suspended Gazipur City Corporation Mayor MA Mannan has been put on a three-day remand in two cases filed for sabotage.   Senior Judicial Magistrate Abdul Hye granted a one-day remand when police produced Mannan before the court on Wednesday seeking a seven-day remand in a case filed with Joydebpur Police Station.   Besides, Senior Judicial Magistrate Shahidul Islam put him on a two-day…

MUMBAI: A Mumbai teenager who had been suffering from a rare genetic disease that causes the body to age eight times faster than normal has died.   Fifteen-year-old Nihal Bitla was the face of India's awareness campaign against progeria.   Bitla made headlines while trying to locate 60 other Indian progeria sufferers to participate in a clinical trial in Boston with him.   He ran…

In another clinical display, Delhi Daredevils’ bowlers restricted table-toppers Gujarat Lions to 149, setting up a convincing eight-wicket win in Rajkot’s last game of the season. In the chase, Rishabh Pant and Quinton de Kock blazed a 115-run partnership off 81 balls – the side’s joint-fourth highest opening stand – to help Daredevils breeze to the second spot on the…

Leicester City completed one of the greatest-ever sporting achievements Monday when the 5,000-1 underdogs won the Premier League for the first time, AP reported. Leicester players were crowded around a television inside top-scorer Jamie Vardy's house as they were handed the title by closest challenger Tottenham being held to a 2-2 draw by deposed champion Chelsea. With an insurmountable seven-point…

Atletico Madrid earned a spot in the UEFA Champions League final for the second time in three years after a wild semifinal second–leg encounter with Bayern Munich. Antoine Griezmann’s second–half goal against the run of play seemed to put Atletico Madrid in control of the tie, but Robert Lewandowski’s goal in the 20 minutes later left open the possibility of a Bayern comeback.…

An incendiary broke out at a slum located at East Raja Bazar area in the capital this morning that burnt at least 10 shanties. No casualty was reported in this connection immediately. Being informed, ten firefighting units were trying to douse it till 9:35am. The cause of the fire could not be ascertained immediately. Locals said that the fire originated at 8:20am. Fourth class employees of Dhaka…

In a stunning triumph for a political outsider, Donald Trump all but clinched the Republican presidential nomination Tuesday with a resounding victory in Indiana that knocked rival Ted Cruz out of the race and cleared Trump's path to a likely November face-off with Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton. Trump still needs about 200 delegates to formally secure the nomination, but Cruz's decision…

Raising the hope to find alien life near us, an international team of astrophysicists has discovered three Earth-sized planets orbiting near the "habitable zone" of a dwarf star -- the first planets ever discovered around such a tiny and dim star. The planets are so close to Earth -- only 40 light years away -- that astronomers should eventually be able to study in greater detail the composition…

Prime Minister of Kuwait Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah is due to arrive in Dhaka on Tuesday on a three-day official visit at the invitation of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. A special VVIP flight carrying the Kuwait Prime Minister and members of his entourage is scheduled to land at Hazarat Shahjalal International Airport at 4:45pm on Tuesday.Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will receive the…

Feeding premature babies mostly breast milk — irrespective of whether that came from the babies’ own mothers or donated by other women — during the first month of life appears to spur more robust brain growth, compared with babies given little or no breast milk, says a study.   “The brains of babies born before their due dates usually are not fully developed,” said…

When 22-year-old Manish Pahwa joined a neighbourhood group yoga class, his family was shocked. Pahwa was an archetypal geek right down to his square spectacles who would stay holed up in his room all day glued to his laptop. Pahwa had resorted to yoga in the hope that it would help wean him off his addiction to pornography. He had started watching pornography as a high school student. But when it…

Five people, including two women, were killed and several others injured in a head-on collision between a bus and a pickup van in Chakaria upazila of Cox’s Bazar this morning.The deceased were identified as Tarek Mia, 16, Ahmudul Karim, 18, Abu Syed, 60, Nurunnahar, 55, and her daughter Ayesha Begum, 13. The accident took place at Fasiakhali area on Cox’s Bazar-Chittagong highway around…

LGRD Minister Engineer Khandker Mosharraf Hossain on Tuesday said Faridpur will be declared as a new division within a month or two.   The minister came up with this disclosure while addressing at the installation ceremony of the newly formed Faridpur Journalists Foundation (FJF) at the Jatiya Press Club. The headquarters of the proposed division will be in Faridpur district and steps have been…