A Fernando owns goal in the first half was enough to send Real Madrid into the final of the Champions League.The hosts downed Manchester City 1-0 in Wednesday's second leg. Zinedine Zidane's men have a shot at claiming the club's 11th European crown at San Siro on May 28, having followed up last week's cagey goalless draw at the Etihad Stadium with a considerably more impressive showing…

Police recovered hanging body of a female student of ASA University Bangladesh from a women's hostel at Babar Road of Mohammadpur area in city Friday afternoon. Police said Afroza Shimu (21) had earned a bachelor's degree in business administration from ASA University, daughter of one Abdul Mannan Pramanik,She hailed from Rangpur sadar. Other borders of the hostel on Babar Road contacted police…

North Korea is preparing to hold a once-in-a-generation congress of its ruling party that is intended to rally the nation behind leader Kim Jong Un and could provide an important glimpse into Kim's plans for the country's economy and military. The congress, set to begin on Friday, is the first in 36 years and follows a 70-day "loyalty drive" in which everyone from coal miners to…

Voting in over 700 Union Parishads of 87 upazilas under 46 districts will be held on Saturday in the 4th phase election to the lowest tier of the local government.   The balloting will be held from 8am to 4pm without any break through some 7,000 polling stations, UNB reports.   Meanwhile, voting would not require for 33 chairman posts, 227 member posts and 98 reserved seats as single candidates…

The international right body “Amnesty International” urged Bangladesh government to halt the imminent execution of Motiur Rahman Nizami and impose a moratorium on the death penalty.   Amnesty International made this urge after the Supreme Court rejected Nizami’s review plea on Thursday.   “We are dismayed that the Supreme Court has upheld the conviction and death…

Quoting a US-based think-tank, Indian daily The Hindu on Friday reported that the dreadful Islamic State terror group intends to announce “an affiliate” in Bangladesh, where it has already “designated a local leader,” amid a series of brutal killings of secular bloggers and intellectuals in the Muslim-majority country.   The Institute for the Study of War (ISW) said the…

BNP on Friday termed the High Court verdict that declared the 16th constitutional amendment illegal as they claimed it has boosted people’s confidence in the judiciary. “Yesterday’s (Thursday’s) High Court verdict declaring the 16th constitutional amendment illegal is historical and monumental. The verdict has brightened the image of the judiciary and boosted people’s…

The Rizal Commercial Banking Corp (RCBC) accepted the resignation of Lorenzo Tan as president and CEO of the Yuchengco-controlled financial institution effective immediately, the bank said in a statement released this evening. RCBC, however, cleared Tan of any wrongdoing, saying an internal investigation into the $81-million money laundering caper “had cleared [him] of any breach of bank rules…

Parshuram Upazila Nirbahi Officer (UNO) HM Rakib Haider was assaulted allegedly by a local Awami League leader and his men for not showing respect to him, reports news agency UNB. Deputy Commissioner of the district M Aminul Ul Ahsan said the UNO was waiting in Dhonikunda area of the upazila to receive Shipping Minister Shajahan Khan who came here to visit the Bilonia land port and attend a rally.…

In a fresh move to boost Hilsa production, scientists from Bangladesh, India and Myanmar underscored the need for a shared plan for sustainably managing the hilsa fishery.   They made the call at a two-day meeting that began at Sonargaon Hotel in the capital on Wednesday, according to an IIED press release.   Fisheries and Livestock Minister Mohammad Sayedul Haque inaugurated meeting hosted…

Cyber criminals are now trying to blackmail Prioty after hacking her Skype account on Thursday evening (Local time).   In her latest facebook post Prioty writes “Blackmailing !! I don't give a sh** t...... They used my picture on their fake profile”.   She also took a screen shot of the alleged criminal who a made a fake Facebook account using her picture. The account holder…

A housewife allegedly committed suicide by jumping under a running train at Shankarpur rail station in the Jessore district town on Thursday night. Quoting Tarek Mohammad, sub-inspector of Jessore Kotwali Police Station, news agency UNB said Sharmin Khatun, 24, wife of Abdullah Hussain of Rambhadrapur in Kalaroa upazila of Satkhira district, jumped off before a train around 9 pm and was critically…

A man was beaten to death allegedly by his younger brother over a land-related dispute at Sonadanga in Khulna city on Thursday. Quoting police sources news agency UNB said Kamrul Islam Kallol, 40, and his younger brother Firoz Arefin-both sons of late Lutfur Rahman, had been at loggerheads over the ownership of a piece of land. As a sequel to the enmity, Firoz, a sports teacher of Khulna College,…

The ringleader of a pirate gang was killed in a reported gunfight between his cohorts and members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) at Mrigmari of the Sundarbans in Mongla upazila early Friday. Lieutenant Colonel Faridul Alam, commanding officer of Barisal Rab-8, said acting on secret information that some fishermen were kidnapped by a gang of pirates, a team of Rab-8 conducted a drive near the Shela…

Two men were killed as a covered van hit an auto rickshaw on Dhaka-Chittagong highway at Lemuar Hafezia area of Feni district early Friday.   The deceased were identified as auto-rickshaw driver Mizanur Rahman 45, and the passenger Mohammad Moju Mia, 60, they hailed from Motiganj area of Sonagazi upazila.   The accident took place when a Dhaka-bound recklessly driven covered van hit the…

Saudi police shot dead two suspected "terrorists" and two others blew themselves up during a raid near the holy city of Makkah on Thursday, the interior ministry said.   "The terrorists started shooting towards security, which they responded to", leading to the deaths of a pair of suspects while the others "committed suicide by blowing themselves up with suicide belts",…

At least 28 people, including women and children, were killed Thursday in air strikes on a displaced camp in northern Syria near the Turkish border, a monitor said.   Rami Abdel Rahman, head of the Syrian Human Rights Observatory, said the strikes which also left 50 people wounded targeted the camp near Sarmada in Idlib province, which is controlled by Syria's Al-Qaeda affiliate Al-Nusra…

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday said vested quarters were hatching plots afresh to portray Bangladesh as an abode of militancy but expressed her firm conviction to foil any design against the country.   "They will not be allowed to play any game with the country so far I am alive," she said in her winding up speech on the closing day of the 10th session of the 10th Jatiya Sangsad…

Bangladesh and the United States are likely to co-host a sidelines event on the United Nations High Level Meeting on large scale movement of refugees and migrants during the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in September this year in New York.   During her recent visit to Dhaka, US Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs Nisha Desai Biswal, indicated that US President…