Protests in US against police killing of ‘knife-armed’ Bangladeshi youth

A young man from the migrant Bangladeshi community in the US has been shot dead by the police in the city of Cambridge, Massachusetts. The Bangladesh Association of New England protested outside Cambridge City Hall on Thursday condemning the “brutal murder” of 20-year-old University of Massachusetts Amherst student Syed Faisal. He described the death of […]

Sheikh Russel beats Abahani to reach Independence Cup final

Sheikh Russel Krira Chakra Limited qualified for the Bashundhara Group Independence Cup final by defeating Abahani Limited 3-2 at the Bir Shrestha Flight Lieutenant Matiur Rahman Stadium in Munshiganj on Wednesday. Sheikh Russel emerged as the first unbeaten Group A champions after drawing 1-1 against Fortis FC, before defeating Bangladesh Navy (2-0) and Mohammedan SC […]

Tamim in IPL auction

Tamim Iqbal is a usually Bangladeshi cricketer to have it to a final list of a Indian Premier League (IPL) 2012 auction when a rough list was curtailed to a 144-player final list yesterday. Earlier, Bangladesh Cricket Board had submitted a list of 9 players to a IPL. Mushfiqur Rahim, Mahmudullah Riyad, Mashrafe Bin Mortaza, […]

Supreme Court website hacked

The official website of the Supreme Court was hacked yesterday. Information technology experts of the court, however, recovered it around 8:00pm. Following the hacking, the webpage read “Oops…You Got Hacked” with rap music playing in the background. The hackers on the webpage identified themselves as “Bangladeshis Underground Hacker” and “3xp1r3 Cyber Army”. An official of […]

Bangladeshi Book Fair in Kolkata

Bangladesh Export Promotion Bureau (BEPB) and Bangladesh High Commission in Kolkata, India — in association with Bangladesh Gyan o Srijonshil Prokashak Samiti — recently organised a five-day book fair. The fair was held at Gaganendranath Art Pradarshanshala in Nandan, Kolkata. Paschim Banga Minister for Education, Bratya Basu, inaugurated the fair. Mustafizur Rahman, Bangladesh Deputy High […]

Srikanto Acharya as good as Fahmida Nabi to share a stage

Indian thespian Srikanto Acharya as good as Bangladeshi thespian Fahmida Nabi will share a theatre during a low-pitched programme to be hold during Bangabandhu International Conference Centre, in a collateral upon Oct 22, according to S.M.N. Islam James, organiser of a programme. James, authority of Web Entertainment Limited, said, “Srikanto Acharya is renouned in both […]