Pakistan's Nawaz relishing Test return with 'dream' five-wicket haul

Pakistan all-rounder Mohammad Nawaz said Monday that his maiden five-wicket haul on return to Test cricket was a "dream" performance he aimed to repeat.
18 July 2022, 14:31 PM

40-year-old Ibrahimovic renews contract with AC Milan

Evergreen AC Milan striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic will stay at the Serie A champions beyond his 41st birthday after agreeing a one-year contract extension, the club said on Monday.
18 July 2022, 13:20 PM

Kings create history with hattrick BPL title

Bashundhara Kings sealed the title of the 2022 Bangladesh Premier League with two matches in hand after notching up a 2-0 win over hosts Saif Sporting Club at the Birshreshtha Shaheed Ft Lt Matiur Rahman Stadium in Munshiganj today.
18 July 2022, 12:30 PM

India reports 2nd case of monkeypox

India today reported its second confirmed case of monkeypox when a 31-year-old man who came from Dubai last week was diagnosed with the infection, just three days after the first case came to the fore.
18 July 2022, 11:56 AM

World Cup hero Stokes announces shock retirement from ODIs

England all-rounder Ben Stokes has announced that he will retire from one-day international cricket following Tuesday’s Royal London International against South Africa.
18 July 2022, 11:37 AM

Biswajit murder case: Another life-term convict arrested in Dhaka

Rab has arrested a fugitive convict who was sentenced to life-term imprisonment for killing Biswajit Das during a blockade enforced by BNP-led alliance 10 years ago.
18 July 2022, 11:30 AM

7 Covid-19 deaths in 24 hours, current positivity rate 9.77%

Seven people died from Covid-19 in 24 hours till 8am today, said a press release issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
18 July 2022, 11:23 AM

Nationwide campaign providing 2nd and booster doses of Covid vaccine tomorrow

A nationwide special campaign will be held tomorrow to inoculate 75 lakh people with the second and booster jabs of Covid-19 vaccines to combat the rising trend of infections, Health Minister Zahid Maleque announced today (July 18, 2022).
18 July 2022, 10:44 AM

Countrywide hourlong load shedding from tomorrow

There will be one hour long load shedding countrywide from tomorrow to reduce energy subsidy, State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid said today (July 18, 2022).
18 July 2022, 10:19 AM

Pvt power plants urge govt to pay $1.5bn arrears

Despite an improvement in payment, the government still owes $1.5 billion to private power plant operators, according to official sources. 
18 July 2022, 10:10 AM

Sore throat most common Covid-19 symptom now, according to British study

Sore throat is the most common symptom if someone has developed Covid-19, followed by headache and blocked nose, said a British study.
18 July 2022, 09:39 AM

Proposals made to close petrol pumps one day a week

Petrol pumps should be closed one day a week, Prime Minister's Energy Adviser Tawfiq-e-Elahi Chowdhury today (July 18, 2022) proposed in a meeting at the Prime Minister’s Office in Dhaka.
18 July 2022, 09:04 AM

Krishna Pada Roy joins as CMP commissioner

Krishna Pada Roy today joined as the new Commissioner of Chattogram Metropolitan Police (CMP).
18 July 2022, 09:02 AM

Mugger stabs to death auto-rickshaw driver for Tk 1500

A CNG-run auto-rickshaw driver, who was stabbed by a mugger in Khilgaon yesterday afternoon, died at a city hospital early this morning.
18 July 2022, 08:37 AM

Humiliation of Narail teacher: HC orders judicial probe

The High Court today (July 18, 2022) ordered for conducting a judicial enquiry into the incident of humiliating a college teacher in Narail on June 17.
18 July 2022, 07:56 AM

3 more Bangladeshi hajj pilgrims die in Saudi Arabia

Three more Bangladeshi hajj pilgrims died in Saudi Arabia during this year’s pilgrimage. Of them, two were female and one male.
18 July 2022, 07:16 AM

Indian lawmakers voting to elect 15th president of the country

Indian lawmakers today (July 18, 2022) exercised their franchise to elect the country’s 15th president in an election which may see Droupadi Murmu, a tribal woman, occupying the highest constitutional post for the first time.
18 July 2022, 06:37 AM

Tigers set to return home with Zimbabwe tour in focus

Following a bittersweet tour of the West Indies, Bangladesh national cricket team turn their focus on the white-ball away series against Zimbabwe, starting from July 31.  
17 July 2022, 16:20 PM

Babar beats Kohli to become fastest Asian batter to score 10k int’l runs

Pakistan captain Babar Azam stood firm amid a batting collapse to compile his seventh Test hundred on Sunday, leading his side's fightback against hosts Sri Lanka on the second day of the opening Test in Galle.
17 July 2022, 15:24 PM

Asia Cup likely to be moved to UAE: reports

The 2022 Asia Cup maybe shifted out of Sri Lanka with UAE emerging as a likely host, according a report on ESPNCricInfo.
17 July 2022, 10:52 AM