Real Madrid stun Liverpool 1-0 to clinch Champions League title

Real Madrid secured a record-extending 14th European Cup when they beat Liverpool 1-0 in a Champions League final delayed for more than half an hour after police tried to stop people trying to force their way into the Stade de France on Saturday.
28 May 2022, 21:27 PM

New APBN units: Commission for CHT slam govt move

Chattogram Hill Tracts Commission yesterday expressed deep concern over a government move to introduce a new unit of Armed Police Battalion in the region.
28 May 2022, 18:00 PM

Every Dhaka street will have CCTV coverage

All roads in the capital will be brought under CCTV camera coverage, which would benefit the city’s traffic management and help control crime, Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan said yesterday.
28 May 2022, 18:00 PM

Trading a lake for houses

The Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh is filling up a large waterbody on the eastern side of the Hajj camp at the capital’s Ashkona for a housing project for its officials and employees, violating a conservation law.
28 May 2022, 18:00 PM

BCB to hold sports psychology sessions for Tigers

With the intention of improving the mental fitness of the cricketers of the Bangladesh national team, the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) is planning to hold a relevant programme ahead of the upcoming West Indies tour next month.
28 May 2022, 15:47 PM

Wounded Tigers off to recharge before Windies tour

On the back of a 1-0 defeat in the recently-concluded Test series against Sri Lanka and with a packed schedule ahead of Bangladesh, some of the members of the national team have taken a break ahead of their upcoming West Indies tour next month.
28 May 2022, 15:19 PM

Herath to groom spinners in BCB's four-day camp

With the intention to strengthen the spin-bowling pipeline, the Bangladesh Cricket Board's (BCB) cricket operations committee has initiated to hold a four-day training camp, under the guidance of Bangladesh spin-bowling coach Rangana Herath, starting from tomorrow.
28 May 2022, 14:28 PM

Mosaddek’s inclusion a proof of BCB’s murky vision

Bangladesh lost yet another Test series at home. The 10-wicket mauling by a fairly inexperienced Sri Lankan side on the final day of the second Test in Mirpur yesterday meant that the Tigers have now lost all the five Test series played against Sri Lanka at home, including the 1-0 series defeat in the latest one. 
28 May 2022, 06:16 AM

Alcaraz youngest man to reach Roland Garros last 16 since 2006

Spanish teenage sensation Carlos Alcaraz became the youngest man to make the fourth round at the French Open on Friday since Novak Djokovic in 2006.
28 May 2022, 01:14 AM

‘The answer is there to see’

There was not any significant difference between hosts Bangladesh and Sri Lanka in terms of international experience as the two subcontinental rivals locked horns in a two-match Test series within the past two weeks.
28 May 2022, 00:50 AM

Asian nations must join hands for better future

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday said the Asian countries must combine their forces to help address their common challenges for the betterment of future generations.
27 May 2022, 18:00 PM

Border roads being built to check crimes

Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan has said the government is constructing roads in border areas to stop criminal activities there.
27 May 2022, 18:00 PM

Papon ‘not worried’ about Mominul’s captaincy

The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) president Nazmul Hassan Papon backed the Bangladesh Test captain Mominul Haque and said that his captaincy is not something the management is worried about.
27 May 2022, 14:21 PM

Domingo against getting ‘used to playing on bad pitches’

Bangladesh head coach Russell Domingo mentioned that the tailor-made pitches in the past at home has hurt the Tigers' improvement in the long run and the South African also urged to create sporting pitches to enhance performance in the longest format of the game.
27 May 2022, 13:57 PM

Chile could be home to world's oldest tree, study suggests

A lush green forest in southern Chile might be home to the world's oldest tree after a new study found that an ancient alerce tree known as "great grandfather" could be more than 5,000 years old.
27 May 2022, 11:48 AM

2 fallen Bangladeshi peacekeepers honoured at UN HQ in New York

Two Bangladeshi fallen peacekeepers were honoured during the commemoration of International Day of UN Peacekeepers at the UN Headquarters in New York on Thursday.
27 May 2022, 11:13 AM

‘Can’t win Tests from being five down for 24’

Bangladesh head coach Russell Domingo said that it is not possible to win Tests after suffering horrible batting collapses as the Tigers did in the recently-concluded home Test series against Sri Lanka. 
27 May 2022, 11:10 AM

5-yr-old drowns in Kaliganga river in Manikganj

A 5-year-old boy drowned while taking bath in Kaliganga river in Manikganj today (May 27, 2022).
27 May 2022, 11:02 AM

No Covid-19 deaths in 24 hours, positivity rate 0.59%

No Covid-19 deaths were reported in 24 hours till 8am today, said a press release issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
27 May 2022, 10:59 AM

Bangladesh elected to all governing councils of UNESCAP

Bangladesh has been elected to the governing councils of all four regional institutions of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP) in Bangkok, Thailand.
27 May 2022, 10:06 AM