Patidar stars as Bangalore eliminate Lucknow

Royal Challengers Bangalore rode on Rajat Patidar’s sensational century to win against Lucknow Super Giants by 14 runs in the Eliminator match of the 2022 Indian Premier League (IPL) at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata today.
25 May 2022, 18:55 PM

A welcome instance

The Parliament Secretariat is returning Tk 80 crore to the government, thanks to fewer parliament sessions, foreign tours, and training programmes amid the coronavirus pandemic, Speaker Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury said yesterday.
25 May 2022, 18:00 PM

Taking up development projects: Keep in mind ecology, environment

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday directed authorities concerned to pay attention to environment and ecology while taking up any development project.
25 May 2022, 18:00 PM

Digital security act: Govt to ensure best practices

Law Minister Anisul Huq has said the government has taken necessary steps to ensure the best practices of the Digital Security Act, as this law has been misused and abused “to some extent”.
25 May 2022, 18:00 PM

Draw favours BD U-20, U-17 sides

Following a break of more than two years due to the coronavirus pandemic, Bangladesh and other Asian countries are all set to get back to the action of Asian Football Confederation-sanctioned AFC U-20 Asian Cup Qualifiers as well as AFC U-17 Asian Cup Qualifiers in September and October with both draws having taken place at Kuala Lumpur yesterday.
25 May 2022, 16:11 PM

Ebadot, Khaled ‘getting gist of English’

Despite having the big names of world cricket in Bangladesh's fast bowling coach over the years, with the likes of Courtney Walsh, Ottis Gibson and now Allan Donald working as the pace bowling coach, Bangladesh’s seam bowling department is yet to become an intimidating force, especially in the longest format of the game.
25 May 2022, 15:26 PM

Can Soumya rediscover himself in BCB’s training camp?

Out-of-favour national cricketer Soumya Sarkar made the cut into the 29-member squad of the Bangladesh Tigers, who are set to undergo a fitness camp, scheduled to begin from May 27 to June 05 at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur, before honing their skills at a separate training camp from June 12 in Dhaka.
25 May 2022, 14:20 PM

Sri Lanka on strong footing in Mirpur

Half-centuries on Day 3 from former skipper Angelo Mathews and all-rounder Dhananjaya de Silva took Sri Lanka to a position of strength in the second and deciding Test against Bangladesh in Mirpur on Wednesday.
25 May 2022, 12:06 PM

Liton, Tamim, Mushfiqur rise in rankings

Bangladesh batter Liton Das and Sri Lanka’s Angelo Mathews have made valuable gains in the MRF Tyres ICC Men’s Test Player Rankings after fine performances in the drawn first match of their ICC World Test Championship series in Chattogram.
25 May 2022, 09:16 AM

Publish gazette asking PK Halder, 7 others to appear: Dhaka Court 

A Dhaka court today directed the authorities concerned to publish a gazette asking former managing director of NRB Global Bank Prashanta Kumar Halder, better known as PK Halder, and seven others to appear before it in a case filed over laundering Tk 80 crore to Canada and amassing about Tk 426 crore illegally.
25 May 2022, 07:53 AM

Bodies of 2 youths recovered from Dhaka’s Kamrangirchar

Police recovered bodies of two youths from a house in Dhaka’s Kamrangirchar area this morning.
25 May 2022, 07:26 AM

Youth in Savar arrested in rape case

Police arrested a youth last night (May 24, 2022) in a case filed over gang-rape of a 25-year-old woman in Savar.
25 May 2022, 06:39 AM

Siddons aims to make seniors’ last dance end on a high

Both Shakib and Mushfiqur are 35 and Tamim is 33. Siddons said that his aim was to get the seniors to end their careers on a high.
25 May 2022, 06:34 AM

Mathews, Dhanajaya take charge before rain

The visitors reached 210 for four at Lunch, which was taken five balls ahead of schedule due to rain.
25 May 2022, 05:02 AM

East Bengal try to woo Man Utd after Bashundhara negotiations fall through

After failed negotiations with the Bashundhara Group of Bangladesh, India’s leading football club East Bengal are now in talks with EPL giants Manchester United for ownership of one of oldest football clubs in the country.
25 May 2022, 04:37 AM

Roads on Dhaleshwari river

Roads had been built by dumping sand within the river for movement of trucks. Due to unplanned extraction of sand from the river, river erosion has taken place in Ranadia of ​​Manikganj Sadar Upazila.
25 May 2022, 04:34 AM

Tears flow as Tsonga retires after French Open defeat

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga gave Norway's eighth-seeded Casper Ruud a run for his money in a tight French Open first round battle but predictably headed into a tear-jerking retirement with a 6-7(6), 7-6(4), 6-2, 7-6(0) defeat on Tuesday.
25 May 2022, 04:22 AM

Loan waivers: Rules relaxed for influential borrowers

Bangladesh Bank yesterday said that private banks would be able to waive the interest of borrowers whose funds have been transferred to the lenders’ income segment, relaxing its previous stance in order to facilitate influential defaulters.
25 May 2022, 04:00 AM

Euro titles 'no help' to Mourinho ahead of final

Jose Mourinho said Tuesday that his experience of European glory will be no help to him as Roma are one step away from their first major continental crown.
25 May 2022, 02:45 AM

Senior secretary retires day after returning from official Europe tour

A senior secretary embarked on a study tour in Europe just before retiring from his job.
25 May 2022, 02:30 AM