Bangladesh Bank is set to give Sri Lanka another year to repay the $200 million loan as it looks to lend a helping hand to the island nation, which is going through its worst debt and economic crises.

Police carried on construction work at the city’s Tentultala playground yesterday though Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan said he had asked the city corporation and others concerned to find an alternative place for Kalabagan Police Station.

The yield of Kailash Tila, the main source for Sylhet Gas Fields Ltd, was on average 69 million cubic feet per day in 2016, but it dropped to 29 million cubic feet in January this year.

The demand for allowing a third carrier for operating hajj flights is getting louder as the existing system of ferrying the pilgrims to Saudi Arabia has been costing the hajis more and is creating a duopoly.

Information Minister Hasan Mahmud yesterday said he will sit with journalist union leaders and owners of media houses because there is room for revising the Mass Media Employees (Services Conditions) Bill 2022.

Immigration of all aspirant hajj pilgrims will be completed at Dhaka airport this year, waiving the need to wait in long lines in Saudi Arabia.

Hasan Ali has been on fire for Lancashire so far ever since the Pakistan fast bowler made his debut in County Championship and having the impact that is reminiscent of what was pulled off by his compatriot Wasim Akram for over a decade.

The cooperation between Bangladesh and Denmark will be strengthened further in different sectors including technology and energy marking the 50 years of relations between the two countries.

Mehedi Hasan Miraz is uncertain for the first of the two-match Test series against Sri Lanka starting next month as the all-rounder will be out of action for two weeks after fracturing his right hand’s little finger during a Dhaka Premier League game on Sunday.

A total of 662 landless families in Bagerhat’s different upazilas are going to receive houses ahead of Eid from the government.

The flyover on Dhaka-Tangail highway at Naujor opened to traffic today.

Spanish star Carlos Alcaraz, aged 18, on Monday became the youngest player to enter the top 10 of the ATP world rankings since his compatriot Rafael Nadal did so at the same age in 2005.

A court in Delhi has taken cognisance of a charge sheet filed by India’s Enforcement Directorate against former Trinamool Congress youth wing leader Vinay Mishra; the alleged kingpin of a cattle smuggling racket across the India-Bangladesh border, Mohammad Enamul Haque; and others.

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).

It came as a surprise when Sunrisers Hyderabad did not retain Rashid Khan before the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL) season after the premier leg spinner had served the franchise, quite commendably, between 2017 to 2021, having picked 93 wickets in 76 games with an impressive 6.33 economy rate.

Barcelona are a team that are used to finishing in first place but now must find the motivation to ensure they end the season second behind arch rivals Real Madrid in LaLiga, manager Xavi said.

Oscar Bruzon, who has coached in Spain, India, Maldives and Bangladesh, has reached a milestone of guiding Bashundhara Kings in 100 games  as they played against Swadhinata Krira Sangha on Sunday. The Spaniard, apart from working as the head coach of Bangladesh national football team, had already steered Kings to two Bangladesh Premier League, two Federation Cup and one Independence Cup since he took over in 2018. The 44-year-old coach talked to The Daily Star's Anisur Rahman and expressed his views on different aspects of the game. The excerpts of the interview are as follows: 

The proposed Mass Media Employees (Services Conditions) Bill conflicts with the prevailing judiciary, industrial law and the country’s labour law, said the Newspaper Owners’ Association of Bangladesh (NOAB) yesterday.

A man was sentenced to eight years imprisonment and fined Tk 3 lakhs for hacking into another’s Facebook account and spreading anti-religious messages on the social media platform.

The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) chief selector Minhajul Abedin stressed on the 'home condition' factor as the reason behind leaving out seamer Abu Jayed from Bangladesh's squad for the upcoming two-Test series against Sri Lanka in May. He also pointed at the pace-variation criteria which led to Rejaur Rahman Raja being called into the squad.