Maj Gen Shakil Ahmed has been appointed as the new director general of Border Guard Bangladesh.

Highlighting the growing friendship between Bangladesh and India, State Minister for Foreign Affairs Md Shahriar Alam yesterday reiterated the unwavering commitment of the Bangladesh government to ensure peace and stability in the region and beyond.

Comilla Victorians grabbed the Bangabandhu Bangladesh Premier League trophy as they beat Fortune Barishal by a single run in a thrilling final of the franchise-based T20 tournament played at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur tonight.

An aggressive 71-run stand from Josh Inglis and Glenn Maxwell powered Australia to a six-wicket win and their fourth straight Twenty20 victory over Sri Lanka at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on Friday.

Yesterday, when Fortune Barishal captain Shakib Al Hasan did not show up at the photo session event, which featured the two captains of the Bangladesh Premier League finalists, eyebrows were raised at first and confusions further amplified when two different versions behind Shakib's absence were relayed to the media.

The queues and chaos in front of TCB trucks have only been growing recently due to reduced earnings of low- and middle-income groups and price hikes.

I had about 10 taxis on the Dhaka-Narayanganj route. There was no strike on that route on the morning of February 21. At that time, I was in Narayanganj. The transport strike actually began in the evening, shortly after the shooting.

Journalists and citizens from various walks of society were victimised the most by the Digitial Security Act 2018 for voicing their opinions on digital platforms, speakers said at a webinar yesterday.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will hand over the Ekushey Padak-2022 to 24 eminent persons on Sunday on the occasion of the Amar Ekushey and the International Mother Language Day.

The proposed regulation and policy for social media and streaming services will be alarming for journalism and the free flow of information, experts said yesterday.

IGP Benazir Ahmed has cancelled his trip to Germany planned for this month amid a controversy over the visit regarding “procurement of one lakh pieces of bedsheets and pillow covers for the force”.

Three government officials toured abroad this month using funds from a water development board project in Cox’s Bazar, although none of them was directly associated with the work.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday directed the authorities concerned to set up a universal pension scheme for people aged above 60 and also for those who worked in the informal sector.

Former India and East Bengal winger Surajit Sengupta, who was a key architect of the golden era of the Kolkata’s club football club in 1970s, died today after losing a 23-day battle with Covid-19.

Manchester United and Real Madrid showed interest in jointly working with Bashundhara Kings football academy, said Bashundhara Group Chairman Ahmed Akbar Sobhan during the inauguration of the Bashundhara Kings arena this afternoon.

“Playing in the ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup is a long-awaited dream come true for all of us,” wrote Nigar Sultana Joty, Bangladesh women’s team’s ODI captain, in a column for the International Cricket Council (ICC) ahead of their maiden ODI world cup campaign.

When Steven Knox first took charge of the German national cricket team in 2014, the idea that they could have qualified for a World Cup would have been absurd.

New Zealand dominated South Africa to hold a 21-run lead on day one of the first Test in Christchurch on Thursday after Matt Henry spearheaded the attack with a career-best seven for 23.

Like clockwork, the prices of Ramadan essentials like edible oil, chickpea, dried pea, date and sugar have started to spiral in the lead-up to the holy month despite higher imports.

The government’s move to relocate hazardous chemical warehouses and plastic factories from the congested neighbourhoods of Old Dhaka remains in limbo, 11 years after the initiative was taken in the aftermath of the Nimtoli inferno.