An expert team yesterday started the process of shipping 500 tonnes of Dichloro-Diphenyl-Trichloroethane, a banned toxic pesticide, to France for destruction.

In 1952, I was the editor of Sainik. I used to live in 19, Azimpur with Mr [Principal Abul] Kashem. I was present at the meeting of the All-party State Language Action Committee in Nawabpur [February 20, 1952]. The meeting decided not to violate section 144.

Speakers at a roundtable in Sylhet yesterday urged the government to step back from constructing a safari park at Moulvibazar’s Lathitila forest.

Comilla Victorians registered a comfortable seven-wicket win over Chattogram Challengers in the second Qualifier and reached the final of the Bangabandhu Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur today.

A day after returning positive for Covid-19, all the eight Afghanistan players tested negative for the virus in the follow-up tests today ahead of their upcoming bilateral three-match ODI and two-match T20I series against hosts Bangladesh.

The disciplinary committee of the Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) has asked the authorities concerned to conduct a forensic investigation regarding the allegation that involves Saif Sporting Club’s captain Jamal Bhiuyan kicking the referee during a Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) fixture on Sunday.

Last night’s European football action absolutely had it all.

Kylian Mbappe's importance to Paris Saint-Germain was all too evident long before his stoppage-time strike gave them a narrow win over Real Madrid in the first leg of their Champions League showdown on Tuesday and left them on course for a place in the quarter-finals.

The consumers are bearing the burden of extravagance, mismanagement and corruption of Dhaka Water Supply and Sewerage Authority, said speakers at a virtual discussion organised by Consumers Association Bangladesh (CAB) yesterday.

The Kirtankhola river has the greatest excess of an antimicrobial API in the world, according to a global study that found levels of metronidazole in the river water to be more than 300 times the safe limit.

Md Belal Hossain, a pensioner from Old Dhaka, was livid when he picked up the morning paper on Wednesday: he learnt that Wasa was pushing to hike the water tariff by up to 40 percent.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday stressed the need for spreading the country’s vibrant cultural activities like fairs and festivals to every district to attract the young generation to Bengali language, literature, and culture.

On the night of February 20, Zahedul Huq, Shelley, Gazi, Sultan, Mansur of Naogaon and I sat by the pond of Fazlul Haque Hall to discuss what can be done the next day.

The national selectors made wholesale changes to the ODI side for Bangladesh's upcoming series against Afghanistan, slated to begin from February 23 with the first ODI in Chattogram.

Eight cricketers of the Afghanistan squad tested positive for Covid-19 today ahead of their upcoming bilateral three-match ODI and two-match T20I series against hosts Bangladesh.

Novak Djokovic said he was not against vaccination but would skip Grand Slam tournaments if he was forced to take the jab against Covid-19.

The High Court today cleared the way for the lower court concerned to run the trial of former secretary and general manager of Barapukuria Coal Mining Company Ltd (BCMCL) Abul Kasem Prodhaniya in a corruption case filed over misappropriation of Tk 243 crore through disappearing of over 1.43 tonnes of coal.

Four people have been arrested in a case on charge of attacking the Charrogram metropolitan magistrate in the port city last night.

Saif Sporting Club captain Jamal Bhuiyan has claimed to media that he did not kick or touch any match official after his side’s 1-0 defeat against Sheikh Russel KC in a Bangladesh Premier League fixture at the Birshreshtha Matiur Rahman Stadium in Munshiganj on Sunday.

Carlo Ancelotti has dismissed any suggestion that Kylian Mbappe's focus on Tuesday's Champions League last-16 first leg between Real Madrid and Paris St Germain could be affected by a potential move to the Spanish side.