Bangladesh coach Golam Rabbani Choton blamed luck and credited Nepal goalkeeper Anjana Rana Magar after the home side were held to a goalless draw in their opening SAFF U-19 Women’s Championship fixture in Dhaka on Saturday night.

The Malaysian hockey team pulled out of the upcoming Asian Champions Trophy owing to a Covid case in the squad, confirmed the Bangladesh Hockey Federation.

The BNP has expressed outraged and surprised by the review and comments made by Chinese ambassador to Bangladesh over Bangladesh and its government.

The fifth “Digital Bangladesh Day-2021” will be celebrated through various programmes in the country and Bangladesh missions abroad today.

Rab will neither be allowed to own properties in the US nor engage in transactions with anyone in the US because of the sanctions.

Dhaka yesterday defended the actions of Rab saying the force is on the forefront of combating heinous crimes, including terrorism and drug trafficking. 

A team of Bangladeshi students became the global finalist in the NASA Space Apps Challenge.

Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister Vasily V Kuznetsov held talks on Bangladesh with Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi today in New Delhi.

After a gap of over three years, Malaysia will reopen its job market for Bangladeshis by this year-end, Expatriates’ Welfare and Overseas Employment Minister Imran Ahmed said yesterday.  

A five-day celebration programme, marking the Tangail free day, began yesterday amid festivity in the town.

Six large unauthorized commercial poultry farms are posing hazards to public health and agriculture in Madhabpur upazila of Habiganj violating a High Court order.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday said the government is preparing the country for tapping the opportunities of the fourth industrial revolution to accelerate its economic growth towards the desired level.

The United States yesterday imposed human rights-related sanctions on Rapid Action Battalion and seven current and former top officials of the agency, including Benazir Ahmed, now inspector general of police. 

Family members of the victims of enforced disappearance yesterday staged a demonstration in the capital’s Shahbagh demanding return of their loved ones.

The retail price of onion has gone up to Tk 80 per kg in city kitchen markets, putting the low and middle income people, already reeling from Covid-19 fallout, under more financial pressure.

The Bangladesh government today banned four communal parties -- the Muslim League, the Jamaet-i-Islami, the Nizami Islam and the People’s Democratic Party. The announcement was made by acting president Syed Nazrul Islam in Jashore.

Bangladesh has made remarkable progress in economy and social development in the last 50 years but failed to institutionalise democracy, improve governance and protect the environment, said eminent scholars.

The United Nations General Assembly has unanimously adopted Bangladesh’s flagship resolution on the “Culture of Peace”.

The United States imposed human rights-related sanctions on the Rapid Action Battalion and six current and former top officials of the agency.

Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen has reaffirmed Bangladesh’s strong commitment to democracy, equality and inclusion.