Bangladesh opener Tamim Iqbal announced today that he will not be available for selection for the upcoming T20 World Cup, scheduled to begin in October 17 this year.

Flood situation in Sirajganj and Kurigram has worsened as water level in the Brahmaputra, Jamuna and Dharla rivers is above the danger level.

Recent attacks on Kabul’s international airport by the Islamic State’s Afghan affiliate raise multiple questions, as well as the spectre of paradigm shifts in the drivers and expanding geography of political violence.

The Taliban have taken over Afghanistan—that is yesterday’s news. That thousands of distressed Afghans were crowding Kabul Airport to try and escape the country has also become an old fact.

Captain Nawshad Ataul Quaiyum has passed away. The world goes on, you and I go back to work, and perhaps everyone will soon cease to talk about him except occasionally—even the hundreds of passengers he saved back in 2016. Everyone, except his family. But today my heart is heavy, and so I can’t help but write.

On July 25 this year, the Prothom Alo English edition published a news item about a bridge being built somewhere on the outskirts of Dhaka that led to nowhere.

Goods carrying transport workers in Dinajpur has called a 96-hour strike from today, protesting unauthorized extortion on roads and highways and harassment by police and officials of Bangladesh Road Transport Authorities (BRTA) in the name of checking documents and valid driving licence.

Local Government Engineering Department (LGED) has decided to construct a road leading from Ruma Mukh to Galengya in Bandarban’s remote Ruma upazila by cutting a nearby hill.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday urged all to remain alert as anti-liberation forces along with their companions were still conspiring against Bangladesh taking assistance from abroad.

Dr Firdausi Qadri, a Bangladeshi scientist instrumental in the development of vaccines that have saved millions of lives, has been honoured with the Ramon Magsaysay Award.

Consumers will have to pay a higher price to buy liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) as the energy regulator yesterday announced its new price in line with the international market price.

Pakistan President General Yahya Khan appointed Dr Abdul Motaleb Malik as the civil governor of East Pakistan. Malik had no say in the martial law administration.

Bangladesh are all set to take on New Zealand in the first T20I of the five-match series today at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Mirpur with expectations high after their recent series wins against Zimbabwe away and Australia at home. The match will get underway at 4:00 PM Bangladesh Time.

The body of Biman Bangladesh Airlines pilot Captain Nawshad Ataul Qaiyum, who passed away in a Nagpur hospital yesterday, is likely to reach Dhaka on Thursday morning.

The Department of Environment (DoE) in Chattogram today fined an organisation Tk 2.5 lakh for poor management of medical waste.

Five political parties have failed to submit their annual financial statement to the Election Commission (EC) for 2020, an official of Election Commission said today.

At least 266 more dengue patients were hospitalised in 24 hours (till 8:00am) today, according to the Directorate General of Health Services.

The Department of Environment (DoE) Chattogram (region) fined 29 brick kilns Tk 108,70,000 for damaging environment by cutting hills in Lama upazila of Bandarban.

Chairman of parliamentary standing committees on different ministries today urged the government to amend the existing tobacco control laws to implement a tobacco-free Bangladesh by 2040.

Eighty-six people died from Covid-19 in 24 hours till 8 am today, said a press release issued by the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).