Ben Stokes is set to captain a new England squad to face Pakistan in an upcoming one-day international series against Pakistan after a major Covid-19 outbreak, the England and Wales Cricket Board announced Tuesday.

France midfielder Ousmane Dembele on Monday apologised after a video emerged on social media of him appearing to denigrate Asian hotel employees on a tour of Japan by his club Barcelona.

Brazil forward Neymar said he hopes Argentina will be their opponents in the Copa America final and has no doubts that the hosts would come out on top against their fierce rivals.

England seamer James Anderson reached another milestone in a storied career as he picked up his 1,000th first-class wicket while playing for Lancashire in a County Championship match against Kent on Monday.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson set out plans on Monday to end social and economic COVID-19 restrictions in England in two weeks' time, a test of whether a rapid vaccine rollout offers enough protection from the highly contagious Delta variant.

Top leaders of Hefajat-e-Islam today demanded that the government release its “innocent” leaders and activists arrested since March 25.

Six police personnel, including an assistant superintendent of police (ASP), an OC and two inspectors, have been sued for allegedly torturing and sexually harassing a female murder case accused at Barishal's Uzirpur Police Station.

The government decided to lower the age restriction from 40 years to 35 for coronavirus vaccine in order to make more people eligible.

With the nationwide lockdown extended for a week, the government is unlikely to allow cattle markets in the capital ahead of the upcoming Eid-ul-Azha if the Covid situation does not improve.

Authorities at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport are going to confiscate and auction off 12 airplanes that have occupied a large part of the cargo village for years, disrupting loading and unloading of goods.

Water levels of the Jamuna, Teesta, Dharla and Doodhkumar, and their tributaries have kept rising, inundating low-lying areas in northern districts.

Chattogram's Satkania upazila nirbahi officer has been withdrawn and made officer on special duty two days after he fined a doctor for violating lockdown.

With an aim to build a strong base in Bangladesh, IS-inspired militant outfit Neo JMB has recently formed a 20-member committee.

A sixth grader died by suicide Sunday night after two men allegedly made an "obscene video" of her and leaked it on social media recently.

Spain's cycle of dominance of European football began and ended with Italy so it is fitting their hopes of a reconquest will see them face Roberto Mancini's side, who are on their own path towards redemption, in Tuesday's Euro 2020 semi-final.

Argentina captain Lionel Messi is set to make his 150th appearance for the national team as he seeks his first major success with Argentina, not counting Olympic gold in 2008.

'To win a Test match, you need to pick up twenty wickets' is a common cricketing phrase and perhaps Bangladesh's biggest challenge in the lone Test match against Zimbabwe, starting from tomorrow in Harare, will revolve around this particular aspect of the game.

Thirty-seven years since a maiden appearance at the Olympics in Los Angeles in 1984, participation at the Games remains a symbolic gesture on the part of Bangladeshi athletes.

The country continues to reel from the second wave of the pandemic as Covid-19 cases and deaths are rising on a daily basis.

Environment activists today demanded cancellation of all coal-fired power plants including Rampal power station near Sundarbans.