Bangladesh beat New Zealand by five wickets

Bangladesh romp to a five-wicket victory over New Zealand -- the Tigers' first victory over the Kiwis away from home -- in the last match of the Ireland tri-series at the Clantorf Cricket Club in Dublin today.
24 May 2017, 09:22 AM

Why 10 under-trial prisoners shouldn’t be granted bail, HC rules

Md Dablu, 28, from Fetrapara at Rajpara in Rajshahi, has been sent to Rajshahi Central Jail on February 9, 2007, in connection with murder case filed with Poba Police Station on February 8 the same year.
15 May 2017, 16:13 PM

Ransomware attack: Govt to launch campaign on cyber security

Bangladesh government is to launch a campaign on cyber security and safety following the global ransomware attack that affected computers in nearly 100 countries.
15 May 2017, 14:10 PM

Dhaka worried over North Korea missile test

Bangladesh voices concerns over the latest ballistic missile launching of North Korea and urges the country to exercise restraint for the overall good.
15 May 2017, 11:11 AM

Mothers make life beautiful

On the warmth occasion of Mother’s Day, some of the members of the Bangladesh cricket team express their love for that special person in their lives on their Facebook accounts.
14 May 2017, 07:03 AM

Japan immigration centre detainees including Bangladeshis go on hunger strike

Some 20 foreigners, including Bangladeshi nationals, held at an immigration detention centre in Tokyo are on a rare hunger strike in an apparent bid for improved treatment, an official says.
13 May 2017, 11:05 AM

Blogger Ananta murder: Sylhet court accept supplementary charge

A Sylhet court takes into cognisance a supplementary charge sheet against six persons in a case filed over the murder of blogger Ananta Bijoy Das.
9 May 2017, 12:45 PM

Bangladesh to import 600,000 tonnes of rice

Bangladesh is to import 600,000 tonnes of rice in an effort to replenish reserves and rein in prices of the staple.
9 May 2017, 11:51 AM

Hefajat wants trial of May 5 deaths

Hefajat-e-Islam voices for trial of “those who killed their men” during the Shapla Chattar rally in Motijheel– a day remembered as when the Islamists wreaked havoc in Dhaka city.
5 May 2017, 12:17 PM

Govt intervenes in judiciary: Fakhrul

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir alleges that the judiciary cannot play an independent role “due to the government's interference.”
5 May 2017, 11:10 AM

Arson cases: BNP leader Khokon sent to jail

A Dhaka court sends BNP leader Khairul Kabir Khokon to jail after he surrendered before it seeking bail in connection with 10 arson cases.
4 May 2017, 08:45 AM

If not a great cricketer, I want to be remembered as a good human being: Mustafizur Rahman

Promising Bangladesh pacer Mustafizur Rahman -- Fizz to friends -- never lets success get to his head and says rather modestly that he would be happy to be remembered as a "good human being" if he does not make it to cricketing folklore, little realising he may have already reached there.
18 April 2017, 07:55 AM

'I was relaxed before the hattrick ball'

A sunglass-clad Taskin Ahmed basked in the glory of a rare feat in this morning at the Aliya Resort and Spa in Dambulla today.
29 March 2017, 08:28 AM

Bangladesh beat Hong Kong by 8 wickets

Bangladesh defeated Hong Kong by 8 wickets during their first match of the Emerging Teams Asia Cup 2017 tournament at Sheikh Kamal International Cricket Stadium, Cox's Bazar today.
27 March 2017, 06:51 AM

Bangladesh female hockey champs epitomize Special Olympics ideal

The people back home would have to wait to hear the biggest news of their children's lives and that of their families, though it was possible the shrieks and cries from pure joy and utter exhaustion may have traveled all the way from Austria to Bangladesh.
24 March 2017, 07:12 AM

Injured Kusal Perera ruled out of first two ODIs

Sri Lanka’s Kusal Perera has been ruled out of the first two ODIs against Bangladesh, after sustaining a hamstring strain during Wednesday's warm-up match in Colombo, Sri Lanka's cricket manager Asanka Gurusinha confirmed.
23 March 2017, 07:41 AM

Bangladesh hopes Sri Lanka win will bring more Tests

Bangladesh's historic Test victory in Sri Lanka should encourage more teams to find space in their schedules to play the fast-improving minnows, according to the head of the country's cricket board.
21 March 2017, 08:30 AM

Soumya Sarkar opts for DRS after getting bowled

Bangladesh left-handed batsman Soumya Sarkar took a DRS after getting bowled by Sri Lanka's Asela Gunaratne on the fifth day of the first Test in Galle.
13 March 2017, 09:57 AM

Hathurusingha dreams of making Tigers the Sri Lanka of 1996

Tigers have been prowling around in the cricketing circle for a while and managed to make their presence felt in recent times.
13 March 2017, 05:43 AM

Matara Hurricane a Mohammedan man

He was one of the pioneers that revolutionised ODI cricket in the 1990s and early 2000s, at one point holding the records for the fastest fifty and fastest century. Today, he is the chairman of selectors of Sri Lanka Cricket.
10 March 2017, 08:05 AM