Miracle saves Ed Joyce, once

WATCH NOW (VIDEO): Instead of being bowled off Amjad Javed, Ed Joyce survives miraculously as the ball flicked the stumps to knock the bails in the air and back in place
25 February 2015, 09:32 AM

Online registration for new voters introduced

Election Commission introduces an online application system for the registration, correction and replacement of voters’ polling areas
25 February 2015, 08:55 AM

Manna placed on 10-day remand

Nagorik Oikya convener Mahmudur Rahman Manna has been placed on a 10-day remand in a case filed against him allegedly for trying to instigate revolt by the armed forces
25 February 2015, 07:34 AM

Child killed in Agargaon slum fire

A six-year-old child has been killed as a fire broke out at a slum in Agargaon area of Dhaka
25 February 2015, 06:36 AM

No graft charges against Al-Amin: BCB

BCB president Nazmul Hassan has said that the ACSU did not bring any corruption charges against Al-Amin Hossain, although the agency gave information about the player's whereabouts.
25 February 2015, 06:12 AM

Obama vetoes oil pipeline bill

US President Barack Obama has vetoed a bill that would have approved construction of the Keystone XL oil pipeline
25 February 2015, 06:11 AM

Over 18kg gold seized at Dhaka airport, 2 held

Customs intelligence detain two passengers and seize 161 gold bars, weighing over 18 kilogrammes, from their possession at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka
25 February 2015, 06:05 AM

Amnesty calls on UN powers to lose veto on genocide votes

Amnesty International urges the five permanent members of the UN Security Council to give up their power of veto in situations of mass atrocities
25 February 2015, 05:59 AM

Ireland beat UAE by 2 wickets

In the most intense match of the World Cup played as of yet, Ireland pulled a two-wicket win over a fighting UAE side in the 16th match of the World Cup 2015 at Brisbane
25 February 2015, 04:15 AM

7 die as bus hits 3-wheeler in Comilla

Seven people including two children died as a bus rammed a CNG-run three-wheeler on the Dhaka-Chittagong highway in Chauddagram upazila of Comilla
24 February 2015, 13:31 PM

A day that belonged to Chris Gayle

The 15th match of the ICC cricket World Cup 2015 between West Indies and Zimbabwe, played at Manuke Oval in Canberra.
24 February 2015, 12:14 PM

UP chairman shot dead in Jessore

Unidentified miscreants gun down a union parishad chairman in Jessore Sadar upazila
24 February 2015, 08:17 AM

Jabbar gets jail until death

A tribunal in Dhaka sentences former Jatiya Party lawmaker Abdul Jabbar to jail until death on four charges of crimes against humanity committed during the country’s Liberation War in 1971
24 February 2015, 06:20 AM

Mushy okay, will play SL

Bangladesh star wicketkeeper-batsman Mushfiqur Rahim has been injured at practice today ahead of Bangladesh’s game against Sri Lanka on Thursday
24 February 2015, 06:19 AM

SC seeks concise statements on Nizami verdict

Bangladesh Supreme Court asks both state and defence counsels to submit in two weeks the concise statements on an appeal filed by convicted war criminal Motiur Rahman Nizami against his death penalty
24 February 2015, 05:47 AM

NZ to send non-combat troops to Iraq

New Zealand's Prime Minister John Key announces plans to send 143 non-combat troops to Iraq to help the fight against Islamic State (IS) militants
24 February 2015, 05:13 AM

SC dismisses appeals on Ghulam Azam verdict

Bangladesh Supreme Court dismisses two appeals filed by convicted war criminal Ghulam Azam and the government against his verdict and seeking a ban on Jamaat-e-Islami respectively
24 February 2015, 05:01 AM

Greece unveils eurozone reforms

Greece unveils outline summary of reforms demanded by eurozone leaders in order to secure a bailout extension
24 February 2015, 04:56 AM

West Indies beat defiant Zimbabwe by 73 runs

Zimbabwe put up a defiant fight before going down against West Indies in the 15th match of the ICC cricket World Cup 2015 at Manuka Oval of Canberra
24 February 2015, 03:34 AM

The blind breast cancer detectors

Research suggests blind people can in fact detect tumours earlier than their sighted counterparts
23 February 2015, 07:02 AM