Bangladesh

India due on June 7

India cricket team will arrive in Dhaka on the 7th of next month to play one Test and three ODIs against the Tigers.
4 May 2015, 16:11 PM

Pakistan must win Mirpur Test to remain 3rd in Test ranking

Pakistan, which faces Bangladesh in the second and final Test in Mirpur on Wednesday, must win to retain its third place in the latest Test ranking.
4 May 2015, 14:04 PM

Bangladesh to send 1 lakh tonnes rice to Nepal

Bangladesh will provide at least one lakh metric tons of rice and other relief materials including drinking water to help the earthquake victims in Nepal.
4 May 2015, 12:44 PM

HC questions acceptance of charges against Moudud

The High Court questions the legality of a lower court order that accepted charges against former BNP minister Moudud Ahmed in a land related case.
4 May 2015, 11:45 AM

Stop dam construction on Gumti in 24hrs: HC

The High Court asks the government to stop construction of a dam and earth filling on the Gumti river in Muradnagar upazila of Comilla in 24 hours.
4 May 2015, 07:33 AM

Jheelpar structure owner arrested (video)

Rab claims arrest of the owner of the Jheelpar structure that caved in two weeks ago and killed a dozen people in Dhaka’s Rampura.
4 May 2015, 06:53 AM

2 Shibir leaders face contempt proceedings

A tribunal in Dhaka initiates contempt of court proceedings against the president and secretary general of Islami Chhatra Shibir for their statements about a war crimes verdict.
4 May 2015, 06:15 AM

Khaleda pays tribute to Pintu

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia and her party leaders and activists pay tribute to Nasiruddin Ahmed Pintu at its central office at Nayapaltan in Dhaka. Later, the first namaz-e-janaza of Pintu, who died of heart attack at Rajshahi Central Jail yesterday, was held there.
4 May 2015, 05:25 AM

Slave Trade Booms In Dark Triangle

Promising jobs in Malaysia, transnational human traffickers held about 2.5 lakh Bangladeshis captive in Thailand...
3 May 2015, 18:00 PM

Khaleda blames govt for Pintu’s death

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia alleges that the government shifted former BNP lawmaker Nasir Uddin Pintu to Rajshahi jail from Dhaka “in a bid to kill him”.
3 May 2015, 16:14 PM

Al-Qaeda branch claims murder of blogger Avijit Roy

Al Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent (AQIS) has claimed responsibility for the murder of an American atheist blogger in Bangladesh over two months ago, according to SITE Intelligence Group.
3 May 2015, 11:43 AM

Records galore: Bangladesh vs Pakistan 1st Test

The first test between Bangladesh and Pakistan at Khulna serves a buffet of records, a special treat for the Tigers fans at home and abroad.
3 May 2015, 10:41 AM

Govt using state to curb media: Report

The ruling party in Bangladesh is using state mechanisms to curb the media, says a report published by London-based rights group Article 19.
3 May 2015, 09:41 AM

Analysis: Tigers' test of value

Fans of both teams will remember the first test match between Bangladesh and Pakistan at the Sheikh Abu Naser Stadium, Khulna for drastically different reasons.
3 May 2015, 07:27 AM

Agitation for national celebration of Nazrul’s birthday

Aggrieved locals block the busy Dhaka-Mymensingh road for nearly an hour demanding national celebration of National Poet Kazi Nazrul Islam’s birth anniversary.
3 May 2015, 06:56 AM

CM Gogoi asks Modi not to exclude Assam from India-Bangladesh LBA

With reports emanating from New Delhi that the BJP-government is keen to exclude Assam from implementation of LBA with Bangladesh, Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi requests Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi not to take such a decision.
3 May 2015, 04:48 AM

2nd Thai jungle camp holds more bodies, villagers say

Villagers may soon lead authorities to another traffickers' jungle camp in southern Thailand holding even more bodies than the 26 uncovered in the first after two days of digging. Yesterday, Thai authorities found 32 graves suspected to be of trafficked victims from Myanmar and Bangladesh in an abandoned jungle camp.
3 May 2015, 04:25 AM

4.6kg gold seized at Ctg airport

Customs Intelligence seize 40 gold bars weighing 4.635 kilogrammes and also arrested two traffic helpers for possessing those at Shah Amanat International Airport in Chittagong.
3 May 2015, 03:56 AM

As Sweet As Win

If you are a Bangladesh cricket fan, keep on dreaming with a posse of Tigers for whom nothing is impossible. They now are the bad boys turned dancehall cutpurses.
2 May 2015, 18:00 PM

Hasina 'dispels' Ban's worry

Irregularities in last week's city corporation polls and BNP's decision to boycott the election halfway into the voting featured
2 May 2015, 18:00 PM