Bangladesh

Night guard ‘burnt to death’ in Comilla

A night guard is burnt to death allegedly by a gang of robbers at Gouripur Bazar in Daudkandi upazila of Comilla.
12 March 2017, 07:48 AM

17 held in Ctg for ‘planning subversive activities’

Police detain 17 people in Double Mooring area of Chittagong city on charge of planning subversive activities.
12 March 2017, 06:06 AM

SC upholds order to close Hazaribagh tanneries

The Supreme Court upholds a High Court order that directed the director general of the Department of Environment to immediately close tanneries running at Hazaribagh and disconnect their utility services.
12 March 2017, 04:34 AM

PM misusing state power: BNP

BNP Vice Chairman Khandaker Mahbub Hossain alleges that Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is using state facilities “unethically” to carry out electioneering in favour of her party.
11 March 2017, 14:24 PM

'Neo JMB' spiritual leader remanded again

A Dhaka court places Maulana Abul Kashem, the alleged spiritual leader of “Neo JMB”, on a five-day remand in a case filed over the raid in Dhaka’s Kalyanpur area last year.
11 March 2017, 11:20 AM

Pat Cummins called up to replace Australia paceman Mitchell Starc

Pat Cummins is in sight of a long-awaited second Test after being rushed into the Australia squad to replace injured pace spearhead Mitchell Starc for the remainder of the series in India.
11 March 2017, 10:18 AM

Cricket: Herath leads Lanka's crushing win over Bangladesh

Rangana Herath grabbed six wickets in the second innings to become Test cricket's most successful left-arm spinner as Sri Lanka defeated Bangladesh by 259 runs in their first Test at Galle on Saturday.
11 March 2017, 09:53 AM

Cricket: Dunedin Test poised for intriguing final day

Dean Elgar failed to join a select group of South Africa batsman while New Zealand took three late wickets to leave the first Test at University Oval delicately poised at the end of the fourth day on Saturday.
11 March 2017, 08:26 AM

Herath becomes most successful left-arm spinner

Sri Lanka’s stand-in skipper Rangana Herath became the most successful left-arm spinner in Test history after taking the wicket of Liton Das on the fifth afternoon of the first Test against Bangladesh at the Galle International Stadium today.
11 March 2017, 07:33 AM

Sri Lanka beat Bangladesh by 259 runs

Sri Lanka showed their supremacy in the longest format of cricket when they defeated Bangladesh by a massive margin of 259 runs in the first Test to take a 1-0 lead in the two-match series at Galle today.
11 March 2017, 04:24 AM

IAAF suspends fund for BAF

The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) suspended its annual allocation to the Bangladesh Athletics Federation (BAF) due to non-submission of BAF's annual reports to the sport's world governing body, confirmed BAF president Ali Kabir.
10 March 2017, 18:00 PM

Fifth-day challenge for Tigers

Like their previous three away Tests, the first Test against Sri Lanka in Galle awaits a final day denouement today with Bangladesh having 10 wickets to try and salvage a draw and needing 390 runs to pull off an unlikely victory.
10 March 2017, 18:00 PM

Bangabandhu first realised Pakistan was not born to exist: PM

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina says Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman was the first among many Bengali politicians who had realised that the state of Pakistan was not born to exist.
10 March 2017, 15:53 PM

Karate and wooden guns: How new insurgent group stoked Myanmar crisis

The emergence of Harakah al Yaqin, the first Rohingya Muslim insurgent group to organise in Myanmar in decades, signals a dangerous new phase in a crisis that is increasingly attracting the attention of extremists in Pakistan and the Middle East.
10 March 2017, 15:26 PM

Verdict on legality of magistrates running mobile courts any day

The High Court will deliver a verdict any day on a writ petition that challenged the legality of operation of mobile courts comprising executive magistrates for trial of petty crimes on the spot.
10 March 2017, 14:43 PM

JS to take motion tomorrow to declare Mar 25 mass killing day

A motion will be placed in Parliament to observe March 25 as mass killing day.
10 March 2017, 14:23 PM

Road crashes kill 6 in 3 districts

At least six people are killed and several others sustained injuries in separate road accidents in Dhaka, Mymensingh and Sylhet.
10 March 2017, 13:50 PM

Airtel users facing network disruption in Dhaka

A large number of Airtel subscribers in Dhaka are facing network interruptions due to network integration and upgradation.
10 March 2017, 13:01 PM

Khaleda to be acquitted if court remains neutral: Moudud

BNP standing committee member Moudud Ahmed says his party chief Khaleda Zia will be acquitted if the court remains neutral.
10 March 2017, 12:28 PM

Cricket: Hohns named as Australia chief cricket selector

Trevor Hohns was named as the chairman of Australia's cricket selectors on Friday after steadying the ship as caretaker chief following a string of defeats last year.
10 March 2017, 10:26 AM