Mirpur

Bangladesh bowl in search of series win

The hosts made one change in their playing XI, with Mehedi Hasan Miraz replacing Shamim Patwary. 
12 March 2023, 08:04 AM

Mahmud wants to take 500 wickets in international cricket

The young pacer from Laxmipur said that he dreams of picking up 500 wickets for Bangladesh by the end of his international career. 
11 March 2023, 08:02 AM

Bangladesh to host England in two white-ball series

England will return to Bangladesh for the first time since 2016 for two white-ball series in March, both cricket boards said on Tuesday.
27 December 2022, 12:15 PM

Kohli gifts Miraz his autographed jersey

India batter Virat Kohli gifted his jersey to Bangladesh all-rounder Mehedi Hasan Miraz at the end of the second Test in Mirpur on Sunday.
25 December 2022, 09:31 AM

Iyer, Ashwin guide India to three-wicket victory

An unbroken 74-run eighth-wicket partnership between Shreyash Iyer and Ravichandran Ashwin saw India to a three-wicket victory over Bangladesh in the second Test in Dhaka on Sunday, leading the visitors to a 2-0 series win.
25 December 2022, 05:19 AM

Bangladesh send India to bat in first ODI

Bangladesh won the toss and opted to bowl first in the first ODI of the three-match series against India in Mirpur on Sunday.
4 December 2022, 05:30 AM

'Our focus is on next World Cup, not this one'

The gloomy weather in Mirpur that halted the second day of the Tigers' three-day training camp may not have had a huge impact in any other situation. But given the current scenario, it appeared to be a crucial miss for the team management, who were relying heavily on these training sessions to finalise the squad for next month's T20 World Cup.
13 September 2022, 18:04 PM

Marie Stopes Bangladesh opens premium maternity hospital in Mirpur

With a vision to provide quality maternity healthcare services, Marie Stopes Bangladesh (MSB) has taken the philanthropic initiative to open a premium maternity hospital in Mirpur to serve its important clients, exclusively.
8 June 2022, 08:07 AM

Sri Lanka on strong footing in Mirpur

Half-centuries on Day 3 from former skipper Angelo Mathews and all-rounder Dhananjaya de Silva took Sri Lanka to a position of strength in the second and deciding Test against Bangladesh in Mirpur on Wednesday.
25 May 2022, 12:06 PM

Mirpur 10 Book market: Your go-to place for old books

The Mirpur 10 book market, sometimes called the old book market is easy to navigate, especially if Nilkhet is too far for you.
25 May 2022, 09:51 AM

1 killed in Mirpur gas cylinder blast

A balloon vendor was killed and around seven to ten students were injured as a gas cylinder exploded at a school premises in Dhaka’s Mirpur area this morning.
25 January 2019, 05:46 AM

Mirpur residents suffer due to Metro Rail construction, waterlogging

For Mirpur residents, hardship while commuting has become an everyday affair.
30 July 2018, 15:00 PM

Bus runs student over at Mirpur, road blocked in rage

Agitated students takes to the street and blocks a road in Dhaka’s Mirpur after a bus ran over a student in yet another glaring example of the city’s unruly transport sector.
2 July 2018, 10:38 AM

Rs 52 lakh fake Indian notes seized, 8 held

Eight persons are arrested on charges of money counterfeiting and a big stash of fake currency is seized from a house in Dhaka’s South Monirpur area in Mirpur.
8 April 2018, 12:59 PM

Newborn baby girl’s body found inside carton in Dhaka

Body of a newborn baby girl is found inside an abandoned carton near a kitchen market in Shah Ali area of Dhaka's Mirpur.
23 December 2017, 12:52 PM

Missing man’s body recovered from Mirpur manhole

Divers recover a man’s body from a manhole at Chalantika intersection in Mirpur-6 a day after he went missing there while cleaning the water line
13 September 2017, 12:26 PM

3 held for ‘raping’ garment worker in Dhaka

Police have arrested three youths in connection with “raping” a garment worker in Mirpur area of Dhaka.
27 August 2017, 12:10 PM

No gas in Mirpur for 4-hr today

Gas supply across a vast area of Mirpur will remain off from 1:00 pm to 5:00 pm today due to relocation of gas pipelines to facilitate construction of Mass Rapid Transit Development under the Dhaka Metro Rail Project.
27 July 2017, 04:49 AM

Bangladesh beat Kyrgyzstan to win volleyball title

Hosts Bangladesh clinched the title of Bangabandhu Asian Senior Men's Central Zone International Volleyball Championship with a straight 3-0 sets win over favourites Kyrgyzstan at the Shaheed Suhrawardi Indoor Stadium in Mirpur today.
27 December 2016, 11:04 AM

Cricket: Shahid Afridi turned down captaincy offer for Rangpur

Rangpur Rigers, the franchise that boasts the likes of Soumya Sarkar, Rubel Hossain, Shahid Afridi, Gidron Pope, Babr Azam and Mohammad Shahzad in their mix was reported to have offered the captaincy to Boom Boom Afridi, but the Pakistani allrounder expressed his gratitude to the team management and turned down the offer.
6 November 2016, 07:13 AM