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Tigers beat Sri Lanka by 7 wickets in first warm up game
11:18 AM, 30 Sep 2023 SaturdayBangladesh trounced Sri Lanka by seven wickets in their first warm up game for the World Cup in Guwahati, India on Friday. Sri Lanka, opting to bat first, posted 263 before being all out in 49.1 overs. For Bangladesh, offspinner Mahedi Hasan claimed 3-36...
Karabakh blast toll soars to 170 as exodus grows
05:38 PM, 29 Sep 2023 FridayThe death toll from a Nagorno-Karabakh fuel depot blast soared to 170 on Friday as the exodus from the ethnic Armenian enclave following its fall to Azerbaijani forces continued unabated...
Lebanese children 'miss out' on education as crisis takes toll
04:22 PM, 29 Sep 2023 FridayRana Hariri doesn't know when she'll be able to send her children back to school, as Lebanon's grinding economic crisis thrusts the fate of public education into uncertainty...
US jail practices are racist and an 'affront to human dignity,' UN experts say
03:51 PM, 29 Sep 2023 FridayUN human rights experts have called for major reforms of the US criminal justice system to combat systemic racism, citing testimonies that jailed Black women had been shackled during childbirth while male inmates were forced to work in "plantation-style" conditions...
Sri Lanka send Bangladesh to bowl
03:10 PM, 29 Sep 2023 FridaySri Lanka captain Dasun Shanaka won the toss and chose to bar first against Bangladesh in warm-up match of the ICC Cricket World Cup in Guwahati, India on Friday...
52 killed in ‘suicide blast’ in Pakistan
02:42 PM, 29 Sep 2023 FridayAt least 52 people were killed — including a police officer — and more than 50 were injured in what officials believe was a suicide blast near a mosque in Balochistan’s Mastung district on Friday. District Health Officer (DHO) Abdul Razzaq Shahi confirmed the casualties to Dawn.com...
Two workers killed as truck hits them in Barishal
01:01 PM, 29 Sep 2023 FridayTwo workers were killed as a truck hit them in Barishal city early Friday...
Blinken raised Sikh separatist murder with India's Jaishankar, US official says
12:26 PM, 29 Sep 2023 FridayUS Secretary of State Antony Blinken urged India to cooperate with a Canadian investigation into the murder of a Sikh separatist during a meeting with Indian foreign minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar on Thursday, a US official said...
Ashwin replaces Axar in India's World Cup squad
11:49 AM, 29 Sep 2023 FridaySpinner Ravichandran Ashwin has been added to India's final squad for the upcoming World Cup...
Work to enhance country's image further: PM
11:31 AM, 29 Sep 2023 FridayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina has asked officials of the Bangladesh embassy in Washington DC to work with sincerity and patriotism to further enhance the country's image. "Discharge duties with utmost sincerity, professionalism, honesty and patriotism to further enhance the country's image," she said...
Bangladesh face off Sri Lanka today in first WC warm ups
09:55 PM, 28 Sep 2023 ThursdayBangladesh take on Sri Lanka in their first warm up game of the ICC Cricket World Cup on Friday at Guwahati at a moment when the country's cricket is in deep trouble, following Tamim Iqbal's omission from the World Cup squad and later his outburst toward the team management and board...
Successful trial of dengue vaccine conducted in Bangladesh
08:46 PM, 28 Sep 2023 ThursdayICDDR,B, and the Larner College of Medicine at the University of Vermont (UVM), jointly conducted trial of dengue vaccine for the first time in Bangladesh...
Nine dengue patients die; 2357 hospitalized in 24 hrs
08:20 PM, 28 Sep 2023 ThursdayNine dengue patients died and 2,357 were hospitalized in the last 24 hours. With the latest death, a total of 967 people died of dengue to date this year, a Directorate General of Health Services press release said on Thursday. Currently, 9,797 people diagnosed with the mosquito-borne disease are taking treatment...
India imposes curfew in strife-hit areas of Manipur state
07:57 PM, 28 Sep 2023 ThursdayIndia imposed curfew in the capital and some areas of its restive state of Manipur on Thursday, after scores of students were injured in violence following protests against the alleged abduction and murder of two students, authorities said...
AL to prepare election manifesto considering reality: Quader
07:07 PM, 28 Sep 2023 ThursdayAwami League (AL) General Secretary Obaidul Quader on Thursday said their party's manifesto for the next general elections will be prepared in light of the reality and the present context...
Holy Eid-e-Miladunnabi observed amid religious fervor
06:31 PM, 28 Sep 2023 ThursdayThe holy Eid-e-Miladunnabi, marking the anniversary of the birth and demise of Prophet Hazrat Muhammad (peace be upon him), was observed in the country on Thursday with due religious fervor and festivity. In separate messages, President Mohammed Shahabuddin and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina greeted the countrymen...
Bangladeshi killed by BSF along Chuadanga border
05:54 PM, 28 Sep 2023 ThursdayA Bangladeshi man has been shot dead by the Indian Border Security Force (BSF) along Thakurpar border in Chuadanga...
Japanese scientists find microplastics are present in clouds
04:53 PM, 28 Sep 2023 ThursdayResearchers in Japan have confirmed that microplastics are present in clouds, where they are likely affecting the climate in ways that are not yet fully understood...
Gunathilaka cleared of sexual assault charge in Australia
04:06 PM, 28 Sep 2023 ThursdaySri Lankan international cricket player Danushka Gunathilaka was found not guilty of sexually assaulting a woman in Sydney last year when he was in Australia for the Twenty20 World Cup tournament, a court document showed on Thursday...
Real Madrid up to second after beating Las Palmas
03:39 PM, 28 Sep 2023 ThursdayReal Madrid returned to winning ways with a comfortable victory over Las Palmas at the Santiago Bernabeu...