Bangladesh's Shorna Akter (right) celebrates with her teammate Rabeya Khan after running out Sri Lanka's Harshitha Samarawickrama during the ICC Women's Cricket World Cup 2025 one-day international (ODI) match between Sri Lanka and Bangladesh at the Dr DY Patil Stadium...
MADRID, Oct 20 (AP): Real Madrid took advantage of a red card for a Getafe player who stayed less than a minute on the field to win 1-0 with an 80th-minute goal by Kylian Mbappé on Sunday.The hard-fought victory moved...
West Indies Akeal Hossain is all set to feature in the ongoing three-match ODI series against Bangladesh.In the series opener, spinners from both sides played a dominant role in the low and slow surface prepared on Saturday. West Indies left-arm...
Bangladesh's spin consultant Mushtaq Ahmed is training his spinners to remember their processed and to avoid any overexcitement after seeing the spin-friendly wickets as they prepare to take on West Indies in the series deciding second game of the three-match...
With an aim to confirm the three-match ODI series, Bangladesh take on West Indies in the second match at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in the city today (Tuesday), reports BSS.The match will start at 1.30 pm and will be aired...
SIRAJGANJ, Oct 20 (BSS): A court here sentenced on Monday a woman to 14 years in prison for stealing a newborn baby in Sadar upazila in 2021.The court also fined convict Alpana Khatun Taka 50,000, in default, to suffer two...
OUR CORRESPONDENT | 2025-10-21 00:00:00
GAIBANDHA, Oct 20: Wide gaps at 64 points between the railings of Maulana Bhashani Bridge and loadshedding in the nights made the infrastructure risky for pedestrians, especially children and the elderly.The bridge was inaugurated on August 20 this year and...
OUR CORRESPONDENT | 2025-10-21 00:00:00
BENAPOLE, Oct 20: Four major highways in Jashore have now turned into a source of acute sufferings for travellers and businesses alike. Large portions of these roads have lost their asphalt layers, leaving behind potholes and craters. A spell of...
Bangladesh, long known for its vibrant markets and thriving informal economy, is now standing at a crossroads in financial innovation. While physical bank branches have traditionally symbolised financial reach, the future of banking in Bangladesh is increasingly leaning towards the...
Baul Samrat Fakir Lalon Shah, one of the greatest mystic poets of Bengal, composed his songs orally, which were later transcribed by his disciples. During his lifetime, a few of his followers, including Bholai Shah, compiled about five hundred of...
Syed Fattahul Alim | 2025-10-21 00:00:00
Probe committees by separate government bodies, namely, the Civil Aviation ministry, the Internal Resources Division of the finance ministry and Biman Bangladesh Airlines, have, reportedly, been formed to investigate Saturday (October 18)'s fire incident at the import cargo section called,...
Mir Mostafizur Rahaman | 2025-10-21 00:00:00
When the cargo complex of Dhaka's Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA) went up in flames last Saturday afternoon, the skies above Bangladesh's busiest gateway turned into a symbol of something far larger than a single accident. The orange glow rising...
First, the fire originating from a chemical warehouse at Shialbari, Mirpur on Tuesday last gulped 16 lives in an adjacent four-storey apparel factory to which it spread. Then on Thursday a fire gutted Adams Caps and Textile Ltd housed in...
Abdullah A Dewan | 2025-10-21 00:00:00
For four decades, the United States (US) embraced free trade, globalization, and lean supply chains. Offshoring was justified as a path to lower consumer prices while American firms concentrated on so-called “high-value” innovation. That approach delivered short-term gains but left...
A low-pressure area is likely to form over the Southeast Bay and adjoining area around 21 October and it may intensify into a depression, according to Bangladesh Meteorological Department. The seasonal low lies over the South Bay, extending its trough...
Over the past 24 hours until Sunday morning, dengue has claimed one more life, raising this year's death toll to 245, while 950 people have been admitted to hospitals around the country, reports bdnews24.com.The tally of hospitalisations from the Aedes...
A college student allegedly took her own life in city's Shantibagh area under Shahjahanpur on Saturday evening, reportedly out of frustration over her Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) examination results, reports UNB.The deceased was identified as 18-year-old Ikra Tarabi Khan, a...
BAGERHAT, Oct 19 (UNB): Members of Bangladesh Navy have detained 14 Indian fishermen along with a trawler for illegally entering Bangladesh waters and fishing in the Bay of Bengal.They were detained on Friday night in Fairway Buoy area of the...
The metro rail has extended its operation hours by one hour from Sunday, with trains now running half an hour earlier in the morning and half an hour later at night.According to Dhaka Mass Transit Company Limited (DMTCL), the first...
OUR CORRESPONDENT | 2025-10-20 00:00:00
CHATTOGRAM, Oct 19: Chittagong Independent University (CIU) recently held its 51st Board of Trustees (BoT) meeting at its campus in Chattogram.The meeting was presided over by Lutfe M. Ayub, Chairman of the CIU Board of Trustees.Board members present included Engineer...
RU CORRESPONDENT | 2025-10-20 00:00:00
Rajshahi University authorities on Sunday were making the offices ready for the RUCSU VP, GS, AGS, and other office bearers with renovation and repainting works.Officials said the work will be completed by Monday, allowing the elected Islami Chhatra Shibir-backed leaders...
FE REPORT | 2025-10-20 00:00:00
Environment, Forest and Climate Change Adviser Syeda Rizwana Hasan sought Saudi investments, as Saudi Ambassador to Bangladesh Dr Abdullah Jaefer H Bin Abiyah paid a courtesy visit to the adviser at her Secretariat office in the capital on Sunday. During...
FE REPORT | 2025-10-20 00:00:00
Teachers and staffers from MPO-listed private educational institutions staged a "hunger march" with empty plates, rejecting the government's decision to raise their house rent allowance by only 5.0 per cent.Hundreds of teachers and employees of the MPO-listed private educational institutions...
Former Dhaka Metropolitan South BNP joint convener Mosharraf Hossain Khokon has been sent to jail after a court rejected his bail petition in a decade-old sabotage case, report agencies.The Dhaka Chief Metropolitan Court issued the order on Sunday after Mosharraf...
National Citizen Party (NCP) Convener Nahid Islam has visited Atiqul Islam, a July activist who was injured during a protest ahead of the July Charter signing ceremony, reports bdnews24.com.Nahid went to Atiqul's house in Uttara's Azampur around 9:00 pm on...
The body of Jubaed Hossain, a Jagannath University (JnU) student from the 15th batch of the Department of Statistics, was recovered from the capital's Armanitola area on Sunday.Jubaed hailed from Homna upazila in Cumilla district, reports UNB. He was the...
FE REPORT | 2025-10-20 00:00:00
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has filed a case against former Awami League (AL) lawmaker Abul Hasanat Abdullah, accusing him of accumulating Tk 1.22 billion in illegal assets and engaging in large-scale money laundering over a decade.According to the case statement,...
Environment Adviser Syeda Rizwana Hasan on Sunday said differences of opinion between political parties are natural and should be seenas an essential part of the democratic process, reports UNB."If one political party disagrees with another on a certain issue, that's...
National Citizen Party (NCP) has alleged that the Election Commission (EC) is making an 'arbitrary decision' by denying the party its preferred electoral symbol 'Water Lily', reports UNB."We've seen that the Election Commission is taking an arbitrary decision," said NCP...
BNP Standing Committee member Salahuddin Ahmed has said his recent remarks about the July warriors were misinterpreted as only a partial part of his statement was by quoted, clarifying that he actually intended to honour them, not label them as...
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