CAPE TOWN, Jan 05 (AFP): India's victory in the second Test against South Africa in Cape Town on Thursday broke many records, most notably becoming the shortest completed Test match in the history of the game, lasting just 624 balls.The...
SYDNEY, Jan 05 (AFP): Josh Hazlewood claimed three wickets in an electrifying over to bowl Australia into a potential winning position over Pakistan in an absorbing third Test in Sydney on Friday.Paceman Hazlewood ripped through to reduce the tourists from...
Australia have replaced India as the No.1-ranked Test team in the ICC rankings. Prior to this, Australia had held the top spot briefly following their win in the World Test Championship final in June, reports www.espncricinfo.com.Before the latest update, both...
BRISBANE, Jan 05 (AFP): Aryna Sabalenka fired a warning ahead of her Australian Open defence by powering into the Brisbane International semi-finals on Friday with a straight-sets demolition of Daria Kasatkina.Sabalenka's 6-1, 6-4 victory was her 14th consecutive win on...
PARIS, Jan 05 (AFP): France striker Kylian Mbappe has turned his back on "several tens of millions" of euro in a bid to ease a possible move away from Paris Saint-Germain, a source involved in the negotiations told the news...
CM Sakline Mostafa Sajid of Bangladesh Police emerged champion in the Int'l Rating Chess Tournament that concluded on Friday at Bangladesh Chess Federation hall room in the city, reports BSS.Sajid earned 7.5 points to clinch the title.GM Ziaur Rahman of...
ROME, Jan 05 (AFP): Juventus recovered from conceding a second-minute goal to crush struggling Salernitana 6-1 and reach the Italian Cup quarter-finals on Thursday.Salernitana, rock bottom in Serie A, stunned their illustrious opponents when Chukwubuikem Ikwuemesi pounced on a mistake...
COLOMBO, Jan 05 (AFP): Sri Lanka's white ball series against Zimbabwe starting at the weekend is a chance for the team to show improvement after last year's dismal World Cup campaign, skipper Kusal Mendis said Friday.Mendis led the team to...
MIAMI, Jan 05 (AFP): The opening game of cricket's Twenty20 World Cup final will be held in Dallas with the final at the Kensington Oval in Barbados, organisers announced on Friday.The expanded 20-team tournament is being jointly held by the...
Indian warship responds to hijacking of Liberian-flagged vessel in Arabian SeaNEW DELHI, Jan 05: India's navy said on Friday that its warship was moving toward a Liberian-flagged vessel hijacked in the Arabian Sea, which is believed to have Indian crew...
ISLAMABAD, Jan 05 (Express Tribune/BBC): With the next general elections hardly a month away, the Senate passed a resolution on Friday seeking a delay in elections citing security concerns.The resolution, presented by independent Senator Dilawar Khan, was opposed by Caretaker...
PERRY (United States), Jan 05 (AFP): A teenage gunman killed one fellow student and wounded five other people before killing himself during a shooting Thursday at a high school in the midwestern US state of Iowa, authorities said.Among those injured...
LONDON, Jan 05 (Arab News): Major rivers across Britain were flooded on Friday after heavy rain, with the government issuing more than 300 flood warnings, travel operators announcing serious disruption and around 1,000 homes suffering damage so far.A succession of...
TEHRAN, Jan 05 (Agencies): Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi has promised to retaliate after twin bombings in the city of Kerman this week killed and wounded many people attending a memorial for top General Qassem Soleimani.On Friday, Raisi addressed thousands of...
SEOUL, Jan 05 (BBC): North Korea has fired more than 200 rounds of artillery shells off its west coast, towards the South's Yeonpyeong island, Seoul's military has said.South Korea ordered civilians to seek shelter on the island before holding live...
TEL AVIV, Jan 05 (Agencies): The Israeli military said its forces launched air, land and sea attacks on more than 100 targets across the Gaza Strip over the past 24 hours, as regional tensions surge.The health ministry in the Hamas-run...
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Disability arising out of a disease, accident, or any congenital problem is a crucial health issue affecting millions of people all over the world. Prevalence and management capacity of disability have wide cross-cultural and geographical variations. Despite the lack of...
Nilratan Halder | 2024-01-06 00:00:00
The world of entertainment has gone through transformation of epical proportion. It is not so much in content but in its digital make-up to make the make-believe world not only realistic but also much too overwhelming for the viewers at...
Asif Ibrahim, Jinnat Ara, AHM Saiful Islam, Ahsan Khan Chowdhury, Ferdaus Ara Begum, K A S Murshid, Kazi Iqbal, M Asaduzzaman, M. Masrur Reaz, Md Farid Uddin Khan, Md Tanjil Hossain, Mohammad A Razzaque, and Mohammed Nurul Amin | 2024-01-06 00:00:00
The spirit of ‘Leave no one behind’, which informs the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), stipulates that issues of concern and interest to the most vulnerable and marginalised groups in society ought to be prioritised in view of...
Any creative work --- be it singing, reciting, dancing, writing poetry or rhymes or other creative work ---can give one a sense of self-satisfaction and sometimes additional income. Again, many people are doing various online-based jobs, such as YouTube video...
Our mental status has a tremendous impact on our overall health and well-being. Mental health includes our thoughts, emotions, feelings and moods. It influences our choices, actions and how we relate to others. Good mental health can help us cope...
Tanim Asjad | 2024-01-06 00:00:00
The New Year is well set to be the year of franchise --- the year of elections, to put it otherwise. In 2024, the world will witness national elections in more than 70 countries, including Bangladesh, India, Indonesia and the...
The latest import data suggest that manufacturers of readymade garment (RMG) here are increasingly switching over to production of non-cotton apparels in an effort to grab a larger share of the global market for man-made fibres (MMF) garments. That the...
Hasnat Abdul Hye | 2024-01-06 00:00:00
The beleaguered and battered Palestinians received two gifts on new year's eve and one on the first day of the new year. The greetings on the eve of new year were in stark contrast while the one the day after...
Tahera Khondoker | 2024-01-05 12:00:00
Biman Bangladesh Airlines is now heading towards becoming a smart airline by introducing online-based services like web ticketing, web check-in, web-based refund system and loyalty programme. At the beginning of 2023, Biman Bangladesh Airlines launched its new mobile apps and...
The United States has said the military regime in Myanmar must end its violence, release all those unjustly and arbitrarily detained, allow unhindered humanitarian access, and recognize the people's desire to return to the path of progress and inclusive democracry,...
The workers of an apparel factory blocked the Dhaka-Aricha highway to protest an alleged assault on a colleague for demanding a wage hike, reports bdnews24.com.Workers of Rising Group's Mahmuda Attires Ltd in Dhamrai's Sutipara Union occupied the highway for three...
Dengue continues unabated as the mosquito-borne disease claimed another life in the past 24 hours till Thursday morning, marking the third fatality from the disease this year, reports UNB.During the period 153 more patients were hospitalised with the viral fever,...
Banks will remain open on today (Friday) and tomorrow (Saturday) ahead of the January 7 national election, reports BSS.To this end, Bangladesh Bank (BB) Thursday issued a circular as per instruction of the Election Commission (EC).As per the circular, branches...
The United States has said it wants to see a fair and transparent legal process regarding the case against Nobel laureate Prof Muhammad Yunus, reports UNB."For our part, we have encouraged the Bangladeshi government to ensure a fair and transparent...
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