Shakib stars as Bangladesh edge closer to T20 World Cup second round KINGSTOWN: Veteran all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan hit a half-century as Bangladesh defeated the Netherlands by 25 runs... Updated 13 Jun, 2024 11:51pm
World Bangladesh court indicts Nobel laureate Yunus in graft case DHAKA: Bangladeshi Nobel peace laureate Muhammad Yunus was indicted in a corruption case on Wednesday, the latest... Published 12 Jun, 2024 06:13pm
Pakistan MQM moves resolution to bring stranded Pakistanis back from Bangladesh KARACHI: The MQM on Tuesday moved a resolution to bring back Pakistanis being stranded in Bangladesh since the 1971... Published 12 Jun, 2024 06:51am
Sports South Africa edge Bangladesh by four runs at T20 World Cup NEW YORK: South Africa defeated Bangladesh by just four runs in another low-scoring game at the T20 World Cup on... Updated 10 Jun, 2024 11:46pm
World Bangladeshi garment workers fall ill as temperatures soar DHAKA: In the factory where Aysha Talukder Tanisa stitches jeans and children’s clothes for Western brands, the... Published 04 Jun, 2024 12:10pm
Sports Bangladesh’s Shoriful Islam injured ahead of T20 World Cup opener DHAKA: Bangladesh pace spearhead Shoriful Islam is a doubt for the team’s first match of the T20 World Cup after he... Published 02 Jun, 2024 03:33pm
Markets Bangladesh’s RPGCL seeks LNG cargo for late June delivery, sources say SINGAPORE: Bangladesh’s state-owned Rupantarita Prakritik Gas Company Ltd (RPGCL) has issued a tender seeking a... Published 30 May, 2024 11:46am
Business & Finance APTMA assured: Punjab will offer better incentives to Chinese investors than Bangladesh LAHORE: Punjab Minister for Industries, Commerce & Investment Shafay Hussain has assured All Pakistan Textile... Published 30 May, 2024 06:19am
Sports Bangladesh skipper calls for better wickets ahead of T20 World Cup DHAKA: Bangladesh can only hope to improve their lacklustre T20 World Cup record once they get better pitches at... Published 28 May, 2024 11:46am
World Deadly Bangaldesh cyclone one of longest seen PATUAKHALI: Bangladeshi weather experts said Tuesday that a deadly cyclone that carved a swathe of destruction was... Published 28 May, 2024 11:22am
World Cyclone Remal kills 16, snaps power links to millions in India, Bangladesh SATKHIRA: Strong gales and heavy rain brought by cyclone Remal lashed the coastlines of India and Bangladesh on... Published 27 May, 2024 04:43pm
World Millions without power as cyclone Remal pounds Bangladesh and India DHAKA/KOLKATA: Strong winds and heavy rain pounded the coastal regions of Bangladesh and India as severe cyclone... Published 27 May, 2024 09:52am
World 800,000 seek shelter as Bangladesh braces for cyclone PATUAKHALI: At least 800,000 Bangladeshis fled their coastal villages Sunday for concrete storm shelters further... Updated 26 May, 2024 08:32pm
World India police probe suspected murder of Bangladesh lawmaker KOLKATA: Indian police are working with detectives from neighbouring Bangladesh to investigate the suspected murder... Published 23 May, 2024 04:18pm
World Missing Bangladeshi lawmaker found murdered in India, minister says DHAKA: A member of Bangladesh’s ruling party was found murdered in the Indian city of Kolkata on Wednesday morning,... Published 22 May, 2024 06:47pm
Sports Shakib Al Hasan named in Bangladesh T20 World Cup squad, Shanto captain Bangladesh included experienced all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan in their 15-man squad for the Twenty20 World Cup in the... Published 14 May, 2024 02:42pm
World Bangladesh raises key policy rate to fight inflation DHAKA: Bangladesh’s central bank raised its key interest rate by half a percentage point on Wednesday, its second... Published 08 May, 2024 07:50pm
World Bangladesh gets draft approval for IMF payout of almost $1.2bn WASHINGTON: IMF staff and Bangladesh have reached an agreement to unlock close to $1.2 billion in financing as the... Published 08 May, 2024 06:03pm
World BD reopens schools as searing temperatures drop DHAKA: Schools in Bangladesh reopened on Sunday and classes were continuing over the weekend after a searing ... Published 06 May, 2024 05:30am
Sports Bangladesh win toss, bowl in first Zimbabwe T20 CHITTAGONG: Bangladesh captain Najmul Hossain Shanto won the toss and elected to bowl first Friday in the first of... Published 03 May, 2024 05:16pm
Markets Bangladesh’s RPGCL seeks three LNG cargoes for June delivery, sources say SINGAPORE: Bangladesh’s state-owned Rupantarita Prakritik Gas Company Ltd (RPGCL) has issued a tender seeking three... Published 02 May, 2024 10:26am
World April temperatures in Bangladesh hottest on record: forecaster DHAKA: Bangladesh last month saw the hottest average April temperatures since the country began keeping weather... Published 01 May, 2024 11:55am
Sports South Africa pick Anrich Nortje and uncapped duo Rickelton, Baartman for T20 World Cup CAPE TOWN: South Africa have included fast bowler Anrich Nortje and the uncapped duo of batter Ryan Rickelton and... Published 30 Apr, 2024 02:50pm
World Bangladesh again closes schools nationwide due to heatwave DHAKA: A Bangladeshi court ordered a nationwide shutdown of schools on Monday due to an ongoing heatwave, the day... Published 29 Apr, 2024 05:42pm
World Two people die in southern India as heatwave scorches region THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: At least two people have died in India’s southern state of Kerala of suspected heat stroke,... Published 29 Apr, 2024 03:08pm
World Bangladesh reopens schools despite heat alert DHAKA: Millions of students returned to their reopened schools across Bangladesh Sunday despite a lingering heatwave... Published 28 Apr, 2024 02:42pm
World Bangladesh children sweat at home as heatwave shuts schools DHAKA: Classes are cancelled across Bangladesh due to searing heat, but high school student Mohua Akter Nur found... Published 26 Apr, 2024 11:33am
World Bangladesh repatriates Myanmar troops after fighting on border COX’S BAZAR: Bangladesh sent home nearly 300 Myanmar troops and civil servants on Thursday who fled across the... Published 25 Apr, 2024 05:08pm
Sports Mushtaq Ahmed joins Bangladesh as spin bowling coach for T20 World Cup The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) has roped in former Pakistan leg-spinner and 1992 World Cup winner Mushtaq Ahmed... Published 16 Apr, 2024 09:48pm
Sports Bangladesh peg hopes on Shakib return for Test lift CHITTAGONG: Bangladesh were counting on the return of veteran all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan for a much-needed energy... Published 29 Mar, 2024 05:12pm
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