After a day’s break, the second Dhaka leg of the Bangabandhu Bangladesh Premier League will resume at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur today. With the tournament having already reached its business end, the race to qualify for the top four will now only

The year has been full of frustration for the BNP as it neither could reorganise itself after being defeated in last year’s general election nor wage protests to free its Chairperson Khaleda Zia from jail.

Ending all speculations, the Awami League yesterday picked party leader Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh for contesting the January 30 mayoral polls in Dhaka South City Corporation.

All Abu Zafor Sikder wanted was justice for his son killed in a 2014 “shootout”. The 60-year-old owner of a small pharmacy in the capital’s Dania fought a strenuous legal battle for nearly five long years.

The government has directed mobile phone carriers to block their signals up to a kilometre from the borders.

Two local players -- Mehedi Hasan Miraz and Nazmul Hossain -- fired on all cylinders for Khulna Tigers yesterday as the Mushfiqur Rahim-led side secured a thumping eight-wicket victory over Sylhet Thunder during their Bangabandhu Bangladesh Premier League (BBPL) encounter under the lights at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur.

The BNP yesterday announced its mayoral candidates for the January 30 Dhaka city polls while the ruling Awami League said it would name its nominees today.

Saifuzzaman Khan Mintu was returning to Dhaka with his three children and wife yesterday after a long-awaited trip to Bandarban.

Charging the wrong person, bribe scam involving its own official, going soft on the influential corrupt people, and graft charges against political leaders and government officials kept the Anti-Corruption Commission a hot topic in 2019.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday asked the VIPs to follow the airport security rules and warned that anyone flouting those would face air travel restrictions in future.

River polluters should be not only fined but also punished with jail terms, recommends the National River Conservation Commission.

A suspected robber was killed in a “gunfight” with police at Nateswar in Sonaimuri upazila of Noakhali early yesterday.

The Bangabandhu Bangladesh Premier League’s (BBPL’s) second Dhaka phase kicked off yesterday in Mirpur, with table-toppers Chattogram Challengers winning a low-scoring day match and Khulna Tigers thumping lowly Rangpur Rangers by 52 runs in the night game at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium.

First impressions are the most lasting, it is often said. And in case of cities and countries, it is often airports that provides that.

Both the ruling Awami League and the BNP were struggling to pick councillor candidates for the January 30 Dhaka north and south city corporation elections after multiple aspirants collected nomination forms for each post.

A new student alliance -- Santrash Birodhi Chhatra Oikya -- was formed yesterday on the Dhaka University campus to combat violence.

A mild cold wave, which is sweeping over the regions of Panchagarh, Dinajpur and Nilphamari, may continue and spread, according to the Met office.

Sometimes things have to go wrong in order to go right, American author Sherrilyn Kenyon once said.

Keeping in mind the party’s future leadership, the BNP wants to bank on young faces for the Dhaka north and south city elections scheduled to be held on January 30.

The ruling Awami League is likely to pick a new face as its candidate for Dhaka South City Corporation mayoral polls, but it appears to be in a dilemma about choosing its mayor aspirant for Dhaka North City Corporation.