Bangladesh
Cricket: Shoaib advises Mustafizur Rahman
Shoaib Akhtar offers some words of encouragement to Bangladesh left-arm pacer Mustafizur Rahman during the pre-match show for the game between Sunrisers Hyderabad and Delhi Daredevils.
20 May 2016, 12:45 PM
Lack of educated players hurting Pakistan cricket: PCB chairman
Pakistan Cricket Board Chairman Shaharyar Khan says the lack of educated players in the national team was one of the reasons for its recent poor performance.
20 May 2016, 08:14 AM
Red alert at land, airports to arrest 6 ABT men
Authorities issue a red alert at the airports and land ports in the country to prevent the six alleged Ansarullah Bangla Team (ABT) men from leaving the country.
20 May 2016, 08:09 AM
School student killed in Kushtia bomb blast
A school student is killed and another injured in a crude bomb blast in Kushtia Sadar upazila.
20 May 2016, 06:48 AM
Perpetrators of recent killings can't escape justice: PM
Terming the recent killings in Bangladesh as planned ones, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina says the perpetrators will surely be brought to justice.
20 May 2016, 06:36 AM
Secular doctor killed in ‘militant style’
Unidentified assailants hack a homeopathy doctor to death and injure a teacher of Islami University at Bottoil near Kushtia town. The assailants attack them in a similar fashion that bears the hallmark of previous murders of bloggers and secular activists.
20 May 2016, 06:07 AM
US deeply concerned over recent violence in Bangladesh
The US expresses its deep concern over the recent violence in Bangladesh including attacks against the minorities, LGBTs and others.
20 May 2016, 05:49 AM
Water transport shut as cyclone Roanu gets closer
As cyclone Roanu moved inside a thousand kilometres near Bangladesh’s coast, authorities have suspended water transport through the country until further notice. Met office is optimistic the cyclone will lose steam with rainfall as it makes landfall tomorrow along Chittagong-Noakhali coast.
20 May 2016, 05:30 AM
Education, IT could be jointly explored
Mentioning that a meaningful cooperation is possible with Bangladesh in many sectors, Bulgarian President Rosen Plevneliev has said both his country and Bangladesh could jointly explore prospects in the fields of education, IT and other sectors.
19 May 2016, 20:53 PM
BD set to host U-16 women's qualifiers
The Bangladesh Under-16 Women's football team have been placed in Group C of the 2017 AFC U-16 Women's Championship qualifiers.
19 May 2016, 19:38 PM
Khaleda asked to appear before court
A Dhaka court yesterday issued an order that BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia must appear before the court on June 2, the next scheduled date for placing her self-defence statements.
19 May 2016, 18:00 PM
Arrested Shibir leader dies in hospital
An Islami Chhatra Shibir leader, who was arrested in Prof AFM Rezaul Karim Siddiquee murder case, died while undergoing treatment at a hospital in Rajshahi yesterday.
19 May 2016, 18:00 PM
Bounty for 6 ABT men
Releasing photos of six alleged Ansarullah Bangla Team men, the Dhaka Metropolitan Police yesterday put bounties on them
19 May 2016, 18:00 PM
95 children killed, 138 raped in 4 months
At least 95 children were killed and 138 minor girls raped from January to April this year, according to a report of Bangladesh Shishu Adhikar Forum (BSAF).
19 May 2016, 18:00 PM
Poor catches disappoint fishermen
Several hundred fishermen yesterday went back home with poor catches of eggs from the Halda river, the largest and lone natural spawning ground for carp fish in the country.
19 May 2016, 18:00 PM
New BJP wave sinks Congress
The win of BJP in Assam may have an impact on Bangladesh as Sarbananda Sonowal, who is set to be the chief minister there, announced that sealing the border to stop infiltration will be one of his biggest challenges.
19 May 2016, 18:00 PM
Govt blocks 2 messaging services
Bangladesh telecom regulator has blocked Threema and Wickr, two highly secured messaging services, along with some blog and Facebook links after receiving requests from intelligence agencies that claimed they spread atheism and criticise Islam.
19 May 2016, 18:00 PM
26 years on the run to avoid two years' jail
What would you do if you were sentenced to two years' imprisonment?
19 May 2016, 18:00 PM
Cyclonic storm in Bay gains strength
After hovering around the Indian coast for the last two days, the first cyclone of the season in the Bay is now gaining strength and heading towards Bangladesh.
19 May 2016, 18:00 PM
No question of offering apology
Jatiya Party Lawmaker AKM Salim Osman yesterday came up with another story over the humiliation of headmaster Shyamal Kanti Bhakta. He said the teacher was a psycho (taarchera) and had squatted holding his earlobes in public “willingly to save himself".
19 May 2016, 18:00 PM