DHAKA – A high flying Nazmul XI will face off Tamim XI in the third match of the BCB President’s Cup at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium on Thursday with an aim to keep up the winning spree. The match…
Month: October 2020
Bangabandhu Federation Cup Basketball final tomorrow
DHAKA- Bangladesh Navy take on Bangladesh Air Force in the grand final of Bangabandhu Federation Cup Basketball scheduled to be held Thursday in Dhanmondi Basketball gymnasium at 11 am. State Minister for Youth and Sports Zahid Ahsan Russell is expected…
Impeccable Rubel steals the show
DHAKA – The long hiatus from cricket, forced by the Covid-19 couldn’t hamper the bowling skill of Rubel Hossain, who proved him to be more accurate and dangerous in the ongoing BCB President’s Cup. He went wicket-less in the first…
PFLC’s meeting tomorrow
DHAKA – The professional Football League Committee (PFLC) of Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) will sit tomorrow (Thursday) to finalize some issues which included players’ payment and upcoming season of Bangladesh Premier League (BPL). PFLC‘s chairman and BFF senior vice-president Abdus…
Bangladesh U-19 players return to cricket next February
DHAKA -The Bangladesh Under-19 team is likely to return to cricket in next February when Afghanistan will host them in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). They are supposed to start cricket by taking part at the Under-19 Asia Cup, scheduled…
Bangladesh reports 16 Covid deaths; 1,684 new cases
Bangladesh conducted 21,12,448 RT-PCR tests in 109 labs till 8 pm on Wednesday and 3,82,959 of them have turned out to Covid-19 positive, which is 18.13 percent of the country’s total tested population.
Action in rape cases after proper investigation: Minister
Mentioning the government’s strict position about rape incidents, Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan on Wednesday said that action will be taken against offenders after proper investigation into rape cases.
Stop sheltering criminals: Quader
Obaidul Quader on Wednesday urged the people to unite to stop giving shelter to criminals. He was speaking at a media briefing at his official residence in Dhaka.
Bangladesh overtakes India in per capita GDP, as per IMF
Bangladesh has overtaken its much-larger neighbour India in terms of per capita GDP in 2020, owing to a respectable performance on the economic front despite slowing growth coupled with a steep contraction in the India economy as a result of…
Law without enforcement pointless: BNP
BNP senior leader Gayeshwar Chandra Roy on Wednesday said the there is no let-up in rape incidents in the country even after making the death sentence as the punishment for the heinous crime lacks in enforcement.
Cinema halls in Bangladesh to reopen on Friday
After over seven months of closure to curb the spread of coronavirus, country’s cinema halls will reopen Friday maintaining health guidelines.
Bomb blast at Ctg traffic police box: 6 ‘Neo-JMB men’ held
Members of Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime (CTTC) Unit of Chattogram Metropolitan Police (CMP) have arrested six more suspected members of Neo-JMB from number 2gate area of the port city in connection with the bomb blast at a traffic police…
IMF predicts ‘Less severe’ but ‘still deep’ recession
October 13 – In the shadow of the COVID-19 pandemic and its continuing impact, the global economy could see a “somewhat less severe, though still deep” recession through 2020, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has projected in its latest global…
2 UPDP men dead, one army man injured in Rangamati skirmish
Rangamati, Oct 13 – Two members of United People’s Democratic Front (UPDF -Prasit) were killed and an Army man was wounded Tuesday in a skirmish between UPDF and Bangladesh Army in Raoutila of Naniarchar in Rangamati.
All hockey players’ test for COVID-19 negative
DHAKA – All the thirty six youth hockey players tested for COVID-19 negative ahead of their training camp for the Bangabandhu U-21 Asia Cup Hockey. All the thirty six hockey players, who were earlier asked to join in the camp,…
BCB to select aged-level players by watching video
DHAKA—The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) is set to begin the activities of selecting the aged-level players in some different way. The cricket apex body will select the players by watching the videos in a bid to avoid the public gatherings…
Under-19 Asia Cup postponed
DHAKA – The upcoming Under-19 Asia Cup has finally been postponed due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The tournament for the youth cricketers was scheduled to be held in UAE this November. However it is now shifted to another suitable time…
BCB President’s Cup: Mahmudullah XI records first victory
DHAKA —Mahmudullah XI recovered from an early wobble to record a five-wicket win over Tamim XI in the second match of the BCB President’s Cup at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium on Tuesday. Chasing a modest target of 104, Mahmudullah XI…
Ronaldo tests positive for Covid-19
LISBON – Portugal and Juventus forward Cristiano Ronaldo has tested positive for coronavirus, the Portuguese football federation announced on Tuesday. Ronaldo “is asymptomatic” and “will not play against Sweden” in Wednesday’s Nations League match, the federation said on its website.…
Noakhali woman molestation: Key accused Delwar sent to jail
Delwar Hossain Delu, the key accused in a case filed over the molestation and torture of a housewife in Begumganj upazila of Noakhali, was sent to jail on Tuesday. Noakhali Chief Judicial Magistrate Court-3 Judge Mashfiqul Haque passed the order…
Bangladesh introduces death penalty for rape
In the wake of widespread protests against the growing incidents of rape in the country, the President has promulgated an ordinance allowing death penalty as the highest punishment for rape instead of life term imprisonment. The Ministry of Law, Justice…
Sons ‘kill’ father over land dispute in Dhaka
A man was hacked to death allegedy by his sons at Hazaribagh in the capital on Tuesday over land related dispute. The deceased was identified as Lal Miah, 50, a resident of Daskhshin Basila of Hazaribagh. Victim’s younger brother said…
Rapists are like ‘beasts’: PM Hasina
Describing rapists as ‘beasts’, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday said the government has to induct the death sentence in the relevant law to save girls from these beasts.
Ekushey Padak winning writer Rashid Haider dies
Ekushey Padak winning writer Rashid Haider died due to old age complications in the city on Tuesday. He was 80.
Evaly signs deal with Royal Tulip Sea Pearl Beach Resort
Customers of popular local E-commerce platform ‘Evaly’ will be able to enjoy special offers at five-star Royal Tulip Sea Pearl Beach Resort and Spa in Cox’s Bazar.
Sixth edition of Dhaka Int’l Folk Fest cancelled for Covid
This year’s edition of the annual Dhaka International Folk Fest (DIFF), an internationally acclaimed three-day music festival dedicated to South Asian and global folk music, has been cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Covid-19: Bangladesh sees 220 deaths, 1,537 new cases
Coronavirus caseload in Bangladesh stood at 381,275 on Tuesday with the detection of 1,537 new cases in 24 hours until morning.
Ruhul Kabir Rizvi hospitalised after heart attack
BNP senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi was admitted to Labaid Specialized Hospital in the capital on Tuesday as he suffered a heart attack.
Chittagong girl gang-raped at hotel
Amid countrywide strong protests against the deeply disturbing rape and violence against women, a teenager girl has reportedly been gang- raped at a residential hotel in Sitakundu upazila.
‘Staggering’ rise in climate emergencies in last 20 years
12 October – The first 20 years of this century have seen a “staggering” rise in climate disasters, UN researchers said on Monday, while also maintaining that “almost all nations” have failed to prevent a “wave of death and illness”…