ST. JOHN’S, Antigua and Barbuda – All-rounder Fabian Allen clobbered three sixes off the penultimate over to lead West Indies to a nervy three-wicket win against Sri Lanka in the final Twenty20 International on Sunday. Chasing a modest target of…
Day: March 8, 2021
Barca given fresh start as Laporta elected new club president
MADRID – Joan Laporta returned as Barcelona president on Sunday after winning the club’s elections by a landslide, with his central pledge to try to persuade Lionel Messi to stay. Laporta was last president at Barca between 2003 and 2010,…
Mumta Hena steers Blue to Bangladesh Games Women’s Cricket final
DHAKA -Mumta Hena claimed 4-22 with his wily off-spin as Bangladesh Blue confirmed the final of 9th Bangabandhu Bangladesh Games, crushing Bangladesh Green team by nine wickets at Sylhet International Cricket Stadium today. This was Blue’s second straight win, following…
Mahmudullah emphasizes on playing as a unit in NZ tour
DHAKA -Bangladesh T20 captain Mahmudullah Riyad stressed on playing as a unit and doing well in all three departments in a bid to achieve a positive result in their New Zealand tour. The cricket pundits termed the New Zealand tour…
Bangabandhu Bangladesh Games: Blue team march to final
Dhaka, Mar 8 (UNB) : Bangladesh Women Blue team marched to the final of the Bangabandhu 9th Bangladesh Games beating Bangladesh Women Green team by nine wickets on Monday in Sylhet. In the first match of the event, Salma Khatun-led…
It is time to redesign economics
Dhaka, Mar 8 (UNB) : The world is facing an unprecedented crisis with the Covid-19 pandemic. Day after day all the failures in our economic and social system and thinking process are being revealed.
Joy Bangla Concert: Rock stars share best memories
Dhaka, Mar 8 (UNB) : The bands that rocked the Joy Bangla Concert stage in previous years reminisced their special moments about the past episodes and rendered songs online as the concert has been halted this year due to the…
Covid-19 in Bangladesh: Fatalities climb to 8,476
News Desk Bangladesh’s coronavirus caseload rose to 551,175 on Monday after the health authorities confirmed 845 new cases in the last 24 hours.
Joy Bangla Concert: Rock stars share best memories
Dhaka, Mar 8 (UNB): The bands that rocked the Joy Bangla Concert stage in previous years reminisced their special moments about the past episodes and rendered songs online as the concert has been halted this year due to the Coronavirus…
Engage yourselves in income-generating activities, PM to womenfolk
Dhaka, Mar 8 (UNB) :*Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday urged the women of the country to engage themselves in income-generating activities instead of sitting idle at home for their economic freedom.
News on giving Tk 10000 allowance to students fake: Education Ministry
Dhaka, March 8 (UNB)— The Education Ministry has requested everyone not to pay heed to rumours on social media that it is giving each student Tk 10,000 as allowance. A PID handout on Monday said reports about the allowance is…
Khaleda’s sentences could be suspended for another 6 months: Law Ministry
Dhaka, Mar 8 (UNB) : The Ministry of Law has recommended extension of the stay on the sentences of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia for six months more in two graft cases.
Covid-19 death toll tops 2.59 mn; cases 116.82 mn globally
The death toll from Covid-19 in the world topped 2,593,073 and cases 116,822,839 as of Monday, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University.
Post-COVID World Needs Amplified Women’s Voices in Politics
Theme ‘Women in Leadership: Achieving an Equal Future in the COVID-19 World,’ is grounded in the reality that this women’s day is unlike any other.
Women Must Continue To Claim Power & Take On Unseen Barriers
One can’t talk about power without talking about patriarchy – in which men always hold the power and women are largely excluded from it.
Protecting Indigenous Languages is Protecting Biodiversity
The extinction of one million species feels rather abstract. We do not know how to speak of the scale of such extinction, except as a mere number: one million!
The Case for 12-year transition period for graduating LDCs
The LDCs have upped the ante on their request at the WTO that LDC-specific support measures must be extended for a period of 12 years for those countries graduating from the LDC category
RU admission tests begin
Rajshahi, Mar 07 – Rajshahi University preliminary admission tests for 2020-21 academic year honours 1st year has started on Sunday (March 7) at 12.00 pm and will continue till March 18.
Kohli sets sights on ‘one big game’ to win World Test Championship
AHMEDABAD, India – Skipper Virat Kohli said India were “relieved” to make the inaugural World Test Championship final and would now focus on that “one big game” against New Zealand in June after seeing off England. India crushed Joe Root’s…
England must take India humiliation ‘on the chin’, says Root
AHMEDABAD, India – England must take their Test mauling by India “on the chin” and not just blame the conditions, according to captain Joe Root. Root also staunchly defended the rotation policy that has seen mass team changes between the…