Dhaka – Sri Lanka confirmed their final berth in the Tri-nation series with a stunning 10-wicket victory against host Bangladesh in the 6th match of the series at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Mirpur on Thursday.
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U-19 World Cup: Bangladesh to play India in 4th quarterfinal on Friday
Dhaka -Bangladesh will play neighboring India in the 4th and last quarterfinal of the 16-team ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup at the Queenstown Events Centre in New Zealand on Friday to decide the last semifinalists of the global junior cricket…
Siddikur leads in Dhaka Open after cut round
Dhaka – Bangladesh’s celebrity golfer Siddikur Rahman moved up to the top spot form the 2nd in the City Bank American Express Dhaka Open after the cut round at Kurmitola Golf Club course on Thursday.
7 ‘muggers’ held in city
Dhaka – Members of Rapid Action Battalion in a drive arrested seven suspected muggers from Mohammadpur area in the city on Wednesday night.
Worker found dead in Bogra
Dhaka – Police recovered the body of a worker at Birgram in Shahjahanpur upazila in Bogra on Thursday morning.
IC Football: Dhaka Abahani emerge group champions
Khalekuzzaman of Sheikh Russel KC scored the match-decider in the 66th minute by a suicidal goal.
Tigers’ squad for final against Sri Lanka announced
Dhaka – Bangladesh Cricket Board on Thursday announced a 16-member squad for the final of the Tri-Nation ODI Series against Sri Lanka billed for Saturday (Jan 27) at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Dhaka recalling top order batsman Imrul…
5th Int’l conf on Bengal Studies begins at JU
Savar (Dhaka), Jan 25 – A four-day international conference on Bengal Studies began at Jahangirnagar University campus on Thursday morning.
Schoolgirl murdered after rape in Rajshahi, 1 held
Rajshahi, Jan 25 – A schoolgirl was killed allegedly after rape at Madila village in Bagmara upazila of Rajshahi district on Monday night.
Eminent author Shawkat Ali passes away
Dhaka, Jan 25 – Ekushey Padak winning author Shawkat Ali passed away at a city hospital on Thursday morning. He was 82.
Youth killed in Ctg ‘cop firing’
Dhaka- A young man was killed and two people suffered injuries allegedly in police firing at Telipara in Sitakunda in Chittagong on Wednesday night.
Road crash leaves one dead in Ctg
Dhaka – An unidentified man was killed in a road accident on the flyover in port city’s GEC intersection in Chittagong on Thursday morning.
Australia ODI woes continue with Finch to miss Adelaide
SYDNEY,(BSS/AFP) – Australia’s in-form opener Aaron Finch is set to miss the fourth one-day international against England on Friday, in a setback for the hosts as they seek their first win of the series.
Zidane takes blame as Real Madrid suffer humiliating defeat
MADRID,(BSS/AFP) – Real Madrid crashed to a humiliating Copa del Rey exit on Wednesday when they were knocked out by little Leganes in the quarter-finals with under-fire coach Zinedine Zidane taking the blame.
‘Remember the world’s poorest and most marginalized’
Rome, 24 January– As an unprecedented number of government and business leaders gather at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos today to improve international collaboration in a ‘fragmented world’, the President of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)…
JU introduces multi-disciplinary int’l confce on science
Savar (Dhaka), 24 Jan – A 3-day inter-disciplinary international conference on Mathematical and Physical Sciences Faculty subjects will begin at the Zahir Raihan auditorium and the Mathematics-Statistics Building in Jahangirnagar University (JU) on January 27.
BAU BCL hall conference held
Mymensingh, 24 Jan – The Hall conference of Bangladesh Chhatra League, Bangladesh Agricultural University (BAU) chapter was held on Wednesday.
5 Jamaat men held in Khulna
Dhaka – Police in a drive arrested five local leaders and activists of Jamaat-e-Islam Bangladesh along with four hand bombs and some Jihadi books from a Madrasah at Phultala Jamira area in Khulna on Wednesday morning.
7 to die for killing farmer in Habiganj
Dhaka – A court here on Wednesday sentenced seven people, including a woman, to death in connection with the killing of a farmer in Nabiganj upazila on June 22, 2008.
Chung’s amazing run continues into Australian Open semis
Melbourne,(AP/UNB) – Hyeon Chung has reached the semifinals of a Grand Slam for the first time, following up his upset victory over six-time Australian Open champion Novak Djokovic in the fourth round with a 6-4, 7-6 (5), 6-3 win Wednesday…
BCL: Both BCL matches end in draw
Dhaka – Both the 3rd round first class matches of Bangladesh Cricket League (BCL) ended in draw on the 4th and final day at two separate venues across on Wednesday.
IC Football: Sheikh Jamal, Rahmatganj play 2-2 draw
Dhaka – Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club and Rahmatganj Muslim Friends Society played a calculative 2-2 draw at the Bangabandhu National Stadium here on Wednesday to assure their quarterfinal berths in the Independence Cup Football.
Tri-nation series: Sri Lanka meet Tigers in must-win match Thursday
Dhaka – Bangladesh will play against Sri Lanka in the 6th match of the seven-match Tri-nation series at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium on Thursday.
Iraqis face legacy of ‘ISIS Winter’ – toxic fallout of armed conflict
By: Rehab Abd Almohsen Nairobi – An investigation into the toxic fallout of three years of armed conflict has added the environment — and the residents set to suffer long-term impacts from pollution — to the list of casualties in…
3 alleged ‘robbers’ killed in Barguna ‘gunfight’ with Rab
Bagerhat, Jan 24 – At least three alleged robbers were killed in a ‘gunfight’ with Rapid Action Battalion in the regional forest at Majher Char in Pathargatha upazila of Barguna on Wednesday morning.
BD State Minister Keramat Ali makes daughter his APS
Dhaka, Jan 23 – State Minister for Technical and Madrasah Education Division of Education Ministry Kazi Keramat Ali has made his daughter Begum Kaniz Fatema Chauty his assistant personal secretary (APS).
CIA Agent confesses on deathbed: ‘I killed Bob Marley’
By Baxter Dmitry A 79-year-old retired officer of the CIA, Bill Oxley, has made a series of stunning confessions since he was admitted to the Mercy Hospital in Maine on Monday and told he has weeks to live. He claims…
Cop ’commits suicide’ at Ctg Police Lines
Dhaka- A police official allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself from ceiling fan at his room in Police Lines in city’s Dampara area on Tuesday night.
Lovers found hanging with a single rope
Dhaka – Two young lovers allegedly ended their lives by hanging themselves with single rope from a tree beside Dighulia canal at Avoynagar upazila in Jessore on Tuesday noon.
32 shanties gutted in Ctg fire
Dhaka-Some 32 tin-shed houses were gutted as a fire broke out at a tin-shed colony in Mohammadnagar area under Bayezid Bostami Police Station Chittagong early Wednesday.