Ansar Ahmed Ullah A public meeting was held in London on 14th July at the East London Microbusiness Centre organised by Amra Sylhetbasi in UK against the brutal killing of Rajon, a 13 year old child brutally killed in Sylhet last week. The Meeting was presided by former student leader Zia Uddin Lala, former GS of Sylhet Madan Mohan College ...

A panel appointed by India’s Supreme Court has suspended two top Indian Premier League teams for two years over a corruption scandal. Chennai Super Kings and Rajasthan Royals have been found guilty in an illegal betting and match-fixing probe. The panel also suspended Royals co-owner Raj Kundra and Gurunath Meiyappan of Super Kings from all cricket-related activities for life. The ...

Defending champion Novak Djokovic saw off seven-time champion Roger Federer in four sets to win his third Wimbledon and ninth Grand Slam title. The Serb, 28, won 7-6 (7-1) 6-7 (10-12) 6-4 6-3 to overtake the likes of Jimmy Connors, Andre Agassi and Ivan Lendl in the all-time list of major winners. Federer, 33, had hoped to become the first ...

Mahmudullah returned back to form in the 2nd ODI against South Africa playing a good hand in the record 135-run stand with Soumya Sarkar for the third wicket. He registered a fifty on July 12 coming back from the finger injury after a poor run in the three ODIs against Pakistan in April 2015. The reliable middle-order batsman experienced a ...

Kagiso Rabada became only the second man in history to claim a hat-trick in one-day international cricket during the first one-day international against Bangladesh in Dhaka on Friday. Rabada bowled Tamim Iqbal in the third ball of his second over and then had Litton Das and Mahmudullah in the next two deliveries to complete the set, joining Bangladesh’s Taijul Islam, ...

Diego Maradona has waded into the debate on Lionel Messi’s international career, insisting it’s time to stop giving the Barcelona star special treatment. Following defeats in the World Cup and Copa America finals, Lionel Messi’s wait for a competitive international trophy at senior level goes on. As in the World Cup final last year, the three-time Ballon d’Or winner was ...

Ollowing his brilliant performance in the ODIs, pacer Mustafizur Rahman has been included in the 14-member squad for the first Test against South Africa, which is due to begin in Chittagong on August 21. Off-spinner Shuvagata Hom and pacer Abul Hasan however did not make the cut. Speaking on Mustafizur’s inclusion, chairman of BCB’s selection panel Faruque Ahmed said, “He ...

Nasa’s New Horizons spacecraft has made the first visit to Pluto, speeding past at 14km per second. Earlier, the space agency released the most detailed picture yet as it hurtled towards the dwarf planet on Tuesday. The probe was set to grab more pictures and other data as it passed 12,500km from Pluto at 11:50 GMT (12:50 BST). Controllers got ...

At least 27 pilgrims have died in a stampede on the banks of a holy river in the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, local officials say. The Hindu pilgrims had gathered to take a dip in the Godavari river at the start of the Maha Pushkaralu festival. The stampede occurred at 08:00am (02:30 GMT) in the Rajahmundry district. Nearly ...

An Australian firm has come under fire for conducting tours of a New South Wales forest where notorious serial killer Ivan Milat buried his victims. Goulburn Ghost Tours has been taking groups to Belanglo, 120km (74 miles) south-west of Sydney. NSW Premier Mike Baird said the tour was “utterly outrageous” while a victim support group has condemned it. A company ...