Afghanistan captain Hashmatullah Shahidi sent Bangladesh into batting first after winning the toss in the one-off Test at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium today. Bangladesh fielded a side without its two key players in captain Shakib Al Hasan and opener Tamim Iqbal, both were ruled out due to respective injury. While Shakib’s finger injury sidelined him ahead of the Test, Tamim ...

A boat returning from a wedding capsized in northern Nigeria, killing at least 103 people, including children, officials said Tuesday. Residents and police were still searching for dozens of people who were on the overcrowded boat that capsized early Monday on the Niger River in the Pategi district of Kwara state, which is 160 kilometers (100 miles) from Ilorin, the ...

Hospital doctors in England begin a new 72-hour strike over pay on Wednesday, prompting warnings from health officials of huge disruption to patients and services. The latest walk-out by junior doctors — those below consultant level — starts at 7:00 am (0600 GMT) and is set to last until Saturday. The British Medical Association’s Junior Doctors Committee say medics have ...

Lionel Messi on Tuesday confirmed he “doesn’t think” he will play at another World Cup in an interview with Chinese media, after the 35-year-old led Argentina to victory at last year’s tournament in Qatar. “I have said several times before that I don’t think so, that that (2022) was my last World Cup,” he said when asked by China’s Titan ...

Commerce Minister Tipu Munshi today said that each of the one crore family card holders under the state-run Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB) would be provided 5 kilograms of rice from the next month in addition to soybean oil, sugar and lentil at an affordable price. He also said that the price of soybean oil has been reduced by Taka ...

French-Austrian drugmaker Valneva’s vaccine candidate against chikungunya, a mosquito-borne virus which causes occasional outbreaks across the world, showed promising results in a large new trial, a study said on Tuesday. While the results were hailed as good news in the fight against chikungunya, the trial was carried out on people in the United States where the virus is extremely rare, ...

Environment, Forest and Climate Change Minister Md Shahab Uddin and Danish Minister for Development Cooperation and Global Climate Policy Dan Jørgensen jointly launched Bangladesh-Denmark Joint Action Plan on the Sustainable and Green Framework Engagement in the meeting room of the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change in Bangladesh Secretariat on Tuesday. Chairman of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on the ...

Danish Minister for Development and Global Climate Dan Jørgensen arrived in Dhaka on Tuesday. Additional Foreign Secretary Asad Alam Siam received him at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport. The visit will focus on engaging in climate change agenda and enhancing partnership between Bangladesh and Denmark in the area of green growth and decent work, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. ...

A consignment of 10 tonnes of onion has been imported from India through Akhaura land port in Brahmanbaria. An Indian truck loaded with the onion arrived at the port on Monday afternoon. “BDS Corporation opened a Letter of Credit for importing 200 tonnes of onion from India. In the first shipment, 10 tonnes of onion arrived yesterday afternoon. The remaining ...

Bangladesh take on Afghanistan for one-off Test, beginning tomorrow (Wednesday) at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium with an aim to continue a rare winning run in this format. The match starts at 10 AM and will be aired live on Gazi TV and T Sports. Also fans can enjoy the game on digital platform Rabbithole app and web. In their ...