A six-laden knock of Charles Johnson was complemented by Liton Das’s serene innings as Comilla Victorians crushed Sylhet Strikers by seven wickets in the final to clinch their fourth Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) trophy on Thursday at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium. Sylhet Strikers posted 175-7 after being asked to bat first, a total that looked daunting in high profile game ...

World Bank President David Malpass has said he would leave his post well before his term ends, months after running afoul of the White House for failing to say whether he accepts the scientific consensus on global warming. Malpass, appointed by former President Donald Trump, will depart the multilateral development bank, which provides billions of dollars a year in funding ...

Habiganj Correspondent : Four people were killed and at least 20 injured as a bus overturned on the Dhaka-Sylhet highway in Bahubal upazila of Habiganj district on Thursday. Details of the deceased could not be known immediately. Habiganj Bus Owners Association general secretary Shangka Suvro said, “A bus was carrying passengers from Sylhet city to Habiganj district on Thursday. The ...

Ever heard of melioidosis? This least known ailment is a deadly tropical disease caused by a soil saprophyte (bacteria) which has a high mortality rate. A saprophyte can be a plant, fungus or microorganism which lives on dead or decaying organic matter. Researchers have found that this disease is caused by the soil saprophyte known as Burkholderiapseudomallei. “Though the disease ...

Some forms of bullying are significantly correlated with feeling sad or hopeless and attempting suicide, according to a new study. The correlation is highest when teens are bullied based on their sexual orientation or gender orientation, found the study, published in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by John Rovers of Drake University, US, and colleagues. School bullying is a common ...

Karim Benzema netted two penalties as Real Madrid breezed to a 4-0 win over rock-bottom Elche on Wednesday to cut the gap on La Liga leaders Barcelona back to eight points. Carlo Ancelotti’s team did not play at the weekend because of their involvement in the Club World Cup in Morocco, which they presented to supporters at the Santiago Bernabeu. ...

US actress Raquel Welch, often credited with paving the way for modern day action heroines in Hollywood films, has died at the age of 82. The star passed away peacefully on Wednesday morning after a brief illness, her manager said. Welch became an international sex symbol in the 1960s, widely remembered for playing a bikini-clad cavewoman in the 1966 film ...

At least 39 people, most of them undocumented US-bound migrants who had just survived a perilous jungle crossing, died in a bus crash in Panama early Wednesday, officials said. Panama’s National Migration Service said the injured, including children, were being treated at various hospitals and clinics, without saying how many there were. The latest death toll, it added, was based ...

Former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn will not be allowed to stand for Labour at the next election. Sir Keir Starmer said the MP, who was already kicked out of the party, will not stand under his party’s banner. It comes as Sir Keir tries to draw a line under the party’s past, when it became embroiled in a series of ...

Newly appointed Japanese Ambassador to Bangladesh, Kiminori Iwama, on Wednesday (February 15, 2023) said that he would encourage Japanese companies to expand their business in Bangladesh to help the country achieve expected economic growth. “Japan wants to be more involved in Bangladesh’s national development,” said the ambassador in a meeting with Local Government and Rural Development Minister Tajul Islam. The ...