Bangladesh captain Najmul Hossain Shanto and pacer Hasan Mahmud gained in ICC rankings after their good performance in the first cricket Test against India in Chennai. Shanto’s scores of 20 and 82 have helped him progress 14 places to 48th position and seam bowler Hasan Mahmud’s five-for in the first innings has lifted him five positions to 44th among bowlers, ...

Chief advisor Professor Muhammad Yunus has sought cooperation from foreign friends to build a new Bangladesh dreamt by youth folks. “Through the sacrifice of lives and indomitable leadership of the youth, revolutionary changes have taken place in Bangladesh. They sacrificed their lives to build a discrimination-free society and a prosperous country,” he said. Dr Yunus said this at a reception ...

Television presenter Farzana Brownia on Wednesday filed a case accusing five people including the head of news at Channel i, Shykh Seraj, on charge of fraud and extortion, reports UNB. The case was filed at the court of Dhaka Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Hasibul Haque. According to court records, the magistrate accepted Brownia’s statement and instructed the Criminal Investigation Department ...

The Department of Environment (DoE) has issued a legal notice to several individuals accused of illegally filling a government canal adjacent to the bypass road in Habiganj municipality. The canal, approximately 100 feet wide, is vital to the city’s drainage system. The notice demands an immediate halt to all filling activities and requires a formal response within seven working days, ...

The Durga Festival, also known as Durga Puja, is one of the most significant and widely celebrated Hindu festivals, primarily observed in the autumn. It honors the goddess Durga, symbolizing the triumph of good over evil. Typically celebrated over five to ten days, Durga Puja falls in the Hindu month of Ashwin (September-October) and marks the end of the monsoon ...

The UK has risen in the rankings of a group of wealthy nations to have the joint-second highest economic growth for this year, a think tank has predicted. The economy is now expected to grow by 1.1%, the same rate as Canada and France, but behind the US. The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development’s (OECD) previous growth estimate in ...

Wes Streeting says he will not back down in his criticism of the NHS, after the BBC revealed there was growing unease in the service about the “broken” NHS messaging from government. England’s health secretary told the Labour Party conference that not acknowledging the problems in the NHS would result in “killing it with kindness”. His comments came after senior ...

Manchester City have confirmed Spain midfielder Rodri suffered a knee ligament injury against Arsenal on Sunday. Rodri was substituted in the 21st minute after he twisted the joint in a collision with Arsenal’s Thomas Partey at a corner. No timescale has yet been put on the player’s recovery, but speaking after Tuesday’s Carabao Cup win over Watford, Pep Guardiola said ...

  The cryptocurrency industry is “rife with fraud and hucksters and grifters”, one of the United States’ top financial regulators has told the BBC. The chair of the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Gary Gensler, says the “investing public around the globe has lost too much money” because of crypto companies not following the laws his agency tries to ...

The union representing thousands of striking Boeing workers says a survey of its members shows they are “not interested” in the aviation giant’s latest pay offer. “Many comments expressed that the offer was inadequate,” the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) said in a post on X. It comes after Boeing made a new offer earlier this week ...