The Bangladesh Women’s A team took the five-match T20 series against Sri Lanka A team by 4-1 after beating the hosts by eight wickets at Colts Cricket Ground in Colombo on Thursday. As part of their preparation for the upcoming T20 World Cup in UAE, Bangladesh sent the national team, under the guise of the A team in Sri Lanka, ...

The global vaccine alliance Gavi will buy 500,000 doses of mpox vaccine to battle outbreaks of the disease in African countries, the organization said on Wednesday. The vaccine doses – manufactured by the Danish company Bavarian Nordic – will be available this year, Gavi said, without giving any specific dates. Gavi said the full costs, including the transportation, delivery and ...

Home Affairs Adviser Lt Gen (Retd) Mohammad Jahangir Alam Chowdhury on Thursday emphasized the need to raise public awareness about mob justice, saying none has the right to take the law in own hands. “No one has the right to enforce justice outside the law. If someone commits a crime, hand him/her over to the authorities,” he said while talking ...

Md Fazlur Rahman, additional secretary of the water supply division under the Local Government Division, has been appointed as the managing director (MD) of Dhaka Water Supply and Sewerage Authority (WASA). The Local Government Division under the Ministry of Local Government, Rural Development and Co-operatives issued a circular in this regard on Wednesday (September 18). Fazlur was assigned this additional ...

Police have arrested Awami League presidium member Kazi Zafarullah from Gulshan area in the capital. Talebur Rahman, deputy commissioner (media) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police, confirmed the arrest news on Thursday morning. A team of police arrested him from Gulshan area on Wednesday night. Zafarullah fell unwell after being taken to the Detective Branch office and was, later, admitted to the ...

Aleksey Miranchuk scored late to give Atlanta a 2-2 Major League Soccer draw against Inter Miami on Wednesday, with Lionel Messi unable to conjure any magic as a late substitute for the visitors. Eight-time Ballon d’Or winner Messi had dazzled in his return from a lengthy injury absence on Saturday, scoring two goals in the space of four minutes in ...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is not expected to meet Bangladesh interim government chief Muhammad Yunus on the margins of the United Nations General Assembly next week, people familiar with the matter said on Wednesday. Earlier this month, the Bangladesh side made a formal request for a meeting on the sidelines of the General Assembly, which both leaders are set to ...

The United Nations General Assembly’s 10th Emergency Special Session has adopted a key resolution endorsing the International Court of Justice’s (ICJ) advisory opinion which declared Israel’s occupation of the Palestinian territories illegal under international law. The resolution was tabled by Palestine, and was co-sponsored by 53 countries, including Bangladesh, according to a message received on Thursday. The adoption came through ...

A sedition case has been filed against ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina and three former chief election commissioners (CECs) in Chittagong for holding illegal and fraudulent elections. The three CECs are Kazi Rakib Uddin Ahmad, KM Nurul Huda and Kazi Habibul Awal. Valiant freedom fighter Ekramul Karim, also the former general secretary of the Chittagong City BNP, filed the case ...

World Bank Vice President for South Asia Region Martin Raiser arrived in Dhaka on Wednesday, said the Bangladesh Country Office in a press release. During his two-day visit, Raiser will meet with Chief Adviser Dr Muhammad Yunus, Finance Adviser Dr Salehuddin Ahmed, Energy Adviser Muhammad Fouzul Kabir Khan, Bangladesh Bank Governor Dr Ahsan H Mansur and other senior government officials, ...