Five people have been detained in Moulvibazar’s Juri upazila with police claiming that they were pushed back by Indian border security force. Abdul Kaium, Goalbari Union chairman, said the detainees, including two Rohingyas, were pushed back into Bangladesh through the Lathitila border area. Their suspicious behaviour led to their detention and interrogation, during which they revealed they had gone to ...

Former shipping minister Shajahan Khan is being taken to Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Ali Haider in a murder case Sunday. A Dhaka court on Sunday sent former shipping minister Shajahan Khan to jail as he fell sick during his remand in a case filed over the killing of one Abdul Motalib in Dhanmandi area during Anti-Discrimination Student Movement. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate ...

England allrounder Moeen Ali has announced his retirement from international cricket after being overlooked for the upcoming white-ball series against Australia. The 37-year-old Ali said in an interview with British newspaper The Daily Mail that it was “time for the next generation.” “I’m 37 years old and didn’t get picked for this month’s Australia series,” Moeen told the newspaper. “I’ve ...

“Think of it as cricket cake, like fish cake,” the chef said as he urged the man in the buffet line to try the steaming, spicy laksa – a coconut noodle broth – full of “textured cricket protein”. Next to it was a plate of chilli crickets, the bug version of a beloved Singaporean dish – stir-fried mud crabs doused ...

The prime minister has told the BBC his new government is “going to have to be unpopular” as he defended his “tough” decision to cut winter fuel payments. Speaking on Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg in his first major interview in Downing Street, Sir Keir Starmer said he was determined to deliver change but this meant having to “do the difficult ...

Sir Keir Starmer says he is “frustrated” at how long it is taking to deal with building safety and cladding, following the Grenfell Tower Inquiry’s final report this week. Speaking on Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg, the prime minister said he accepts it is his “duty”, and that his government “will accelerate the programme”, when questioned about the number of people ...

The government’s plan to tackle the hospital backlog in England will fail without a fundamental reform in how services work, health leaders say. Labour aims to increase the number of appointments and operations done each week by 40,000, to help hit the 18-week waiting time target. But NHS Confederation research found that would only deliver about 15% of the extra ...

England interim boss Lee Carsley got off to an impressive start in a 2-0 win at the Republic of Ireland on Saturday, while Germany and the Netherlands scored five to begin their Nations League campaigns in style. The clash in Dublin showcased what might have been for the hosts as Declan Rice and Jack Grealish, who both previously represented Ireland, ...

Referring to Indian Defence Minister Rajnath Singh’s recent remarks, Foreign Adviser Md Tauhid Hussain on Sunday said he does not in any way think that there is any apprehension of war between Bangladesh and India. “We do not want to show any reaction. We have to understand whether he (Rajnath) has said this for the consumption of his own country ...

Newly appointed International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) chief prosecutor Md Tajul Islam has said that steps will be taken to bring back prime accused in most of the genocide cases, former prime minister Sheikh Hasina, to the country under the extradition treaty with India. He made the remark at a press conference at the ICT on Sunday. “The investigation team yet ...