Pakistan declared their first innings on 448-6 on Thursday after brilliant centuary from Mohammad Rizwan and Saud Shakeel on the second day of the first Test against Bangladesh in Rawalpindi. Rizwan scored a career best 171 not out with three sixes and 11 boundaries, while Shakeel made 141 after Pakistan resumed the day on 158-4 at Rawalpindi stadium. Rizwan and ...

The body of a college student, who went missing after falling into the Nainda River, was recovered from Ujanigaon area in Sunamganj’s Shantiganj upazila on Wednesday. The victim Anharuzzaman, 18, was son of late Abdul Awal and a resident of the same area. He was 11th grade student of Abdul Majid College. According to local sources, Anharuzzaman slipped into the ...

Dhananjaya de Silva and debutant fast bowler Milan Rathnayake both made fine fifties as Sri Lanka recovered from a dramatic top-order collapse on Wednesday’s opening day of the first Test against England at Old Trafford. Sri Lanka were in dire straits at 6-3 after skipper De Silva won the toss, losing their first three wickets for no runs in 10 balls, ...

BNP Standing Committee member Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain has been acquitted in a money laundering case filed in 2014. Judge Abul Kashem of Dhaka Special Judge Court-1 handed down the judgement on Thursday.  

A preliminary UN OHCHR team is in Dhaka to discuss ways to support and the procedures for investigating human rights violations in the context of recent violence and unrest. They will continue their mission in line with the activities they intend to achieve, said an official on Thursday. The high commissioner is fully committed to supporting the interim government and ...

Information and Broad-casting adviser Md Nahid Islam urged to deploy all government and private speedboats and trawlers in the flood-affected areas. He also warned if any negligence of anyone found in this crisis moment, steps will be taken against them. “Urge the private institutions that there are instructions from the Chief Adviser. Turn on the control room within an hour,” ...

Members of Bangladesh Army conducted a drive at Mohammadpur residence of Awami League presidium member and former minister Jahangir Kabir Nanak on Wednesday night. No weapons were found, army personnel seized some important papers, land-related documents, bank cheques, many sacks of rice and blankets from the house. Some students were present during the drive. During the search, photos of leaders and ...

Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus sought the UK’s cooperation to bring laundered money back as British High Commissioner Sarah Cooke met him at his Jamuna office in the capital on Wednesday. Briefing newsmen, the Chief Adviser’s press secretary Shafiqul Alam said different global institutions had informed that a huge amount of money was siphoned off during the regime of ousted ...

Pakistan batters Saud Shakeel and Saim Ayub hit fighting half-centuries to help their team to make a recovery on a rain-hit opening day of the first Test against Bangladesh in Rawalpindi on Wednesday. Earlier, Bangladesh won what could be an important toss and made excellent use of the new ball in favourable conditions to take out three early wickets, but ...

Burmese grapes known as Lotkon in Bengali is a popular seasonal fruit in Bangladesh. It is a yellowish colour small round shape fruit. Though named as Burmese it grows over the South Asian Region in abundance as an exotic fruits. But over the last few decades it has been becoming very much popular due to its sweet-sour taste and many ...