Bangladesh under-19 cricket team have become unbeaten champion in the Under-19 Asia Cup beating the United Arab Emirates by a massive margin of 195 runs. Although Bangladesh won U-19 World Cup four years ago, the Asian titled remained elusive so far. In reply to Bangladesh’s 282 for 8, the UAE youth were skittled out for 87 in only 24.5 overs ...

The foreign secretary has said he would like to see a “sustainable ceasefire” in the Israel-Gaza conflict. Lord Cameron also warned “too many civilians have been killed” in Gaza. More than 18,000 people have been killed, including thousands of children, according to the Hamas-run health ministry. His intervention in a Sunday Times article marks a shift in tone from the UK government, ...

Two men were killed in a head-on collision between their motorcycles on the Sylhet-Tamabil highway on Saturday night. The deceased were identified as Al-Amin, 25, resident of Shantinagar village of Gowainghat upazila, and Shakil Ahmed Imon, 30, resident of Laxmipur village in Jaintapur upazila. Another person named Saidul Alam, who was riding with Imon, was injured in the accident. The ...

Four more dengue patients died and 254were hospitalized in the country in the last 24 hours till Sunday morning. Of the new deaths, two fatalities was reported in Dhaka and two deaths reported outside it. According to the daily update of Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), the death toll from the mosquito-borne disease rose to 1,682 this year. Among ...

Truckloads of onions have begun stinking along the India-Bangladesh border in Bengal while the prices of the crop move northwards in the neighbouring country, according to a report by The Telegraph Online on Sunday (December 17). A decision of the central government prohibiting export of onions has suddenly slammed the brakes on several cargo trucks, waiting at land ports along ...

Bangladesh Bank has asked the Islamic banks in crisis to resolve the current account deficit but has not decided to remove them from the clearing platform. Bangladesh Bank Spokesperson Md Mezbaul Haque came up with the statement in a press conference on Sunday morning. Speaking at the press conference, Md Mezbaul Haque said that Islamic banks are well placed in ...

Jatiya Party (JaPa) Chairman GM Quader has withdrawn his nomination from the Dhaka-17 constituency for the 12th Parliamentary elections. JaPa Office Secretary MA Razzak Khan submitted the withdrawal letter to Returning Officer Sabirul Islam on Sunday. Razzak said according to the party’s decision Quader withdrawn his candidature. Meanwhile, GM Quader is also the Jatiya Party nominee for Rangpur-3 constituency. The ...

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Chasing 245 runs in a rain-interrupted 30-over chase, Bangladesh lost 200-9 by 44 runs in Duckworth and Lewis method at Dunedin’s University Oval on Sunday. Anamul Haque hit a brisk 43 while Afif Hossain and Tohwid Hridoy made 38 and 33 respectively but neither of the three could convert their start into a big innings to take Bangladesh all the ...

The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) has deferred its Monday’s countrywide dawn-to-dusk hartal to Tuesday (December 19) as Bangladesh will observe one-day state mourning day tomorrow following the death of Kuwait’s Emir Sheikh Nawaf al-Ahmad al-Sabah. BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi announced this on Sunday noon. Earlier on Saturday, the party called the hartal for Monday (December 18). ...