India captain Rohit Sharma won the toss against Netherlands at M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore and decided to bat first. Netherlands have to field. Hosts India face the Netherlands, who are behind in the rankings. The group stage of 45 matches will end with this match. The group stage matches of the World Cup were held for more than a ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday inaugurated the newly constructed Ghorashal-Palash Urea Fertiliser Factory (GPUFF) in Narsingdi, the largest of its kind in the Southeast Asia, which is expected to help slash fertiliser imports significantly. She opened the environment friendly energy saving and modern technology based factory with production capacity of 9.24 lakh MT of fertilizer annually by unveiling the ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today pledged to eliminate leprosy from the county by 2030, urging the local drug manufacturing factories to produce quality medicines for the treatment of leprosy patients. “We are firmly committed to erasing the leprosy from the country by 2030,” she said while opening the second national leprosy conference-2023 at a city hotel, reports BSS. The premier ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday placed five recommendations to stop the brutal Israeli aggression against Palestine that continues unabated, despite calls from global communities for an immediate end. She proposed the suggestions in a recorded speech broadcast at the 8th Extraordinary Islamic Summit kicking off on November 9 in Riyadh. The summit was convened at the invitation of the ...

World’s leading learning company and the UK’s largest awarding body, Pearson, in collaboration with the British Council, hosted its 10th High Achievers’ Award Ceremony on Saturday for students in Bangladesh who achieved outstanding results in their International GCSE and A Level examinations in 2022 & 2023. The Award Ceremony was held at the Hall of Fame of Bangabandhu International Conference ...

A total of 152 platoons of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) have been deployed across the country to maintain law and order as the latest 48-hour countrywide blockade called by the BNP, Jamaat and like-minded opposition parties is underway. Shariful Islam, public relations officer (PRO) at BGB headquarters, confirmed the development on Sunday morning. Today, on the first day of the ...

India (IND) and Netherlands (NED) will cross swords in the 45th match of the ongoing ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup. The match will be contested at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru on Sunday, November 12. Rohit Sharma and Co. have had a forgettable campaign in the ongoing tournament, having won all the matches they have played so far. Moreover, ...

Saudi Arabia and other Muslim countries called on Saturday for an immediate end to military operations in Gaza, rejecting Israel’s justification of its actions against Palestinians as self-defence. The extraordinary joint Islamic-Arab summit in Riyadh urged the International Criminal Court to investigate “war crimes and crimes against humanity that Israel is committing” in the Palestinian territories, according to a final ...

In October 2020, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina inaugurated a megaproject to upgrade Osmani International Airport in Sylhet. But construction stalled after only 22% progress following the detection of “major flaws” in the design. The project was scheduled to conclude this year, but officials now estimate it will take an additional two years to complete after the redesign. This will also ...

Defending champions England, at last, managed to seal at least three victory in the 2023 World Cup after adding a 93-run victory over Pakistan in the 44th game of the tournament in Kolkata. English bowlers kept Pakistani batters restricted to 244 runs taking all of their wickets in 43.3 overs while defending a huge 337 runs at the Eden Gardens ...