Mitchell Marsh scored a brilliant 177* as Australia chased down Bangladesh’s impressive first-innings effort of 306/8 with ease. Australia’s number three slammed 26 boundaries including nine sixes in his inspired century, lighting up the second innings of the match and bringing Australia’s group stage to a spectacular close. Marsh’s efforts, along with a half-century from David Warner and good support ...

Police said that blockade supporters torched the buses in Arambagh, Gabtali, Gulistan, and Jatrabari areas of the capital. According to the fire service, a passenger bus of Lal Sabuj Paribahan was set on fire in front of Notre Dame College at 8:20 pm. Upon receiving information, two units of firefighters from Siddique Bazar Fire Station promptly brought the fire under ...

London police have stepped up efforts to ensure a pro-Palestinian march on Saturday remains peaceful following a week of political sparring over whether the demonstration should go ahead on the weekend Britain honors its war dead. More than 2,000 officers, some called in from surrounding forces, will be on the streets of the capital this weekend to make to ensure ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday said BNP and its allies only know how to destroy the good things her government creates. “They (BNP and its allies) only know how to destroy, not to create. We create and they destroy,” she said. The prime minister said this while inaugurating the Chattogram-Cox’s Bazar rail communication. Recalling the horrible days when BNP-Jamaat ...

Railways Minister Md Nurul Islam Sujan has said that a train can be run commercially from Dhaka to Cox’s Bazar and Cox’s Bazar to Dhaka from December. He made the remark while speaking at the inauguration of Chattogram’s Dohazari to Cox’s Bazar Rail Line project at Cox’s Bazar Railway Station on Saturday. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina inaugurated the much-awaited 102km ...

Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) leader Azad Hossain who was allegedly involved in putting seals on ‘Boat’ symbols of 43 ballot papers in 57 seconds during the voting in Lakshmipur-3 (Sadar) by-election has been sent to jail. Chandraganj police produced him before a court after arresting him under Section 54 early Saturday afternoon. Later, the court passed an order sending him ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday inaugurated 15 completed development projects, including Matarbari Ultra Super Critical Coal-Fired Power Project (2×600), and laid foundation stones of three other projects involving Tk 53467 crore. Prior to addressing a grand public meeting at Matarbari in Moheshkhali, she unveiled the inaugural plaque of the development projects around 3:45 in the afternoon, reports BSS. Earlier ...

The various taxes zone and its offices across the country under the income tax wing of the National Board of Revenue (NBR) have undertaken several additional initiatives to facilitate the filing of returns by public servants, reports BSS. These initiatives include providing training on return filing, opening help desks for them in the taxes zone and thus making them aware ...

You won’t find a politician saying it loud, but fear matters. Running a government or a political party is not a business where the aim is to hold hands and sing Kumbaya. The task to is win power. To hold on to it. To get things done. And then win again. Common beliefs, loyalty, and a desire to serve can ...

Police say faked audio purporting to capture the Mayor of London calling for Armistice Day to be re-scheduled for a pro-Palestinian march “does not constitute a criminal offence”. Sadiq Khan’s office said false material was being “circulated and amplified by a far-right group”. A Met spokesperson said specialist officers had reviewed the content. They described it as “artificial audio” that ...