A stellar allround performance from Ravichandran Ashwin helped India crush Bangladesh by 280 runs in two-match series opening Test at M Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai on Sunday. Chasing an improbable 515 for victory, Bangladesh were bowled out for 234 runs in its second innings just on the stroke of the lunch on Day 4. Ashwin, who revived India with 113 ...

Sylhet city will enforce a ban on battery-run rickshaws and unregistered CNG-powered auto-rickshaws from Monday (September 23), following the expiration of a seven-day ultimatum issued by the Sylhet Metropolitan Police (SMP). The ban, announced on September 16, prohibits the operation of illegal vehicles on major roads within Sylhet city. According to Mohammad Saiful Islam, Additional Deputy Commissioner (Media) of SMP, ...

Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner says she does not believe she has broken parliamentary rules over declaring a stay in a New York flat owned by a Labour donor. She told the BBC that Lord Waheed Alli was a friend and the trip had been a “personal holiday” but she had been “transparent” by disclosing her use of the apartment ...

British Airways has cancelled all its flights from a UK city airport next summer. The airline said in a statement it was “suspending our summer 2025 operations from Southampton Airport”. It did not give a reason behind the decision. An airport spokesperson said the move was “clearly disappointing”. Under its subsidiary BA City Flyer, the airline runs flights from the ...

The government in England is planning the biggest reimagining of the NHS in its history. It follows a damning report by surgeon and independent peer Lord Darzi, which warned the health service was in a “critical condition”. The prime minister has said the new 10-year plan will be based on three concepts: greater use of digital technology, more emphasis on community care, ...

Ruhul Amin has been removed from his position as khatib of the Baitul Mukarram National Mosque on Sunday. A notification signed by the Ministry of Religious Affairs secretary Md Abu Bakar Siddique was issued  in this regard  on Sunday (September 22). It said Ruhul Amin has been formally removed following due process. Ruhul Amin stopped coming to the mosque after ...

Amari Dhaka has introduced a new exclusive Old Dhaka delicacies in our New Dhaka at Amaya Food Gallery adding exquisite cuisines started from September 12 -till October 30, 2024, where guests can taste some signature dishes of the new introductions, said a press release. Food variations where the guests can taste some signature dishes of the new introductions. Chefs will ...

Nagorik Oikya president Mahmudur Rahman Manna has been admitted to Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University Hospital (BSMMU) with chest pain early Sunday. His personal physician, Dr Shoaeb Muhammad confirmed the news saying that Manna has suffered a cardiac arrest and is currently under intensive observation at the Coronary Care Unit (CCU) of the hospital. He is not out of danger ...

Chief of Army Staff General Waker-Uz-Zaman has called on Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus at his office. He paid a courtesy call on Chief Adviser at his office on Sunday noon, press secretary Shafiqul Alam confirmed. Source said, General Waker-Uz-Zaman informed law and order situation of the country to Prof Muhammad Yunus. Besides, they will discuss different internal issues of ...

A blast at a coal mine in eastern Iran has killed at least 19 people and injured 17 others, state media reported Sunday, reports AFP. “The number of people killed in the Tabas mine incident… rose to 19,” the official IRNA news agency said, adding that “17 others were wounded” in the blast late Saturday.