Kane Williamson and Tim Southee were included Monday in an experienced New Zealand squad for next month’s 50-overs World Cup in India. Williamson will captain the Black Caps despite still working his way back to fitness after a serious knee injury last April. The 33-year-old led New Zealand in their nail-biting defeat by England in the 2019 World Cup final ...

A woman and his young son were killed in a road accident in Sylhet’s Osmani Nagar upazila on Sunday night. The accident happened at about 8:30pm on the Sylhet-Dhaka highway. The deceased were Salma Begum, 52, and his son Abdul Kaiyum, 32. They used to live at a rented house in Ilashpur area. Eye witnesses said a private car from ...

It was delicate work for the searchers to remove the woman’s body from the rubble of a village that effectively ceased to exist in Morocco’s deadliest earthquake in over six decades. Her 25-year-old fiance Omar Ait Mbarek watched the digging Sunday with his eyes red and full of tears, and surrounded by onlookers, just kilometres from the quake epicentre in ...

President Emmanuel Macron, the first French president to visit Bangladesh in 33 years, was on Sunday accorded a red carpet reception on his arrival here on a two-day trip. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina received Macron at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport on his arrival from New Delhi around 8:30 pm. The French president was greeted by gun salute. In New Delhi ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday returned home after attending the G20 summit in New Delhi. She arrived by a Biman Bangladesh Airlines flight that landed at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport at 3:38pm, reports UNB. She and her entourage members departed from New Delhi’s Palam Airport at 1:08pm local time. Indian Minister of State for Commerce and Industry Anupriya Singh ...

Parents should support their children when they face failure by talking to them as allies, reaffirming their self-worth. An expert shares various tips on this. As children navigate through this increasingly competitive environment, it has become all the more important that parents act as a strong support system for their children. In this article we discuss the right way to ...

Saudi Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammad Bin Salman has said the kingdom would work together with Bangladesh to enhance cooperation in all possible areas. He made this assurance at a meeting with Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on the sidelines of the G20 summit on Sunday morning in New Delhi, reports UNB. According to the Foreign Ministry of Bangladesh, ...

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader on Sunday said that the BNP is ‘secretly’ preparing for the upcoming elections to safeguard its nomination business. He made the remarks while speaking at a gathering of AL’s associate body Jubo League at Engineers’ Institution in Dhaka on Sunday morning, UNB reports. “Awami League is not a party of terrorism or communalism but ...

Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen has said US President Joe Biden and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina held talks in a very cordial and warm atmosphere, reflecting the bilateral relations between the countries are deep-rooted. “He (Biden) has all the intention to build a good relationship with Bangladesh,” he said on Saturday while briefing reporters here over the Prime Minister Sheikh ...

England claimed a point in a 1-1 draw with Ukraine in a Euro 2024 qualifier Saturday as Belgium went joint top of their group with a 1-0 away win at Azerbaijan as both sides stayed on course for the finals in Germany. Ukraine hosted England in neighbouring Poland and marched out onto the pitch in Wroclow with national flags draped ...