Asia’s cricket giants India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka will get a final chance to size each other up before October’s 50-over World Cup when the Asia Cup begins on Wednesday. Fiery rivals India and Pakistan could clash as many as three times if they go all the way in the six-nation continental championship. Pakistan and Sri Lanka are co-hosts, a ...

The High Court on Monday ordered Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) to remove BNP acting chairman Tarique Rahman’s all speeches from online. A bench of Justice Md Khasruzzaman and Justice Md Khairul Alam passed the order after hearing on a rule over the issue. Meanwhile, the lawyers of BNP expressed no confidence to the Chief Justice against this bench of ...

Ex-US President Barack Obama has written a letter of support for Dr Muhammad Yunus, expressing his hope that the Nobel Peace Prize-winning economist can continue to do his ‘important work’. Dr Yunus, the founder of Grameen Bank, shared an image of the letter signed by Obama on his verified Facebook page on Sunday. “I have long been inspired by your ...

French authorities are to ban the wearing in school of abaya dresses worn by some Muslim women, the education minister said Sunday, arguing the garment violated France’s strict secular laws in education. “It will no longer be possible to wear an abaya at school,” Education Minister Gabriel Attal told TF1 television, saying he would give “clear rules at the national ...

The leader of Libya’s government said Sunday that he had suspended his foreign minister after her Israeli counterpart announced he had held talks with her last week in Rome. Najla al-Mangoush has been “temporarily suspended” and will be subject to an “administrative investigation” by a commission chaired by the justice minister, Prime Minister Abdulhamid Dbeibah said on Sunday evening in ...

Former Religious Affairs Minister Principal Motiur Rahman passed away at a hospital in Mymensingh on Sunday night. He was 81 years old. Motiur Rahman, president of Mymensingh District Awami League, breathed his last at 11pm while undergoing treatment at Nexus Hospital in Mymensingh. His elder brother Zia Uddin Ahmed confirmed his death news. He is survived by wife, a son, ...

As part of this capacity building provided by KOICA, five key officials from the Finance Division will be attending an extensive training program from September 4-12 in the Republic of Korea to foster knowledge exchange, skill enhancement, and best practice adoption, reports UNB. The training programme is designed to provide participants with insights into South Korea’s advanced pension management practices ...

Opener Liton Das, also the vice-captain of the team, missed the Sri Lanka-bound flight due to his illness, confirmed the medical department of the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB). “Liton has been suffering from fever but there is nothing to be worried,” BCB Chief Physician Dr. Debashis Chowdhury said here on Sunday, BSS reported. “Every test he underwent came out good. ...

We didn’t know ginger is so healthy We all know that fruit and vegetables are really good for us. It is known that we should eat colored food several times a day, but did you know that certain spices also have many health benefits? Take ginger, for example. When you eat ginger every day, a lot of good things happen ...

Bangladesh and the World Bank today signed a $300 million financing agreement to equip about 900,000 economically disengaged rural youths with skills and alternative education needed for employment and entrepreneurship. Out of the total number, about 60 percent will be female. Economic Relations Division (ERD) Secretary Sharifa Khan and World Bank Country Director for Bangladesh and Bhutan Abdoulaye Seck on ...