Half-centuries from Dawid Malan and Towhid Hridoy, followed by a superb three-wicket spell from Nahid Rana, guided Rangpur Riders to the play-offs of Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) with an 11-run win over Dhaka Capitals in Mirpur on Saturday. The defeat knocked Dhaka out of the tournament, joining Noakhali Express at the exit, while Rangpur booked a place in the play-offs ...

A fortnight after the leader of Islamist party Jamaat-e-Islami in Bangladesh revealed that he had held a “secret” meeting with an Indian diplomat, the Ministry of External Affairs on Friday (January 16, 2026) said the interaction was part of the routine engagements conducted by Indian diplomats in Dhaka. “We have close bilateral ties with Bangladesh as you are well aware. ...

Sylhet Osmani Medical College and Hospital’s interns went on work abstention protesting the attack on a female intern allegedly by the relatives of a patient. According to hospital sources, an altercation ensued between some interns and relatives of a patient over treatment at No 6 ward of the hospital around 1AM on Saturday. At one stage, a relative of a ...

European Union Election Observation Mission (EU EOM) Deputy Chief Observer Inta Lase on Saturday said it is very important to see the whole picture of electoral process holistically to present their report impartially, stressing that this is a historic moment for Bangladesh. “Let us observe and let us wait until a holistic assessment is done,” she told reporters at a ...

A head-on collision between two buses in Sylhet’s Osmaninagar upazila killed two people and injured at least 10 others early Saturday. The accident occurred around 7:00am on the Dhaka–Sylhet Highway in the Osmaninagar area, police said. Police said a Dhaka-bound Ena Paribahan bus and a Unique Paribahan vehicle collided head-on with a Shyamoli Paribahan bus travelling from Gaibandha to Sylhet. ...

At least 14 people were killed and several others were wounded when a mini-truck fell into a canal due to dense fog in Pakistan’s Sargodha region on Friday night, the Rescue officials said on Saturday. The crash happened when thick fog reduced visibility on the road in the city area of Kot Momin, causing the driver to lose control of ...

Mahmudur Rahman Manna, president of Nagorik Oikya, has been taken to a hospital after experiencing chest pain. This was confirmed on Friday night (16 January) by the party’s central committee member A. Razzak Talukder Sajib. He said Manna felt chest pain at around 11pm and was taken to Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU), popularly known as PG Hospital, for ...

Country’s economy is currently confronting multiple serious challenges. International sanctions, trade barriers and tighter investment restrictions are already affecting the country’s exports and investment climate. At the same time, persistent inflation, slowing economic growth and rising debt pressures are adding further strain. Economists warn that these combined risks are weakening the foundations of the economy and stress the need for ...

The Conservatives plan to intensify their attacks on Reform’s economic policy as they gear up for a fight to the death between the two big parties of the right, a battle brought to new levels of acrimony by Robert Jenrick’s defection. While Jenrick, the former shadow justice secretary, insisted he was “uniting the right” in signing up to Reform, Kemi ...

Canada’s Prime Minister Mark Carney and Chinese President Xi Jinping agreed on a raft of measures from trade to tourism on Friday at the first meeting between the countries’ leaders in Beijing in eight years, reports AFP. The Canadian premier hailed a “landmark deal” under a “new strategic partnership” with China, turning the page on years of diplomatic spats, retaliatory ...