The Bangabandhu Bangladesh Premier League (BBPL) shifts to Sylhet today as Rajshahi Royals and Rangpur Rangers seek to further their play-offs chances in the days’ first game at the Sylhet International Cricket Stadium.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday said her government wants to provide modern and tech-based education to children so that they could grow up properly to cope with the new era.

Fine bowling from Taskin Ahmed and Mustafizur Rahman followed an accomplished 47-ball 55 from Mohammad Naimas Rangpur Rangers beat Rajshahi Royals by 47 runs in their Bangabandhu Bangladesh Premier League (BBPL) encounter under the lights at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur yesterday.

Girls have done better than boys in the two biggest public examinations -- Primary Education Completion Examination (PECE) and Junior School Certificate (JSC) Examinations -- this year.

How long does it take to get from Dhaka to Chittagong by train? Around six hours, one would say. You could add an extra couple of hours, if a delay arises.

Following unbeaten fifties from Tamim Iqbal and Asif Ali, a fiery spell with the ball from Wahab Riaz saw Dhaka Platoon register a 74-run win against Rajshahi Royals under the lights at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur yesterday.

“It was a tremendous year for the party.”

The cabinet yesterday approved the draft of Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission (amendment) Act, 2019, with a provision to change energy prices more than once a year.

Most of the Bangladesh Small and Cottage Industries Corporation’s 74 industrial estates across the country are in dire straits, with dilapidated roads and drainage, and unreliable or no gas and power supply plaguing them.

Two more crude bombs went off near the Dhaka University’s Madhur Canteen yesterday a day after four exploded at the same place.

There has been a sharp rise in border killings as 43 Bangladeshis were either shot dead or tortured to death this year by the Indian Border Security Force (BSF), according to Ain o Salish Kendra data.

Banks will have to fix the interest rate for lending at 9 percent from April 1 next year as per Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s instruction -- a move that can go on to theoretically break down the market mechanism for funds.

Rail communication between Dhaka and the rest of the country, except Narayanganj, remained suspended for nearly two hours yesterday as gatemen at level crossings around Uttara abstained from work after Rab detained one of their colleagues.

All Abu Zafor Sikder wanted was justice for his son killed in a 2014 “shootout”. The 60-year-old owner of a small pharmacy in the capital’s Dania fought a strenuous legal battle for nearly five long years.

The government has directed mobile phone carriers to block their signals up to a kilometre from the borders.

Return of over 10,000 undocumented Bangladeshi workers in Malaysia is still uncertain due to a shortage of flights and high ticket prices as the amnesty for the repatriation of illegal foreigners ends tomorrow.

After a day’s break, the second Dhaka leg of the Bangabandhu Bangladesh Premier League will resume at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur today. With the tournament having already reached its business end, the race to qualify for the top four will now only

The year has been full of frustration for the BNP as it neither could reorganise itself after being defeated in last year’s general election nor wage protests to free its Chairperson Khaleda Zia from jail.

Ending all speculations, the Awami League yesterday picked party leader Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh for contesting the January 30 mayoral polls in Dhaka South City Corporation.

Two local players -- Mehedi Hasan Miraz and Nazmul Hossain -- fired on all cylinders for Khulna Tigers yesterday as the Mushfiqur Rahim-led side secured a thumping eight-wicket victory over Sylhet Thunder during their Bangabandhu Bangladesh Premier League (BBPL) encounter under the lights at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur.