The aim of any global sporting showpiece should be to provide a level playing field, and it was note-worthy that -- whether by chance or design -- Bangladesh’s Mashrafe Bin Mortaza and Afghanistan’s Gulbadin Naib were the two captains sitting on either side of the World Cup trophy during

Amir Hossain made two desperate attempts to cross the Mediterranean to reach Europe. He first tried once last year and again on May 9 this year.

Good tidings are piling up for Bangladesh as the team prepare for their World Cup challenge starting with their opening match against South Africa on June 2 in London.

At least 63 percent of the 1,818 buildings in the capital, 10 storeys or higher, lack fire safety measures, the housing and public works minister said yesterday citing Rajuk findings.

India beefed up security ahead of the scheduled release of Lok Sabha election results today as opposition dismissed “fake” exit polls which predicted a clear victory for Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

The National Board of Revenue yesterday nearly doubled the import duty on rice to discourage importers, as tens of thousands of farmers are incurring losses with paddy prices plummeting in the year’s biggest season, Boro.

An estimated 60 percent of the country’s schools and colleges are yet to form sexual harassment complaint committees despite a 10-year-old High Court directive and government orders issued to prevent such offences on campus.

The long wait for thousands of teachers and employees of non-government educational institutions for MPO is likely to be over soon, as the government has decided to allocate Tk 1,150 crore for the pur-pose.

Rice prices have fallen to a nearly three-year low impacted by downturn in paddy prices at the farmers’ level in the wake of good harvest as well as higher private and public stocks of the grain.

Monowara Khatun had received a phone call from her son Rashed Mia early Monday. He said he was coming home from Tunisia.

The High Court yesterday observed that the country’s banking sector is no longer business-friendly, rather banks have become organisations of usurers.

The selectors’ announcement in Dhaka yesterday confirmed what those who have followed the Bangladesh team since the start of the series in Ireland had already suspected -- that the 15 selected for the ICC World Cup starting from May 30 would meet requirements for the Tigers’ tilt at a first ever World Cup semifinal, and beyond.

India’s main opposition parties yesterday alleged voting fraud in the country’s general election, days after exit polls predicted a comfortable win for Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ruling right-wing party.

The Supreme Court administration yesterday said making and publishing reports, for which the court’s image and dignity become tarnished and the trial proceedings are influenced, is not expected.

The government may give migrant workers a three percent cash incentive to encourage them to send remittance through official channels.

The managing director of Ananda Shipyard and Slipways Ltd in a rejoinder to a report headlined “Ship-builder eating away Meghna”

Halfway into an eviction drive at Char Betagi in Munshiganj’s Gazaria yesterday, the BIWTA withdrew as a curious drama unfolded over the legal status of two slipways built by a dockyard on the Meghna’s foreshore.

Exit polls from India’s month-long parliamentary elections suggest that Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and its allies are set to form the government again. Political consultancy Eurasia Group, however, said that election watchers should exercise some caution around those predictions.

Japan will sign an agreement with Bangladesh on providing $2.5 billion Official Development Assistance (ODA) during a visit of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to Tokyo at the end of this month.

The Supreme Court will soon clarify a notice issued by the SC administration that requested print and electronic media to refrain from reporting on ongoing cases at the court, Law Minister Anisul Huq said yesterday.