Bangladesh
Tiger’s pacer problem
Where India are playing three pacers on the batting pitch at Fatullah, Md Shahid is the lone warrior meant to give Tigers breakthroughs with the new and old ball.
10 June 2015, 13:30 PM
Foreign worker checks to go fully electronic
Malaysian Immigration department says applications for foreign worker visa and health status clearances will go fully electronic next Monday.
10 June 2015, 11:55 AM
Gen Belal new army chief
Lt Gen Abu Belal Muhammad Shafiul Huq has been made the new chief of Bangladesh Army. He will replace Gen Iqbal Karim Bhuiyan.
10 June 2015, 10:39 AM
Bangladesh vs India Test match (Day 1)
See the best moments of the first day of the Test match between Bangladesh and India at Fatullah stadium.
10 June 2015, 09:03 AM
Rizvi to be quizzed at jail gate
A Dhaka court allows police to interrogate BNP leaders Rizvi Ahmed at jail gate within three working days in a vandalism and arson case.
10 June 2015, 08:22 AM
Inflation falls slightly in May
The overall inflation rate has dropped by 0.13 percentage point to 6.19 percent in May, thanks to the price fall of food items.
10 June 2015, 07:57 AM
Unregistered Rohingya among 150 repatriated Bangladeshis
Detectives have identified an unregistered Rohingya among the 150 Bangladeshis, who were repatriated from Myanmar on Monday after months of ordeal.
10 June 2015, 07:03 AM
Continue to facilitate humanitarian access, US urges Myanmar, Bangladesh
United States urges Bangladesh and Myanmar to continue to facilitate unrestricted humanitarian access to migrants adrift.
10 June 2015, 04:41 AM
India on top after day 1
India reach 239 in 56 overs without losing a wicket after the first day of the Test match against Bangladesh at Fatullah.
10 June 2015, 03:33 AM
7% growth impossible without pvt investments: Raushan
Leader of the Opposition in parliament Raushan Ershad says it is not possible to achieve the target of the economic growth at 7 percent without increasing private sector investments in the country.
9 June 2015, 13:12 PM
Joynal made press secretary to president
Joynal Abedin, additional principal information officer of Press Information Department, has been appointed as the press secretary to the president.
9 June 2015, 11:47 AM
Govt to bring back 738 trafficking victims by July: FM
Foreign Minister AH Mahmood Ali says in parliament that the government will bring back as many as 738 Bangladeshis who were recently rescued from Malaysian waters by next month.
9 June 2015, 11:42 AM
Pitch appears to puzzle Bangladesh
Bangladesh coach Chandika Hathurusingha has said he was surprised to see a layer of cut grass on the pitch for the one-off Test against India in Fatullah.
9 June 2015, 11:27 AM
BNP’s Nazrul, Shahjahan hospitalised
BNP Standing Committee member Nazrul Islam Khan and Joint Secretary General Md Shahjahan have been hospitalised.
9 June 2015, 11:12 AM
Improving hosts take on new-look India
Bangladesh have taken on different challenges this year and, for the most part, have produced desired results.
9 June 2015, 11:07 AM
HC asks govt to admit Fakhrul to BSMMU
High Court asks prison authorities to admit BNP leader Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir to BSMMU for his treatment.
9 June 2015, 07:02 AM
K-Pop in Dhaka (video: part-III)
The Embassy of the Republic of Korea organises the first ever K-pop contest in Bangladesh on June 6 2015. K-pop is a musical genre consisting of electronic, hip hop, pop, rock, and R&B music originating in South Korea.
9 June 2015, 06:50 AM
Stop plan to lower marriage age to 16, HRW urges govt
Human Rights Watch urges Bangladesh government to stop its proposal to lower the age of marriage for girls to 16 from 18.
9 June 2015, 05:58 AM
Fugitive Kishoreganj Razakar to die
A Razakar commander in 1971, fugitive Syed Hasan Ali has been handed capital punishment for war crimes during Bangladesh’s Liberation War. The infamous Razakar of Kishoreganj can be hanged from the gallows or be gunned down, the court said on his manner of execution – an order that is unique to this verdict.
9 June 2015, 04:54 AM
6 held with Tk 50 lakh fake notes in Dhaka
Detectives arrest six persons for producing fake currency and seize counterfeit notes of around Tk 50 lakh from their possession at Mirpur in Dhaka.
9 June 2015, 04:40 AM