Heading into the two-Test series, Bangladesh and West Indies had contrasting preparations. Knowing they would have to face a lot of spin, West Indies held a two-week camp in Chennai, India, to make sure that they were equipped for it,…
Bangladesh’s decision to rely heavily on spin and prepare a surface to suit their slow bowlers backfired spectacularly as the West Indies secured an eight-wicket victory in the first Test at Mirpur on Saturday to take a 1-0 lead in…
Opener Fakhar Zaman returned to form with a brilliant century to help Pakistan beat Sri Lanka by three wickets in the tri-series final in Lahore on Saturday. Zaman, who overcame a wretched streak of just 31 runs in four matches,…
Tim Seifert narrowly missed a maiden international century but did enough to steer New Zealand to a seven-wicket win over India in the fifth and final T20 on Sunday. Opener Seifert found some form with the bat, blasting 93 off…
The government has taken an initiative to register battery-powered three-wheeled rickshaws in 13 city corporation areas across the country, with registration set to begin on Monday. In Dhaka, battery-powered rickshaws will be allowed to operate in eight designated zones, with…
A Dhaka court on Sunday placed Jerika Tasneem Disha, 19, on a four-day remand for interrogation in a murder case over the death of former Air Force Flight Lieutenant K M Tahsif Souri. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Md Ripon Hossain passed…
The International Crimes Tribunal will deliver its verdict on October 29 in a crimes against humanity case against four people, including Awami League joint general secretary Md Mahbubul Alam Hanif, over the killings of six people in Kushtia during the…
Amnesty International has raised concerns over three recently proposed and enacted laws in a letter to Bangladesh’s law, justice and parliamentary affairs minister. In the letter, dated October 26 and published on its website on Thursday, the international human rights…
Endangered Ganges River dolphins are still surviving and breeding in parts of the heavily polluted Buriganga River near Dhaka despite intense vessel traffic and extensive human activity, a study has found. Researchers from Jahangirnagar university zoology department recorded 57 dolphin…
The deep depression over the Bay of Bengal is likely to intensify further into a cyclonic storm as it moves west-northwestwards, the Bangladesh Meteorological Department said on Sunday. The depression over the southeast Bay and adjoining Andaman Sea moved northwestwards…
