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India Secures Second Consecutive Win in U19 World Cup, Defeats Bangladesh by 18 Runs

[ad_1] Bulawayo, January 17 – India achieved their second consecutive victory in the Under-19 World Cup 2026 by defeating Bangladesh by 18 runs under the Duckworth-Lewis method in the seventh match of the tournament. This win strengthens India’s position at the top of Group A. At Queens SPORTS Club, rain delayed the toss, which went […]

Hindu businessman beaten to death in Bangladesh

[ad_1] DHAKA: In another incident of deadly violence against the minorities, a Hindu businessman was beaten to death at Kaliganj upazila of Gazipur on Saturday, heightening fears in the Hindu community ahead of the national election.Police and local residents identified the victim as Liton Chandra Ghosh, alias Kali. The 55-year-old owned Baishakhi Sweetmeat and Hotel. […]

Speculation rises over EC favouring anti-India voices in Bangladesh polls

[ad_1] DHAKA: Speculation over whether the administration is favouring anti-India voices in parliamentary polls intensified after Election Commission (EC) Saturday cancelled the candidacy of BNP’s Monzurul Ahsan Munshi while upholding that of National Citizen Party (NCP) candidate Abul Hasnat for the Cumilla-4 constituency. Hasnat is a frontline leader of the July Uprising that led to […]

Slain Osman Hadi’s brother appointed to Bangladesh’s UK mission

[ad_1] The Muhammad Yunus-led Bangladesh interim govt has appointed slain radical Islamist leader Sharif Osman Hadi’s brother Omar Hadi as second secretary at the Bangladesh assistant high commission in UK’s Birmingham on a contractual basis, days after his sensational allegation that a section of the govt was behind Osman’s murder, reports . Govt sources said […]

Saarc forgotten word and that’s a shame: Yunus

[ad_1] DHAKA: Amid strained ties with India, Bangladesh chief adviser Muhammad Yunus on Tuesday called for the revival of Saarc as he urged its member countries to “work together and learn from each other”. “Saarc as a word has been forgotten and that’s a shame on us,” he said at an edcuation conference linked to […]

Another Hindu man killed in Bangladesh, 8th casualty since December 18

[ad_1] DHAKA: In the latest in a series of attacks on Hindus in Bangladesh, Samir Das, an auto driver, has been beaten to death in Daganbhuiyan in Feni district, with police saying it appears to be a “pre-planned murder”.Samir (28), who was killed on Sunday night, is the eighth to die since the lynching of […]

ICC dismisses Bangladesh’s security concerns in India for T20 World Cup amid Mustafizur Rahman’s exit from IPL: Report

[ad_1] The International Cricket Council (ICC) reportedly dismissed as false the claim by Bangladesh sports advisor Asif Nazrul that it recognised Dhaka’s security concerns about travelling to India for the T20 World Cup. Bangladesh has been hesitant to tour India for the tournament starting on February 7 and has requested that its matches be shifted […]

Bangladesh crisis: Hindu scribe shot in head, throat slit; latest in spate of minority attacks

[ad_1] A Hindu businessman who also served as the acting editor of a local newspaper was shot dead by unidentified assailants on Monday evening in Bangladesh’s Jessore district, reported news agency PTI citing local media.The victim has been identified as 38-year-old Rana Pratap Bairagi, a resident of Arua village in Keshabpur upazila of Jessore district […]