Bangladesh will not play the T20 World Cup in India, the country’s sports minister Asif Nazrul reaffirmed on Thursday, January 22. The International Cricket Council (ICC) had given Bangladesh a day to reflect on their stance, but the top ministers in the country stayed firm, reiterating that the team would not travel to India for […]
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 in […]
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. Police […]
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 the […]
File photo: A girl rescues books from a shop near the Prothom Alo daily newspaper, which was set on fire by protesters after news reached the country from Singapore of the death of a prominent activist, Sharif Osman Hadi, in Dhaka (Picture credit: AP) Journalists, editors, and media owners in Bangladesh on Saturday urged authorities […]
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 there […]
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 the […]
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 garment […]
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 to […]
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 in […]
