Is there anyone interested to know the details of the mismatch at the Sylhet International Stadium yesterday that Sri Lanka won by a massive 75 runs against a hopelessly out-of-sorts Bangladesh? Not really.

Under a new government-to-government initiative, more than a dozen Japanese companies have shown interest in investing in eight infrastructure projects, including a second Padma bridge and another metro rail project.

A police sub-inspector in uniform boarded a Bangkok-bound flight without any travel documents at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport early yesterday, said airport officials.

When Sylhet hosts the second and final T20I today, the home side will look to salvage their pride from what will be their first game on

Like people have breakfast before going to work, a number of examinees are now getting question papers before they enter exam halls.

United Nations secretary general's office has expressed its hope that “a climate could be created where free and fair elections could

The BNP has started collecting signatures from people as part of its ongoing protest programme demanding the release of party Chairperson Khaleda Zia.

Seven months after the government announced a Tk 2,000 crore “recapitalisation” of state-owned banks, the financial institutions have started asking for fresh money from the government. This time their demand is much higher -- a little over Tk 20,000 crore -- than what they were given in the budget for this year.

A bike-riding criminal shot an assistant sub-inspector of Chittagong Metropolitan Police at a temporary checkpoint in the city's Sholoshahar gate-2 area yesterday afternoon.

There are stories, now and then, of people succeeding in achieving higher education despite significant obstacles.

With the process of Rohingya repatriation caught in a limbo, Bangladesh yesterday handed Myanmar a list of 8,032 refugees from 1,673 families who are likely to be the first batch to return to their homeland.

Invention of wheel accelerated the pace of human civilisation. Jahiron Bewa, 90, and SM Alamgir Hossain Shrabon, 33, have reminded it again, emphatically, by using the wheels to serve humanity.

At least 20 Bangladeshis have opened offshore companies in European country Malta, which is dubbed “a tax haven”.

“I treat people for common diseases…if I find complicated cases, I take them to the hospital, 40 miles away from my home.”

The two Marma sisters, one of whom was allegedly raped and the other sexually assaulted by members of security forces last month, were handed over to their parents at Rangamati Sadar Hospital yesterday in presence of police.

Soumya Sarkar made a sparkling return to the national side with his maiden T20I half-century, Mushfiqur Rahim made his highest T20

The road transport and bridges minister has urged the journalist community not to worry about the proposed Digital Security Act-2018, saying that all stakeholders would be consulted before getting it passed.

Cyril Ramaphosa, a former anti-apartheid activist turned businessman, was named South Africa's president yesterday and immediately vowed to fight corruption, in a direct reference to accusations levelled against his predecessor Jacob Zuma.

The repatriation of Rohingyas was supposed to begin last month as per an agreement signed by Bangladesh and Myanmar, but a pre-condition set at the eleventh hour held up the process.

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