Agency : Bad light forced an early exit of day’s play as Bangladesh scored 158-4 at stumps on Day 3, still in need of 357 runs against India during the first Test in Chennai. Bangladesh skipper Najmul Hossain Shanto put up a strong show against Indian bowlers on the notorious track at Chepauk. Shanto fought a lone battle and played a gritty knock of 51 runs in 60 deliveries including our boundaries and three sixes. Shanto and Shakib al Hasan...
Day: September 22, 2024
Carlos Alcaraz suffered a losing debut at the Laver Cup on Friday when he and Team Europe partner Alexander Zverev were defeated in straight sets in their doubles clash against Taylor Fritz and Ben Shelton of Team World. The US pair’s 7-6 (7/5), 6-4 win in the final match of the opening day in Berlin allowed Team World to level the tie overall at 2-2. Fritz and Shelton fired 20 winners against world number two Zverev and third-ranked Alcaraz. “We...
City Desk : The Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Court here on Saturday granted two days remand to two police constables for their alleged involvement in creating anarchy in the police department through their Facebook (FB) posts. A team of the Detective Branch (DB), after two terms remand, on Saturday produced constable Shohaibur Rahman of Jashore Police Lines and constable Sajib Sarkar of Rajarbagh Police Lines before the court of Metropolitan Magistrate (MM) Arfatul Rakib with a prayer for five more...
City Desk : Syeda Rizwana Hasan, Adviser for Environment, Forest and Climate Change and the Ministry of Water Resources on Saturday stressed the importance of protecting the country’s rivers and recovering those from encroachers.“Laws would be enforced strictly in protecting the country’s rivers,” she said adding that cooperation from public is critical to this end, reports BSS. The water resources adviser made the remarks while speaking at a special event at Bangladesh Tourism Corporation here marking the World Rivers Day-2024...
City Desk : A court here on Saturday put former Awami League (AL) lawmaker from Kushtia-4 constituency Selim Altaf George on two-day fresh remand in a case filed over killing an auto-rickshaw puller at Mohammapur in the capital city. Metropolitan Magistrate of Dhaka Arafatul Rakib passed the order as investigation officer (IO) Altaf Hossain prayed for five-day fresh remand for him upon completion his three-day remand, reports BSS. Detectives of Dhaka Metropolitan Police arrested Altaf from Dhaka’s Lalmatia area on...
City Desk : A Chinese National Emergency Medical Team will arrive in Dhaka on Sunday to provide advanced medical treatment to individuals severely injured during the July-August protests in Bangladesh. The decision to dispatch the team was made by Beijing at the request of the interim government’s Chief Adviser Professor Dr Muhammad Yunus, according to the Chinese embassy in Dhaka. The team, consisting of 10 medical experts from West China Hospital, one of China’s leading healthcare institutions, is scheduled to...
City Desk : A murder case was filed on Friday night against 36 people, including ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, former minister Obaidul Quader, former MP AKM Shamim Osman, for killing a man named Badiuzzaman during the anti-discrimination student movement in Chashara area of the district. The victim’s wife Aduri Khatun filed the murder case as the plaintiff at the Narayanganj Sadar Model Police Station, reports BSS. Officer-in-Charge (OC) of Narayanganj Sadar Model Police Station Nazrul Islam confirmed the matter.The...
UNB : Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) forecast rains across the country in 24 hours from 9am on Saturday.“Light to moderate rain or thundershowers accompanied by temporary gusty wind is likely at many places over Khulna, Barishal & Chattogram divisions, at one or two places over Rangpur, Rajshahi, Dhaka, Mymensingh & Sylhet divisions with moderately heavy falls at places over the country,” said a Met office bulletin....