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Mahmud, Mushfiqur put Tigers in command

Dhaka, Oct. 11 -- Hasan Mahmud's hat-trick tore through Afghanistan, Ebadot Hossain kept the pressure relentless, and Mushfiqur Rahim and Najmul Hossain Shanto turned the wreckage into a commanding Ba... Read More


Tigers stretch lead past 200 after Afghan collapse

Dhaka, Oct. 11 -- Bangladesh's fast bowlers ripped through Afghanistan before Mushfiqur Rahim took charge with the bat, turning the third day of the one-off Test in Abu Dhabi into a day of contrasting... Read More


Goodbye, my friend: Remembering Toufique

Dhaka, Oct. 11 -- The news of Toufique Imrose Khalidi's death on Oct 2 in a London hospital left me with a sadness that is difficult to describe. But this is not because death is unfamiliar to those o... Read More


Amitabh wasn't an 'easy boyfriend': Jaya Bachchan recalls

Dhaka, Oct. 11 -- Jaya Bachchan has recalled the early years of her relationship with Amitabh Bachchan, describing the actor as an "introverted and hypersensitive" man who was not an "easy boyfriend".... Read More


Gene therapy helps blind patients see again: trial

Dhaka, Oct. 11 -- A gene therapy based on Nobel prize-winning science has partially restored sight in some blind patients, with a clinical trial reporting improved light sensitivity and no lasting ser... Read More


'Coward and bully': Dipke slams Modi

Dhaka, Oct. 11 -- Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) leader Abhijeet Dipke has launched a scathing attack on Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi after being released from detention, calling him an embarrassm... Read More


3 more Dhaka-Riyadh flights cancelled after airport blast

Dhaka, Oct. 11 -- Three more flights from Dhaka to the Saudi Arabian capital have been cancelled following an attack on King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh, The Bangladesh Civil Aviation Auth... Read More


Delhi crackdown faces Supreme Court scrutiny

Dhaka, Oct. 11 -- India's Supreme Court has begun a special Sunday hearing into the crackdown on protests in Delhi, with lawyers alleging that police assaulted members of the legal profession and prev... Read More


Cumilla schoolgirl raped, killed by CNG driver: police

Dhaka, Oct. 10 -- A CNG-run autorickshaw driver raped and murdered a Class 7 student in Cumilla's Lalmai Upazila, according to police. Following the arrest of the driver, 35-year-old Suman Mia, polic... Read More


Scientists turn lead into gold, but by accident

Dhaka, Oct. 10 -- Medieval alchemists spent lifetimes chasing the impossible dream of turning lead into gold. Physicists at the world's most powerful particle accelerator have now done it -- though t... Read More