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Bowlers make breakthroughs, but Sri Lanka build lead

Dhaka, June 27 -- Bangladesh have picked up four crucial wickets to hobble the Sri Lankan innings, but have been unable to prevent the hosts from taking a substantial 154-run lead in the Colombo Test.... Read More


Taijul five-for topples Sri Lanka, leaving Bangladesh trailing by 211

Dhaka, June 27 -- Taijul Islam has grabbed a five-wicket haul to tear through Sri Lanka's batting order, restricting them to 458 in the Colombo Test. Bangladesh's bowlers managed to restrict the host... Read More


Pregnant woman among 2 run over and killed by truck in Gopalganj

Dhaka, June 27 -- Two pedestrians, including a pregnant woman, have ben run over and killed by a truck as they were crossing the road in Gopalganj. Two other people, including a child, were injured in... Read More


From India-Pakistan to Iran and Ukraine, a new era of escalation

Dhaka, June 27 -- As India's defence chief attended an international security conference in Singapore in May, soon after India and Pakistan fought what many in South Asia now dub "the four-day war", h... Read More


Ex-CEC Huda remanded for another four days in case over election fraud, sedition

Dhaka, June 27 -- A Dhaka court has remanded former chief election commissioner KM Nurul Huda for another four days in a case filed by the BNP on charges of sedition and conducting an election "withou... Read More


Ex-CEC Huda to be grilled for 4 more days in case over election fraud, sedition

Dhaka, June 27 -- A Dhaka court has remanded former chief election commissioner KM Nurul Huda to police custody for another four days of questioning in a case filed by the BNP on charges of sedition a... Read More


Social media star Hero Alom hospitalised after consuming sleeping pills

Dhaka, June 27 -- Social media star Ashraful Alom, popularly known as Hero Alom, has been hospitalised after he fell sick after consuming too many sleeping pills while visiting his friend in Bogura's ... Read More


India keeps 'close watch' on neighbours, Jaiswal says on Bangladesh-China-Pakistan talks

Dhaka, June 27 -- India has said it is keeping a "close watch" on developments in the neighbourhood, after reports emerged of a trilateral meeting between the foreign ministries of Bangladesh, China a... Read More


Another low-pressure system forecast, alongside rainfall in all divisions

Dhaka, June 27 -- The early onset of the monsoon wind has led to regular rain since mid-June. The rain has decreased over the past two to three days, but the Bangladesh Meteorological Department forec... Read More


ACC to start two more cases against PK Halder over 'loan fraud'

Dhaka, June 27 -- The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) is preparing to initiate two new cases against former banker Proshanta Kumar Halder, commonly known as PK Halder, over a Tk 500 million "loan fra... Read More