PM announces cash reward of Tk 2cr for cricketers.
The prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, on Saturday announced to present Tk 2 crore to Bangladesh cricket team for their outstanding performance in the recent World Cup and thrashing Pakistan in the one-day international series and outplaying them also in the lone T20 match.
Hasina, Khaleda convene news conference on Sunday.
The prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, and the Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson, Khaleda Zia, have convened press conferences on Sunday afternoon.
758 killed, buildings collapse as 7.9 quake hits Nepal, India.
A powerful earthquake struck Nepal and sent tremors through northern India on Saturday, killing hundreds of people, toppling a 19th-century tower in the Nepalese capital Kathmandu and triggering a fatal avalanche on Mount Everest.
Gallipoli centenary: Australia and New Zealand mark Anzac Day
Australia and New Zealand are remembering soldiers from the two countries who fought at Gallipoli in Turkey during World War One.
Tremor jolts city, parts of Bangladesh
Buildings collapsed in Kathmandu
DHAKA, CHITTAGONG CITY POLLS
Campaigns peak amid mounting tension
Tigers pile on Pak miseries
Bangladesh filed more misery on visiting Pakistan after a clean sweep in one-day international series, inflicting a seven-wicket defeat on the visitors in the lone Twenty20 International in Dhaka on Friday. Sakib al Hasan and Sabbir Rahman slammed unbeaten half-centuries as the Tigers showed their batting depth to race to 143-3 in just 16.2 overs to post their maiden win over Pakistan in this format.
Rana Plaza collapse 2nd anniversary commemorated with pains
Demonstrations staged in Bangladesh and elsewhere in world commemorating the second anniversary of Rana Plaza building collapse on Friday demanded the government and foreign retailers to compensate and rehabilitate the affected workers immediately.
Obama downplays Russia weapons system sale to Iran.
President Barack Obama on Friday downplayed the significance of Russia's recent announcement that it would sell a missile-defense system to Iran, despite the White House having pressured Moscow since 2009 to refrain from making the transfer and having long seen limiting Tehran's military capacity as a key strategic objective.
Truth to power: Obama makes 'Deflategate' joke in front of Patriots.
Here's the life of a president: In the morning President Barack Obama spoke inside the White House and expressed deep regret for theaccidental killing of an American and Italian hostage held by al Qaeda during U.S. drone strikes.
