Hathurusinghe wants a say in selection
Regrets the absence of leg-spinner Jubair in World Cup squadNational coach Chandika Hathurusinghe on Wednesday made it clear that he would have preferred leg-spinner Jubair Hossain in Bangladesh’s 15-member squad for the World Cup instead of a left-arm spinner. Speaking to reporters at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium,
50 train riders injured as miscreants unscrew fishplates in Moulvibazar
Blockaders unscrewed fishplates in Moulvibazar early Thursday causing a train derailment that left some 50 riders injured and interrupting train communications. The countrywide non-stop blockade is enforced by Bangladesh Nationalist Party-led alliance protesting its chairperson Khaleda Zia’s confinement to the party’s Gulshan office.
Two more killed as blockade continues
Two more opposition activists were shot dead on Wednesday as the Bangladesh Nationalist Party-led alliance continued countrywide non-stop blockade for the second consecutive day and fought pitched battles with law enforcers at places.
'Alien Earth' is among eight new far-off planets
Among eight new planets they have spied in distant solar systems, astronomers say one in particular has usurped the title of "most Earth-like alien world".
South Africa to arrive on June 30
The tour includes two T20Is, three ODIs and two Tests
Graft cases: Khaleda’s lawyers seek time
Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson Khaleda Zia’s lawyers filed a time petition with a special court in the capital’s Bakhshibazar on Wednesday in the Zia Orphanage Trust and Zia Charitable Trust graft cases lodged against her.The lawyers argued that accused, former prime minister Khaleda Zia,
Nationwide transport blockade enters 2nd day
The countrywide indefinite transport blockade, enforced by the Bangladesh Nationalist Party-led 20-party alliance, entered second day on Wednesday, reports United News of Bangladesh.
Khaleda still kept captive
Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson Khaleda Zia spent the fourth straight day in confinement on Tuesday at her Gulshan office padlocked by the law enforcers from outside on Saturday night.
Police takes Fakhrul to DB office
Police have detained Bangladesh Nationalist Party acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir from National Press Club compound on Tuesday immediate after he came out of the club building after staying overnight there.
No real surprises in WC squad
Bangladesh Cricket Board on Sunday announced a 15-member squad for World Cup, largely free from controversy, but without free from any interference on the selectors. BCB president Nazmul Hasan took the honour to announce the squad (first BCB president to do so), but not before delaying the scheduled press conference for more than two hours.
