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July 7, 2022

At Wimbledon, Jabeur 1st woman from Africa in pro Slam final

Ons Jabeur’s steady progress from year to year — up the tennis rankings, through the draws of various tournaments and, now, at Wimbledon — has carried her to a Grand Slam singles final, the first Africana or Arab woman to make it that far in the profes…

Mahmudullah hopes spinners shine in 3rd T20I

Bangladesh T20I captain Mahmudullah Riyad said he is hoping that the spinners would do better on the wicket of Providence Stadium in Guyana.Bangladesh will take on the hosts West Indies in the third T20I on Thursday night aiming to level up the series….

Shakib to skip West Indies ODIs, Zimbabwe tour

Shakib Al Hasan will skip the Tigers’ three-match ODI series against the Caribbeans and not play in the Zimbabwe series, according to the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB).Bangladesh already lost the two-match Test series against the hosts West Indies to …

Pioneer U-15 Football League final Friday

The final match of the Bashundhara Group Pioneer (Under-15) Football League will be held Friday at the Bashundhara Sports Complex in the capital.Barishal Football Academy will face Zara Green Voice Kishore Bangla Club in the title-deciding match, which…

A brutal summer of fire and heat: Sitakundu, load shedding…

At least one can blame load shedding due to shortage of fuel etc. caused by the Russo-Ukrainian war but not the many others that ail us. The media is full of reports, gossip and accusations about the blazes, deaths and suffering and the bottom line rem…

Covid claims 3 more lives in Bangladesh infects 1,790 others

Bangladesh registered three more Covid-linked deaths with 1,790 cases in 24 hours till Wednesday morning amid rapid surge in new infections.The fresh numbers took the country’s total caseload to 1,986,490 and the total fatalities to 29,188, according t…

Dengue: 31 new patients hospitalised in 24hrs

Thirty-one new dengue patients were hospitalised in 24 hours till Thursday morning as cases are on the rise in Bangladesh.Of them, 28 were hospitalised in Dhaka division, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).As many as 132 den…

Flood: 2 more deaths push up toll to 112

Although flood situation continues to improve in most places, it claimed two more lives in Moulvibazar in 24 hours till Thursday morning, taking the total fatalities to 112.Both of them drowned in floodwater, according to the Directorate General of Hea…

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