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Cohorts of autocrat still persist in administration: Rizvi

Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Senior Joint Secretary General Advocate Ruhul Kabir Rizvi Ahmed today said cohorts of the ousted autocrat are still staying in different positions including public administration.

Cohorts of the autocrat are carryi…

Bangladesh A taste 8-wicket defeat to Pakistan Shaheens

Bangladesh A team made a poor start to the three-match one-day series against Pakistan Shaheens by suffering an eight-wicket defeat in the first match at Islamabad Club ground today.

The second string Bangladesh’s defeat came a day after Bangladesh …

CPN (UML) Kathmandu draws attention of PM Oli

Kathmandu: The CPN (UML) Kathmandu district committee has drawn attention of Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli regarding reforms to be initiated in the areas of health, drinking water, drainage, road, food and environment of Kathmandu.

A delegation led by…

Government is not our priority: Maoist Centre Chair Dahal

Chairperson and erstwhile Prime Minister, Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’, has said the strengthening of party organisaion and ideology is the prime focus of the party instead of getting into the power.

During his address to a concluding session of t…

Flood death toll rises to 23, over 5.7 million affected

Death toll in the devastating flood has risen to 23 as deaths of two more people in Noakhali and one new in Khagrachhari were reported today.

Among the deaths, six were in Cumilla, one in Feni, five in Chattogram, one in Khagrachhari, five in Noakha…

China keen to assist Bangladesh’s need in disaster relief: envoy

Chinese Ambassador in Dhaka Yao Wen today said that Beijing is willing to continue support according to Bangladesh’s needs to help mitigating disaster and reconstruction efforts.

“We believe that under the leadership of the interim government, the p…

Pakistan, Bangladesh fined for slow over-rates in Rawalpindi Test

The International Cricket Council (ICC) slapped both Pakistan and Bangladesh with fine for the slow-over rates during the Rawalpindi Test.

Hosts Pakistan were fined 30 percent of their match fee and penalized six ICC World Test Championship (WTC) po…