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Abdur Razzak’s hattrick, only the second in ODI history by a spinner, inspired Bangladesh to a series-levelling six-wicket victory over Zimbabwe at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium yesterday in the second one-dayer of the five-match series. The left-arm spinner first removed Prosper Utseya off the last ball of the 45th over, his ninth,

Grameen Bank has dismissed reports that its founder Muhammad Yunus had diverted nearly Tk 7 billion in aid to another company as ‘inaccurate and misleading’. It denied any wrongdoing and said ‘these reports are a total fabrication and baseless’. Norway’s national TV NRK aired a documentary on November 30 titled ‘Fanget i Mikrogjeld’ or

Three ‘gunfights’ between members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) and criminal gangs left three offenders dead in the capital, Meherpur and Barisal districts early yesterday. The deceased are Abdullah Mohammad Nazimuddin alias Honda Babu, 30, of the city’s Malibagh Chowdhurypara, Durjoy Babu alias Bachchu, 36, of Gangni upazila in

Police yesterday arrested four bike-riding youths from Dhaka University campus for harassing a number of female students of the university. The arrestees were identified as Sohan, Ripon, Sonny and Tareq of Old Dhaka. Witnesses said the youths riding on three motorbikes behaved “indecently” with a group of

Draft law proposes pictorial warning on products, more tax and increased fine for smoking in public The government is moving to amend the tobacco control act and introduce powerful pictorial warnings on cigarette packets and other tobacco items in a bid to reduce tobacco consumption drastically. The Ministry of Health is drafting the amendment to ... Read more

An alleged robber was beaten to death by a mob in Ashulia on the outskirt of the city early yesterday. The deceased Alamgir Hossain, 32, hailed from Faridganj upazila of Chandpur. Dewan Kaushik Ahmed, sub-inspector of Ashulia Police Station, said locals chased a gang of 6-7 people while they were attempting a robbery at Nutupara ... Read more

The police arrested 28 workers of Hachong Sweater Factory in Hijal Hati area under Kaliakoir upazila of the district on Thursday and Friday on charge of ransacking the factory. Police and factory sources said the workers of the factory on Thursday staged a demonstration in demand of production bonus as per the old pay scale. ... Read more

A college girl died in Sylhet early Friday after she had been dipped into cold water frequently at night as part of a spiritual healing process advised by a so-called female pir. The police detained the son of the pir, Tafura Begum, and a domestic help of the girl’s house for interrogation in this connection

269 municipalities will go to polls, EC announces schedule Elections to 269 municipalities out of 310 across the country will be held in a staggered manner in January 12-18 next year, the Election Commission announced on Thursday. Of the remaining municipalities, the terms of 17 are yet to expire while there is a legal bar ... Read more

Millions of disabled children do not have access to normal education in the country due to failures in government policy and the attitude of the school authorities, said disability rights activists. Only the moderately disabled children are provided inclusive education, they said, when this kind of education should be provided to all disabled children as ... Read more

At least 60 geologists, geophysicists and drilling experts left BAPEX over the last ten years creating a shortage of skilled personnel in the state-run petroleum exploration and production company. Many of them left due to lack of job satisfaction as BAPEX had not been awarded any gas or oil blocks for several years

A 17-year-old welding assistant was allegedly tortured in police custody in Jatrabari, as result of which he died in the Dhaka Medical College Hospital, said his family members on Thursday. The victim, Sagar Ahmed, a resident of Kutubkhali, had been employed at a workshop in Nayan Nagar, said family members

Legal notice served Violating High Court orders, shipping and environment departments have permitted 16 more toxic ships to enter the country. As of yesterday, at least 10 of the 16 ships, mostly tanker and bulker, have reached the shore for scrapping after they received no objection certificates (NOC) from the shipping department, said

The High Court on Thursday stayed for three months the government’s decision to distribute 50 per cent of hospital users’ fees among doctors, nurses and employees. The health and family welfare ministry on September 9, 2009, issued a notification increasing the ‘user fees’ in all public health facilities and on July 22, 2010,

The 19th International Day of Persons with Disabilities will be observed today in the country as elsewhere across the world with an aim to promote a better understanding of disability issues with a focus on the rights of persons with disabilities. The theme of the day this year is ‘Keeping the Promise: Mainstreaming Disability in ... Read more

Russia has been chosen to host the 2018 World Cup football and Qatar has been selected to stage the 2022 tournament. The Russian bid was picked ahead of England, Spain-Portugal and Holland-Belgium to host the 2018 event. Qatar got the better of the United States, Australia, Japan and South Korea to stage in

A stalker allegedly hacked a father to death at Bahadurpur village under Motlob North upazila of the district Tuesday night for protesting harassment of his school-going daughter and marring her off. The deceased identified as Monir Hossain, 45, of Bahadurpur village, was a fish trader at Jatrabari of the capital. Abdul Hannan, 20, son of ... Read more

The new pay structure under which more than three million garment workers are set to receive increased wages this week will not put pressure on factory owners as their income has increased sharply in recent times. Industry watchers and labour activists cautioned that habitually some factories may try to

BDR sepoy jailed, also loses service benefits for contempt A BDR special court yesterday for the first time sentenced an accused mutineer to six months in prison and dismissed him from his services on charges of contempt of court. The Special Court-7 brought contempt charges against sepoy Abdul Baset of 24 Rifle Battalion of Pilkhana ... Read more

Bangladesh’s winning streak came to an abrupt end when they lost to Zimbabwe by nine runs in the first one-day international of the five-match series in Dhaka on Wednesday. Amid a free fall of wickets, skipper Sakib al Hasan played a gallant knock to lift the side from an abyss, but his 63 off 65 ... Read more