“If any team can snatch defeat from the jaws of victory, it’s the Pakistan team, and this has become their reputation.” The jibe comes from none other than former Pakistan cricket captain Ramiz Raja. His YouTube channel, Ramiz Speaks, has 1.74 million subscribers. The former chairman of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) often speaks his…
Clashes between students and Ansar members in Dhaka has left nearly 40 people injured. Photo: Special Arrangement A clash between students and Ansar members near the Secretariat in the capital city of Dhaka, Bangladesh, left nearly 40 people injured on Sunday (August 25, 2024) night. The incident occurred around 9:00 p.m. when over a thousand…
Former Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. File. | Photo Credit: Reuters At least four more murder cases have been filed against Bangladesh’s deposed Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, her former cabinet ministers and aides, media reports said on Sunday (August 25, 2024). kA murder case was filed on Sunday (August 25, 2024) against 76-year-old Ms. Hasina, former…
People wade through flood water in Feni, Bangladesh, on August 24, 2024. | Photo Credit: Reuters Nearly 3,00,000 Bangladeshis were taking refuge in emergency shelters on Saturday from floods that inundated vast areas of the low-lying South Asian country, disaster officials said. The floods were triggered by heavy monsoon rains and have killed at least…
Day 2 Highlights : 5th wkt Partnership: 52 off 75 balls between S Shakeel (17) and M Rizwan (30) Pakistan 200/4 in 52.3 overs M Rizwan test fifty: 50 runs in 64 balls (5×4) (0x6) Drinks: Pakistan 206/4 in 54.0 overs Change of ball: Pakistan 212/4 in 54.2 overs3 5th wkt Partnership: 100 off 141…
Dhaka, Aug 20 (PTI) Tax authorities in Bangladesh have decided to unfreeze the bank accounts of Bangladesh Nationalist Party Chairperson Khaleda Zia, 17 years after they were blocked. The National Board of Revenue (NBR) on Monday instructed banks to unfreeze the accounts of BNP Chairperson Zia, the Daily Star newspaper reported. In August 2007, the…
Image for representation purposes only. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Textile factories in Bangladesh owned by Indian firms have restarted operations, following the recent unrest in the country, even as the movement of trucks between the neighbouring countries has revived across the Petrapole border, a senior Commerce Ministry official said. “There was a lot of…
Dakshin Dinajpur: Border Security Force (BSF) personnel keep vigil at the India-Bangladesh border | Photo Credit: PTI Border Security Force (BSF), anti-human trafficking team, and intelligence unit apprehended a total of 10 Bangladeshi nationals trying to hide their identities by producing fake Aadhaar cards on Tuesday (August 13, 2024). The search operation was conducted as…
It was a period of atrocities and genocide (by Pakistan) and a fight-back by the Mukti Bahini. In 1971, I was a first-year under-graduate student at Presidency College, Kolkata. East Pakistan’s resistance to West Pakistan had economic and political reasons. But underlining all this, there was pride in Bengali language and culture, and resistance to…
A Border Security Force (BSF) personnel stands guard at the India-Bangladesh border checkpost, at Hili in Dakshin Dinajpur district on August 5, 2024. | Photo Credit: PTI A top adviser of Bangladesh’s interim government on Monday (August 12, 2024) said that deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina’s extended stay in India will not hurt bilateral relations…
