Tag: Bangladesh
Bangladesh detains FIFA official for ‘defaming’ PM
DHAKA: Bangladesh authorities jailed a senior member of football's world governing body on Saturday, hours after she was arrested for allegedly defaming the country's...
Bangladesh team leave a changed NZ after mosque shootings
WELLINGTON: Bangladesh’s cricket team left New Zealand on Saturday, less than 24 hours after narrowly avoiding being involved in the worst mass shooting in the...
Bangladesh cricketers ‘three to four’ minutes from being caught up in...
CHRISTCHURCH: Bangladesh's Test cricketers were just a few minutes from being caught up in Friday's massacre in New Zealand when they arrived at a Christchurch...
New Zealand crush Bangladesh by innings after Boult bags five
HAMILTON: Defiant centuries from Soumya Sarkar and Mahmudullah were in vain as Trent Boult's five-wicket haul gave New Zealand a crushing victory over Bangladesh in...
Attempt to hijack plane in Bangladesh foiled
DHAKA: Biman Bangladesh Airlines flight made an emergency landing at the Shah Amanat International Airport in Chittagong, following a reported hijack attempt.
According to witnesses...
Blaze kills 70 in Dhaka
DHAKA: At least 69 people have died in a huge fire that tore through apartment buildings also used as chemical warehouses in an old...
New Zealand beat Bangladesh to claim series sweep
DUNEDIN: Tim Southee snared a six-wicket haul and Ross Taylor tore up the record books as New Zealand dominated Bangladesh to seal a 3-0...
Guptill century secures ODI series for New Zealand over Bangladesh
CHRISTCHURCH: A rejuvenated Martin Guptill wound back the clock with his second century in as many games as a clinical New Zealand clinched their...
Guptill set to New Zealand return
NAPIER: New Zealand opener Martin Guptill is set to return from a back injury for the upcoming one-day international series against Bangladesh, selectors said on...
Bangladesh refuses to accept Pakistani envoy’s credentials
In a major blow the already strained bilateral relations, Bangladesh on Tuesday refused to accept the credentials of Saqlain Syedah as Pakistan’s high commissioner...
Keep up the hard work, Afridi tells Kashmiri students in Bangladesh
Pakistan star cricketer Shahid Afridi on Thursday met Kashmiri students in Bangladesh and interacted with them during his training at the cricket stadium.
Afridi, who...
Fresh violence mars Bangladesh election as campaigning ends
Bangladesh's general election campaign ended on Friday with more deadly violence and arrests of opposition activists which have raised international concern as Prime Minister...
No-ball controversy: Windies rail at Bangladesh umpires
DHAKA: West Indies Twenty20 skipper Carlos Brathwaite blasted the match umpires for giving "50-50 decisions" to Bangladesh even though his side won the third...
I’m not another Imran Khan, says Bangladesh’s Mashrafe Mortaza
DHAKA: He may be Bangladesh's biggest cricket star, but Mashrafe Mortaza insists he is not another Imran Khan, Pakistan's cricketing superhero-turned-prime minister.
Contesting a seat...
Bangladesh cruise to series win over Windies
SYLHET: Tamim Iqbal and Soumya Sarkar slammed half-centuries as Bangladesh cruised to an eight-wicket win over the West Indies in the third and final one-day...
Windies hope to end series drought in decider against Bangladesh
DHAKA: West Indies captain Rovman Powell said Thursday his men were "upbeat and confident" of clinching the deciding one-day international against Bangladesh and sealing...
West Indies’ Bravo returns for Bangladesh ODIs
DHAKA: Middle-order batsman Darren Bravo was recalled Wednesday after more than two years away from ODI cricket as the West Indies named a 15-man...
