Dhaka: At least 80 people were killed and 700 others injured on Wednesday when an eight-storey commercial building that housed several garment factories and thousands of workers collapsed on the outskirts of the Bangladeshi capital. The Rana Plaza in Savar on the outskirts of Dhaka, collapsed with rescue work being carried out to pull out survivors from the rubble. The eight-storey commercial building housed three garments units, a bank branch...
04:19 PM, Apr 24, 2013
Savar (Bangladesh): Bangladesh's Health Minister says 70 people have been confirmed dead in the collapse of a building housing several garment factories near the capital. Health Minister AFM Ruhal Haque said that by Wednesday afternoon 70 bodies had been removed from the eight-story building. Rescuers said they had saved 600 other people from the rubble, but feared more remained inside. An eight-story building housing several garment factories collapsed near Bangladesh's...
02:22 PM, Apr 24, 2013
Harare: Chastened by a heavy defeat that has once again highlighted their lack of progress, Bangladesh begin the second and final Test against Zimbabwe on Thursday looking to prove they can adapt to foreign conditions and match their fellow Test strugglers. The Asian side came into the series as favourites after improved performances in Sri Lanka, only to be bowled out for 134 and 147 as they lost the first...
01:07 PM, Apr 24, 2013
Harare: When Zimbabwe return to the ICC Test rankings after Thursday's second Test against Bangladesh, they will enter the table above their opponents regardless of the result. For Bangladesh, this is a damning indictment on their lack of progress since they entered the Test arena in November 2000, and raises further questions on why a nation of 150 million people has been unable to rise to the level of even...
04:45 PM, Apr 21, 2013
Dhaka: Bangladesh's domestic cricketers protested the delay in holding the Dhaka Premier League, the country's most popular domestic competition, at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium on Saturday. The protestors, including several international cricketers, have not played any domestic cricket since mid-February. The 12-team one-day competition is also the biggest source of income for the top cricketers, but the Dhaka clubs have refused to participate without the national players who are currently...
01:33 PM, Apr 21, 2013
Dhaka: Bangladesh on Saturday signed its biggest ever joint venture agreement with India involving investment $1.6 billion for 1,320 MW coal-fired power plant which is expected to be operational in the next five years. "This will be the largest investment Bangladesh ever had ... this will be cheapest source of energy (after hydropower) to accelerate the country s economic growth," Prime Minister's energy affairs adviser Tawfiq-e-Elahi Chowdhury said at the...
10:07 PM, Apr 20, 2013
Harare: Zimbabwe beat Bangladesh by 335 runs in the first Test at Harare Sports Club on Saturday after skipper Brendan Taylor became just the third Zimbabwean to score a century in each innings of a match. Taylor's 171 and 102 not out set up Zimbabwe's victory in the first of two Tests and delivered the country's first win since it beat Bangladesh in its comeback match in 2011 after a...
09:13 PM, Apr 20, 2013
Harare: Brendan Taylor became just the third Zimbabwean batsman to score centuries in both innings of a Test match as his side registered a handsome 335-run victory over Bangladesh in the first Test at Harare Sports Club. Zimbabwe declared once Taylor had reached the landmark half an hour into day four to set Bangladesh an unlikely 483 runs to win, before Kyle Jarvis and Graeme Cremer skittled out the visitors...
07:55 PM, Apr 20, 2013
Zimbabwe dismissed Bangladesh for 147 in the second innings thumping the visitors by 335 in the 1st Test at Harare. Read on for the updates Bangladesh innings: End of over 49.2 : Bangladesh 147 all out Graeme Cremer scalped the remaining two wickets in consecutive deliveries dismissing Rubel Hossain (4) and Robiul Islam (0) as Zimbabwe registered a thumping 335-run victory over Bangladesh on day 4. End of over 46:...
12:25 PM, Apr 20, 2013
Harare: Bangladesh will need to produce a record fourth-innings total to beat Zimbabwe in the first Test after 16 wickets tumbled on the third day on Friday. Bangladesh, replying to the home team's 389, lost their last five wickets for no run as they were skittled out for 134 before Zimbabwe stretched their huge lead to 442 by reaching the close on 187 for seven. Paceman Robiul Islam gave the...
11:02 PM, Apr 19, 2013
Zimbabwe took a massive 442-run lead over Bangladesh after the hosts bundled out the visitors' for 134 in the first innings with Kyle Jarvis and Shingi Masakadza picking four wickets each. In Zimbabwe's second innings, Roibul Hossain picked up a six wickets to put Zimbabwe in trouble before Taylor and Graeme Creamer put the hosts right on track. Read on for the updates Zimbabwe second innings End of over No....
01:31 PM, Apr 19, 2013
Athens: At least 20 migrant strawberry pickers were shot and wounded in southern Greece in a pay dispute after a foreman opened fire on them with a shotgun, police said. The incident occurred near the village of Manolada about 260 kilometers west of Athens. Police Captain Haralambos Sfetsos said most of the wounded workers were from Bangladesh. He said the shooting occurred when about 200 workers at the strawberry field...
03:16 AM, Apr 19, 2013
Harare: Brendan Taylor's career-best 171 propelled Zimbabwe to 389 all out in their first innings against Bangladesh on the second day of the opening Test on Thursday. Bangladesh were 95 for 1 at stumps, 294 behind after Taylor's big innings anchored Zimbabwe again at Harare Sports Club. Zimbabwe's captain added 66 to his overnight score before being the eighth wicket to fall. His score was the eighth highest Test score...
10:28 PM, Apr 18, 2013
Live updates from the the second day of the first Test between Zimbabwe and Bangladesh being played at the Harare Sports Complex. Bangladesh first innings: End of over No.13, Bangladesh 55 for 1: After getting off to a good start to their innings, Bangladesh lost Shahriar Nafees for 29 off Kyle Jarvis bowling. Trying to work the ball on the leg side, Nafees bat face closed early and he gets...
01:29 PM, Apr 18, 2013
Harare: Zimbabwe captain Brendan Taylor continued his strong batting performances against Bangladesh with an unbeaten century to take the home team to 217 for 4 at stumps on the opening day of the first Test on Wednesday. Taylor, who has two centuries and a half-century in his last three Test innings against Bangladesh, ground out 105 not out from 211 balls to prop Zimbabwe up on the opening day of...
09:11 PM, Apr 17, 2013
Live updates from day one of the first Test between Zimbabwe and Bangladesh played at the Harare Sports Complex. Zimbabwe 1st Innings: End of over No. 60, Zimbabwe 121 for 3 (Tea): Good session from Zimbabwe's point of view and the highlight being the fifty by Brendan Taylor. The hosts would like to end the day without further damage done. End of over No. 57, Zimbabwe 116 for 3: Brendan...
01:17 PM, Apr 17, 2013
Harare: When the cricketing world is gripped by the IPL fever, elsewhere bottom placed Zimbabwe and Bangladesh lock horns in a two-match Test series starting here on Wednesday. In their last tour, Bangladesh lost the one-off Test, which led to the sacking of Shakib Al Hasan as captain. But their recent performance in Sri Lanka will bolster Bangladesh's hope of putting up a better show. While Zimbabwe marred with problems...
06:13 PM, Apr 16, 2013
Dhaka: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has vowed to maintain secularism as Bangladesh's state policy, amid countrywide celebrations on Sunday to mark the Bengali New Year, seen by right-wing Islamists as "anti-Islamic" practice. "Bangladesh will be a non-communal democratic country... Our country will be run in keeping with the spirit of the Madinah Charter of our beloved Prophet Mohammad" that charted out principles of religious harmony and co-existence, Hasina said in...
09:00 AM, Apr 15, 2013
Kolkata: Sex workers of Kolkata's largest red-light area are being given training by an NGO to identify fake currency notes to prevent them from being duped by some clients. The training programme conducted by Durbar Mahila Samanaya Committee, an NGO working for the sex workers, is the same as that given to visually challenged persons who learn to distinguish between genuine and counterfeit notes through touch and from hearing the...
12:48 PM, Apr 14, 2013
New Delhi: The Asia Cup cricket tournament will be held in Bangladesh for the second time in a row after India, who had earlier agreed to host the 2014 edition, backed out citing a packed international schedule. Bangladesh had hosted the last edition of the tournament in 2012. The likely dates for the tournament will be February 24 to March 8. The decision was taken at the Asian Cricket Council...
12:17 PM, Apr 14, 2013
