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As it happened: Bangladesh vs Zimbabwe, 2nd Test, Day 2

Live updates from Day 2 of the second Test between Zimbabwe and Bangladesh at the Harare Sports Club on Friday. Zimbabwe 1st innings: End of over 62, Zimbabwe 158 for 4 (stumps): Elton Chigumbura has turned it around for Zimbabwe quite a bit scoring 45* off 49 balls. His partnership with Malcolm Waller (30) has gone up to 61. However, the hosts are still trailing Bangladesh by 233 runs. That's...  

Hundreds still missing after building collapse kills 300 in Dhaka

Dhaka: Hundreds of people are still missing after Wednesday's collapse of a building in Dhaka which killed nearly 300 people. Rescue operators are working non-stop for over 48 hours looking for survivors as a factory building collapsed in Dhaka on Wednesday. Ria Begum was amongst the lucky ones who were saved but she makes a strong note against her company's management. She says, "We did not want to go up ...

Hundreds still missing after building collapse kills 300 in Dhaka

Dhaka: Hundreds of people are still missing after Wednesday's collapse of a building in Dhaka which killed nearly 300 people. Rescue operators are working non-stop for over 48 hours looking for survivors as a factory building collapsed in Dhaka on Wednesday. Ria Begum was amongst the lucky ones who were saved but she makes a strong note against her company's management. She says, "We did not want to go up...  

Bangladesh building collapse: Death toll rises to 270

Dhaka: The search for survivors from Bangladesh's worst industrial accident stretched into a third day on Friday, with the death toll rising to 273 after the collapse of a building housing factories that made low-cost garments for Western brands. Almost miraculously, 41 people trapped inside the rubble of the eight-storey building were rescued alive late on Thursday, government minister Jahangir Kabir Nanak said, about 40 hours after the disaster on...  

Bangladesh building collapse: Death toll rises to 260

Aavar: With nearly 260 people killed in one of the worst building collapses in Bangladesh, thousands of distraught people on Thursday watched rescuers search for their loved ones trapped under the debris of the eight-story complex that had come crashing down within seconds. Survivors described a deafening bang and tremors before the eight-floor building, where most of the employees were women, crashed all around them. Dhaka District police chief Habibur...  

Shakib shrugs off injury to lead Bangladesh to 300-6

Harare: Shakib Al Hasan made light of a thumb injury to score a quick-fire 81 and steer Bangladesh to 300 for six on the first day of the second and final Test against Zimbabwe on Thursday. The total, compiled at a brisk rate of 3.41 runs per over, was more than the touring side's combined score in two innings in the first test in which Bangladesh were crushed by 335...  

Mysore: 10 human trafficking victims rescued from a hotel

Mysore: Ten girls from West Bengal and Bangladesh, including two minors, have been rescued from a sex racket in Mysore. The CID's anti-trafficking squad raided a motel after getting a tip off by an NGO. The police said that the hotel seems to have been built specifically for such a racket with secret rooms and hideouts and an alarm system to alert girls to take shelter in case of a...  

Bangladesh building collapse: Death toll rises to 243

Savar: With nearly 250 people killed in one of the worst building collapses in Bangladesh, thousands of distraught people today watched rescuers search for their loved ones trapped under the debris of the eight-story complex that had come crashing down within seconds. A total of 101 bodies were pulled out of the debris of the collapsed building on Thursday. During Wednesday's rescue operation 142 bodies had been retrieved. The rise...  

Bangladesh building collapse: Death toll rises to 194

Dhaka: With deep cracks visible in the walls, the police had ordered a Bangladesh garment building to be evacuated the day before its deadly collapse, but the factories flouted the order and kept more than 2,000 people working, officials said Thursday. At least 194 people died when a huge section of the eight-story building splintered into a pile of concrete. The disaster in the Dhaka suburb of Savar came less...  

Bangladesh mourns as building collapse toll rises to 164

Dhaka: The death toll in the collapse of an eight-storey commercial building in the Bangladeshi capital on Thursday rose to 164, as rescuers raced against time to save nearly 1,500 people still trapped under tonnes of debris. "According to the latest count 164 bodies were retrieved and over 1,400 people were rescued alive," Deputy Commissioner or Administrative Chief of Dhaka district Yusuf Harun said. Television footage showed relatives wailing in...  

As it happened: Zimbabwe v Bangladesh, 2nd Test, Day 1

Live updates from day one of the second Test between Zimbabwe and Bangladesh at the Harare Sports Club on Thursday. Bangladesh 1st innings End of over No. 88, Bangladesh 300 for 6: It's stumps now! Nasir Hossain and Ziaur Rahman are in the middle for Bangladesh. Earlier Rahim and Shakib shared a superb hundred-run stand before both were out in quick succession. It has been an even day for both...  

Factory building collapse in Bangladesh kills over 140

Savar: Rescuers tried to free people believed trapped in the concrete rubble of a building housing mainly garment factories that collapsed in Bangladesh a day after workers complained cracks had developed in the structure. The death toll jumped over 140 On Thursday after searchers worked through the night. "Many" people are still trapped, said the rescue operations leader, army Brig Gen Mohammed Siddiqul Alam Shikder said on Thursday morning. A...  

Abdul Hamid sworn in as Bangladesh's president

Dhaka: Veteran politician and parliamentarian Abdul Hamid was on Wednesday sworn in as Bangladesh's 20th president. Hamid was administered the oath of office by acting speaker Shawkat Ali during a ceremony at the Bangabhaban presidential palace, two days after he was elected unopposed to the post. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina was among the guests who witnessed the ceremony alongside her cabinet colleagues but the main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party did...  

Bangladesh building collapse: Death toll rises to 80

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...  

Bangladesh: Garment factory building collapses, 70 dead

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...  

Bangladesh eye redemption in 2nd Test against Zim

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...  

Zimbabwe thrashing highlights Bangladesh woes

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...  

Bangladesh cricketers protest Dhaka Premier League delay

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...  

India, Bangladesh ink biggest ever JV for power plant

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...