Follow live coverage of New Zealand vs Bangladesh from the Bangladesh in New Zealand 2023 today. The ICC Test Championship sees nine teams compete across a two-year cycle of matches before a two-team final decides the winner.
Main Bangladesh opposition party calls for boycott of January election
Bangladesh’s main opposition party urged voters on Wednesday to boycott next year’s general election, reiterating demands for Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to step down or else risk what it called a …
Bangladesh’s opposition launches ‘non-cooperation’ movement ahead of January election
The embattled opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Wednesday announced a ‘non-cooperation” movement, urging people to abstain from voting in the upcoming Jan. 7 general election to force the …
Election Disinformation, Telegram Blackmailers, Water Lords: 2023’s Best Investigative Stories from Bangladesh
Newsrooms from Bangladesh continue to produce outstanding investigations in an increasingly challenging media environment, with stories exposing political disinformation, human rights violations by …
Bangladesh reports four more dengue deaths in 24 hours
Four more deaths were reported from dengue in 24 hours till Wednesday morning, raising the fatalities from the mosquito-borne disease in Bangladesh to 1,692 this …
Bangladesh falls behind peers in receiving non-resident deposits
Bangladesh is lacking among four South Asian countries to attract deposits and investments from Bangladeshi migrants, according to a World Bank report …
WB appears to be Bangladesh’s major development partner since independence
The World Bank has also been the largest external funder of Bangladesh, providing over a quarter of all foreign aid in a wide range of interventions across all sectors …
Grenfell should have been a wake-up call—but the UK still doesn’t take fire safety seriously
In March 2023, a fire in Tower Hamlets, east London, claimed the life of Mizanur Rahman, a 41-year-old father-of-two from Bangladesh. Five fire engines and 35 firefighters attended the call to the two …
Bangladesh falls behind peers in wooing non-resident deposits
Bangladesh is lacking among four South Asian countries to attract deposits and investments from Bangladeshi migrants, according to a World Bank report …
Soumya Sarkar slams 169 as Bangladesh reaches 291 in 2nd ODI against New Zealand
Opener Soumya Sarkar made a career-best 169 from 151 balls and guided Bangladesh to 291 as it batted first Wednesday in the second one-day international against New Zealand. Sarkar’s score was the second-highest by a Bangladesh batsman in one-day internationals behind Litton Das’s 174 against Zimbabwe and the second highest by a visiting batsman in a one-day international in New Zealand.