Author: Asian Bangla

Elections to Gazipur and Khulna city corporations will be held on May 15. Chief Election Commissioner KM Nurul Huda announced the election schedule for the two city corporations at a press conference at the Nirbachon Bhaban in the capital on Saturday. According to the election schedule, the deadline for the submission of nomination papers is April 12, while the dates for scrutinising those are April 15 and 16, and the last date for withdrawal of candidature is April 23. Dhaka Regional Election Officer Rakibuddin Mandol has been made the returning officer for Gazipur City Corporation election, while Khulna Regional Election…

Tohura Khatun and Shamsunnahar scored hattricks as Bangladesh thrashed Iran 8-1 in their second match of the Jockey Club International Girls’ U-15 Football Tournament in Hong Kong today. Anuching Mogini scored the other two as Bangladesh racked up their second consecutive victory in the competition. Bangladesh had won the first match of the competition by 10-1 goals against Malaysia. Bangladesh, ranked 102nd in women’s football, will take on hosts Hong Kong in their last match tomorrow.

Asianbangla, Dhaka : Key Bangladesh batsman Tamim Iqbal does not need surgery on his painful left knee, says Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) physio Dr. Debashish Chowdhury. He made this disclosure at the BCB headquarters in Mirpur today after receiving the reports of the left-hander from David Young, the Australian surgeon who had his assessment on an MRI scan. “Tamim has already started his rehab. Hopefully, he will be able to bat in the nets from next week and it will take him four to six weeks to be fit for game,” Debashish told reporters. Tamim had earlier flown to Bangkok…

Law enforcers last night arrested the main accused in the case filed over the rape and murder of Beauty Akter of Shayestaganj upazila in Habiganj. Babul Mia was arrested from Beanibazar area of Sylhet by a joint team of Rapid Action Battalion and police around 12:30am, Additional Superintendent of Police Maniruzzaman, senior assistant director (Media) of Rab-9, told our Moulvibazar correspondent. Beauty, 16, went missing from Habiganj on March 16 and police recovered her body the next day. The teenage girl, was stalked and harassed on her way to work by Babul Mia and his accomplices. After she complained about…

Asianbangla, Dhaka : At least three people were injured in a fire that broke out at a garment factory at East Kazipara in Dhaka’s Mirpur area this morning. The injured were admitted to Dhaka Medical College and Hospital(DMCH). The fire originated on the ground floor of a six-storey building at 3:15am, our correspondent reports quoting Mahfuz Riben, duty officer of Fire Service and Civil Defence. On information, six firefighting units rushed to the spot and managed to douse the fire around 4:30am, the duty officer said. The extent of damage could not be known immediately, he added.

Former Test vice-captain David Warner said he realised he may never play for his country again as he tearfully apologised today over a ball-tampering scandal which has had deep repercussions for Australian cricket. As stand-in captain Tim Paine signalled a new approach with a pre-match handshake between the teams at the fourth Test in Johannesburg, Warner became the third disgraced Australian player to make an emotional appearance in front of media. The usually pugnacious batsman, 31, repeatedly struggled to talk and tears ran down his face as he apologised to fans, team-mates, his family and the Australian public. But he…

As the first of the season’s nor’wester lashes the country with gusty winds, rain and hailstorm, rains came down heavily in Dhaka this morning. A total of 14 millimetre rainfall was recorded in the capital till 9:00am today, according to the website of Bangladesh Meteorological Department. River ports across the country have been asked to hoist cautionary signal No. One, according to the inland river port warning valid till 6:00pm today, the website said. According to the weather forecast of the Bangladesh Met office, rain and thunder showers accompanied by temporary gusty, squally wind is likely to occur at many…

Asian Bangla, Dhaka : BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia’s health condition has not deteriorated since she landed in jail in Zia Charitable Trust corruption case, Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader said today. “After visiting Khaleda (in jail) recently, Dhaka civil surgeon has said that her health condition is the same as it was when she landed in prison,” the minister said. Quader also said BNP was “lying” about the health of the party chairman. The minister said this while visiting Abdullahpur-Bypail highway at Savar’s Jirabo area around 12:30pm. During the visit, Quader assured that the work on Dhaka-Tangail highway…

Rathish Chandra, 55, went missing 12 days after the verdict of Khadem Rahmat Ali murder case, in which seven JMB men were awarded death penalty. He went out of his house wearing Panjabi and pajama around 6.00am yesterday and since then he is missing, his wife Dipa Bhowmik said adding that his mobile phone has been switched off, she said. Before going out of his house, he told his family members that he would return home within an hour. Family members verbally informed Rangpur police about his disappearance last night. Contacted, Saifur Rahman, additional superintendent of police in Rangpur told…

Win Myint on Friday was sworn-in as the new President of Myanmar, two days after he was elected by Parliament to replace Htin Kyaw, who resigned last week over health concerns. He was elected after defeating two other candidates on Wednesday, reports Efe news. High-level officials, including State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi, attended the swearing in ceremony. Myint, 66, was a former political prisoner jailed under the last military junta. Ruling party National League for Democracy (NLD) veteran, Myint is one of the the small circle of collaborators and trusted men of Suu Kyi’s. He replaces Htin Kyaw, who…