15-man squad announced for India tourBangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) on Wednesday announced a 15-man squad for the upcoming one-off Test against India to be held in Hyderabad from February 9. Cutter master Mustafizur Rahman has been excluded from the squad due to fitness problem.  Pacer Shafiul Islam and Wicketkeeper cum batsman Liton Das have made a comeback to the national squad. Shafiul will…

A court on Wednesday asked BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia to appear before it on February 27 in 10 different cases. Dhaka Metropolitan Session Judge M Kamrul Islam Mollah passed the order after hearing on separate petitions filed by Khaleda's lawyer M Sanaullah Miah seeking more time. Khaleda was scheduled to appear before the court today (Wednesday) said Sanaullah adding that the BNP chief could…

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in city Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas arrived here on Wednesday on a three-day official visit to advance the 'special relations' with Bangladesh. A special flight carrying Abbas and his entourage is scheduled to land at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport at 5pm, said a senior official. The visit is taking place at the invitation of President Abdul…

Washington, US President Donald Trump has nominated Judge Neil Gorsuch as the new Supreme Court Justice, after the top court was evenly divided between Democrat and Republican appointees since Justice Antonin Scalia died last February. Gorsuch, a 49-year-old judge at the US Court of Appeals in Denver city of Colorado, is the youngest nominee in 25 years to the lifetime position. As expected, Trump’s…

Spurred by strong iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus holiday sales, the Cupertino, Calif.-based company reported first-quarter earnings rose to $3.36 per share on record revenue of $78.4 billion, up 3%, besting Wall Street analysts' estimates. The results snapped a string of three straight quarters of declining iPhone shipments, which contributed to its first fiscal-year sales drop in more than a decade.…

A senior Russian intelligence officer who was arrested on suspicion of treason in December has been charged with passing secrets to the CIA, sources told the Russian news agency Interfax on Tuesday. Sergei Mikhailov was the deputy head of the information security department of the FSB, Russia's national security service. He was arrested along with Dmitry Dokuchaev, a cybersecurity expert who worked…

Beijing: A 5.0-magnitude earthquake hit Zhongba county in Tibet on Wednesday, authorities said. The quake shook parts of Tibet at 6:00 AM (local time), according to the China Earthquake Networks Centre (CENC). The epicentre was at a depth of 8 kilometre, state-run Xinhua news agency reported. No casualties have been reported so far.   PTI

Bangladesh Media Club has accorded a reception to Sayem Sobhan Anvir, Managing Director of East West Media Group Ltd and Bashundhara Group on Tuesday. The reception programme was arranged at the club office at Tejgaon in the capital on the occasion of his birth day. State Minister for Jute and Textile Mirza Azam, Deputy Minister for Environment and Forest Abdullah Al Islam Jacob, Awami League central…