ICC monitoring situation in Bangladesh

ICC is monitoring the situation in Bangladesh and has shortlisted the UAE, India and Sri Lanka as back-up venues in case it is forced to shift this year's ICC Women's T20 World Cup out of Bangladesh, as per cricket website ESPNCricinfo. "The ICC is closely monitoring developments in coordination with the

PM for patience regarding war-like situation in Myanmar: Law Minister

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has instructed the armed forces and paramilitary border guards of Bangladesh to have patience regarding the recent war-like situation in Myanmar between their government forces and insurgents. Law Minister Anisul Huq, in absence of Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan, on Monday said this while responding to a supplementary

No big obstacles to holding nation polls: EC Secy

The current situation is conducive for announcing the schedule of the 12th national polls as there are no big obstacles to organizing the election, said Election Commission (EC) Secretary Jahangir Alam after a meeting with top law enforcement officials. "Intelligence reports and chiefs of law enforcement agencies in the meeting said

Global Covid cases near 522 million

The overall number of Covid cases is now fast approaching 522 million amid a rise in new infections in parts of the world. According to Johns Hopkins University (JHU), the total case count mounted to 521,911,280 while the death toll from the virus reached 6,265,362 Tuesday morning. The US has recorded 82,613,628