A high-flying Bangladesh look to tighten the grip of the four-match T20 series when they take on Zimbabwe in the second match today at Sheikh Abu Naser Stadium in Khulna. The match starts at 3pm. Bangladesh cruised Zimbabwe past by four wickets in the first match, going per popular expectation to make…

Tsai Ing-wen of Taiwan’s main opposition party will become the island’s first female president after the ruling Kuomin­tang conceded defeat…

Indonesian police announced yesterday they had arrested a man they believe financed the deadly Jakarta attacks, alleging the suspect received the funds from the Islamic State group (IS), reports AFP from Jakarta. National police chief Badrodin Haiti said 12 suspects had been detained in nationwide raids…

Plans to build a memorial to honour nearly half a million “forgotten” Muslim soldiers who fought for Britain in the First World War have been…

Inmates of prisons across the country are set to get the opportunity to communicate with their families over cell phone, Additional Inspector General (Prisons) Col Md Fazlul Kabir said yesterday. At a press conference at the Department of Prisons in the capital on the upcoming prison week -- January…

The second phase of Biswa Ijtema, one of the largest congregations of Muslims across the world, will be concluded today with the offering of Akheri Munajat (concluding prayers), reports UNB. Eminent Islamic scholar of India Moulana Muhammad Sa’ad is likely to conduct the Munajat which will start…

An Israel minister warned yesterday that the expected implementation of a landmark nuclear deal between world powers and Iran would endanger the Middle East and fail to curb Tehran's atomic programme, reports AFP from Jerusalem. “The ‘implementation day’ of the nuclear agreement…