They found ways to get those 20 wickets. You can't win Tests without picking up 20 wickets," Masood said. "As a team, we have that second innings of batting to improve but the most important thing is we must also learn how to pick 20 wickets. "What hurts is that we're not getting the results that Pakistan deserves. Pakistan will have a chance to set the record straight when the teams meet in the second of three games starting on Tuesday and Masood welcomed the quick turnaround.

October 12, 2024 12:47 UTC

Dhaka, Oct 12 (PTI) Muhammad Yunus, the Chief Advisor to the interim government of Bangladesh, on Saturday visited the centuries-old Dhakeshwari temple amid reports of attack on another prominent Durga Puja celebration in the national capital. A crude bomb was allegedly thrown at a Durga Puja mandap in the Tanti Bazar area of Old Dhaka and although the bomb caught fire, nobody was injured, daily Prothom Alo said, adding, the incident took place on Friday night. The five-day Hindu religious festival began with an invocation of Goddess Durga, an occasion called Maha Shasthi on Wednesday. Prompted by the latest attack on the Durga Puja mandap, Yunus visited the Dhakeshwari National Temple, one of the prominent shakti peeths, in the old part of the city as against the earlier announced plan of a Sunday visit. “During the Durga Puja, law enforcement agencies have done the 'tough' task of ensuring public security with sincerity.

October 12, 2024 12:17 UTC

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October 12, 2024 12:08 UTC

The wait for the results of this year's HSC and equivalent exams is set to end on Oct 15. In previous years, the ousted government used to announce results formally. According to bdnews24.com, the Dhaka Education Board said students will be able to access their results online at www.dhakaeducationboard.gov.bd and www.educationboardresults.gov.bd. Prof Tapan Kumar Sarkar said that subjects for which exams were held will be evaluated based on the exam scripts. Subjects for which exams were not conducted will be assessed through subject mapping based on SSC results, he added.

October 12, 2024 11:25 UTC

The government has granted Grameen Bank a tax exemption until 2029, conditional upon submitting its income tax returns. Under the same condition, the non-profit religious charity As-Sunnah Foundation has been granted a tax exemption for income from donations until June of the same year. Since its establishment in 1983 under a military ordinance, Grameen Bank has consistently received tax exemption benefits. This privilege falls under Section 33 of the Grameen Bank Ordinance, which has remained effective even after the ordinance was enacted into law in 2013. Grameen Bank and Yunus were awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2006 in recognition of their efforts to alleviate poverty through microcredit.

October 12, 2024 10:59 UTC





As per the lunar calendar, Dashami’s Bihit Puja and mirror immersion have been performed after Maha Nabami rituals this year. Priest Pranab Chakraborty of the national temple told bdnews24.com, “The Nabami rituals had begun on Friday and lasted until 6:13am on Saturday. According to the almanac, the last time for Nabami rituals was 9:20am.”“Here, the devotees made offerings to the goddess at 8:50am as the Nabami rituals ended at 8:30am. Dashami’s Bihit Puja began afterwards.”Pranab said, “Dashami Puja has started from 6:14am and it will continue until 7:45pm. Alongside Kumari Puja, Maha Ashtami’s Bihit Puja and Sandhi Puja were held on Friday, followed by Samtami on Thursday.

October 12, 2024 10:40 UTC

Through the blood sacrifice of Abu Sayed and the other martyrs, Bangladesh is now experiencing independence, he says during a trip to RangpurIndia wants to suggest Bangladesh is becoming extremist, says Advisor NahidNahid Islam, information advisor to the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, claims that India wants to portray the current situation in Bangladesh as tending towards extremism. “India wants to make it seem as if extremism is taking hold in Bangladesh,” he said. They are always spreading such propaganda.”He made the remarks to the media after attending a rally commemorating the 16th founding anniversary of Begum Rokeya University on Saturday. We need to be more aware of such issues.”“Aby Sayed, a student of Begum Rokeya University, was martyred and gave his blood in the fight for our rights. The university authorities said the university started out under the name Rangpur University on Oct 20, 2008, under the caretaker government, but the name was changed to Begum Rokeya University in 2009 after the Awami League came to power.

October 12, 2024 10:40 UTC

On the very first point of Nebraska’s match against Purdue, coach John Cook challenged an official’s call and won the video review. Nebraska landed the final blows — Merritt Beason did — and won in five sets. Chicoine just kept going in the fifth set, and her three quick kills in the set got Purdue an 8-7 lead. The third set was a slugfest, with 17 kills for Nebraska and 16 for Purdue. Purdue won the final two points on Nebraska’s hitting error and a kill by Hudson to win 25-23.

October 12, 2024 10:03 UTC

About a dozen cases have been registered and seventeen persons have been detained after the country witnessed about 35 untoward incidents related to the ongoing Durga Puja celebrations across the country this month, police said. Earlier, it was discovered that a hand-crafted golden mukut (crown), gifted by PM Modi during his visit to Bangladesh, was stolen from a Hindu temple in Bangladesh's southwestern Satkhira district. We will take strict action if anyone attempts to create chaos or engage in malicious activities during Durga Puja,” he added. Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus on Sunday is expected to visit the centuries-old Dhakeswari national temple. Dhakeswari National Temple is one of the prominent shaktee peeths, in the heart of the national capital.

October 12, 2024 05:41 UTC

Unidentified miscreants threw a petrol bomb at a Durga Puja pandal in Dhaka on Friday, according to viral videos spreading on social media platforms. Islam visited the Banani Puja Mandap in Dhaka on Friday after which he told reporters that Durga Puja was being celebrated at over 32,000 mandaps nationwide. Jihadis are singing Islami jihadi songs in Durga puja pandel in Chittagong Bangladesh. “Jihadis are singing Islami jihadi songs in Durga puja pandel in Chittagong Bangladesh. What if Hindus sing hare ram hare krishna during Namaz inside mosques?” Nasreen wrote on X.

October 12, 2024 05:24 UTC

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October 12, 2024 05:08 UTC

REUTERS/David Dee DelgadoMinister of Foreign Affairs of Nicaragua Valdrack Ludwing Jaentschke Whitaker addresses the "Summit of the Future” in the General Assembly hall at United Nations headquarters in New York City, US, Sept 23, 2024. REUTERS/David Dee DelgadoNicaragua is breaking off diplomatic relations with Israel, the Central American nation said on Friday, calling the Israeli government "fascist" and "genocidal." Nicaragua's government, in a statement, said the break in relations was due to Israel's attacks on Palestinian territories. The nation's congress had, earlier in the day, passed a resolution requesting Nicaragua take action to coincide with the one-year anniversary of the Gaza war. Nicaragua has become increasingly isolated in recent years after Ortega cracked down on anti-government protests in 2018, which rights groups say left around 300 dead.

October 12, 2024 03:45 UTC

A car assigned to the deputy head of Ingushetia's Centre for Countering Extremism had come under fire on Friday, TASS saysPoliceman, two others die in shooting in Russia's Ingushetia regionGunmen opened fire on a car carrying a local security official in Russia's Ingushetia region in the North Caucasus, killing three people, including a police officer, TASS news agency reported early on Saturday, quoting investigators. TASS quoted a local branch of Russia's Investigative Committee as saying a car assigned to the deputy head of Ingushetia's Centre for Countering Extremism had come under fire on Friday evening. The local branch said a criminal investigation had been opened into the incident and those behind the attack were being sought. The TASS report said the gunmen had fled the scene and headed off towards the neighbouring region of North Ossetia. Ingushetia is adjacent to Chechnya in the heart of the often volatile North Caucasus region.

October 12, 2024 03:05 UTC

Seventeen persons have been arrested and about a dozen cases registered after Bangladesh witnessed about 35 untoward incidents related to the ongoing Durga Puja celebrations across the country this month, police said here. The five-day Hindu religious festival began with an invocation of Goddess Durga, an occasion called Maha Shasthi on Wednesday. Mr. Islam visited the Banani Puja Mandap in Dhaka on Friday (October 11) after which he told reporters that Durga Puja was being celebrated at over 32,000 mandaps nationwide. We demand the matter be investigated properly and the persons involved be brought to justice,” leader of Bangladesh Hindu Buddhist Christian Unity Council Krishna Mukherjee said. Youth and Sports Adviser Asif Mahmud Sazeeb Bhuiyan exchanged greetings with members of the Hindu community at the Durga Puja puja mandaps at Gallamari Harichand Tagore Temple and Bagmara Govinda Temple in Khulna on Friday.

October 12, 2024 02:40 UTC

The Nobel Peace Prize was awarded Friday to Nihon Hidankyo, a Japanese organization of survivors of the U.S. atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, for its activism against nuclear weapons. Jørgen Watne Frydnes, chair of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, said the award was made as the "taboo against the use of nuclear weapons is under pressure." Efforts to eradicate nuclear weapons have been honored in the past by the Nobel committee. This Nobel Peace Prize sends a powerful message. Unlike the other Nobel prizes that are selected and announced in Stockholm, founder Alfred Nobel decreed the peace prize be decided and awarded in Oslo by the five-member Norwegian Nobel Committee.

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