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Trainer pushes Tigers to improve fitness

Shawdesh Desk: Bangladesh national cricket team’s strength and conditioning coach Mario Villavarayan said he was satisfied with the fitness of the players but was not completely happy as they began

Three franchises agree to continue in BPL

Shawdesh Desk: Three franchises confirmed their participation in the forthcoming Bangladesh Premier League after they held meeting with the governing council of the cash-rich Twenty20 tournament on Monday, said the

The passing of a legend

I FIRST saw Mizanur Rahman Shelley in the first lecture I attended as a political science student in Dhaka University in 1965. He walked into the class with the roll-call

Orwell revisited in the age of Trump

I, WINSTON Smith… I mean, Tom Engelhardt… have not just been reading a dystopian novel, but, it seems, living one — and I suspect I’ve been living one all my

Government must give priority to Eid-time travel

IT IS deplorable that people returning to Dhaka after Eid remain as exposed to sufferings as they were when they left Dhaka. Sufferings of Dhaka-bound train passengers intensified on Sunday.

Stay alert, keep homes, surroundings clean

Shawdesh Desk: Terming the dengue outbreak a big problem, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday urged people to be aware of the mosquito-borne disease and keep their houses and surroundings clean

Flood, landslide: 30 killed in northern India

Shawdesh Desk: At least 30 people were killed and ten reported missing till yesterday as unabated torrential rains lashed northern part of India triggering widespread flood and landslides. Authorities issued

No Messi as Argentina declare 25-man squad

Sports Desk: Argentina coach Lionel Scaloni announced his list of 25 players for his team’s friendly matches against Chile and Mexico next month. Argentine star Lionel Messi was not included