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England beat Australia in thrilling first T20

England beat Australia
England beat Australia

England produced a brilliant comeback to beat Australia by two runs on the final ball of their first T20 international in Southampton on Friday after the visitors looked to be cruising to victory in their first competitive match for six months.

Seemingly in control while chasing England’s 162-7, Australia were pegged back as they lost quick wickets and were left needing 15 off Tom Curran’s final over.

Marcus Stoinis missed the first ball, smashed a massive six off the second, but then missed the third….

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National

Narayanganj mosque blast: relatives anxiously wait for updates on injured

Narayanganj
Narayanganj

Hundreds of people were seen waiting restlessly outside the Sheikh Hasina National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery in Dhaka this morning after the blast in a Narayanganj mosque which has claimed 12 lives so far.

The anxious family members and friends of the injured were seen desperately asking anybody who came out of the hospital about the patients. They wanted to know if their relatives were still alive.

Enamul Haque, who lives beside the mosque, is one of them. His brother-in-law, Mizanur Rahman (35), is among the injured and was being treated at the institute.

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National

Fire fear still stalks old town

Fire fear
Fire fear

The government has made little progress in relocating hazardous chemical businesses and warehouses from Old Dhaka, leaving the residents in constant fear following the two devastating fire incidents that claimed over 200 lives.

The chemical-induced Nimtoli inferno in June 2010 claimed 126 lives, prompting the government to embark on four projects as part of the relocation plan.

Ten years have passed after the tragedy, but the projects, taken at different times, are still at the preliminary stage. According to the latest update, land was either being acquired or filled in one or two projects, while the others face further uncertainty due to a dearth of fund allocation.

The only “considerable progress” over the years has been made at one front — constant revision of the primary project proposals —  which contributed to cost escalation and time extension.

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Other Sports Sports

Djokovic cruises into US Open second round

Djokovic cruises
Djokovic cruises

Center. Photo: ReutersPre-tournament favorite Novak Djokovic marched into round two of the US Open Monday as he launched his bid for a 18th Grand Slam with a straight-sets win.
The world number one dispatched unheralded Damir Dzumhur of Bosnia-Herzegovina 6-1, 6-4,6-1 under floodlights at an empty Arthur Ashe Stadium in New York.

The Serbian superstar took just 23 minutes to win the first set before laboring to a narrow victory in an hour-long second set.

With Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer absent, Djokovic is looking to close the gap on them in the race for the all-time men’s singles Grand Slam record.

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Asia Politics

Narail residents mourn Pranab Mukherjee’s death

Pranab Mukherjee’s
Pranab Mukherjee’s

The residents of Narail mourned the death of former Indian president Pranab Mukherjee as he was married to Suvra Mukherjee hailing from the district, reports UNB.

Leaders of various political parties and people of different professions paid their deep respects to Pranab, a ‘true friend of Bangladesh’, and wished the eternal peace of his departed soul.

They also conveyed condolences to his bereaved family members.

Subash Chandra Bose, president of Narail District Awami League and president of Suvra Mukherjee Foundation, AL’s general secretary and Sadar Upazila chairman Nizam Uddin Khan Nilu, Mashrafe’s father Golam Mortaza Swapan, District Workers Party’s president Nazrul Islam, District Jasad president…………

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National

Waterlogging in Dhaka: Collective failure made it perennial

Waterlogging
Waterlogging

The desire expressed by the two Dhaka city mayors to take over the responsibility of drainage management from Dhaka Wasa in a bid to end the capital’s perennial waterlogging problem has widely been regarded as a popular idea.

But experts said just changing the custodian without addressing the core issues that have failed Wasa — such as the absence of total authority of one particular body and lack of coordination with six other organisations — might also fail the two city corporations.

The idea of handing over the drainage management to city corporations came to light last month when the two mayors — Dhaka South’s Shekih Fazle Noor Taposh and Dhaka North’s Atiqul Islam — said theywished to take over the job.

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Cricket Sports

Anderson Enters History, Pakistan Saves The Test Sands

Pakistan Vs England Test Series
Pakistan Vs England Test Series

Pakistan Vs England Test Series
Third Test Played at Ageas Bowl Southampton from 21st to 25th August 2020 
Brief Scorecard at Stumps on Day Three 

England 1st Innings 583 /8 Declared in 154.4 Overs (Zack Crawley 267, Jos Buttler 152, CR Woakes 40, JR Root 29, Fawad Alam 2/46, Shahin Afridi 2/141, Yasir Shah 2/ 173, Asad Shafiq 1/24 ) , Pakistan 1st Innings 273 All Out  in 93 Overs ( Azhar Ali 143* ,  Mohammad Rizwan 53  , JM Anderson 5/ 56 , SCJ Broad 2/ 40 ) , Pakistan 2nd Innings 187/4 ( Babar Azam 63* , Abid Ali 42 , Azhar Ali 31 , J Anerson 2/45 ) 
 

Match Drawn
England Won the Series 1-0 
Man of the Match: Zack Crawley 
Man of the Series: Jos Butller and Mohammad Rizwan. 

Rain and inclement weather impacted England Pakistan enthralling test series just concluded. England sort of hijacking test win from the grasp of Pakistan in the first test at Manchester won the series 1-0. The rain impacted second test at Southampton ended in a tame draw. Pakistan following on in the third test with generous assistance of weather managed salvaging a draw. ……………….

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Business

US investors urged to set up Covid-19 vaccine plants in Bangladesh

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vaccine_reuters

Bangladesh has urged US investors to set up Covid-19 vaccine manufacturing plants in Bangladesh to ensure its availability at lower cost for people of the country.

An inter-session meeting of Bangladesh and USA in the Trade and Investment Cooperation Forum Agreement (TICFA) was held today where this demand was made. This is an inter-session meeting between the fifth and sixth rounds of TICFA meeting.

The fifth round was held in Dhaka in March this year.

“We need a lot of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) for our country’s development. US companies are the largest investors in Bangladesh mainly in power and energy sectors. …

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National

Padma Bridge construction to be completed by 2022: Finance Minister

Padma Bridge construction
Padma Bridge construction

Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal has said the construction works of Padma Bridge will be completed by 2020.

The construction work of Padma Bridge was scheduled to be completed by June next year but it has been delayed due to coronavirus pandemic and excessive floods, he said. 

AHM Mustafa Kamal disclosed this information after attending the 20th meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Public Procurement on Wednesday. 

Meanwhile, the meeting approved a total of six proposals, including one for extending the tenure of contract of Korea Expressway Corporation (KEC) & Associates, the Construction Supervision Consultant (CSC) for Padma Bridge.

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Education

Time hasn’t come yet to reopen educational institutions: Secretary

reopen educational institutions
reopen educational institutions

Cabinet Secretary Khandker Anwarul Islam on Monday said time has not come yet to reopen the educational institutions of the country.

“I don’t think time has come to reopen schools and colleges,” he said responding to a question while briefing reporters about the outcome of the weekly cabinet meeting held at the Bangladesh Secretariat.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina presided over the meeting.

About the postponed HSC examinations, he said the Ministry of Education is actively discussing the issues relating to the HSC and other examinations, and they will look into the matters.

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