The court basically told those nine cricketers to pound sand when they tried getting back on the BPL auction list through legal petitions. Bangladesh's High Court tossed out all three cases after hearing arguments from both sides, and the cricket board's lawyer confirmed the whole thing got shut down.
Barrister Mahin M. Rahman repped the BCB during the proceedings, while the players had Barrister Ruhul Quddus Kazal fighting for them. Justice Sikder Mahmudur Razi and Justice Raziuddin Ahmed made the call, which means the league's 12th season auction is moving forward without those national team guys on the available players roster.
Kenya just kicked off a massive road project bankrolled by Chinese companies for about $1.5 billion. President William Ruto was pretty hype about it because the country gets over 170 kilometers of new roads without adding more debt or cranking up taxes. China Road and Bridge Corporation is handling the bigger chunk, while Shandong Hi-Speed is doing the rest.
The whole thing runs on a public-private partnership setup where the Chinese contractors collect tolls for 30 years to get their money back. Kenya already owes China close to $5 billion, and Beijing just agreed to restructure a big portion of that debt. The new highways should help unclog the Northern Corridor route that moves 40 percent of port traffic through Mombasa.
Some Hindu groups are throwing together a prayer thing at the Dhakeshwari Temple for Khaleda Zia, the former PM who's been having health problems. The Bangladesh Puja Udjapon Parishad and another religious committee are running the event, and they put out a statement saying they're worried about how she's doing.
The heads of both organizations asked the government to make sure Zia gets top-tier medical treatment. Sachindranath Baroi from the Parishad signed off on the announcement, and leaders like Basudev Dhar and Santosh Sharma backed it up.
A blaze started up in the newly built Cabinet Building over at the Secretariat in Dhaka when an exhaust fan outside had some kind of electrical issue. The problem happened on the ninth story of the 20-story structure, and flames spread down to the level below it.
Fire crews sent three units over there, but they didn't really have to do much because people just grabbed some extinguishers and handled it themselves. Everyone who was working in that part of the building got out super fast after the alarm went off, and nobody got hurt or anything.
Three people got killed and another person caught serious injuries after rival groups went at each other over a land beef in Kurigram's Nageshwari upazila. The whole thing popped off in Hailatari village when tensions over property ownership finally blew up into deadly violence.
Police confirmed the deaths and said cops are tracking down whoever was behind the attack, while extra forces got sent to keep things from getting worse. The survivor is getting emergency treatment, and authorities are still piecing together what went down during the confrontation.
Bangladesh brought back Shamim Hossain to their T20 squad for the series decider against Ireland after the teams split the first two games. The 25-year-old left-handed batter has played 46 matches for the national side, and he's supposed to add some firepower to the middle batting order as they try closing out the series.
The finale goes down at Bir Shrestha Shaheed Flight Lieutenant Motiur Rahman Stadium in Chattogram with Bangladesh looking to capitalize on their momentum from winning the second match. Litton Das leads the squad while Saif Hassan handles vice-captain duties for the finale.
Two dudes got executed outside the Khulna court after showing up for their arms case hearing, and attackers rolled up with guns plus bladed weapons before bouncing from the scene. Fazle Rabbi Rajon and Hasib walked out of the Metropolitan Court building when the crew jumped them, leaving one dead right there, while the other guy made it to the hospital before dying from his injuries.
Police confirmed both deaths through the station chief and emergency medical staff at Khulna Medical College Hospital. Witnesses said the shooters came after the accused pair once they left the court grounds, then they lit them up and slashed them before taking off.
Britain's Home Office dropped around 15.8 million pounds yearly on taxi rides for asylum seekers before deciding to kill the program starting in February. People waiting on immigration decisions will need to catch buses instead, even when medical stuff gets urgent, and the government turned down requests for free transit passes despite campaigners pushing for years.
Contractors were apparently charging wild amounts like 600 quid for one dude's 250-mile trip to see a doctor, and another company billed roughly a thousand daily just shuttling people two miles between hotels and clinics. Officials claim taxis will only happen for extreme cases like disabilities or pregnancy complications, but advocacy groups worry the bar gets set...
Tarique Rahman stays outside Bangladesh while his mom, Begum Khaleda Zia, battles serious health problems, and people keep asking why the BNP acting chairman hasn't returned to Dhaka yet. The guy says he needs to stick around London because doctors might call for her emergency transport through air ambulance at any second, and his wife, Dr Zubaida Rahman, already set up treatment plans with specialists.
Security concerns also keep him away after he caught brutal torture under the Fakhruddin-Moinuddin military government, and threats apparently still exist from the same groups that went after him before. Rahman keeps leading political reforms from abroad while waiting for the right moment to head back, and his priority stays locked on...
