Kusal Mendis scored an unbeaten half-century to steady the Sri Lankan innings after Bangladesh struck early blows on the opening day of the first Test in Galle on Tuesday. Mendis was batting on 80 as...
Suspected Islamist militants hurled bombs at a prison van in a daring attempt to free Bangladesh's most-wanted militant leader from death row, police said Tuesday. Police arrested a 24-year-old man...
After an 11-month journey across desert and sea, Mohamed finally hears his mother's voice once more thanks to a Red Cross camper that travels across Italy to help migrants call home. From the border...
Skipper Mushfiqur Rahim urged Bangladesh's batsmen to fill their boots again when they begin their Test series against Sri Lanka Tuesday on a ground where they made history last time round....
South Africa are backing their pace attack to snap New Zealand's unbeaten run at Dunedin's University Oval when the first Test starts on Wednesday. After surveying a typically green New Zealand...
Pakistan on Monday hailed the successful staging of the Pakistan Super League final as a step towards restoring international cricket in the country after a deadly attack on the Sri Lankan team in...
Bangladesh will be hoping to improve their woeful away record with a win against an under-strength Sri Lankan side when a two-Test series against the hosts gets underway in Galle on Tuesday. The Test...
Bangladesh on Sunday outlawed a group which claims links to Al-Qaeda and is blamed for the machete murders of nearly a dozen atheist bloggers, foreigners and gay rights activists. "The government...
Quetta and Peshawar will have a host of foreign players available for Sunday's Pakistan Super League final in violence-hit Lahore despite security fears having already scared off a host of...
Dinesh Chandimal scored an entertaining 190 for a Sri Lankan Board President's XI Friday as Bangladesh's bowlers took a battering in a warm-up match ahead of next week's first Test. The unbeaten...
Bangladesh police said Friday they had arrested the "spiritual leader" of a banned Islamist outfit alleged to have carried out a series of deadly attacks in the country. Police detained Maolana Abul...
Qatar's population has swollen by almost 40 percent since the emirate was chosen to the host the 2022 World Cup, official government figures have revealed. The country's population stands at a record...
A close aide to Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi on Wednesday dismissed mounting international pressure over alleged abuses of Rohingya Muslims as "biased and unfair", despite UN evidence of murder, rape...
Sri Lanka on Wednesday named two uncapped players in a 15-member squad led by spinner Rangana Herath for the two-Test home series against Bangladesh starting next week. All-rounder Malinda...
Rights groups on Tuesday criticised a controversial new child marriage law in Bangladesh which allows children as young as 14 to be married off by their parents. Parliament passed the Child Marriage...
Bangladesh authorities have began a census of Rohingya refugees living in the country's southeast as part of a controversial move to relocate them to an uninhabited island, officials said Tuesday....
Five Islamist extremists who murdered a Japanese farmer in a drive-by shooting in 2015 were sentenced to death by a Bangladeshi court on Tuesday. The order for the five members of the Jamayetul...
Sri Lanka on Monday named Rangana Herath as skipper to replace Angelo Mathews who was dropped from next week's two-Test home series against Bangladesh. Sri Lanka Cricket said the 38-year-old left-arm...
Rohingya refugees who fled violence in Myanmar have told how government forces gang-raped women, slit people's throats and threw children into burning houses, a UN envoy has said after a mission to...
Sri Lanka skipper Angelo Mathews was Saturday ruled out of next month's two-Test home series against Bangladesh as selectors prepared to field a "formidable team". The 29-year-old all rounder,...
