BCB president Tamim Iqbal (Image credit: BCB) Bangladesh Cricket Board president Tamim Iqbal has expressed optimism about the white-ball series against India, while admitting that Bangladesh could have handled the controversy surrounding their withdrawal from the 2026 T20 World Cup more carefully.The India tour, featuring three ODIs and as many T20Is, was originally scheduled for…
Five new marine reserves now protect 308 square kilometres of Otago coastline (Image: Edward Carver/Mongabay) Along New Zealand’s Otago coast, a new approach to marine conservation is putting Indigenous knowledge and government authority side by side. On July 1, 2026, five new marine reserves came into force across 308 square kilometres of coastal waters, creating…
Bhalswa and Okhla are targeted for clearance by December, while Ghazipur has been given until December 2027 (Photo credit: Piyal Bhattacharjee) NEW DELHI: For years, Delhi’s three giant landfill sites at Bhalswa, Okhla and Ghazipur have been hard to miss — both physically and as a reminder of how badly the capital has struggled to…
Steve Smith, David Warner and Cameron Bancroft Eight years after the Sandpaper Gate scandal shook Australian cricket, former South Africa captain Faf du Plessis has offered a different perspective on one of the most controversial episodes in the sport.Cameron Bancroft was caught on camera using sandpaper to alter the ball during the 2018 Cape Town…
The service uses a proprietary technology stack and an SMS-based architecture (representative image) Fintech major PhonePe on Monday announced the launch of PhonePe UPI 123Pay, a service that allows feature phone users to make UPI transactions without requiring an internet connection.According to news agency PTI, the service makes PhonePe the first major third-party application provider…
US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent. The US Treasury Department has excluded journalists from several major news organisations, including The New York Times, Bloomberg News and The Wall Street Journal, from covering the G20 finance ministers’ meeting in Asheville, North Carolina.The meeting, hosted by Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, is being held amid heightened global market volatility…
Bonnie Pierce returned to a burning St. Paul home to rescue her 3-year-old daughter and shielded her with her body A 38-year-old Minnesota mother died after returning to a burning St. Paul home to rescue her 3-year-old daughter; firefighters later found her shielding the child with her own body. Bonnie Pierce was inside a duplex…
It has been reported that the Sunshine Coast Council used crumb rubber from end-of-life off-the-road (OTR) tyres in asphalt and road-sealing works along Railroad Parade in Glass House Mountains, Spalls Road in Diddillibah and Perlan Street in Nambour. Australia has been looking for better ways to deal with the growing mountain of tyres discarded after…
This satellite image shows Hurricane Karina strengthening off the southern tip of Baja California. (Photo: NOAA via AP) A tropical disturbance in the eastern Pacific now has a 90% chance of becoming a tropical depression within 48 hours, while weather models cited by Southern California meteorologists show it could strengthen into a hurricane later this…
Blast at cracker unit on Prayagraj-Kaushambi border kills 8, several injured PRAYAGRAJ: At least eight people were reportedly killed and several others sustained injuries in a massive explosion at a cracker manufacturing unit on the Prayagraj-Kaushambi border under the limits of Pipri police station on Monday.Rescue operations are underway, while senior police officials have rushed…