Bangladesh registered their second win at the ICC T20 World Cup with a 25-run win over The Netherlands at the Saint Vincent and the Grenadines on Thursday.
Shakib Al Hasan’s unbeaten fifty took the Bangla Tigers to a score of 159 runs for the loss of half their side in their stipulated 20 overs before they limited the Dutch to 134 for the loss of 8 wickets as Rishad Hossain scalped three wickets.
A win for Bangladesh also ended Sri Lanka's slim hopes of qualifying for the Super 8 round. Bangladesh further strengthened their second position with four points in three matches and Netherlands remained in the third position with two points in three games in Group D.
With two wins in three matches, Najmul Shanto's men now lead in the Super 8 race ahead of Netherlands and Nepal. Bangladesh's only defeat came against the Group leaders South Africa where they fell just four runs short while chasing a 114-run target.
Bangladesh were forced to bat first after losing the toss in the first game of this World Cup in Kingstown. Aryan Dutt gave the Dutch side a sensational start with two early big wickets of Najmul Shanto and Litton Das but Bangladesh dominated the middle overs through a brilliant partnership between Shakib and Tanzid.
The number of Buddhist monks who were killed following the accident at the Na Uyana Theravada Buddhist Monastery (Na Uyana Aranya Senansenaya) in Pansiyagama, Melsiripura, Kurunegala currently stands at nine , with four injured, Minister of Buddhasasana, Religious and Cultural Affairs Prof. Hiniduma Sunil Senevi told Parliament this morning. He revealed that two of the injured Buddhist monks are being treated at the Intensive Care Unit (ICU
Several shops were damaged in a major fire that broke out in a shop on the third floor of a building at First Cross Street in Pettah, Colombo, today evening.
President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, addressing the 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly, said that both inequality and poverty ought to be regarded as a worldwide catastrophe that requires urgent attention.
The opposition has renewed its demand for a long delayed forensic audit into the controversial e-visa deal, following the sentencing of former Controller General of Immigration, Harsha Ilukpitiya, for contempt of court.
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