Deadly ferry fire could have been started deliberately

Deadly ferry fire could have been started deliberately

The massive fire engulfed the crowded river ferry in Bangladesh,leaving at least 39 people dead and 70 injured,officials said.

  • byAbdur Rahman Jahangir

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No refuge from hit list:They warned they were marked,and were killed

No refuge from hit list:They warned they were marked,and were killed

Among the warrens of tents clinging to Bangladesh’s denuded hills,militants search for recruits,drug traffickers roam,kidnappers prey on women and children.

  • byHannah Beech
Extremist sought global headlines in jailhouse terror attack,court told

Extremist sought global headlines in jailhouse terror attack,court told

After attacking a fellow inmate with garden shears at a Melbourne prison,Islamic State ‘soldier’ Momena Shoma could have her 42-year jail term extended.

  • byAdam Cooper
Rohingya leader who tallied atrocities shot dead in refugee camp

Rohingya leader who tallied atrocities shot dead in refugee camp

Mohib Ullah’s high profile made him a target of hardliners. “If I die,I’m fine. I will give my life,” he said in 2019.

  • byRuma Paul andPoppy McPherson
Researchers say study ‘ends debate’ on masks,shows they limit COVID spread

Researchers say study ‘ends debate’ on masks,shows they limit COVID spread

“Anti-mask people keep saying,‘Where’s the randomised controlled trial?’ Well,here you go,” said one researcher not involved in the study.

  • byAdam Taylor andBen Guarino
Another T20 series loss highlights deeper batting malaise:Taylor

Another T20 series loss highlights deeper batting malaise:Taylor

Mark Taylor fears Australia’s continuing failure at T20 cricket is symptomatic of a worrying lack of batting depth.

  • byMalcolm Conn
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Ellis hat-trick soured by fifth T20 series defeat in a row

Ellis hat-trick soured by fifth T20 series defeat in a row

Whatever the excuses about absent players or foreign conditions,this has been a grim few weeks for Australia’s short form setup.

  • byDaniel Brettig
Australians failing test of ‘cricket intelligence’
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Australians failing test of ‘cricket intelligence’

Comfortably beaten by Bangladesh,the tourists fell 0-2 behind in a Twenty20 series that is not even being broadcast into Australia.

  • byDaniel Brettig
Tour blackout:Australia thrashed by Bangladesh in match not broadcast on TV
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Tour blackout:Australia thrashed by Bangladesh in match not broadcast on TV

Australian cricket followers will be able to watch England’s Test series against India on TV and hear it on radio even as the men’s national team remains subject to the first tour blackout in almost 30 years.

  • byDaniel Brettig andMalcolm Conn
No new positive cases in West Indies,relief after ODI series cleared to finish

No new positive cases in West Indies,relief after ODI series cleared to finish

It was possible that both the West Indies series and the subsequent tour of Bangladesh may have been called off due to isolation requirements for either positive cases or close contacts.

  • byDaniel Brettig
Scores dead in Bangladesh factory fire as workers were locked inside

Scores dead in Bangladesh factory fire as workers were locked inside

A fire engulfed a food and beverage factory outside Bangladesh’s capital,killing at least 52 people,many of whom were trapped inside by an illegally locked door,fire officials said.

  • byJulhas Alam