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Ifti ton rescues Bangladesh Emerging against SA

Iftakhar Hossain Ifti scored a century to rescue the Bangladesh Emerging team from a precarious position against their South African counterparts on the opening day of the second and final four-day match at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium on Tuesday...

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How IMF underdevelops Africa

AT THE start of 2025, Sudan registered an alarming debt-to-GDP (Gross Domestic Product) ratio of 252 per cent. This means that the country’s total public debt is 2.5 times the size of its entire annual economic output. It is not hard to understand why Sudan is in such dire straits: as we outlined in last week’s newsletter, the country has been engulfed in a conflict for...

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AU for permanent ceasefire in Libya

The African Union called for a permanent ceasefire in Libya on Saturday after deadly clashes in the capital earlier this month and demonstrations demanding the prime minister’s resignation.

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Rain forces emerging teams match to end in draw

Rain had the final say as the first four-day match between the Bangladesh emerging men’s team and their South African counterparts ended in a draw at the Bir Shreshtha Flight Lieutenant Matiur Rahman Stadium in Chattogram on Friday. 

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Seven-star Rakibul gives emerging team edge

Rakibul Hasan claimed 7-64 to help the Bangladesh emerging men’s team take a 65-run lead in the first innings of their four-day match against their South African counterparts at the Bir Shrestha Flight Lieutenant Matiur Rahman Stadium in Chattogram on Thursday.

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Trump ambushes S. African president over genocide accusation

President Donald Trump ambushed South African counterpart Cyril Ramaphosa on Wednesday by playing him a video that he claimed proved genocide is being committed against white people, driving farmers to flee to the United States.

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SA steady after early setback

The South Africa emerging men’s team made a comeback after a poor start against hosts Bangladesh on the second day of their first four-day match at the Bir Shrestha Flight Lieutenant Matiur Rahman Stadium in Chattogram on Wednesday...

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Emerging women lose T20 series to SA

The Bangladesh emerging women’s cricket team suffered a crushing eight-wicket defeat to their South African counterparts in the third and final match, losing the T20 series 2-1 at the Cox’s Bazar Academy Ground on Sunday.

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SA crush women’s emerging team

Bangladesh emerging women’s team suffered a crushing 36-run defeat against their South African counterparts in the second of the three-match T20I series at the Sheikh Kamal International Cricket Stadium, Cox’s Bazar, on Friday.

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Rakibul’s heroics guide emerging to series win 

Rakibul Hasan’s heroics led Bangladesh men’s emerging team to clinch the three-match one-day series as they beat their South African counterparts by 34 runs in the third and series-deciding game at the Shahid Kamruzzaman Stadium in Rajshahi on Friday. 

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Akbar heroics go in vain

Captain Akbar Ali’s 131 off 110 balls went in vain as South Africa Emerging team levelled the three-match one-day series with a thrilling 10-run victory over their Bangladeshi counterparts in the second match at the Shahid Kamruzzaman Stadium in Rajshahi on Wednesday...

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Shorna guides Emerging team to win

Shorna Akter smashed a 32-ball fifty to secure a five-wicket win for the Bangladesh Emerging Women’s team against their South African counterparts in the first T20 at the Cox’s Bazar Academy Ground in Cox’s Bazar on Wednesday...

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Emerging team prevails over SA

The Bangladesh emerging men’s team secured a thrilling three-wicket win against their South African counterparts in the first of the three-match one-day series at the Shaheed Kamruzzaman Stadium, Rajshahi, on Monday.

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Emerging women begin series with defeat

Bangladesh emerging women’s cricket team began their three-match one-day series against their South African counterparts with a five-wicket defeat at the Bir Shrestha Flight Lieutenant Matiur Rahman Stadium in Chattogram on Tuesday.

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AU warns of huge risk of partition in Sudan

The African Union on Wednesday said the announcement of a parallel government in war-torn Sudan risked cleaving the country, already ravaged by nearly two years of unrest...

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New Zealand raring to go for semi after 'tough travel'

Skipper Mitchell Santner said New Zealand have endured some ‘tough travel’ but insisted they are raring to go for their Champions Trophy semi-final against South Africa on Wednesday in Lahore.