Shakib strikes after Mashrafe

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Samakal Correspondent

Bangladesh captain Mashrafe Mortaza sent back Mohammad Shahzad (31 off 21) while all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan took Shabir Noori (9 off 24) at Mirpur.

Visiting Afghanistan scored 69 runs losing 2 wickets after 15 overs in the first ODI against host Bangladesh at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in the capital.

Earlier Tamim Iqbal and Imrul Kayes have given Bangladesh a solid start in the first ODI against Afghanistan at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in the capital today.

Bangladesh scored 265 runs losing all wickets against Afghanistan in 50 overs.
To win the innings Afghanistan have to score 266 runs against Bangladesh in the night.

Mahmudullah chipped in with a fine 74-ball 62 while Shakib al Hasan scored 48 runs off 40 balls.
Opening batsman Tamim Iqbal top-scored with 80 runs off 98 balls hitting nine fours with bat.

Soumya was caught by Shabir Noori off a Dawlat Zadran bowling while Imrul scored 37 from 53 balls and struck six fours in his knock.
Earlier winning the toss, the Bangladesh captain Mashrafe Mortaza decided to bat first against the visiting team.

Bangladesh: 1 Tamim Iqbal, 2 Soumya Sarkar, 3 Imrul Kayes, 4 Mahmudullah, 5 Mushfiqur Rahim (wk), 6 Shakib Al Hasan, 7 Sabbir Rahman, 8 Mashrafe Mortaza (capt), 9 Taijul Islam, 10 Rubel Hossain, 11 Taskin Ahmed.
Afghanistan: 1 Mohammad Shahzad (wk), 2 Shabir Noor, 3 Rahmat Shah, 4 Hashmatullah Shahidi, 5 Asghar Stanikzai (capt), 6 Mohammad Nabi, 7 Najibullah Zadran, 8 Rashid Khan, 9 Mirwais Ashraf, 10 Dawlat Zadran, 11 Naveen-ul-Haq.

There is way to bring back Noor Chy: Law minister

Law Minister Anisul Huq says there is a way to bring Bangabandhu's self-confessed killer Noor Chowdhury back to the country and therefore Bangladesh government is holding talks with its Canadian counterpart. Star file photo

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Law Minister Anisul Huq today said there is a way to bring Bangabandhu's self-confessed killer Noor Chowdhury back to the country and therefore Bangladesh government is holding talks with its Canadian counterpart.
But the “way” cannot be disclosed at this moment, the law minister said.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, who talked to the Canadian government on Chowdhury’s deportation during her visit there, will disclose details about the way once she returns home.
The law minister was talking to reporters after attending the inauguration of a training course for joint district judges as chief guest at the Judicial Administration Training Institute in Dhaka.

Noor Chowdhury, a death sentence convict in the Bangabandhu murder case, is now hiding in Canada. Photo: Collected

Replying to a question, Anisul Huq told reporters that there was a law in Canada which does not permit the government to send a death row convict back to a country where there is a provision of death sentence.
Earlier in the programme, the minister urged the lower court judges to discharge their judicial function with sincerity and honesty to establish rule of law and justice.
Yesterday, Anisul Huq said the recent media report about the expulsion of Chowdhury from Canada was false.

Recently a report appeared in media that Canada has cancelled an asylum plea of Chowdhury and ordered his deportation. The reporters enquired the minister about steps taken by the Bangladesh government to bring back the killer.
Among the killers of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and most of his family members, five were hanged on January 28, 2010.
Another six death-row convicts -- Abdur Rashid, Shariful Haque Dalim, Noor Chowdhury, Moslemuddin, Rashed Chowdhury and Abdul Mazed -- are now hiding abroad. Their cohort Abdul Aziz Pasha died in Zimbabwe in 2001.

British Council to resume Bangladesh offices tomorrow

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The British Council today announced to resume its offices in Bangladesh from tomorrow around two months after its closure.
After the temporary closure to carry out necessary renovation works, The British Council is now ready to welcome everyone back to their premises in Chittagong, Sylhet and Dhaka, according to a press release issued today.
The international organisation for educational opportunities and cultural relations temporarily closed its offices here on July 27 in order to review their security procedures.