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World Cup matches in the two megacities. “BCCI is sensitive to environmental concerns. I took up the matter formally with the ICC and there won’t be any fireworks display in Mumbai, which can add to the pollution level," said BCCI secretary Jay Shah in a statement on Wednesday.

Bangladesh has nearly 3,500 factories with some four million workers employed, mostly women, according to the Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association, or BGMEA data. They get 8,300 takas or USD 75 as their monthly minimum wage but often need to work overtime to make ends meet, labor unions and workers said as quoted by The Associated Press. Thousands of garment factory workers took to the streets of Bangladesh's capital Dhaka and the industrial district of Gazipur on Tuesday to demand better wages.

Pakistan-Bangladesh World Cup cricket match held at the Eden Gardens on Tuesday. "After preliminary questioning, all the four have left Maidan PS. They are residents of Bally, Ekbalpore and Karaya PS areas," a senior police officer said.

New Zealand will take on South Africa on November 1 in the 32nd ODI World Cup 2023 match at MCA Stadium, Pune. New Zealand vs South Africa Pune ODI is a day-night match and will start at 2 p.m. It would be the 7th match of both the teams in the ICC ODI World Cup 2023.

Narendra Modi and his Bangladeshi counterpart Sheikh Hasina will Wednesday jointly inaugurate three development projects in Bangladesh with Indian assistance to boost connectivity and energy security in the region. The projects to be inaugurated around 11 a.m. during a virtual ceremony on November 1 are: Akhaura-Agartala cross-border rail link, the Khulna-Mongla port rail line, and unit II of the Maitree super thermal power plant, an official statement said.

World Cup was played between Pakistan and Bangladesh in Kolkata, Pakistan's Mohammad Rizwan entered the list of top five batsmen scoring the most runs in the ongoing World Cup in India. Mohammad Rizwan scored 26 runs from 21 deliveries and remained not out while chasing the target of 204 runs set by Bangladesh. Mohammad Rizwan entered the top five position ahead of Aiden Markram of South Africa and Virat Kohli of India.

Mahendra Singh Dhoni talked about an incident in which he outfoxed the Bangladeshi players during a cricket match in a rather unusual way. MS Dhoni during an event said that Team India was in Bangladesh and as he was batting, the wicketkeeper of Bangladesh was communicating in Bengali with the bowlers. At that point in time the Bangladeshi keeper did not know that Dhoni could understand the Bengali language.

Bangladesh, Sheikh Hasina will jointly inaugurate three Indian-assisted development projects on November 1, 2023, at around 11 am via video conferencing, an official statement from Prime Minister's Office (PMO) said. The three projects are the Akhaura-Agartala Cross-Border Rail Link; Khulna-Mongla Port Rail Line; and Unit — II of the Maitree Super Thermal Power Plant. The Akhaura-Agartala Cross-Border Rail Link project has been executed under the Government of India grant assistance of INR 392.52 crore extended to Bangladesh. The length of the rail link is 12.24 km with a 6.78 km Dual Gauge rail line in Bangladesh and 5.46 km in Tripura, the PMO's statement added. The Khulna-Mongla Port Rail Line Project has been implemented under the Government of India's concessional Line of Credit with a total project cost of USD 388.92 million.

ALSO READ: World Cup 2023 top run-scorers: Rohit Sharma enters top 5, South Africa's de Kock on top; check others on list Looking at the points tally, India currently have 12 points and can be joined by South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, and Afghanistan in the next scheduled matches. Tough, it will be tough for Pakistan or Bangladesh to outscore India in points. Even if India fails to win the remaining three matches – with South Africa, Sri Lanka, and Netherlands, they will remain on 12 points.

World Cups; it’s 1 win each for the rivals. In 2019, Shaheen Afridi took 6 wickets for 35 to destroy the Bangladeshi batting line-up. Pakistan won that match by 94 runs.

Nitin Gadkari on Monday said a cross-border road under the ambitious Kaladan Multi-Modal Transit Transport Project (KMTTP) to link south Mizoram's Lawngtlai district with Myanmar's Sittwe port will be completed by November this year. Addressing a rally at West Phaileng in Dampa assembly constituency in west Mizoram's Mamit district bordering Bangladesh, Gadkari said the 26-km road project costs Rs 1,132 crore. «The road under the Kaladan project will be completed by November and it will be helpful to connect Myanmar's Sittwe port,» he said.

Narendra Modi and his Bangladesh counterpart Sheikh Hasina are likely to jointly inaugurate two railway projects and a mega power plant on November 1. A government official said that Modi and Hasina would likely jointly virtually inaugurate the 1320 MW generation capacity Maitree Super Thermal Power project at Rampal in Bangladesh’s Khulna division, 15.064 km long Akhaura (Bangladesh)-Agartala (Tripura,India) rail link project, 86.87 km long Khulna-Mongla port rail line project. Akhaura-Agartala new railway line (5.05 km in India and 10.014 km in Bangladesh) would link Bangladesh’s railway station Akhaura through an international immigration station at Nischintapur in western Tripura. The Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) is the nodal agency of the Rs 1,000 crore Agartala-Akhaura railway project, which was finalised in January 2010 when Bangladesh Prime Minister met then Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh during her visit to New Delhi. The Agartala-Akhaura railway project, which is a dual gauge station for both passenger and goods interchange between India and Bangladesh would enable people of the northeastern states, especially Tripura, and southern part of Assam and Mizoram, can go to Kolkata by rail saving 22 hours of travel time. The 1320 MW generation capacity Maitree Super Thermal Power project at Rampal, with two units of 560 MW each, was constructed under the concessional financing scheme of India.

World Cup 2023 match at Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Pune. Afghanistan vs Sri Lanka Pune ODI is a day-night match and will start at 2 PM. It would be the sixth match of both teams in the ICC ODI World Cup 2023.

general elections next year. The Bangladesh Nationalist Party has denounced Fakhrul Islam Alamgir’s detention and announced a three-day blockade of mainly roads and public transportation across the country starting on Tuesday.

"Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has been picked up by officers of the law enforcing agency," the Bangladesh Nationalist Party said in a statement. «He has been detained by police officers,» Shamaruh Mirza, Alamgir's daughter who lives in Australia, told AFP. Dhaka Metropolitan Police spokesman Faruk Hossain said he was not aware of his arrest. Alamgir, 75, the BNP's secretary-general, has been leading the party since BNP chairwoman and two times former premier Khaleda Zia was arrested and jailed, and her son went into exile in Britain. Zia has been living under effective house arrest since her release from a 17-year prison sentence in 2020. The protests on Saturday by the BNP and the largest Islamist party, Jamaat-e-Islami, were the biggest so far this year, AFP journalists on site said, and marked a new phase in their protests with a general election due before the end of January. More than 100,000 supporters of two major Bangladesh opposition parties rallied to demand Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina step down to allow a free and fair vote under a neutral government. Hasina — daughter of the country's founding leader — has been in power for 15 years and has overseen rapid economic growth with Bangladesh overtaking neighbouring India in GDP per capita, but inflation has risen and her government is accused of corruption and human rights abuses. Both BNP and Jamaat-e-Islami called for a nationwide strike on Sunday to protest the violence. Security on Sunday was tight in the capital with thousands of police and paramilitary Border Guard Bangladesh patrolling the streets.

Sheikh Hasina and calling for a free and fair vote under a caretaker government. Police fired tear gas and rubber bullets as clashes erupted when tens of thousands of supporters of the opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) gathered in the capital Dhaka, chanting slogans against the government. Dozens of vehicles, including police vans and ambulances, were set on fire, police and media said.

World Cup clash against Bangladesh. Pandya's unavailability meant that the Indian team management had to make changes to the team combination, with all-rounder Shardul Thakur sitting out against the Black Caps in favour of pacer Mohammed Shami, while Surya Kumar Yadav took Hardik's place in the top 6. Ahead of the high-intensity clash with reigning champions England on Sunday, the question on everyone's lips is whether Hardik will be fit enough to make India's playing XI.

World Cup 2023. These two teams are at the polar ends in terms of performance. The Men in Blue are yet to lose a match.

general elections next year. The protesters demanded that a free and fair vote under a neutral government should be allowed. At least two people died and scores were injured as clashes broke out between security forces and Opposition members in at least 10 spots in Dhaka.

World Cup match against South Africa at Chennai on Friday. "Pakistan have been fined 20 per cent of their match fee for maintaining a slow over-rate against South Africa in a league match of the ICC Men's Cricket World Cup 2023 on Friday," said a statement from ICC. The ICC Code of Conduct states that players will be fined five percent of their match fee for every over that is failed to be bowled in the allotted time.

Bangladesh and Netherlands world cup squads: Bangladesh: Shakib Al Hasan (c), Litton Das (w/k), Tanzid Hasan Tamim, Najmul Hossain Shanto (vc), Tawhid Hridoy, Mushfiqur Rahim (wk), Mahmudullah Riyad, Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Nasum Ahmed, Mahedi Hasan, Taskin Ahmed, Mustafizur Rahman, Hasan Mahmud, Shoriful Islam, Tanzim Hasan Sakib.Netherlands: Scott Edwards (c/w), Colin Ackermann, Wesley Barresi (wk), Bas de Leede, Aryan Dutt, Sybrand Engelbrecht, Ryan Klein, Teja Nidamanuru, Max O'Dowd, Saqib Zulfiqar, Shariz Ahmad, Logan van Beek, Roelof van der Merwe, Paul van Meekeren and Vikramjit Singh.When and where to watch the Bangladesh vs Netherlands match?The Netherlands vs Bangladesh match will air live on Indian television via Star Sports channels. Indian viewers can also enjoy free live streaming of these matches on the Disney+Hotstar app and website.