Fitch Ratings has downgraded Bangladesh’s Long-Term Foreign-Currency Issuer Default Rating on Monday to ‘B+’ from ‘BB-‘ owing to weakening of Bangladesh’s external buffers.

Former Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has admitted that Islamabad ‘violated’ an agreement with India in 1999.

In Bangladesh, at least 10 people died and over 30,000 homes were destroyed after cyclone Remal smashed into low-lying areas of Bangladesh on Sunday night.

In Cricket, Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) lifted their third trophy in the Indian Premier League (IPL) with a crushing eight-wicket win over Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) in a completely one-sided final yesterday.

Campaigning for the seventh and final phase of Lok Sabha Elections has reached the top gear as only three days are left for it to end.

In IPL Cricket, Sunrisers Hyderabad stormed into the final defeating Rajasthan Royals by 36 runs in the second Qualifier match at MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai last night.

In IPL Cricket, eliminator match between Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) and Rajasthan Royals (RR), resulted in the defeat of RCB.

Rajasthan Royals will take on Royal Challengers Bengaluru in the second eliminator this evening at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. 

Campaigning for the remaining two phases of Lok Sabha elections reached a feverish pitch. Top leaders of various political parties are holding rallies to woo the voters.

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi,  Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian and a group of officials accompanying them have died in a helicopter crash in northwestern Iran.