Bangladeshi left-arm pacer Mustafizur Rahman has earned a spot in Wisden's Men's T20 Team of the Year for 2025. In 2025, Mustafizur claimed 59 wickets in 43 innings with an impressive economy rate of 6.78 and a strike rate of 15.9. In terms of strike rate, only Caribbean all-rounder Jason Holder (15.4) performed better than Mustafizur among comparable bowlers. Joining Mustafizur in the pace attack is New Zealand’s Jacob Duffy, while Jason Holder and England’s Sam Curran occupy the all-rounder slots. He is partnered by England’s Phil Salt, who scored 1,575 runs at a strike rate of 153.35.

At the same time, students left the protest site after announcing fresh programmes from 10am on Tuesday, university sources said. Voting in the Shahjalal University of Science and Technology Central Students’ Union (Sucsu) election was scheduled for Tuesday, marking the first election in 28 years. Amid the unrest, the VC and pro-VC held a meeting with Sucsu election candidates at around 7:15pm. A university syndicate meeting was later held to address the situation. “If the verdict comes on Tuesday, the Sucsu election will be held the next day, God willing.

ADAMUZ, Spain, Jan 20, 2026 (BSS/AFP) - The death toll from a high-speed train collision in southern Spain rose to 40 on Monday as the government vowed a full investigation into its causes. The crash late on Sunday is Spain's deadliest train accident since 2013, when 80 people died after a train veered off a curved section of track outside the northwestern city of Santiago de Compostela. The latest happened when a train operated by rail company Iryo travelling from Malaga to Madrid derailed near Adamuz in Andalusia. It crossed onto the other track, where it crashed into an oncoming train, which also derailed. Renfe, the operator of the second train travelling to the southern city of Huelva, said it was carrying 184 passengers.

MELBOURNE, Jan 20, 2026 (BSS/AFP) - Results on day three of the Australian Open at Melbourne Park on Tuesday (x denotes seeding):Men's singles1st roundLorenzo Musetti (ITA x5) bt Raphael Collignon (BEL) 4-6, 7-6 (7/3), 7-5, 3-2 retLorenzo Sonego (ITA) bt Carlos Taberner (ESP) 6-4, 6-0, 6-3Ethan Quinn (USA) bt Tallon Griekspoor (NED x23) 6-2, 6-3, 6-2Luciano Darderi (ITA x22) bt Christian Garín (CHI) 7-6 (7/5), 7-5, 7-6 (7/3)Women's singles1st roundJanice Tjen (INA) bt Leylah Fernandez (CAN x22) 6-2, 7-6 (7/1)Karolina Pliskova (CZE) bt Sloane Stephens (USA) 7-6 (9/7), 6-2Ashlyn Krueger (USA) bt Sara Bejlek (CZE) 6-3, 6-3Madison Keys (USA x9) bt Oleksandra Oliynykova (UKR) 7-6 (8/6), 6-1Taylah Preston (AUS) bt Zhang Shuai (CHN) 6-3, 2-6, 6-3Wang Xinyu (CHN) bt Anhelina Kalinina (UKR) 6-3, 6-3Katerina Siniakova (CZE) bt Panna Udvardy (HUN) 6-1, 6-2Varvara Gracheva (FRA) bt Viktorija Golubic (SUI) 6-1, 2-6, 6-1Linda Fruhvirtova (CZE) bt Lulu Sun (NZL) 6-3, 7-5Tereza Valentova (CZE) bt Maya Joint (AUS x30) 6-4, 6-4

DHAKA, Jan 20, 2026 (BSS)-The Bangladesh men's team will take on Sri Lanka in their fourth match of the SAFF Futsal Championship 2026 scheduled to be held at the Nonthaburi Stadium in Nonthaburi, Thailand today (Tuesday). Bangladesh currently stand fourth in the table with four points from three matches while Sri Lanka stand at sixth position with one point playing the same number of matches. Bangladesh team, which played a fighting 4-4 draw with India in their tournament opening match, failed to keep the tempo after suffering a 6-1 goal defeat to Maldives in their second match. Sri Lanka earlier played out to a 3-3 draw with Bhutan in their opening match but they lost to Nepal 2-1 and Pakistan 5-2 in their second and third matches respectively. After Sri Lanka, Bangladesh will play their remaining matches against Pakistan (January 22) and Nepal (January 24) at the same venue.

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PARIS, France, Jan 20, 2026 (BSS/AFP) - Men's Fashion Week kicks off in Paris on Tuesday and will feature six days of trend-setting catwalk shows, a farewell at Hermes and tributes to late Italian fashion icon Valentino. French designer Veronique Nichanian will meanwhile present her last collection for Hermes on Saturday after 37 years at the helm. Her successor, London designer Grace Wales Bonner, who is of English and Jamaican heritage, represents a generational and stylistic shift for the classic family-run French house. "There's a lot of anticipation," Alice Feillard, men's buying director at Paris department store Galeries Lafayette, told AFP. Elsewhere over the week, Japanese brands from Yohji Yamamoto and Issey Miyake to Mihara Yasuhiro will be out in force.

LOS ANGELES, United States, Jan 20, 2026 (BSS/AFP) - Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 30 points as the Oklahoma City Thunder returned to winning ways with a 136-104 pummeling of the Cleveland Cavaliers on Monday. Apart from a brief spell at the start of the first quarter, Oklahoma City led throughout, building up a double-digit lead before accelerating away with a 45-point fourth quarter. Donovan Mitchell led Cleveland with 19 points while four Cavs players - Evan Mobley, Jarrett Allen, Jaylon Tyson and De'Andre Hunter - all finished with 16 points apiece. French star Victor Wembanyama anchored the Spurs victory with 33 points - including seven three-pointers - on a night when San Antonio's all-round offensive potency was highlighted by seven players finishing in double figures. Nickeil Alexander-Walker led Atlanta's scoring with 32 points off the bench including seven three-pointers, with Jalen Johnson finishing with 28 points for the home side.

HONG KONG, Jan 20, 2026 (BSS/AFP) - Asian markets extended losses Tuesday and silver hit a fresh peak on fears of a US-EU trade war fuelled by Donald Trump's tariff threat over opposition to his grab for Greenland. Silver hit another record high, touching $94.73 in Asian trade, while gold held just shy of its own peak hit Monday. Meanwhile, Treasury yields rose amid a move out of US assets fuelled by the uncertainty sparked by Trump's latest volley. The announcement fuelled fresh worries the government will borrow more cash at a time when questions are already be asked about the country's finances. "A NATO fracture, even a rhetorical one, is not something markets are trained to shrug off."

HANOI, Vietnam, Jan 20, 2026 (BSS/AFP) - Vietnam's top leader promised to fight corruption Tuesday in an address to a twice-a-decade congress of the Communist Party where he is seeking expanded powers similar to China's political structure. The party is "determined to fight corruption... considering the private sector is an important pillar of the economy", he said. Experts say if Lam secures both roles it will signal the supremacy of his security-dominated faction. One source briefed on party deliberations told AFP that Lam's bid for expanded powers had been provisionally approved. But unlike in present-day China or North Korea, political power in Vietnam has not been concentrated in one paramount leader.

MELBOURNE, Jan 20, 2026 (BSS/AFP) - A jittery Madison Keys got the defence of her Australian Open crown off to a stuttering start Tuesday, losing the first four games before rallying to stay in the title hunt. She started her season with quarter-final exits at Brisbane and Adelaide, admitting before the Grand Slam to being nervous as defending champion. "I've been thinking about this moment for basically a year," said Keys of walking out on centre court again. Showing no nerves, she stunned the American by breaking again and raced 4-0 clear before Keys finally woke up and battled back. The gritty comeback was the catalyst for a far more convincing second set, breaking straight away and racing into a 4-0 lead before sealing the match with ease after 1hr 40mins.

DHAKA, Jan 19, 2026 (BSS) - Inflow of remittances witnessed a year-on-year growth of 69 percent reaching US$2,040 million in the first 18 days of January, according to the latest data of Bangladesh Bank (BB) issued today. Last year, during the same period, the country's remittance inflow was $1,207million. During the July to January 18, 2026 of the current fiscal year, expatriates sent remittances of $18,305 million, which was $14,983 million during the same period of the previous fiscal year.

ADAMUZ, Spain, Jan 20, 2026 (BSS/AFP) - Spain begins three days of national mourning on Tuesday for the 40 people killed in a high-speed train crash that the prime minister has vowed to investigate. The crash late on Sunday is Spain's deadliest train accident since 2013, when 80 people died after a train veered off a curved section of track outside the northwestern city of Santiago de Compostela. It crossed onto the other track, where it crashed into an oncoming train, which also derailed. Renfe, the operator of the second train travelling to the southern city of Huelva, said it was carrying 184 passengers. Survivor Lucas Meriako, who was travelling on the first train that derailed, told La Sexta television that it looked "like a horror movie".

× Expand Image courtesy of The Library TheatreThe Acting Company’s National Tour will present Great Expectations at the Hoover Library Theatre on Tuesday and Wednesday, Jan. 27-28, from 7 to 9:30 p.m. as part of The Library Theatre’s 2025-2026 season. Adapted from Charles Dickens’ novel by Nikki Massoud and directed by Devin Brain, the production follows the journey of Pip, a working-class orphan whose life is transformed by unexpected fortune and opportunity. The adaptation blends humor, drama and romance while exploring themes of reinvention, ambition and identity. Audiences can expect a fast-paced and engaging performance featuring memorable characters, from escaped prisoners and eccentric elites to a sharp-witted young heiress. Performances will be held on the Theatre Level at Hoover Public Library.

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