Tamim Iqbal was admitted to hospital on Monday after suffering chest pains while competing in a match in Bangladesh. Former Bangladeshi cricket captain Tamim Iqbal has returned home from hospital, days after suffering a massive heart attack during a local match. The 36-year-old was released on Friday. He was leading Mohammedan Sporting Club in a … Read more
Dhaka University is full again, weeks after authorities shuttered the campus following deadly antigovernment demonstrations. Students have returned to classes at Bangladesh’s Dhaka University, after a weeks-long shutdown sparked by a student-led uprising that toppled former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. Tens of thousands had demonstrated on the campus and in the surrounding Shahbagh neighbourhood as … Read more
Hasan Bitmez dies at a hospital in Ankara two days after heart attack during anti-Israel speech. A Turkish opposition legislator who suffered a heart attack and collapsed in parliament during a speech railing against the government’s policy towards Israel has died. Health Minister Fahrettin Koca said on Thursday that Hasan Bitmez, a 54-year-old member of … Read more