TOP-RANKED chess grandmaster Ziaur Rahman died on Friday at the age of 50 after suffering a stroke and collapsing on his board in the middle of a national championship match, an official said.

It’s a huge loss for the chess fraternity.” Ziaur was Bangladesh’s second Grandmaster, after Niaz Murshid, and became the country’s highest-rated player with a peak Elo of 2570 in 2005.

It has also revoked the decision to cancel the Independence Award previously given to former President Ziaur Rahman. The Cabinet Division announced this in a notification on Tuesday. According to the ...

BNP acting chairman Tarique Rahman today said Shaheed President Ziaur Rahman declared the independence of Bangladesh and his historic declaration provided a directionless nation with the courage to ...

Police yesterday arrested Ziaur Rahman, 35, a farmer of Somoschura area, for laying out electric wire. For all latest news, follow The Daily Star's Google News channel. He was produced before a ...

NEW DELHI: Bangladesh's top-ranked chess grandmaster Ziaur Rahman died on Friday at the age of 50 after collapsing from a stroke during a national championship match. Ziaur collapsed during the ...