Liverpool cruised to a 6-0 victory over Azerbaijan’s Qarabag on Wednesday to secure their automatic place in the last 16 of the Champions League and give the club a lift after their poor run of domestic form in the defence of their Premier League title. Liverpool took the lead after 15 minutes with an Alexis Mac Allister header and doubled ...

The prosecution of the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) on Thursday submitted formal charges against eight individuals, including ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, over an alleged staged law-enforcement raid that resulted in the deaths of nine people. Other high-profile accused include former home minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal, former inspector general of police (IGP) AKM Shahidul Haque, former Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) ...

Harry Kane came off the bench to score an 84th-minute winner for Bayern Munich as they edged PSV Eindhoven 2-1 away on Wednesday to finish second in the Champions League group phase and end their Dutch hosts’ hopes of continuing in the competition. Kane’s 35th goal of the season meant Bayern finished with seven wins from eight matches and a ...

Napoli are out of the Champions League after a 3-2 loss at home to Chelsea on Wednesday, with Joao Pedro scoring twice in the second half to seal the visitors a place in the last 16. Chelsea’s first away win of the campaign gives them a sixth-place finish in the league phase standings with 16 points, while Serie A champions ...

Tottenham Hotspur forgot their domestic woes to qualify for the Champions League knockout rounds with a comfortable 2-0 victory at already-eliminated Eintracht Frankfurt on Wednesday. Randal Kolo Muani put the London club ahead just after halftime from close range and Dominic Solanke sealed the win when he drove in his side’s second in the 77th minute. The win completed an ...

With gold hitting a new record in the local market, prices of the precious metal have reached a fresh high of Tk286,001 per bhori, breaking all previous records. Jewellers increased the price of each bhori gold by Tk16,213 due to a hike in the prices of pure gold in the international market. The decision was taken at a meeting of ...

Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus has said that the repatriation of more than one million Rohingya refugees to their homeland in Myanmar’s Rakhine State remains the only viable and sustainable solution to the crisis. He urged the UN refugee agency to continue its active engagement to facilitate their safe return. The Chief Adviser made the remarks late Wednesday when the ...

A plane crash in northeast Colombia on Wednesday killed all 15 people on board, including a local lawmaker, state-run airline Satena said. The Beechcraft 1900 twin-engined turboprop plane took off before noon from Cucuta, on the border with Venezuela, for a short flight to the town of Ocana, Satena said. Air traffic control lost contact with the plane 12 minutes ...

Md Kafi Khan : In the high-stakes landscape of Bangladeshi finance, a quiet revolution is underway. For years, the industry’s digital North Star was simple: traffic. We measured success by app downloads, monthly active users (MAU), and the sheer frequency of logins. But as we move deeper into 2026, the goalposts have shifted. The market is no longer satisfied with ...

US Ambassador in Dhaka Brent T Christensen paid a courtesy call on Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Dr Shafiqur Rahman on Thursday morning. The courtesy meeting between Jamaat Ameer and US Ambassador was held at 8:00am at the party’s Bashundhara office in Dhaka. The meeting was held in a highly cordial and warm atmosphere. The US ambassador was accompanied by senior officials ...