UEFA said on Wednesday it would “investigate allegations of discriminatory behaviour” after Real Madrid forward Vinicius Junior accused Benfica’s Gianluca Prestianni of racially abusing him during a Champions League match in Lisbon. Tuesday’s first leg of the knockout phase play-off tie was stopped for more than 10 minutes after Vinicius complained to French referee Francois Letexier about the alleged abuse ...

It is 10.30am, and Zahra is sitting in a business centre in Preston, attaching marshmallows to sticks of uncooked spaghetti. There are 30 interview candidates in the grey-carpeted room, split into groups of five, competing to build food towers. Already today they have had to solve anagrams, complete quizzes and rank the importance of various kitchen items. Just to be ...

Illegal skin lightening products are being sold in an increasingly wide range of UK outlets, including butchers, specialist food shops and small grocery stores, trading standards officers have warned. The Chartered Trading Standards Institute (CTSI) is warning that many of the products contain substances that are banned because of the serious risks they pose to health, including skin damage, infections ...

Commerce, Industries, and Textiles and Jute Minister Khandaker Abdul Muktadir has said the government has begun working to seek a three-year extension of Bangladesh’s graduation from the Least Developed Country (LDC) category. Speaking to reporters at the Secretariat on Wednesday, his first working day in office, the minister said the process to pursue the deferral had already been initiated. State ...

Newly appointed Education ANM Minister Ehsanul Hoque Milon has said that the country’s education sector requires ‘big leaps’ to ensure stability and dynamism. While talking to journalist on the first working day on Wednesday, the minister noted that after the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) came to power in 2001, measures were taken to curb cheating in public examinations and stop ...

Shafiqul Alam, former press secretary, and Azad Majumder, former deputy press secretary to the former chief adviser, join a new English newspaper, The Daily Waadaa, as the chief adviser’s office ends its operation. They both announced separately through posts in their verified Facebook profiles today (18 February). According to their Facebook posts, Shafiqul Alam joined the daily as its Editor ...

Newly appointed Youth and Sports State Minister Aminul Haque has announced the government’s intention to facilitate the return of Shakib Al Hasan and Mashrafe Bin Mortaza to Bangladesh cricket by addressing the legal cases filed against them. Speaking on Tuesday, the State Minister said the matters would be reviewed at the state level to ensure a swift resolution. “Since there ...

Gold prices in Bangladesh have fallen again, with the latest revision taking effect on Wednesday morning. Under the new rates, the price of 22-carat gold per bhori has been reduced by Tk 3,266, bringing it down to Tk 2,55,558. The Bangladesh Jewellers Association (BAJUS) announced the update in a press release, stating that the decision was made in response to ...

Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer and the opposition leader Shafiqur Rahman has warned that no concessions will be given if the July Charter is not implemented. The spirit of July, which led to the 2026 national election, must be upheld through active participation in Parliament, he said to reporters after ending the cleaning drive in Mirpur. ”Jamaat will continue to raise its voice ...

Retired secretary ABM Abdus Sattar has been appointed as principal secretary to Prime Minister Tarique Rahman. It said Sattar will serve a one-year term from the date of joining and he must relinquish any existing professional, business or employment ties with any government, semi-government or private entity in order to take up the role. He was appointed private secretary to ...