France votes in first election since Paris attacks France is set to vote in the first round of regional elections, the first electoral challenge since the Paris attacks, which killed 130 people. The elections are viewed as a test of public support for the government’s response to the attacks on 13 November. The far-right National Front (FN) is hoping to ...

Michel Platini’s lawyers say a memo published in a French newspaper on Sunday could help clear the suspended Uefa president of wrongdoing. Platini and Fifa president Sepp Blatter have been suspended over allegations a “disloyal payment” was made to Platini in 2011 for work done years earlier. Le Journal du Dimanche says the memo, dating back to 1998, includes a ...

Sarwar Imran, the Sylhet Super Stars coach, confirmed that Mushfiqur Rahim resigned as captain on his own terms ahead of the team’s clash against Barisal Bulls on Sunday. Shahid Afridi’s appearance at the toss merely confirmed rumors that had been going around for close to 48 hours of a change in Sylhet’s captaincy. Imran also revealed plenty of discussion involving ...

Pakistan’s flamboyant all-rounder Shahid Afridi, who was also seen to captain Sylhet Superstars in Sunday’s match against Barisal Bulls in the third season of the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL), has clutched a great bowling record to his name. Afridi, the Pakistan T20 captain who holds the record of taking most number of wicket in the instant format of the game ...

Sylhet Superstars’ bowlers made an unbelievable turnaround as they bowled out Barisal Bulls for 58, the lowest-ever total in the BPL, and then chasing it with ease to win by nine wickets. The massive swing in fortune – Sylhet lost five of their six matches previously – coincided with Shahid Afridi replacing Mushfiqur Rahim as captain for the remainder of ...

Gold futures on the COMEX division of the New York Mercantile Exchange rose on Friday as the US dollar showed weakness, along with short covering by traders. The most active gold contract for February delivery rose $22.9 (2.16 per cent) to settle at $1,084.10 per ounce, Xinhua reported. For the week, gold futures added 2.64 per cent, its first weekly ...

Oil prices traded below $42 in Asia Monday ahead of an OPEC meeting and the release of data on China’s important manufacturing sector later in the week. The market will be watching whether members of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries, which meets on December 4, slash currently high output levels and ease a crude supply glut that has ...

Bangladesh is ready to run trial transmission of bandwidth export to India from tomorrow (Tuesday) through Akhaura-Agartala frontier, said officials. They said Bangladesh Submarine Cable Company Limited (BSCCL), which is responsible for managing bandwidth, has already completed necessary preparation from its side, BSS reports. BSCCL Managing Director Monwar Hossain on Monday said they are ready to run the trial transmission ...

RAF Tornado jets have carried out their first air strikes against the self-styled Islamic State in Syria, the Ministry of Defence has confirmed. Four Tornados from RAF Akrotiri in Cyprus took part in the operation soon after MPs voted to approve bombing. The “successful” strikes hit the IS-controlled Omar oil fields in eastern Syria, the defence secretary said. But PM ...

The Finance and Planning Minister for the Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh, the honourable MP of Sunamganj-3 constituency, a senior leader of Bnagladesh Awamileague, a prominent ex- bureaucrat and a renowned diplomat Mr MA Mannan MP is arriving in the UK on 2nd December, Wednesday to attend a global seminar at Oxford University scheduled to be held for ...