After days of speculation and tension, Real Madrid has officially confirmed it will play in Copa del Rey final against Barcelona, despite earlier threats to boycott the match over refereeing issues. Controversy erupted when the club, through its official channel RMTV, heavily criticized the appointed referees, accused them of bias and demanded their removal. Tensions escalated further as Real Madrid ...

Businessmen in a view-exchange meeting today urged the government for ensuring easier VAT management as well as improved law and order situation for conducting smooth business operations. They said despite having international geo-political impact, the overall trade and investment situation is facing high rate of interest on bank loans, lack of access to finance, higher VAT and tax rates and ...

Nurjahan Begum, adviser to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, has paid a visit to the possible site of construction of 500-bed hospital at Karnaphuli upazila in Chattogram on Saturday. She visited the area adjacent to Khalil Mir College beside the new upazila building in the crossing area at noon. Expressing optimism regarding the governemnt’s plan, Nurjahan Begum, during ...

An expatriate died after being struck by lightning in Sylhet’s Gowainghat upazila on Friday afternoon. The deceased was identified as Jibon Mia, 40, son of Shahjan Mia of Dalarpar village in South Pantumai under West Jaflong Union. Quoting locals, Gowainghat Police Station’s second officer Sub-Inspector Utsab said when Jibon went to a field to bring in his cattle after Asr ...

More than 1,000 Bangladeshi nationals have been arrested from India’s western coastal state of Gujarat during a massive overnight operation conducted jointly by security forces in Ahmedabad and Surat. Gujarat’s Minister of State for Home Affairs, Harsh Sanghavi, confirmed the arrests on Saturday, according to a report by India’s state-run news agency Press Trust of India (PTI). According to the ...

Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus attended the funeral of Pope Francis on Saturday at St. Peter’s Square, paying his final respects to the late pontiff. The solemn ceremony, which began at 10:00am Vatican time, was attended by numerous world leaders, including US President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Thousands gathered at the historic square to honor the memory ...

Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami has proposed the establishment of a bicameral parliament with a five-year tenure for each term, said the party’s Nayeb-e-Ameer Syed Abdullah Muhammad Taher on Saturday. Speaking at a press briefing during the lunch break of discussions with the National Consensus Commission at the LD Hall of the Jatiya Sangsad Complex, Taher confirmed, “We have agreed on the matter ...

Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus Thursday paid tribute to late Pope Francis at Peter’s Basilica in the Vatican City. The mortal remains of Pope Francis were lying in state there ahead of Saturday’s funeral, reports BSS. His Most Reverend Eminence Cardinal Mauro Gambetti, Vicar General of His Holiness for Vatican City, offered an official greeting to the Chief Adviser and ...

Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Dr. Shafiqur Rahman has said that the party is committed to building an inclusive Bangladesh, free from all sorts of discrimination and corruption. “We want to build a Bangladesh which will be free from oppression, corruption, and discrimination. We aim to establish a generous nation guided by Islamic principles, where the rights of all people, irrespective of ...

Apart from our skin, our eyes are the most exposed organ to the harsh summer heat. In an interview with HT Lifestyle, Dr Jay Goyal, Eye Surgeon, LASIK and Retina Specialist and Director at Surya Eye Hospital in India, asserted that if precautions are not taken, our eyes are susceptible to – 1. Eye Allergies 2. Dry Eyes 3 . ...