Lionel Messi was named FIFA player of the year 2022 on Monday as Argentina scooped all major men’s awards after winning a vintage World Cup final last December. The 35-year-old forward scored two goals in the final against France, with the South Americans emerging triumphant on penalties following a 3-3 draw after extra time in Qatar, reports Reuters. “It’s amazing. ...

Rishi Sunak and EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen are meeting in Windsor with hopes of thrashing out an agreement to tweak the Northern Ireland Protocol. Those close to the talks have suggested a deal is on the brink of being signed, with the prime minister potentially revealing it to MPs as soon as this evening. The Northern Ireland ...

Baroness Betty Boothroyd, the first and only woman speaker of the House of Commons, has died aged 93. The Dewsbury-born politician was the Labour MP for West Bromwich for 27 years and served as speaker of the House from 1992 till 2000. Current speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle led tributes to the straight-talking trailblazer, saying she was not only “an inspiring ...

Amidst huge crowd, Argentina’s Foreign Minister Santiago Cafiero and State Minister for Foreign Affairs Md Shahriar Alam on Monday inaugurated the new embassy of the South American country in Dhaka’s Banani area. “This should be a stepping stone to build better relations between the two countries,” said the Argentine Foreign Minister, acknowledging the enormous love and respect shown by the ...

The program announced by the Prime Minister is ‘Food Friendly Programme’. That is to sell rice at a rate of 10 taka per kg. Although it is in line with the market, it is now sold for 15 taka. Sunamganj is known as a food store. There has been a discussion about this food-friendly rice in Mallikpur from the district ...

Dhaka has invited Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to pay a bilateral visit in Bangladesh in September this year, foreign minister Dr AK Abdul Momen said here today. “We have invited him (Trudeau) … he will visit India in September to join the G20 summit, if he manage to come here that time it will be a plus plus,” he ...

Nissan is speeding up its shift toward electric vehicles, especially in Europe where emissions regulations are most stringent, the company said Monday. Nissan Motor Co. said in a statement that it will make practically all its offerings in Europe electric or series-hybrids by fiscal 2026, at 98%. That’s up from the previous target of 75%. In Japan, the company aims ...

Actor Arjun Kapoor recently shared a post with which people from all walks of life could probably relate. The ‘2 States’ actor posted how it started v/s how it ended video which portrays an unending fight between ‘stick to diet’ and ‘binge on junk food’. So there’s something for everyone! If you want to have a binge day on the ...

Emergency medical equipment, including ECG (electrocardiogram) and X-ray machines, has been out of order for long in many government hospitals across the country, including in Dhaka, hampering treatment for the patients. Patients, particularly poor one, have been suffering a lot for long and are forced to receive diagnostic services from private health care facilities as emergency medical equipment remains out ...

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia went to Evercare Hospital in Dhaka on Monday afternoon. She left for Evercare Hospital at 4:15 pm and reached the hospital at 5:30 pm for health check-ups. Khaleda’s personal physician Dr AZM Zahid Hossain said the BNP chief will undergo routine health check-ups in the hospital. The medical board formed earlier, led by Prof Shahabuddin Talukder, ...