Actor Rani Mukerji won her first National Film Award in her 30-year career for her 2023 film Mrs Chatterjee vs Norway. In a statement after the 71st National Film Awards were announced on Friday evening, the actor stated that she was overwhelmed and would like to dedicate her award to mothers. Rani Mukerji gets 1st National Film Award in 30 ...

Bruno Fernandes scored one and assisted another as Manchester United drew 2-2 with Everton in Atlanta on Sunday to secure the Premier League Summer Series title. The draw earned United a final tally of seven points in the pre-season round-robin tournament, having already beaten West Ham 2-1 and Bournemouth 4-1 during their US tour. “It’s improving,” Fernandes told Sky Sports. ...

Bangladesh has yet to receive a response from India regarding its formal request to extradite ousted former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, Foreign Policy Adviser Md Touhid Hossain said on Monday. Speaking at an event at the Foreign Service Academy in Dhaka, Hossain stated that while Bangladesh has written to India seeking Hasina’s return to face trial, there has been no ...

A Dhaka court has ordered the exhumation of 114 unidentified bodies buried following the recent anti-discrimination student movement, to facilitate identification and further legal procedures. On Monday, Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Mohammad Mostafizur Rahman issued the order following a petition filed by Sub-Inspector Md. Mahidul Islam of Mohammadpur Police Station. The order was confirmed by Additional Public Prosecutor Mohammad Shamsuddoha Suman. ...

The UK government is set to announce plans to evacuate hundreds of children from Gaza for medical treatment, reports Arab News. Up to 300 children will be given free healthcare on the National Health Service, in a scheme running “in parallel” with the group Project Pure Hope, a source told The Times. So far, just three children from Gaza have ...

Residents of Sylhet have been experiencing frequent power cuts several times a day for almost three weeks as Kumargaon power station shut for almost three weeks. Bidyut Acharya, assistant engineer of the Kumargaon power plant, said that engineers who have been on reviving it however, say that the station may resume operations within this week. The 225-megawatt power station at ...

Harry Brook and Joe Root both struck superb centuries to put England within touching distance of a series-clinching win, before late wickets and rain brought high drama to the fourth day of the fifth and final Test against India at The Oval. England closed on 339-6, needing just 35 more runs to chase down a challenging target of 374, but ...

Inter Miami captain Lionel Messi will be sidelined indefinitely with what the MLS team described as a “minor muscle injury in his right leg” in a statement on Sunday. The 38-year-old Argentine legend suffered an upper right leg injury early in Miami’s penalty-kicks home win over Mexico’s Necaxa on Saturday in a Leagues Cup match. Messi went out in the ...

The Association of Travel Agents of Bangladesh (ATAB) has revoked its membership of Flight Expert, a major online travel agent (OTA), as its CEO fled the country after abruptly shutting down operations. In a press statement issued today, ATAB said that Salman Bin Rashid Shah Sayem, CEO and managing partner of Flight Expert, allegedly locked the company’s office, disabled its ...

Action has been taken against the members of different forces involved in the July uprising killings.A total of 1,168 police members have been accused in 761 cases across the country in the 11 months since the fall of the government,informed Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) on Monday. The TIB has commented that beyond some departmental measures, there has been no progress ...