Lionel Messi was denied his 900th career goal on Wednesday as reigning MLS champion Inter Miami played a 0-0 draw at Nashville in the CONCACAF Champions Cup. The 38-year-old Argentine superstar striker was tightly marked throughout the match, a first leg showdown in the round of 16 in the North American club showdown. Inter Miami will host the second leg ...

Iran has announced that they will not participate in the 2026 FIFA World Cup, with the country’s sports minister Ahmad Donyamali citing ongoing conflict with the United States and Israel and commemorating the late Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Speaking on Iranian state television, Donyamali said the Israeli-US war on Iran current situation makes participation impossible. The 2026 World ...

A mobile court fined three business establishments a total of Tk 2.2 lakh for preparing and selling food in unhygienic conditions in Moulvibazar’s Kulaura upazila on Wednesday. According to administration, a team of officials led by Assistant Commissioner and executive magistrate Md Abid Hossain conducted a drive in different areas of the municipal town and fined three business establishments for ...

New Zealand’s national airline said Thursday it would cancel 1,100 flights over the next two months, pointing to the impact of the war in the Middle East. Air New Zealand chief executive Nikhil Ravishankar said around five percent of its flights will be cancelled, affecting 44,000 passengers. The cancelled flights are mostly on domestic routes within New Zealand but will ...

Khulna City Corporation (KCC) Administrator Nazrul Islam Manju has said that mental health services in Khulna are inadequate, emphasizing the need for coordinated efforts to support young people and vulnerable groups facing psychological stress. Speaking at a “Counseling Corner Advisory” workshop held Wednesday morning at GIZ Auditorium of the City Hall, the KCC Administrator highlighted that adolescents and young people ...

Mirza Abbas, political adviser to the prime minister, has been admitted to Evercare Hospital in the capital. On Wednesday evening, Mirza Abbas suddenly lost consciousness during iftar. As his condition did not improve, he was taken to the hospital and admitted late night, his wife Afroza Abbas confirmed this to media. She has requested people to pray for the recovery ...

Advocate Ahmed Azam Khan, vice chairman of the BNP, has been sworn in as a minister of the cabinet. President Mohammed Shahabuddin administered the oath at the National Parliament building on Thursday. Ahmed Azam Khan is currently serving as a member of parliament representing the Tangail-8 constituency. Further details regarding his portfolio are yet to be announced.

President Mohammed Shahabuddin administered the oath to the newly elected Speaker and Deputy Speaker of the 13th Jatiya Sangsad on Thursday. Major (Retd.) Hafiz Uddin Ahmed (Bir Bikram), Minister for Liberation War Affairs, was elected as Speaker, while Barrister Kayser Kamal, MP from Netrakona-1 (Kalamkanda-Durgapur) and State Minister for Land, was elected as Deputy Speaker. Prior to this appointment as ...

Retired Major Hafiz Uddin Ahmed (Bir Bikrom), lawmaker from Bhola-1, has been officially elected as the Speaker of the 13th Jatiya Sangsad. The election took place following nominations in the parliamentary session and Hafiz Uddin Ahmed’s name was formally proposed and endorsed by members across party lines. Meanwhile, Barrister Kayser Kamal, State Minister for Land and MP from Netrakona-1, has ...

The first session of the 13th Jatiya Sangsad began on Thursday, keeping the speaker’s chair vacant. The session began at 11:05AM, with a recitation from the Holy Quran. The newly elected members of parliament are present there. Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain, a member of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party Standing Committee and lawmaker elected from Cumilla-1 (Daudkandi–Meghna) constituency, is presiding over the ...