Atletico Madrid tore Barcelona apart with four first-half goals to secure a 4-0 victory on Thursday in the first leg of their Copa del Rey semi-final, leaving the holders staring at a near impossible task in the return match. Diego Simeone’s side needed only 45 minutes at home to seize control of the tie, capitalising on a calamitous early error ...

Tottenham Hotspur’s French winger Wilson Odobert has suffered an anterior cruciate ligament tear, the Premier League club said on Thursday, after the 21-year-old was forced off during Tuesday’s 2-1 loss at home to Newcastle United. Spurs, who sacked manager Thomas Frank on Wednesday amid an eight-game run without a league win, said Odobert will have surgery. British media reported that ...

The Election Commission on Friday said the voter turnout in the 13th national parliamentary election and referendum stood at 59.44 %. The information was formally disclosed at around 11:30am at the Election Commission Secretariat by the EC’s public relations director. He said the turnout figure was calculated based on data received from polling centres across the country. Although final reports ...

Tasnim Jara, who left the National Citizen Party (NCP) to run independently in Dhaka-9, has finished third in the constituency. According to returning officer Sharaf Uddin Ahmed Chowdhury’s declaration, BNP candidate Habibur Rashid Habib won the seat with 111,212 votes, whileNCP’s Mohammad Javed Mia of the NCP came second with 53,460 votes. Tasnim Jara, who ran with the football symbol, ...

Bangladesh is set to have a male Prime Minister for the first time in about 35 years, following the unofficial results of the 13th National Parliamentary Election that show a landslide victory for the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) and its alliance. According to the preliminary results, the BNP-led alliance has secured a majority of seats and is moving toward forming ...

Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) AMM Nasir Uddin on Thursday described the just-concluded national parliamentary election as “credible, neutral and largely successful,” expressing gratitude to voters, political parties, law enforcement agencies, and media personnel for their cooperation. Speaking at a post-election briefing attended by fellow commissioners, the senior secretary, political leaders, prominent lawyers of the Supreme Court, and journalists, Nasir Uddin ...

The BNP has secured victory in 18 out of 19 parliamentary constituencies in Sylhet Division. The remaining seat was won by Mufti Abul Hasan of Khelafat Majlis. Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami failed to win a single seat in the division. According to the announced unofficial results, BNP candidates won five of the six constituencies in Sylhet district. In Sylhet-1, BNP candidate Khandaker ...

Hasnat Abdullah is set to become Member of Parliament for Cumilla-4 (Debidwar) after his main contender, BNP-backed Md A Jasim Uddin, withdrew from the election, citing widespread irregularities and threats at polling centres. Jasim made the announcement live shortly after voting concluded, effectively clearing the way for Hasnat Abdullah, representative of 11-party alliance, to likely win the seat. He alleged ...

The voting in 13th National Parliament Election and the Referendum concluded peacefully at 4:30 pm today. Election Commission (EC) Senior Secretary Akhtar Ahmed said around 48 percent voter turnout was recorded till 2 pm nationwide. Earlier, voting began at 7:30 am across 42,779 polling centres in 299 constituencies nationwide. A total of 12,77,11,793 voters were registered to cast their ballots, ...

All polling centres in Sunamganj district are fully prepared to conduct voting for the upcoming 13th National Parliamentary Election. According to sources, election materials have been delivered to all centres, while district administration and election officials remain committed to ensuring a free, fair and peaceful election. According to Sunamganj District Election Office, a total of 39 candidates submitted nomination papers ...