Defending champions Paris Saint Germain drew 1-1 with hosts Bayern Munich ​on Wednesday to book their spot in ‌the Champions League final for the second consecutive season with a 6-5 aggregate victory in an enthralling ​tie. The French side will face Arsenal ​in the 30 May showcase game in ⁠Budapest after the London club’s 1-0 victory over ​Atletico Madrid on ...

Londoners are heading to the polls to elect more than 1,800 councillors across the capital’s 32 boroughs. The mayors of Croydon, Hackney, Lewisham, Newham and Tower Hamlets will be elected at the same time. More than six million London residents are eligible to vote in the local elections. The borough councils run services such as bin collections and adult social ...

Bengal Commercial Bank has formally inaugurated its 34th branch at “Manru Shopping City” in Chouhatta, Sylhet, continuing its commitment to delivering reliable and modern banking services, according to a press release. Md. Jashim Uddin, Chairman of the Bank, inaugurated the Branch on 05 May 2026, Tuesday. Iqbal Ahmed OBE DBA, Founder and Chairman of NRB Bank; Engr. Ghulam Mohammed Alomgir, ...

A federal court has thrust the issue of abortion back into the national spotlight, just months before the midterm elections. Voter anger about abortion rights after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022 helped propel Democrats to a series of midterm victories that year. But when then-Vice President Kamala Harris lost the White House despite prioritizing abortion messaging, ...

British voters will cast ballots Thursday in elections that could hasten the end of Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s troubled term and confirm that an increasingly fractured United Kingdom has entered an era of messy multiparty politics. Starmer’s center-left Labour Party is expected to take a battering in elections for local authorities across England and for semiautonomous legislatures in Scotland and ...

More than 5,000 council seats will be up for grabs when voters in England go to the polls on Thursday. Local elections are taking place for 136 local authorities on 7 May, including some of the largest cities in the country and the whole of London. A mix of urban authorities and rural districts are also holding elections, along with ...

In Bangladesh, comfort does not come on a silver spoon. It does not require coverage and buzz on the internet. It is more usually served and quietly eaten alongside a heap of hot rice, a ladle of dal, a spoonful of bhorta, maybe a fried chilli on the side. These are the foods people reach for when life is unpredictable, ...

Mikel Arteta has urged Arsenal to use the “energy and belief” generated by reaching the Champions League final for the first time in 20 years as fuel to complete an historic double. Even by his frenetic standards, Arteta was a blur of energy as the Gunners boss embarked on a jubilant lap of honour with his players after Tuesday’s 1-0 ...

Home Minister Salahuddin Ahmed has called for enhanced international support for Rohingya refugees. “Bangladesh alone cannot shoulder the burden of hosting the large displaced population without sustained global assistance,” he said. The minister made the appeal while Australian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Susan Ryle paid a courtesy call on him at his secretariat office on Wednesday afternoon, the ministry said ...

US President Donald Trump said Wednesday he believed there was “a very good chance” of sealing a peace deal with Iran, but threatened to resume his bombardment of the country if negotiations fell apart. Despite the US leader’s optimism, Iran has yet to respond to a new US proposal, with its chief negotiator warning that Washington was seeking to force ...