Harry Wilson struck twice in stoppage time to give Fulham a dramatic 2-1 victory over west London rivals Brentford on Monday. Vitaly Janelt had blasted the Bees in front against the run of play midway through the first half. Fulham were frustrated until added time when substitute Wilson flicked home the equaliser and then head in a winner at the ...

After raising the prices of 12kg of LPG cylinder four consecutive times, the price has been lowered by Tk 1 at consumer level for the month of November. The price of a 12kg LPG cylinder has been fixed at Tk 1,455 for the month of November, down by Tk 1 from Tk 1,456 the previous month. Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission ...

A court in Dhaka on Tuesday imposed a travel ban on former lawmaker Maj (retd) Abdul Mannan over corruption allegations. Dhaka Metropolitan Sessions Judge Md Jakir Hossain passed this order, allowing a plea of the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC). Mohammad Shamim Khandaker, deputy assistant director of the anti-graft body, filed the plea with the court. The ACC in its plea said ...

The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has withdrawn the excise duty on inbound and outbound airfare for hajj pilgrims, as well as the value-added tax (VAT) on three types of service charges for reducing overall hajj expenses. “Costs for hajj pilgrims were increasing due to rising airfares and other factors. To make hajj expenses more affordable, excise duty and VAT ...

The BNP has approved a full-fledged committee of its Sylhet metropolitan unit today (4 November) after about 20 months of forming the council. Rezaul Hasan Kois Lodi has been made acting president, according to a notification signed by the party’s Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi. He served as councilor of the Sylhet City Corporation’s Ward 4 and joint ...

Voters in the US hamlet of Dixville Notch launched Election Day in the first minutes of Tuesday with a tied vote, mirroring the incredibly close national polls in the White House race. Kamala Harris and Donald Trump each got three ballots in the tiny community in the northeastern state of New Hampshire which for decades has kicked off Election Day ...

Police have arrested Molla Jalal, former president of the Bangladesh Federal Union of Journalists (BFUJ), in a case filed under the Women and Children Repression Prevention Act. Jalal was arrested from Shegunbagicha in the capital, said Shahbagh Police Station OC Khaled Mansur.  

The dollar slid on Monday as investors braced for a potential pivot this week for the global economy as the United States chooses a new leader, and as it likely cuts interest rates again with major implications for bond yields, reports Reuters. The euro extended an early climb to be up 0.5% at $1.0891 and looked set to test resistance ...

Kylian Mbappe was always going to leave an enormous void when he left Paris Saint-Germain, and the French side are struggling in this season’s Champions League without the goals of their former star. While Mbappe is now at Real Madrid after scoring a club-record 256 goals in seven seasons in Paris, his old club entertain Atletico Madrid on Wednesday in ...

The High Court on Tuesday issued a rule asking the government to explain why it would not order forming a commission for re-investigating the 2009 BDR mutiny at Pilkhana. An HC bench of Justice Farah Mahbub and Justice Debashish Roy Chowdhury issued the rule following a preliminary hearing of a writ petition. Adv Tanvir Ahmed was present on behalf of ...