Balia Government Primary School in Paikurati Union, Dharmapasha Upazila, Sunamganj, has become a stark example of how mismanagement, political influence, and systemic malpractice are compromising education. With only 21 students enrolled, the school operates more like a bureaucratic formality than a place of learning. Despite government orders to remain open from 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM, classes often start late, ...

Dushmantha Chameera produced a sensational spell of fast bowling, taking 4 for 20, to guide Sri Lanka into the final of the T20 tri-series with a tense six-run win over Pakistan on Thursday. Defending 184, Sri Lanka held Pakistan to 178 for 7, despite captain Salman Ali Agha’s career-best unbeaten 63. Pakistan had already secured a spot in Saturday’s final ...

Portugal captured its first FIFA Under-17 World Cup title on Thursday, edging Austria 1–0 in the final of the expanded 48-team competition, where European sides swept the top three places. Benfica striker Anísio Cabral struck the decisive goal in the 32nd minute, timing his run perfectly to meet a low cross at the far post and tap into an empty ...

Iran is to boycott next week’s World Cup finals draw in Washington because the United States refused to grant visas to several members of the delegation, the Iranian football federation announced on Friday. “We have informed FIFA that the decisions taken have nothing to do with sports and the members of the Iranian delegation will not participate in the World ...

BNP Chairperson and former Prime Minister Begum Khaleda Zia’s health condition is ‘extremely critical’, said BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Friday. He made the remarks while speaking after Jummah prayers at a doa and monajat programme held at Nayapaltan in the capital seeking Khaleda Zia’s recovery. Mirza Fakhrul said Khaleda Zia has made immense contributions to the ...

Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Dr Shafiqur Rahman has said that if his party is elected in the upcoming national election, it will form a government that includes the BNP and all political parties. He said this remark while speaking at a youth–student and citizens’ rally organised by the party’s Dhaka-17 unit in the capital’s Bhashantek area on Friday morning. “We do ...

Former Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal is expected to be the first Awami League leader to face extradition, as India reviews Bangladesh’s plea to bring back Sheikh Hasina, said Chief Adviser’s Press Secretary Shafiqul Alam. He made the remarks in a post from his verified Facebook account on Friday. In the post, Shafiqul Alam wrote that he believes Sheikh Hasina, ...

The Chancellor kicked Sir Sadiq Khan out of her office in a major bust up over funding for the capital, it has been revealed. Rachel Reeves cut a scheduled meeting with the Mayor of London short after they argued about cash for the city. The Chancellor kicked Sir Sadiq Khan out of her office in a major bust up over ...

Labour leaders in Edinburgh and Cardiff sought credit for the most progressive measures in Rachel Reeves’ budget on Wednesday, pinning their hopes for next year’s critical elections on a package that increases funding for Scotland and Wales by nearly £2bn. That funding boost and the abolition of the two-child limit for universal credit recipients were seen as a relief in ...

Rachel Reeves targeted Britain’s wealthiest households with a £26bn tax-raising budget to fund scrapping the two-child benefit policy and cutting energy bills. On a chaotic day that involved key details of her budget accidentally being released early by the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR), the chancellor defended the measures, saying she was “asking everyone to make a contribution to repair ...