Australia wrapped up a dominant tour of the Caribbean with a clean sweep of the T20 series, defeating the West Indies by three wickets in the fifth and final match on Monday in Basseterre, St Kitts and Nevis. The tourists chased down a target of 171 to seal a 5-0 series win, having already swept the preceding three-Test series. Australia ...

England’s Lionesses were met with cheers and celebration on Monday as they returned home less than 24 hours after a dramatic Euro 2025 final win against Spain. The reigning champions clinched their second consecutive European title in a tense penalty shootout in Basel, Switzerland, with Chloe Kelly calmly converting the decisive spot-kick. Fans gathered outside Southend Airport in Essex, waving ...

Chinese and US officials concluded the first day of renewed trade negotiations in Stockholm on Monday, as the world’s two largest economies seek to extend a fragile truce in their ongoing tariff war under the leadership of US President Donald Trump. The closed-door meeting, held in Sweden’s Rosenbad building—home to the Swedish government—ended shortly before 8:00 pm local time, with ...

The law enforcement agencies have issued a ‘special alert’ nationwide for 11 days from July 29 to August 8 to thwart any untoward incident feared to be committed by the Awami League and its associate bodies, according to a confidential report by the Special Branch (SB) of police. The SB fears that an attempt may be made to create anarchy ...

A total of 1,757 more injured people in the July uprising have been recognised as ‘July Fighters’ under three categories. The Ministry of Liberation War Affairs issued a new gazette in this regard on Monday night. Among them, 109 have been listed under Category Ka (critically injured), 210 under Category Kha (seriously injured), and 1,438 under Category Ga (injured), according ...

Chief Adviser (CA) Professor Muhammad Yunus on Monday reaffirmed that Bangladesh remains resolute in its fight against terrorism, pledging to prevent any extremist group from operating within the country. “Terrorism will find no safe haven in Bangladesh,” Yunus declared following a meeting with U.S. Chargé d’Affaires Tracey Ann Jacobson at the State Guest House Jamuna in Dhaka. “We have adopted ...

A man was killed in a clash over a land dispute at Chunarughat upazila in Habiganj district on Monday. The deceased was identified as Alauddin, 45, son of Harun Mia of Kashtila village under Mirashi union in the upazila. He was a farmer by profession. According to locals, two groups of people clashed over a previous land dispute at around ...

Bangladesh received $2.09 billion in remittances in the first 27 days of July—the opening month of the 2025–26 fiscal year—marking a 33.6% increase compared to the same period last year. Arif Hossain Khan, Executive Director and Spokesperson of Bangladesh Bank, confirmed the data on Sunday. In the same period of FY 2024–25, remittance inflows stood at $1.57 billion, according to ...

The long-anticipated July Charter is entering its final stages, with just days left before a draft is finalized, said Professor Ali Riaz, Vice-Chairman of the National Consensus Commission (NCC), on Saturday. Addressing the opening of 20th day of second-phase dialogue between political parties and NCC at the Foreign Service Academy in Dhaka, Prof Riaz expressed confidence that the historic charter ...

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia is going to London soon for medical check-up, according to the party sources. As her physicians advised for her follow-up check-up, the party leaders have already contacted to the foreign ministry centering Khaleda Zia’s tour. The BNP chief needs full recovery and for this, she will have to go to London, the party sources added.