Bangladesh will replace India in the ASEAN Cup after receiving formal approval from FIFA and the tournament organisers, the Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) said. The tournament will be held under FIFA supervision for the first time, from September 24 to October 6 in Indonesia. India were originally scheduled to play in the tournament but withdrew after deciding to face Brazil ...

Sylhet Office : Four people were killed and three others injured in a head-on collision between an oil tanker and a CNG-run auto-rickshaw in Osmani Nagar of Sylhet on Saturday. The accident occurred around 2:00 PM in the Brahmangram area on the Dhaka-Sylhet highway. Police said the auto-rickshaw was travelling from Sherpur towards Sylhet when it collided head-on with an ...

Newly-appointed ministers and state ministers have paid tribute to the martyrs of Liberation War at the National Martyrs’ Memorial in Savar. They laid wreaths at the memorial around Saturday noon, paying homage to those who sacrificed their lives during the 1971 Liberation War. Earlier in the morning, newly-elected President Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir also visited the National Memorial and paid ...

The price of gold in the country has risen by Tk 5,482 per bhori for 22-carat gold, with the new rates taking effect from 10AM on Saturday, as prices increased in the international market. Bangladesh Jewellers Association (BAJUS) announced the price hike in a notice. The organisation said the new rates were adjusted following an increase in the price of ...

President Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir will move into Bangabhaban, the official presidential residence, on Sunday, according to the President’s Office. The president will leave his government residence on Minto Road for Bangabhaban at 10:50am, marking the beginning of his formal stay at the presidential residence. Mirza Fakhrul took the oath as the country’s 23rd president at the Darbar Hall of ...

A US judge on Friday struck down, opens new tab a Trump administration policy suspending the issuance of immigrant visas to applicants from 75 countries, including Bangladesh, saying that the policy exceeded Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s statutory authority. US District Judge Jeannette Vargas in Manhattan said the policy that the State Department announced in January was “patently unlawful” and ...

Major League Soccer fined Inter Miami’s Argentine superstar Lionel Messi an undisclosed amount on Friday for slapping Philadelphia’s Quinn Sullivan on the back of the neck in the clubs’ 2-2 draw on Wednesday. The league’s disciplinary committee said it had levied the fine “for violating the league’s policy regarding hands to the face/head/neck of an opponent.” Miami’s Ian Fray was ...

A nationwide two-dose oral cholera vaccination campaign began on Saturday, aiming to protect more than 5.17 million people in 14 high-risk upazilas and police station areas across Bangladesh. The first dose of the free oral cholera vaccine will be administered from 22 August to 21 September, while the second dose will be given between 26 September and 25 October. Health ...

Newly-elected President Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has paid tribute to the martyrs of the Liberation War at the National Martyrs’ Memorial in Savar. The president entered the memorial premises at around 10:22AM and laid a wreath at the altar in honour of the martyrs. He then stood in silence for a while, paying deep respect to those who sacrificed their ...

Humayun Kabir’s rise from a London-based BNP leader to a key figure in Bangladesh’s policymaking circles is an unusual political journey. After spending years in the United Kingdom and playing a role in the BNP’s international outreach and diplomatic strategy, he returned to Bangladesh and became increasingly active in party politics. His rise within the party was swift. In October ...