Chelsea’s Brazilian striker Joao Pedro is “very hungry” after his World Cup snub, with a quick-fire hat-trick in the team’s opening pre-season game impressing new manager Xabi Alonso. The 24-year-old was snapped up from Brighton a year ago and scored 20 goals across all competitions in his first season at Stamford Bridge to be named player of the season by ...

Celtic have signed Denmark forward Kasper Hogh on a four-year deal, ​with an option for a further ‌year, the Scottish champions said on Tuesday. Hogh, 25, joins from Bodo/Glimt for a ​reported club-record fee of 11m pounds (USD14.64m) as per British ⁠media reports. He scored 54 goals in ​103 appearances for the Norwegian side ​in a two-year spell and played ...

The death count from dengue has reached 50 in 2026, with three more fatalities reported in the past 24 hours till Wednesday morning. In the 24-hour span, 534 more patients were hospitalised with viral fever, raising the total caseload to 14,690 this year. The country witnessed two deaths each in January and February, one in May, 13 in June, and ...

Acting Speaker of the Jatiya Sangsad Barrister Kayser Kamal on Wednesday stressed the need to revitalise the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC), saying the regional bloc still has the potential to achieve its founding objectives through enhanced cooperation among South Asian nations. He made the remarks during a courtesy meeting with Nepal’s Ambassador to Bangladesh, Ghanshyam Bhandari, at ...

WhatsApp has announced a series of updates to its calling experience, introducing web calling alongside new features such as call transfer, waiting room, QuickHD and noise suppression. The features are designed to make audio and video calls more seamless across devices while giving users greater flexibility and control. With the update, users can now make and receive one-on-one as well ...

Police have sought to show former Vice-Chancellor of Begum Rokeya University, Rangpur, Nazmul Ahsan Kalimullah arrested in a case filed over the attempted murder of Mustain Billah Sabbir during the July movement. The application was submitted on 28 July by Sub-Inspector Md Abu Sayeed, the investigating officer of the case and an officer of Uttara West Police Station. Following the ...

Five Bangladeshi women returned home through Benapole land port on Tuesday night after serving jail terms in India. Petrapole immigration police handed them over to Benapole immigration police around 8pm under special travel permits. The returnees were Papia Akter, Shimu Akter, Sharmin Khatun, Lovely Khatun and Rozina Khatun. They are from Jashore, Narail, Bagerhat and Tangail districts. Officer-in-Charge of Benapole ...

Prime Minister Tarique Rahman has assured business leaders that the government will take steps to address the ongoing gas crisis affecting the country’s industrial sector. The assurance was conveyed during a meeting with the Prime Minister at the Secretariat on Wednesday (29 July), Bangladesh Textile Mills Association (BTMA) President Showkat Aziz Russell told reporters after the meeting. The BTMA president ...

Additional Inspector General of Police (Addl IGP) Barrister Mohammad Mosharraf Hossain on Wednesday formally assumed charge as the chief of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID). Earlier, he served as Director of the National Security Intelligence (NSI), according to a gazette notification issued here yesterday. A 15th BCS Police cadre officer, he joined Bangladesh Police as an ASP in 1995. During ...

The Habiganj district administration has imposed Section 144 across the municipal area to prevent any untoward incidents amid rival political programmes announced by the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) and the National Citizen Party (NCP). The gathering of four or more people, as well as processions, rallies and public meetings has been prohibited at designated locations within the municipal area until ...