The UEFA Champions League returned with a bang as last season’s finalists, Paris Saint-Germain and Inter Milan, opened their campaigns with commanding victories, signaling their intent to dominate once again. PSG begin title defense with emphatic win over Atalanta Defending champions Paris Saint-Germain made a powerful start to their title defense, sweeping aside Atalanta 4-0 at the Parc des Princes. ...

Bangladesh rose to 9th in T20 International rankings following their victory against Afghanistan in the Asia Cup on Tuesday. The ranking improvement is also the outcome of their consistent performance in the last three months. Since they slipped to 10th in May, Bangladesh have won series against Sri Lanka, Pakistan and the Netherlands. Also, they won two matches out of ...

The Election Commission (EC) has announced that the voter registration process for expatriate Bangladeshis in the upcoming national elections is likely to begin in mid-October. According to EC officials, Bangladeshi citizens residing abroad who have National Identity Cards (NIDs) will be eligible to register as voters through a mobile application, developed by the Commission. The initiative aims to ensure the ...

A Dhaka court on Thursday placed controversial health sector contractor Motazzerul Islam Mithu on a five-day remand in a case filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) over amassing illegal wealth worth Tk 75.8 crore. Dhaka Metropolitan Senior Special Judge Md Sabbir Foyez passed the order following a 10-day remand plea by the ACC, while the defence sought bail and cancellation ...

A total of 176 Bangladeshi nationals have returned home from Libya, after being released from Tajoura Detention Center in Tripoli. They arrived in Bangladesh on Thursday (September 18). According to the Embassy of Bangladesh in Tripoli, the mission has been working closely with local authorities and the International Organization for Migration (IOM) to ensure the safe repatriation of Bangladeshi citizens ...

Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus has pledged on Wednesday to hold a free, fair, transparent, and festive national election in the first half of February next year, calling it a “new beginning” for Bangladesh. He made the remarks during a meeting with a delegation of Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) led by Mounir Satouri at the State Guest House ...

To reduce case backlogs and expand access to justice for the poor, the government has introduced mandatory pre-case mediation in 12 districts, including Sylhet, Sunamganj, and Moulvibazar. The pilot programme, inaugurated today in Sylhet by Law Adviser Asif Nazrul, will come into official practice from tomorrow. It requires parties to attempt mediation through legal aid offices before filing certain civil ...

At least three people, including a mother and her son, were killed and several others injured in separate road accidents involving buses, CNG-run auto-rickshaws, a covered van, truck, and pick-up van in different parts of Habiganj on Wednesday (September 17). The fatal accidents took place throughout the day along the Dhaka-Sylhet highway in Bahubal, Nabiganj, and Shayestaganj upazilas. The dead ...

Sir Sadiq Khan is making London a “no-go zone” for investment, housebuilders have warned. The Home Builders Federation (HBF), a trade group, said the Mayor of London’s “unrealistic” affordable housing targets were “strangling” attempts to build new homes. In a report on Monday, Neil Jefferson, its chief executive, said Sir Sadiq’s development strategy for the capital “effectively made London a ...

Maternity wards in North East London are under pressure from “increasing complex pregnancies,” a major NHS trust says. Queen’s Hospital in Romford, which is overseen by the Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Trust (BHRUT), is home to the third largest single-site maternity unit in England and the largest in North East London. Some 7,200 babies are born there every year. ...