Asian stocks rose sharply on Friday, led by chip and AI firms as investors brushed off concern over the stalled recovery of energy supplies through the critical Strait of Hormuz, with tit-for-tat attacks escalating between the US and Iran. The renewed back-and-forth attacks have further eroded the fragile three-week-old ceasefire, bringing the spotlight back on oil prices and what they ...

Kylian Mbappé spread his arms out wide and spun around after scoring his eighth goal of this year’s World Cup. He later gave the jubilant France fans dotted around the stadium a wave when he left the game because of an injury scare. Les Bleus, with a star striker who said he’s fine despite a right ankle issue, are headed ...

The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court today (9 July) upheld the High Court verdict that declared several provisions introduced through the Constitution’s 15th Amendment illegal, including the abolition of the caretaker government system. The five-member bench of the Appellate Division, headed by the chief justice, delivered the verdict this morning, dismissing the appeals challenging the High Court judgment. Following ...

Filmmaker Boney Kapoor’s daughter Anshula Kapoor tied the knot with Rohan Thakkar on July 6. After the wedding, the newlyweds hosted a reception, which brought together several celebrities. For her reception, Anshula exuded modern craftsmanship as she opted for a custom Banarasi corseted silhouette by Amit Aggarwal. The reception look came from Amit Aggarwal’s Banarsi Edit, a collection that explores ...

Bangladesh and China on Thursday reaffirmed their commitment to working together for peace and stability in the region amid evolving global and regional geopolitical developments. Chinese Ambassador to Bangladesh Yao Wen paid a courtesy call on Prime Minister’s Defence Adviser Brigadier General (retd) Dr AKM Shamsul Islam at the Defence Adviser’s Office of the Armed Forces Division (AFD) in Dhaka ...

Prime Minister’s Political Adviser and BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Advocate Ruhul Kabir Rizvi has called on all democratic forces to remain vigilant in dealing with conspiracies by defeated forces. Speaking to reporters at the BNP’s central office in Nayapaltan in the capital on Thursday (9 July), Rizvi said the present government have come to power through a long struggle ...

FIFA refereeing chief Pierluigi Collina defended the officiating in Argentina’s 3-2 victory over Egypt in the World Cup round of 16, dismissing allegations of bias and saying match officials ​operated with complete independence. In an interview published on inside.fifa.com on Thursday, Collina said ‌criticism of referees was part of football but he condemned the questioning of the officials’ integrity after ...

Prime Minister Tarique Rahman on Thursday inaugurated the Environment Fair 2026 alongside the National Tree Plantation Campaign and National Tree Fair 2026, reaffirming the government’s commitment to environmental protection, expanding forest cover and strengthening public engagement in climate action. The programmes were formally launched at the Bangladesh-China Friendship Conference Centre in the capital at around 11:30am under the slogan, “Let’s ...

Bangladesh has called for a more adaptive, technology-driven and future-ready United Nations Police capable of responding effectively to increasingly complex global security challenges. Speaking at the 5th United Nations Chiefs of Police Summit 2026 at the UN Headquarters in New York on Wednesday (8 July), Home Minister Salahuddin Ahmed said, “Tomorrow’s security challenges cannot be addressed with yesterday’s capabilities.” He ...

The government has appointed Abul Hasan Mridha as Bangladesh’s new ambassador to Indonesia, according to an office order issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The appointment was announced in an office order issued on Monday (6 July) and published on the ministry’s website yesterday. According to the order, Mridha has been instructed to assume his new posting at the ...