AC Milan coach Massimiliano Allegri said on Monday that Croatia captain Luka Modric will join the Italian club from Real Madrid after the Club World Cup. Modric who turns 40 in September, joined Madrid from Tottenham in 2012 and has been linked with a move to Italy since early June, after announcing he would leave the Spanish giants at the ...

Bangladesh will play two international friendly matches against host Nepal on September 6 and 9 at the Dasharath Stadium in Kathmandu under the FIFA International Window, All Nepal Football Association website confirmed the matter on Monday. The two friendly matches will serve as crucial preparations for Bangladesh ahead of their remaining matches in the AFC Asian Cup Qualifiers. Bangladesh has ...

Political parties reached an agreement on Monday to expand subordinate courts to the upazila level aiming to provide better access to justice for citizens. They, however, do not support setting up courts in upazilas close to district headquarters. The agreement came from a dialogue with the National Consensus Commission at the Foreign Service Academy in Dhaka. Political representatives expressed their ...

Bangladesh’s population is estimated at 175.7 million of which half are women, two-thirds (115 million) in the working-age group (aged 15-64), presenting a window of opportunity to harness the demographic dividend. The estimation was made in the annual flagship publication, the State of World Population (SWOP) 2025, of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA). UNFPA Representative in Bangladesh Catherine Breen ...

Eminent Bangladeshi lalon and folk singer Farida Parveen is currently undergoing treatment with the full support of her family and is not facing any financial constraints in this regard, her son Imam Zafar Numanee clarified recently. In a Facebook post on Monday, journalist-lyricist and cultural figure Tanvir Tareq mentioned that Imam Zafar Numanee, son of renowned singer Farida Parveen, has ...

Leaders of the BRICS group of developing nations on Sunday condemned attacks on Gaza and Iran, called for reforms of global institutions and presented the bloc as a haven for multilateral diplomacy amid violent conflicts and trade wars. With forums such as the G7 and G20 groups of major economies hamstrung by divisions and the disruptive “America First” approach of ...

Investment firm Azoria Partners said on Saturday it will postpone the listing of its Azoria Tesla Convexity exchange traded fund after Tesla CEO Elon Musk said he was forming a new US political party. Musk made the announcement a day after polling his followers on the X social media platform he owns, declaring, “Today the America Party is formed to ...

Cristiano Ronaldo’s global fandom was on full display Monday as hundreds of Hong Kong football fans lined up for hours to get a glimpse of the Portuguese superstar’s legacy at the newly opened “CR7 LIFE Museum Hong Kong” — the first exhibition of its kind outside Portugal. Located in a luxury shopping mall, the 12,000-square-foot showcase features life-sized statues of ...

After qualifying the AFC Asian Cup, Bangladesh women’s football team returned to the country early Monday.Bangladeshi cuisine recipes And the Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) hosted a midnight reception for them at the amphitheater in the capital’s Hatirjheel when the city was the city of sleep. They landed at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport at 2AM. Later, they were directly taken to ...

A Dhaka court on Monday granted a two-day remand for former Law Minister Anisul Huq in connection with an arms case filed under the Arms Act at Banani Police Station. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Minhazur Rahman issued the remand order after police produced Anisul Huq in court and sought a five-day remand for further investigation. After the hearing, the court approved ...