Chelsea secured a narrow 1-0 victory over Manchester United in their Premier League match at Stamford Bridge on Saturday. The decisive goal came in the second half courtesy of a header from Marc Cucurella. The first half was a cagey affair with both sides struggling to create clear-cut chances. Manchester United thought they had opened the scoring when Harry Maguire ...

United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and European Union (EU) on Thursday signed an agreement to modernise and digitise legal aid services across Bangladesh, aiming to ensure faster and more inclusive access to justice for vulnerable communities, reports UNB. The agreement was signed at the EU Delegation office in Dhaka by UNDP Bangladesh Resident Representative Stefan Liller and EU Ambassador to ...

Hasnat Abdullah, chief organiser of the southern region of National Citizens Party (NCP) said that any advisors who consider other reforms as equally important as trial of Awami League members and the perpetrators of July Uprising are mistaken. The trial of murderers is the main and first reform of this interim government, the NCP leader made the remarks during the ...

Bangladesh has secured a spot in the final of SAFF U-19 Championship after a hard-fought 2-1 victory over Nepal in first semifinal held in Yupia, Arunachal Pradesh. All three goals came in second half after a goalless but intense opening 45 minutes. Bangladesh captain Nazmul Huda Faysal played a pivotal role, scoring one goal and assisting another. The breakthrough came ...

Jatiyo Nagorik Party’s (NCP) youth wing, ‘Jatiya Jubo Shakti’ declared its ambition for sweeping political reform and constitutional change following July uprising, marking shift in nation’s political landscape. On Friday, they shared comprehensive declaration outlining their vision for transforming governance and establishing what they term “a new republic” based on dignity, sovereignty and youth leadership after their launching event at ...

The student, accused of throwing a plastic water bottle at the Information and Broadcasting Adviser of interim government, Mahfuz Alam, has been released into the custody of his family following questioning by Detective Branch (DB) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police. DMP’s Media and Public Relations Division Deputy Commissioner Muhammad Talebur Rahman confirmed that the student was questioned at DB office and ...

No one would be forced to help with the process of assisted dying against their wishes under changes approved by MPs. A bill which would allow terminally ill adults in England and Wales, expected to die within six months, to seek help to end their own life is currently being considered by Parliament. The legislation passed its first stage in ...

Dhaka University (DU) students on Friday laid siege to Shahbagh Police Station, demanding arrest of all those involved in the murder of student leader SM Shahriar Alam Shammo. Later, police assurance prompted the protesters to make an end of the seizour. The demonstration began around noon when the students marched from Raju Memorial Sculpture to Shahbagh Police Station, chanting slogans ...

The government is going to build the country’s longest bridge to connect island district Bhola with Barishal. According to an official of the Bridge Division, Japanese firm Miyagawa Construction Ltd has expressed its keenness to construct the around 11- kilometer long bridge at a cost of Taka 17,000 crore. Bhola District Deputy Commissioner M Azad Jahan said that there is ...

A mob handed over a leader of banned Bangladesh Chhatra League, the student wing of the Awami League which is also facing a ban on its activities, to police after giving him a beating at Golapganj in Sylhet on Wednesday night. Locals said that a group of students and general people confined Shahed Ahmed, assistant secretary of the Golapganj upazila ...