Cristiano Ronaldo was called up for the start of Portugal’s Nations League campaign on Friday as Jorge Jesus named his first squad since taking over as coach. The 41-year-old Ronaldo said last month this would “probably” be his final season in football, bringing the curtain down on a remarkable career during which he has scored more than 950 goals for ...

Britain’s King Charles sounded “like a lottery winner” after the death of his late first wife Diana, her brother writes in his forthcoming book, new extracts of which were published on Thursday. Diana’s brother Charles Spencer said the then-Prince Charles was “giddily elated” in the immediate aftermath of Diana’s death in 1997, possibly because he felt it meant he was ...

Tangail saree has received two major forms of recognition. One is its legal identity as a Geographical Indication (GI) product of Bangladesh. An even greater cultural recognition came from UNESCO. In 2025, the Traditional Saree Weaving Art of Tangail was inscribed on UNESCO’s Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. This recognition extends beyond the saree itself to ...

UK-based Menzies Aviation plans to invest US$12 million and create more than 1,000 direct jobs in its first year if selected as the second passenger-handling operator for the 3rd terminal of Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA). The company announced the proposed investment and employment plans at a press conference at a city hotel on Thursday. Menzies said its operations could ...

Spain coach Luis de la Fuente has announced a 26-member squad for the start of the 2026-27 UEFA Nations League, making four changes to the squad that lifted the World Cup. Real Madrid defender Dean Huijsen and Barcelona midfielder Fermin Lopez have returned to the squad, while Barcelona midfielder Gavi and goalkeeper Joan Garcia have been left out. Marcos Llorente ...

Law Minister Md Asaduzzaman has said that Jamaat-e-Islami has accepted that its role and position during the 1971 Liberation War were not right. Asaduzzaman made the remarks on Friday at a book launch ceremony written by lawyer Barrister Abdur Razzaq at a hotel in Gulshan, Dhaka. The law minister said Barrister Razzaq’s proposal for Jamaat to apologise over its role ...

Bangladesh on Friday sought Bhutan’s support for revitalising SAARC for the collective benefit of the region and its people, as Bhutanese Prime Minister Dasho Tshering Tobgay made a brief transit stopover in Dhaka. Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives Minister Dr Abdul Moyeen Khan and State Minister for Foreign Affairs Humaiun Kobir received the Bhutanese Prime Minister at Hazrat Shahjalal ...

India on Friday said New Delhi would take “all necessary actions to protect its interests” amid Bangladesh’s review of 101 bilateral agreements signed during the previous Awami League government. Addressing a weekly briefing, Indian Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said New Delhi had seen media reports about the review but had received no official communication from Dhaka. “We ...

Humanoid robots will be able to complete most general-purpose tasks from verbal instructions as soon as next year, although becoming useful around the house will take much longer, said the head of a leading Chinese company developing robot brains. After impressive hardware advances allowing Chinese humanoids to sprint, dance and do backflips on command, robot firms are increasingly focusing on ...

Health State Minister Dr MA Muhit said on Friday that the government is planning to launch a floating hospital, ‘Shasthya Tori’, to provide modern healthcare to people living in remote coastal, island and char areas. He made the remarks while inspecting the plan for the floating hospital under the Babubazar Bridge in the capital. “The government’s health plan focuses on ...