Saudis turned down Messi stint ahead of 2026 World Cup, says official
Saudi Arabia declined an offer to sign Lionel Messi for a short-term stint in the Saudi Pro League before next year’s World Cup, according to a senior sports official. “During…
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Real , Super League seek over $4 bn in damages from UEFA
Real Madrid and Super League promoters are seeking more than $4 billion in damages from UEFA, which they accuse of unfairly torpedoing the breakaway competition, a source told AFP on…
BRAC Healthcare Expands Presence with New Centre in Badda
BRAC Healthcare Limited, a subsidiary of BRAC Enterprises, has inaugurated its fourth healthcare centre at TA-97, Middle Badda, Gulshan, Dhaka. The new centre was officially opened by Tamara Hasan Abed, …
Three more die of dengue fever; 928 hospitalized
Three more deaths were reported from dengue in 24 hours till Thursday morning, raising the number of fatalities from the mosquito-borne disease in Bangladesh to 278 this year. During the…
Four SPs promoted to DIG
Four superintendents of police (SPs) have been promoted to deputy inspector general (DIG). The Public Security Division under the Ministry of Home Affairs issued a notification in this regard on…
Bank Asia discloses earnings for Q3 of 2025
Bank Asia’s net profit for the first nine months of 2025 increased by 71% compared to the same period of last year. From January to September 2025, the bank recorded…
Hold polls by February to save country from ‘civil war-like situation’
National Citizen Party (NCP) Chief Coordinator Nasiruddin Patwary on Thursday urged the government to hold elections by February to save the country from a “civil war-like situation”. “The country is heading…
EC adds ‘Shapla Koli’ to symbol list, issues gazette
The Election Commission (EC) has added “Shapla Koli” (Water Lily Bud) to its updated list of election symbols. A gazette notification incorporating the new symbol was issued by the election…
119 killed in Rio police crackdown on powerful narco gang
Residents of a Rio de Janeiro community lined up their dead in harrowing scenes Wednesday after Brazil’s bloodiest police raid killed at least 119 people, spotlighting the city’s controversial war against…
Child abducted in Dhaka using ‘devil breath’, three arrested
Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB)-4 rescued a four-year-old girl, who was abducted using “devil breath”, from Pallabi area of Dhaka and arrested three people from Keraniganj of Dhaka on…