Barca sign De Jong as Griezmann leaves

Barcelona have signed Netherlands striker Luuk De Jong from Sevilla on a season-long loan after France's Antoine Griezmann left the Nou Camp to rejoin Atletico Madrid on a similar deal...

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Tamim withdraws from the T20 World Cup 2021

Bangladesh opener Tamim Iqbal has withdrawn from the upcoming ICC T20 World Cup in the UAE and Oman. ''As I did not play in the last 15 to 20 T20 matches, and whoever replaced me, I don't think it would be fair on them if I take their place," the southpaw noted through a video message...

Kiron: A visionary sports organizer

Mahfuza Akhter Kiron is a member of FIFA Council. She has become the first sports organizer in the country and achieve this through her organizational skills...

Weather disasters killed 2 million in last 50 years

The number of disasters, such as floods and heatwaves, driven by climate change have increased fivefold over the past 50 years, killing more than 2 million people and costing $3.64 trillion in total losses, a U.N. agency said on Wednesday...

Ex-Lt Col Shahid, his wife jailed for 10 years

A Dhaka court has sentenced sacked lieutenant colonel Shahid Uddin Khan and his wife Farjana Anjum Khan to 10 years in jail in a case filed under the Special Power Act (SPA). Judge Syeda Hafcha Jhuma of Eight Additional Metropolitan Sessions Judges Court of Dhaka passed the order on Wednesday...

Japan finds another Moderna vial suspected to contain foreign substance

Japan's Kanagawa prefecture said it has found another vial of Moderna Inc's COVID-19 vaccine suspected of containing a foreign substance and has put the rest of the lot on hold...

32 dead as bus plunges off cliff near Peruvian capital Lima

At least 32 passengers have died, including two children, and more than 20 were injured when a bus plummeted from a cliff in Peru, officials said, in the country’s third multiple-victim transport accident in four days...

Pori Moni released on bail

Dhallywood actress Porimoni was released on bail from Kashimpur Central Women’s Jail in Gazipur on Wednesday morning. She walked out of the jail at 9:30am. Earlier on Tuesday, Dhaka Metropolitan Sessions Judge K M Imrul Kayesh granted the bail to her in a drug case...

Afghanistan: UK and Taliban in talks over further evacuations

The UK is in talks with the Taliban to secure safe passage out of Afghanistan for a number of British nationals and Afghans who remain there...

Joe Biden defends US pull-out as Taliban claim victory

US President Joe Biden has defended his decision to withdraw US troops from Afghanistan - a move which led to Taliban militants returning to power. Staying longer was not an option, Mr Biden said in an address to the nation, a day after the end of a 20-year US presence in Afghanistan...

S Korea passes bill to curb Google, Apple commission dominance

South Korea's parliament on Tuesday approved a bill that bans major app store operators such as Google and Apple from forcing software developers to use their payment systems, effectively stopping them from charging commissions on in-app purchases...

266 with dengue fever hospitalized in a day

Some 266 people with dengue fever were admitted to different hospitals in and outside the capital in the last 24 hours until Tuesday morning...

India announces first formal meeting with Taliban

India today, for the first time, admitted to have held diplomatic talks with the Taliban which has taken control of Afghanistan in the past few days following the withdrawal of US forces from there...

SI arrested for 'raping' teenager

A sub-inspector of Sher-e-Bangla Nagar Police Station under Dhaka Metropolitan Police has been arrested in a case filed for allegedly raping a teenage girl...

Bangladeshi vaccine scientist wins Magsaysay Award

Dr Firdausi Qadri, a Bangladeshi scientist who helped develop a cheap oral vaccine against cholera won Magsaysay Award, the Asia's equivalent to the Nobel Prize...

Housewife's hanging body found in Dhaka

Police on Tuesday morning recovered the body of a housewife from a house at West Rampura in the capital...

Dale Steyn brings curtain down on illustrious career

Dale Steyn has announced his decision to retire from cricket, bringing the curtain down on one of the most outstanding careers in the game. Steyn, 38, has been in and out of the game in recent years because of injuries, and, writing on his Twitter handle, summed up his state of mind as "bitter sweet but grateful"...

86 more die of Covid-19 in a day

Eighty six more people died from coronavirus in Bangladesh in the past 24 hours, taking the death toll to 26,195. Bangladesh first reported its COVID-19 cases on March 8 last year. Since then the country has been struggling to limit the spread of the highly contagious virus. Coronavirus first emerged in the Chinese city of Wuhan in December last year and then spread to newer countries and territories...

Five get life for murdering farmer

Five people have been sentenced to life in prison for murdering a farmer in Daulatpur upazila of Kushtia district in 2014...