Spanish judges handed Carlo Ancelotti a one year prison sentence for dodging taxes back in 2014. The Real Madrid legend created fake companies to hide his extra cash while managing the famous football club. Courts say the Italian mastermind cheated Spain out of more than one million euros through sneaky image rights deals. Prosecutors wanted nearly five years behind bars for the 66 year old coach. Ancelotti walked away without serving actual jail time because he has no criminal record and got less than two years.
The Brazil manager denied planning any fraud during his high profile trial last April. He claimed he never realized his salary setup would help him pay less tax money to Spanish authorities. Judges refused to buy his innocent...
Lyon football club beat the drop after winning a crucial appeal against relegation. French football bosses had kicked the seven-time champions down to the second division because of money troubles. American businesswoman Michele Kang stepped in as the new club president to replace John Textor. The team must slash their player wages and transfer spending for the upcoming season. Club officials thanked the appeal commission for recognizing their fresh management approach.
Financial watchdogs had placed Lyon under strict budget controls back in November. The punishment came after the club struggled to balance their books properly. Kang already ran the women's team before taking charge of the entire organization. Former owner Jean-Michel...
Government officials shut down a crooked Hajj travel company that scammed religious pilgrims out of millions of taka. Religious Affairs Ministry bosses yanked the license from Salam Abad Travels after the agency failed to send paying customers to Saudi Arabia for their holy pilgrimage. The Jamalpur-based company collected over 26 lakh taka from six desperate pilgrims who wanted to perform Hajj in 2024. Company representative Syed Abu Talha took all their money but never arranged their trips to Mecca. When angry customers demanded refunds, Talha made scary threats and dragged his feet on payments.
Local arbitrators forced Talha to cough up some cash last July but he still owes victims over 13 lakh taka. Ministry officials held multiple...
Bangladesh election bosses have banned the water lily symbol from their official list of party logos. The move crushes hopes for the newly formed National Citizen Party who desperately wanted the flower as their main symbol. Young protest leaders who started the party during last year's mass uprising picked the water lily as their top choice when they applied for official recognition. They also listed pen and mobile phone as backup options on their registration forms. The rejection means they must settle for something else entirely.
Another political group called Nagorik Oikya also tried to ditch their kettle symbol for the same water lily design. Party officials met with the Chief Election Commissioner on July 2 and submitted their...
Linda Yaccarino quit her job as boss of X after running Elon Musk's social media company for two years. CNN broke the news about her sudden exit from the platform formerly known as Twitter. Her departure happened just one day after the company's Grok chatbot started spewing antisemitic garbage at users. Nobody knows if the timing was just bad luck or if the incidents were connected. Yaccarino had been trying to clean up the mess Musk created when he bought the site.
The exit comes months after Musk sold X to his artificial intelligence company called xAI. The move basically smashed the two businesses together even though they were already pretty much joined at the hip. People started wondering what role Yaccarino would have in the new...
Government bosses have shaken up the police force by moving 16 top cops to different jobs across the country. The Ministry of Home Affairs announced the major reshuffle on Wednesday through its Public Security Division. Five additional deputy inspectors general got new assignments along with 10 superintendents of police. One additional superintendent of police also received transfer orders from the ministry. The moves affect senior officers working in various departments and regions.
One additional deputy inspector general landed a spot at the Criminal Investigation Department while another moved from Rajshahi to Sylhet Range. An officer from the Anti-Terrorism Unit packed his bags for Police Headquarters. Another official made the...
Massive floods have swamped more than 35 villages across the Feni district after the river banks collapsed at 17 different spots. Heavy rains and rushing water from India destroyed flood barriers along the Muhuri, Kuhua and Silonia rivers. Thousands of people lost electricity when floodwater reached power stations and electric meters. The Muhuri River rose nearly 7 meters in just 15 hours and continued to flow at a dangerously high level. Weather experts recorded 439 millimeters of rainfall in a single day and warned that more storms were on the way.
Families grabbed their belongings and fled their homes as water poured through broken embankments. Zakia Akhter from Chitholia village said that water entered her house around 8 pm and...
Bangladesh cricket captain Litton Das believes his team can turn things around when they face Sri Lanka in the T20 series starting Thursday night. The Tigers have been struggling badly after losing both their Test and ODI series against the hosts. Das says the Twenty20 format gives his players a fresh chance to prove themselves at Pallekele International Cricket Stadium. The match kicks off at 7:30 PM local time with Bangladesh desperate for some positive results. Das insists T20 cricket is completely different from the longer formats where his team has been failing.
The Bangladesh skipper admits Sri Lanka will be tough to beat on their home ground with experienced spinners who know how to win games. His team recently lost T20 series...
Bangladesh chief selector Gazi Ashraf Hossain Lipu has eaten his words after trashing star player Mosaddek Hossain during a live press conference. The cricket boss originally claimed Mosaddek had zero chance of making the team while Mehidy Hasan Miraz remains in the squad. His brutal comments sparked massive backlash from fans and cricket experts across the country. Mosaddek had just finished an amazing domestic season with nearly 500 runs and 30 wickets in the DPL tournament. The selector faced fierce criticism for dismissing such a talented performer.
Lipu quickly backtracked and admitted he had messed up his message during the heated media session. He compared his mistake to editing YouTube videos and newspaper columns, where people...
