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Thousands of people packed the National Heroes Acre yesterday to say goodbye to electricity legend Dr Sydney Gata. The crowd started arriving at dawn and filled every corner of the famous burial ground. ZESA workers showed up wearing their blue overalls while government officials and ordinary...

Emma Mwinde risked her life just to get her daughter a birth certificate. The brave mom walked for hours through elephant territory with her three-year-old strapped to her back. She traveled from Gokwe all the way to a remote fishing village near the Zambia border. Her husband Jonathan works at...

Saudi Arabia sent a new ambassador to Bangladesh during a fancy ceremony at the presidential palace on Wednesday. Dr Abdullah Zafer H. bin Abiyah handed over his official papers to President Mohammed Shahabuddin while soldiers stood at attention. Top officials from both countries watched as the...

Bangladesh women's football coach Peter Butler faces criticism over his decision to use senior team captain Afeida Khandaker in the under-20 championship. Critics argue that including established players undermines the development purpose of youth tournaments. Butler fired back by saying...

Bangladesh cricket stars saw their world rankings shake up after losing their ODI series against Sri Lanka. Wicketkeeper Jaker Ali made the biggest jump by climbing 32 spots to reach 59th place in batting rankings. The young player scored 102 runs during the series with his best knock being 51...

Bangladesh women's football captain Afeida Khandakar wants her team to keep winning big matches. The defending champions will play in the SAFF U-20 Women's Championship from July 11 to 21 at Bashundhara Kings Arena in Dhaka. Bangladesh won the tournament before alongside India but the Indian...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

A tiny three year old girl lost her life after tumbling into a dangerous open drain during heavy flooding on Wednesday afternoon. Mosammat Humaiyra became the latest victim of Chattogram's deadly waterlogged streets when torrential rains battered the Halishahar area. The little one slipped and...

Professor Muhammad Yunus has given government officials strict orders to get everything ready for the next big election by December. The chief adviser wants massive security measures in place across Bangladesh when voters head to the polls. Officials must train thousands of new security guards...

Iga Swiatek smashed her way into Wimbledon history on Wednesday by reaching her first ever semi-final at the famous tournament. The Polish tennis star crushed Russian opponent Liudmila Samsonova with a solid 6-2, 7-5 victory on the grass courts. Swiatek grabbed the eighth seed position but...

UNESCO bigwig Sue Vize visited Information and Broadcasting Adviser Md Mahfuj Alam at his government office. The pair talked about major changes coming to Bangladesh media during their meeting. Alam told Vize that his government has already started several projects to fix how news works in the...

Bangladesh election bosses met behind closed doors on Tuesday evening to discuss major changes to voting systems. The Bangladesh Election Commission sat down with the National Consensus Commission to talk about urgent reforms that need to happen fast. Both groups exchanged ideas about how well...