Messi closes on Brazilian's free-kick world record
Lionel Messi's free-kick goal against San Diego has taken him to 75, second on the all-time list and just four behind the record holder Marcelinho.
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Kushtia journalists protest attack on reporter
Journalists across Kushtia district have surrounded the court premises in protest at an attack on the reporter Mahbub Ul Ahsan Ullash in Kumarkhali.
Jute sticks bring farmers extra income in Faridpur
Jute sticks, once left aside as firewood, are now bringing Faridpur's jute growers an extra income of 400 to 500 taka a maund as demand rises.
Raphinha revives memories of the Messi-Ronaldo era
Barcelona's Raphinha has scored 12 goals in his first seven La Liga matches this season, a scoring rate not seen since the Messi and Ronaldo years.
Life term for Tangail man over killing of his wife
A court in Tangail has sentenced a man to life imprisonment with hard labour for killing his wife and hiding her body under a bed back in 2023.
Cannabis grown behind a ginger crop, one held
Police in Ghoraghat, Dinajpur, have arrested a young man and seized two cannabis plants nearly 12 feet tall, grown hidden behind a ginger crop.
24 idle trauma centres to open under new name
The government is moving to open 24 trauma centres that have lain unused beside the country's highways, renaming them accident and emergency centres.
Rice seed leaves 50 Baishari farmers in trouble
About 50 farmers in Baishari union, Naikhongchhari, say paddy grown from a seed variety they bought locally headed within 10 to 15 days of planting.
US wants talks with Iran again, says Qatar
The United States is interested in resuming talks with Iran, Qatar says, and Doha has been mediating between Washington and Tehran for weeks.
Iran's foreign minister heads to UN assembly
Iran's foreign minister Abbas Araghchi has left Tehran for New York to attend the session of the United Nations General Assembly, stopping in Doha.
Mithu Mukherjee, a 1970s star who stepped away
The actress Mithu Mukherjee, one of the best-known faces of Bengali cinema in the 1970s, has died, closing a colourful chapter in the industry.
Four thousand tonnes of diesel arrive from India
About 4,000 tonnes of diesel, or 4.7 million litres, has reached the Parbatipur receiving terminal in Dinajpur through the India-Bangladesh pipeline.
Three US outlets sue over White House ban
CNN, Politico and MS NOW are going to court over the withdrawal of their access to the White House by President Donald Trump's administration.
Six senior police officers dismissed for absence
The government has dismissed six senior police officers from service on charges of remaining absent from their posts for a long period of time.
Dry coconut prices climb in Faridpur before puja
Demand for dry coconut has risen sharply in Faridpur's markets ahead of Durga Puja, and prices are climbing with it as local supply falls short.
Wasim Akram turns on Babar over England whitewash
Wasim Akram has sharply criticised Pakistan captain Babar Azam after the 3-0 Test defeat in England and the abrupt changes made to the touring squad.
People can raise a government and pull it down: Shibir
Islami Chhatra Shibir's central president has warned that the people who put a government in power through movement can also drag it down again.
Fuel prices raised to stop smuggling, minister says
Fuel oil bought with foreign currency was at risk of being smuggled to neighbouring countries, the state minister for power and energy has said.
About 30 pupils in hospital after school milk
Around 30 primary school pupils in Thakurgaon's Baliadangi upazila were admitted to hospital after drinking milk served as part of a mid-day meal.
Messi and Suarez score but Miami held to a draw
Lionel Messi scored his 101st goal for Inter Miami and Luis Suarez added another, but San Diego FC struck late to earn a 2-2 draw in MLS action.
Union councils get 119 crore taka for solar power
The local government division has released a one-off 119.56 crore taka for union councils to take up projects supplying solar power to the grid.
Fertiliser hidden under straw seized in Dinajpur
A mobile court in Dinajpur's Bochaganj seized 13 sacks of fertiliser being moved hidden under rice straw, and fined the seller and the truck driver.
Packaged milk up by 10 taka a litre
Packaged liquid milk has gone up by as much as 10 taka a litre across almost every brand in the market, as producers cite higher production costs.
Phone displays and drugs seized at Kushtia border
Border Guard Bangladesh has seized 600 Indian-made smartphone displays and a quantity of smuggled drugs in two separate raids on the Kushtia border.
Unqualified animal healers worry Brahmanpara farmers
Farmers in Cumilla's Brahmanpara say unqualified animal healers are working across all 84 of its villages, giving wrong treatment and antibiotics.
Italy to ban the burqa and niqab in schools
Italy is to ban the burqa and niqab in schools and cap how many foreign pupils each classroom may take in, the prime minister Giorgia Meloni says.
Child's body found in Nabinagar two days after she vanished
Police in Brahmanbaria's Nabinagar have recovered the decomposing body of a seven-year-old madrasa pupil from scrub, 48 hours after she went missing.
Iran war shook the region like a quake, says Qatar PM
Qatar's prime minister says the war on Iran has had an earthquake-like effect on the Middle East economy, with tremors felt far beyond the region.
Atletico beat 10-man Real in the Madrid derby
Atletico Madrid beat a 10-man Real Madrid 2-1 in the derby to close the gap on leaders Barcelona, and hand Real a second defeat of this season.
Ashraf writes with his feet and passes his exam
Ashraf Mohammad Ali Hossain lost both arms as a child, taught himself to write with his feet, and has now passed his dakhil examination in Sylhet.
Students fined for not lighting a lamp for Modi
An order to light lamps for the Indian prime minister's birthday has drawn a row, after a management institute threatened absent students with a fine.
Jamaat gives tin and cash to Raipur fire victims
Jamaat-e-Islami's Lakshmipur district unit has given corrugated tin sheets and cash to 10 families left destitute by a fire in Raipur this month.
Raphinha hat-trick makes it seven out of seven
Raphinha's hat-trick gave Barcelona a 3-1 win away at Sevilla and a seventh straight league victory, taking the side clear at the top of La Liga.
Ityadi films its new episode in Jamalpur
The magazine programme Ityadi has recorded its latest episode in Jamalpur, at a recreation centre in the foothills of the Garo hills in Bakshiganj.
Americans told to leave Iran as tension rises
The United States virtual embassy has advised Americans to leave Iran and not to travel there, warning that the military conflict could widen fast.
Schoolgirl still missing two months after abduction
Two months after a class-eight pupil was abducted in Sunamganj's Tahirpur, police have neither recovered her nor arrested any of the accused men.
Rangpur filling station fined for short measure
Consumer rights officials in Rangpur have fined two businesses 50,000 taka in total for short measure at the pump and for failing to display a price list.
Trump to sit down with Mamdani at the mayor's residence
President Donald Trump and the New York City mayor Zohran Mamdani are to meet at Gracie Mansion to discuss the city and its residents' problems.
All three of Imran Khan's sisters now detained
Two more sisters of the former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan have been detained for 30 days, a day after a third sister was also held in Lahore.
Mecca's Grand Mosque muezzin dies hours after dawn call
Sheikh Ibrahim al-Madani, one of the muezzins of the Grand Mosque in Mecca, has died; the Monday fajr call to prayer was the last he gave there.
We will change the geography of the war, says IRGC
Iran's Revolutionary Guards say Tehran will change both its weapons and the geography of the war if the United States attacks the country again.
More than 800,000 bees stolen in Queensland
More than 800,000 bees have been stolen from farms in north Queensland in raids that the industry describes as carefully planned and skilfully done.
Bachelet withdraws from race to lead the UN
Chile's former president Michelle Bachelet has withdrawn from the race to be the next UN secretary general after losing support on the Security Council.
Trump signals he may meet Iran's president
President Donald Trump has signalled that he may be willing to meet his Iranian counterpart Masoud Pezeshkian, in an interview given to Fox News.
British railway stations are turning green
Volunteers have turned neglected corners of British railway stations into gardens, and a new Royal Horticultural Society award now recognises them.
Asia braces as a stronger El Nino builds
Asian countries are bracing for drought, extreme heat, wildfires, typhoons and food shortages as a possibly strong El Nino builds late in the year.
1,400 Muslim families evicted for Assam power plant
Assam demolished the homes of 1,400 Bengali Muslim families last July on the land where a 3,200MW Adani power project has now been launched by the state.
Singapore will pay you to read a book
Singapore is paying people a small token sum to log their reading time, in an effort to revive a reading habit lost to hours of scrolling on a phone.
British mosques open their doors to neighbours
More than a hundred mosques across Britain have opened their doors to the public, as attacks on mosques and hostility towards Muslims keep rising.
MP's second wife found dead in Dhaka flat
Police have recovered the body of the 19-year-old second wife of the Satkhira-4 member of parliament from a flat at the Nam Bhaban in the capital.
Haripur has 36 primary schools with no head
Thirty-six government primary schools in Thakurgaon's Haripur upazila have had no headteacher for a long time, and 97 assistant teacher posts are empty.
Four held over killing of boy in Cumilla
Police have arrested four people over the killing of a 13-year-old schoolboy in Cumilla, and say the motive was the theft of the iPhone he carried.
Police SI dies of electric shock while home on leave
A police sub-inspector was electrocuted while repairing an IPS unit at his village home in Gaibandha, where he had gone on leave that same morning.
Blood donor group plants 200 palm seeds
A volunteer blood donors' group in Dinajpur's Nawabganj planted 200 palm seeds to mark its fifth anniversary on Sunday morning in the upazila there.
Century-old graveyard bulldozed in Kanpur
A graveyard said to be about 100 years old has been bulldozed in Kanpur by the development authority, which calls the land an illegal occupation.
Barcelona plans a farewell tribute for Messi
Barcelona's president Joan Laporta says the club wants to hold a farewell tribute for Lionel Messi once the new stadium is finished, if he agrees.
Woman begins hunger strike over marriage demand
A young woman has begun a hunger strike at her boyfriend's home in Dinajpur's Hakimpur, demanding marriage after a two-year relationship with him.
Ministry takes back Nexus books given to reciters
The religion ministry has taken back the copies of the book Nexus given as gifts to Bangladeshi Quran reciters honoured at a reception last week.
Government will face down every conspiracy, says whip
A government whip says the government is carrying out development work with limited resources and will face down the conspiracies against it now.
Cabinet meets with the prime minister in the chair
A meeting of the cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Tarique Rahman, was held on Sunday morning at the Bangladesh Secretariat in the capital Dhaka.