Sports,Football
Ballon d'Or winner Karim Benzema will leave Real Madrid as a free agent in the close season after 14 trophy-laden years, the club said on Sunday, with the striker being linked with a move to Saudi Arabian side Al Ittihad.The 35-year-old Frenchman had looked set to stay at the Spanish club for on...
Spanish defender Sergio Ramos is leaving French Champions Paris St Germain, the Ligue 1 club said on Friday.The 37-year-old arrived at Parc des Princes on a free transfer before the 2021-22 season after failing to reach an agreement to extend his 16-year stay at Real Madrid.The experienced centre-ba...
Sports,Cricket
Australia opener David Warner said he will call time on his Test career after playing against Pakistan at the Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG) next January, if he is still in the team by then.When available, Warner has been a fixture at the top of the Australian order since his debut in 2011 but his plac...
World
The United States is seeking to secure supplies of TNT in Japan for 155mm artillery shells, as Washington rushes weapons and ammunition to Ukraine for a counteroffensive against Russian forces, two people familiar with the matter told Reuters.For war-renouncing Japan, any procurement would test its ...
Asia's top security meeting opened on Friday, with intensifying competition between the United States and China expected to dominate a weekend of high-level speeches, backroom military dealings and delicate diplomacy.The Shangri-La Dialogue, which attracts senior military officers, diplomats, we...
A Lebanese military tribunal has formally accused five members of Hezbollah and the allied Amal Movement of killing an Irish U.N. peacekeeper in 2022, a senior Lebanese judicial source told Reuters on Thursday.Private Sean Rooney, 23, was killed on Dec. 15 in the first fatal attack on U.N. peacekeep...
Sports,Tennis
Jannik Sinner wasted two match points as he was knocked out of the French Open 6-7(0), 7-6(7), 1-6, 7-6(4), 7-5 in a second round thriller against German Daniel Altmaier on Thursday.The red-haired Italian, who is often cheered on by six fans dressed as carrots - the Carota boys - and was spotted eat...
AS Roma manager Jose Mourinho said he was uncertain about his future at the club following their 4-1 penalty shootout defeat in the Europa League final against Sevilla on Wednesday.The defeat meant Roma failed to qualify for next season's Champions League and prompted questions about whether the...
Europa League thoroughbreds Sevilla worked their magic yet again to beat AS Roma 4-1 on penalties on Wednesday and lift the trophy for a record-extending seventh time, handing Roma boss Jose Mourinho his first defeat in six European finals.After an unspectacular match ended 1-1 after extra time, Sev...
World,Front Page
QatarEnergy is going to sign a long-term liquefied natural gas (LNG) supply deal with Bangladesh's state-owned gas company Petrobangla today, Thursday, the second Asian sales deal to be sealed for Qatar's North Field expansion project.The 15-year agreement is for the supply of 2 million tonn...
National,Back Page
Bangladesh is set to ratify an international convention in early June on recycling ships aimed at increasing safety and environmental standards, a senior official told Reuters."We expect the first week of June for the official declaration," said Mamunur Rashid, a deputy secretary with the ...
Cricket's cash-starved associate member nations fear the proposed new international revenue distribution model, which heavily favours the game's superpowers, could potentially stall the growth of the game.The International Cricket Council (ICC) has proposed a new revenue sharing model for th...
Sudan’s army has suspended talks over a cease-fire and enabling humanitarian access, according to a Sudanese diplomatic source, raising fears of fresh bloodshed.The talks with the rival paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) began in early May and had produced a declaration of commitments to ...
Fighters from Somalia’s Al-Shabab insurgent group attacked a military base on the outskirts of a town in the center of the country, leading to at least 17 deaths, a resident said.The attack on Masagawa, about 300 kilometers north of Mogadishu, came days after Al-Shabab attacked a base housing ...
Pakistani former prime minister Imran Khan was on Tuesday granted bail on a new charge of abetting violence against the military by his protesting supporters after he was arrested and detained on May 9 in a corruption case, his lawyer said.The embattled Khan, who says the corruption charges have bee...
World number three Jessica Pegula is not yet a part of the burgeoning "Big Three" rivalry on the women's tour but the American said Iga Swiatek, Aryna Sabalenka and Elena Rybakina had earned the right to receive such recognition.World number one Swiatek, second-ranked Sabalenka and no....
Iran’s supreme leader said Monday he’d “welcome” the restoration of full diplomatic ties between Egypt and the Islamic Republic, raising the prospect of Cairo and Tehran normalizing relations after decades of strain.The comments by Ayatollah Ali Khamenei came as a series of w...
Khartoum was calmer on Saturday morning as a seven-day cease-fire appeared to reduce fighting between two rival military factions although it has not yet provided the promised humanitarian relief to millions trapped in the capital.A truce signed on Monday by the two fighting parties — Sudan&rs...
The Pakistan government has barred former prime minister Imran Khan and his wife among at least 80 people from leaving the country, The Indian Express reports.Khan and several top leaders of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party are facing cases following the violence after he was arrested on May 9 in ...
World,Back Page
Thirty-three supporters of former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan have been handed over to the army to face trial in military courts on charges of attacking armed forces' installations, Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah said on Friday.The 33 accused are among the thousands detained since Khan&...
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