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All 104 matches of the 2026 World Cup will be “sold out,” FIFA president Gianni Infantino said, even though tickets are still available ahead of the tournament’s 11 June kickoff. “The demand is there. Every match is sold out,” Infantino told CNBC. Infantino, in an interview from President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida, said that there had been 508m ticket requests in four weeks for some 7m available tickets. He said requests during the main sales phase in January came from more than 200 countries. “(We’ve) never see anything like that — incredible,” said Infantino, adding that football’s global…
Bangladesh Cricket Board’s (BCB) decision to roll out a record 28-player central contract for 2026 — its most expansive structure yet — was designed to provide financial security, squad depth and a broader safety net across formats. Instead, it has also sparked debate over grading criteria, perceived fairness and the message it sends to consistent performers within the national setup. While the board left the top A+ category vacant and retained four cricketers in Grade A, several established names — including Mustafizur Rahman and Taijul Islam — were placed in Grade B, raising eyebrows in cricketing circles and prompting questions…
India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva were holding talks in New Delhi on Saturday, seeking to boost cooperation on critical minerals and rare earths. Brazil has the world’s second-largest reserves of these elements, which are used in everything from electric vehicles, solar panels and smartphones to jet engines and guided missiles. India, seeking to cut its dependence on top exporter China, has been expanding domestic production and recycling while scouting for new suppliers.
Iran and the United States are sliding rapidly towards military conflict as hopes fade for a diplomatic solution to their standoff over Tehran’s nuclear programme, officials on both sides and diplomats across the Gulf and Europe say. Iran’s Gulf neighbours and its enemy Israel now consider a conflict to be more likely than a settlement, these sources say, with Washington building up one of its biggest military deployments in the region since the invasion of Iraq in 2003. Israel’s government believes Tehran and Washington are at an impasse and is making preparations for possible joint military action with the United…
Bangladesh’s ready-made garment (RMG) industry is facing a major challenge. The United States is the single largest destination for Bangladeshi garment exports, while the European Union collectively accounts for the largest regional market, receiving around 50% of the country’s total garment exports. Since the imposition of retaliatory tariffs, exports to the US have declined. India, one of Bangladesh’s main competitors in the garment sector, has signed a free trade agreement with the European Union. Currently, India pays a 12% tariff on garment exports to Europe, which will be reduced to zero once the agreement takes effect. Bangladesh is set to…
After dropping for two consecutive times, gold prices have risen once more. The price of top-quality 22-carat gold increased by Tk3,266 per bhori, bringing the rate to Tk258,824 per bhori due to a hike in the price of pure gold in the local market. The Standing Committee on Pricing and Price Monitoring of the Bangladesh Jeweller’s Association (BAJUS) made the decision at a meeting held at 9:30am on Saturday (21 February).
Illegal extortion in the country’s road and water transport sectors continues unabated, with operators alleging that collections are still being made openly in the name of associations, tolls, and political influence. A video that went viral on Friday shows two young men in a mini-trawler intercepting a moving bulkhead on the Padma River in Naria upazila of Shariatpur shortly after Jummah prayers. In the footage, one of the youths boards the bulkhead, collects money from crew members, and quickly returns to the trawler before leaving the scene. A voice heard in the video claims the money was being taken as…
The yaba problem along the Cox’s Bazar border has emerged as the biggest test for the new Home Minister, Salahuddin Ahmed. The issue is not new; its roots were sown long ago. The trafficking network for the highly dangerous drug is so complex that administrative measures or law enforcement alone have failed to curb its spread. As the district’s MP, any failure to bring the yaba trade under control will be visible not only locally but also nationally, observers believe. Inquiries reveal that consignments of yaba enter daily through the Teknaf–Ukhiya border. Over the past two years, different agencies have…
On the occasion of Great Martyrs’ Day and International Mother Language Day, Chief Justice Zubayer Rahman Chowdhury paid homage to the martyrs of the Language Movement. The tribute took place at 6:00am at the Central Shaheed Minar on Saturday, where the Chief Justice laid a wreath. Appellate Division judges SM Emdadul Haque, Farah Mahbub, and other High Court judges were also present during this time. After the wreath-laying ceremony, the Chief Justice and Supreme Court judges observed a moment of silence, honouring the memory and sacrifices of the language martyrs.
President Donald Trump imposed Friday an additional 10 percent tariff on imports into the United States after the Supreme Court struck down many of his sweeping and often arbitrary duties, delivering a stinging rebuke on his signature economic policy. Trump signed the tariff order in the Oval Office — saying on social media it was “effective almost immediately” — after spending the past year imposing various rates to cajole and punish countries, both friend and foe. The new duty is slated to take effect 24 February for 150 days, with exemptions remaining for sectors that are under separate probes, including…