Hindu Parishad blocks Shahbagh
The Bangladesh Hindu Parishad on Friday blocked Shahbagh in the capital for over two hours to press its eight-point demands, including halting ongoing repression on religious minorities and...
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Ligue 1 proposes mediation in Mbappe-PSG salary row
The French football league has offered to act as a mediator between Kylian Mbappe and Paris Saint-Germain in their dispute over unpaid wages and bonuses for the striker, the club announced on Wednesday...
Olympic rings to stay on Eiffel Tower 'until 2028'
Paris's mayor said Friday that she intended to keep the Olympic rings on the Eiffel Tower until at least 2028 despite criticism of the idea from some residents and lawmakers.
Paris to honour murdered Ugandan Olympian Cheptegei
The city of Paris will honour slain Ugandan Olympic runner Rebecca Cheptegei by naming a sports venue after her, the French capital's mayor Anne Hidalgo announced on Friday.
Ugandan athlete Cheptegei dies after being set on fire by boyfriend
Ugandan Olympic athlete Rebecca Cheptegei has died after being set on fire by her boyfriend in Kenya, Uganda's Olympic Committee chief said on Thursday.
Gono Odhikar Parishad gets EC registration
Gono Odhikar Parishad on Monday got registration of the Election Commission with 鈥楾ruck鈥� as its election symbol....
BCOP demands stopping harassment聽of teachers聽
Bangladesh Chhatra Oikya Parishad, student front of the Bangladesh Hindu Buddhist Christian Unity Council, on Saturday called on the interim government headed by...
BCOP demands stopping harassment of teachers聽
Bangladesh Chhatra Oikya Parishad, student front of the Bangladesh Hindu Buddhist Christian Unity Council, on Saturday called on the interim government headed by Professor Muhammad Yunus to take immediate steps to stop harassment and forced resignations of teachers across the country after August 5 fall of the Sheikh Hasina government amid a student-led mass uprising...
Paris Paralympics organisers announce 2 million tickets sold
Organisers of the Paris Paralympics announced Tuesday that over two million tickets have been sold as the Games prepare to open.
Paris Paralympics to showcase best of disability sport
The Paralympics begin in Paris on Wednesday, putting on display the talents of remarkable athletes in a city still riding the wave of the highly successful Olympics.
9 to die, 5 get life imprisonment for killing AL leader
The Rajshahi Speedy Trial Tribunal on Tuesday sentenced nine people, including a former union parishad chairman to death and five others to life imprisonment in a case filed for killing an Awami League leader in 2022...
Henry resigns as France U-21 coach
Thierry Henry has decided to step down from his role as coach of the France under-21 football team after guiding the side to a silver medal at the 2024 Paris Olympics, the French...
Admin officers to perform duties of local body chiefs聽
The government has temporarily empowered its officials to perform the duties of mayors of the city corporations and municipalities and chairmen of upazila parishads and...
Ramos out for three months
Paris Saint-Germain鈥檚 Portuguese striker Goncalo Ramos needs ankle surgery and will be sidelined for three months, the French club said a day after their Ligue 1 opening day 4-1 win at Le Havre.
PSG begin post-Mbappe era with win at Le Havre
Paris Saint-Germain began their defence of the Ligue 1 title with a 4-1 win at Le Havre on Friday in their first competitive game since the departure of talisman Kylian Mbappe to Real Madrid.
Australia's Raygun says Olympic backlash 'devastating'
Australian breakdancer Raygun has spoken out against the 鈥榩retty devastating鈥� hatred unleashed online since her widely lampooned Paris Olympics performance.
Taiwan leader praises Olympic boxing champion in gender row
Taiwan's president praised Olympic boxing gold medallist Lin Yu-ting on Friday for showing 鈥榞race鈥� despite attacks on her gender, as he hosted a party for the island's Olympians.
China's Olympic tennis glory tracks booming middle classes
Zheng Qinwen's historic tennis gold at the Paris Olympics this month followed a decades-long surge in the sport's popularity among China's burgeoning middle class, and her victory is set to boost it even more.
CAS rejects Indian wrestler Phogat's Olympic appeal
Indian wrestler Vinesh Phogat on Thursday lost her appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport after her disqualification from the women's 50kg final at the Paris Olympics for being overweight.
Kenyans ridicule 'hideous' statue of Olympic star Kipyegon
Kenyans poured scorn and ridicule Thursday on a statue they said depicted Olympic running icon Faith Kipyegon, among several erected in the world-renowned running hub of Eldoret to fete the nation's victorious Olympians.
Aussie Olympians defend scorned breakdancer 'Raygun'
Australia's Olympians returned home Wednesday and mounted a resolute defence of their breakdancing colleague against 鈥榓wful鈥� critics, comics and keyboard warriors.
South Korean sniffer dog searches for post-Olympic bedbugs
South Korea said on Tuesday it had deployed its first sniffer dog trained to detect bedbugs to prevent a possible infestation as athletes return from the Paris Olympics.
Hero's welcome for Olympic gender-row boxer Khelif in Algiers
Olympic boxing champion Imane Khelif said she had won for her country's women as Algeria's Paris Games medallists received a hero's welcome at Algiers airport on Monday.
Cubans celebrate return of record Olympic champion Mijain Lopez
Thousands of Cubans on Monday night welcomed home the island's Paris 2024 team led by five-time Olympic gold wrestling champion Mijain Lopez.
Olympic flag arrival kicks off 2028 'pressure' for Los Angeles
The Olympic flag arrived under bright skies Monday in Los Angeles, where officials now have four short years to organize a Games capable of rivaling the widely praised Paris edition in a notoriously traffic-clogged metropolis.
Chinese fans, state media bask in golden glow of Olympic success
China celebrated one of its best Olympic performances on Tuesday, while state media attempted to score political points from the golden haul won by its athletes at the Paris Games.
Theatre activists for democratic reform of BGTF, BPNP
Theatre activists on Monday demanded democratic reform of Bangladesh Group Theatre Federation, Bangladesh Path Natok Parishad and trial of recently resigned director general of the Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy Liaquat Ali Lucky鈥檚 corruption...
Plain land nat鈥檒 minorities for representative in interim govt
Ethnic minority communities from the plain lands on Monday demanded a representative in the newly formed interim government...
Olympics equipment heads for 'second life' post-Games
The stands have fallen quiet and the Athletes' Village is emptying. What happens to all the equipment now the 2024 Paris Olympics are over? Organisers have plans for it.
French police win plaudits after high-risk Olympics
The vaulting ambition of the Paris Olympics made them risky and hard to police, but French security forces kept thousands of athletes and millions of fans safe -- a 鈥榞old medal鈥� performance according to Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin.