Bangladesh women's national football team played a closed-door friendly match against Western Sydney Wanderers FC at the club's Field 3 training ground in Sydney as a part of preparation of their AFC Women's Asian Cup tourney. The match formed an important part of the Tigresses' ongoing preparation camp in Australia, providing valuable competitive exposure against a top-tier A-League Women side, according to a message received here from Bangladesh Football Federation on Wednesday afternoon. As part of the structured recovery plan, there will be no field training session tomorrow (Thursday). Instead, the squad will undertake a swimming pool recovery session at Valentine Sports Park, emphasizing regeneration and physical maintenance following the day's competitive outing. Bangladesh will compete in the AFC Women's Asian Cup for the first time in history.

The government is giving top priority to tackling dengue and has intensified mosquito control efforts across the capital, Health Minister Sardar Md Sakhaowat Hossain said on Wednesday. He urged citizens to actively cooperate with the ongoing anti- mosquito drives to ensure their effectiveness. The minister made the remarks while visiting Dhalpur in Dhaka to inspect mosquito control operations and assess the effectiveness of insecticides used by the Dhaka South City Corporation. He said the government has adopted a series of plans to provide swift relief to city dwellers from the mosquito menace. The minister said several samples of imported insecticides have been collected and will be tested promptly to determine their effectiveness.

Real Madrid striker Kylian Mbappe will miss the Champions League play-off second leg against Benfica on Wednesday because of a knee injury, AFP learned on Tuesday from a source close to the team. Madrid hold a 1-0 lead over Benfica from the first leg in Lisbon last week, in a match which was disrupted by alleged racial abuse aimed at Los Blancos winger Vinicius Junior. Mbappe's coach Alvaro Arbeloa said earlier on Tuesday that the player was "prepared to play" in the second leg and that he "valued his commitment" in playing through pain, but it was later decided that the forward would not feature against Benfica. Mbappe leads the Champions League scoring charts with 13 goals this season, despite an issue with the ligaments on the outside of his left knee which has troubled him since before the Christmas break. The forward did not appear to be moving as freely as usual during Real's 2-1 defeat to Osasuna in La Liga on Saturday.

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The government has fixed the minimum Fitra at Tk110 per person while the maximum Fitra at Tk2,805. The decision was taken at a meeting of the National Fitra Determination Committee held on Wednesday morning at the Baitul Mukarram National Mosque conference hall, said a press release on Wednesday. Committee’s president and khatib of Baitul Mukarram National Mosque Mufti Muhammad Abdul Malek presided over the meeting. Fitra is an obligatory charity distributed to the poor at the end of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. Fitra is paid to the poor before the jamaat (congregation) of Eid-ul-Fitr.

A Dhaka court has sentenced Ismail Chowdhury Samrat, former president of the Dhaka Metropolitan South unit of the Jubo League, to 20 years in prison in two separate cases over illegal wealth accumulation and money laundering. The court also fined him Tk20 lakh and ordered an additional one year in jail in default of payment. Confirming the matter, bench assistant Fakir Zahidul Islam said the court handed Samrat 10 years’ rigorous imprisonment and a Tk10 lakh fine for amassing illegal wealth, with an additional six months’ jail in default of payment. In the money laundering case, he was sentenced to another 10 years in prison and fined Tk10 lakh, with a similar default clause. On July 17 last year, the same court framed charges against Samrat and ordered the trial to begin, cancelling his bail and issuing an arrest warrant.

LPG Price Reduced Staff Correspondent, Dhaka (Monday, February 24, 2026)The price of a 12 kg LPG cylinder has been reduced by Tk 15 to Tk 1,341, down from Tk 1,356. On February 16, the Internal Resources Division of the Ministry of Finance issued a notification reducing VAT on LPG imports. The price of a 5.5 kg cylinder has been set at Tk 615, a 15 kg cylinder at Tk 1,677, and a 45 kg cylinder at Tk 5,031. The price of the 12.5 kg cylinder supplied by the state-owned LP Gas Limited remains unchanged at Tk 776.93. BERC has warned that legal action will be taken against those found charging more than the fixed price.

HONG KONG, Feb 25, 2026 (BSS/AFP) - Stock markets in Seoul and Tokyo surged to record highs as tech firms led an Asia-wide rally Wednesday following a rebound in their counterparts on Wall Street. Fresh worries about the recent release of tools that could hammer software firms have compounded the problems. But a presentation by AI company Anthropic emphasising the compatibility of its technology with existing programmes tempered some fears, analysts said. Seoul's Kospi jumped past 6,000 points for the first time, led once again by chip titans Samsung and SK hynix. Tokyo piled on more than one percent to also hit a new peak, with tech firms Advantest and Tokyo Electron among the best performers.

UAE Ambassador to Bangladesh Abdulla Ali AlHmoudi met with Foreign Minister Dr. Khalilur Rahman at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs today. Photo: MoFADHAKA, Feb 24, 2026 (BSS) - Dhaka and Abu Dhabi have reaffirmed their commitment to elevating bilateral ties to a comprehensive strategic and economic partnership, with renewed focus on trade, investment, labour mobility and high-level engagements. During the meeting, both sides underscored the longstanding friendship and growing strategic partnership between Bangladesh and the United Arab Emirates. The Foreign Minister conveyed appreciation for the greetings from the UAE Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister and reiterated Bangladesh’s commitment, under the “Bangladesh First” policy, to advancing bilateral relations to a comprehensive strategic and economic partnership. The discussions focused on expediting negotiations on the proposed Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) and enhancing cooperation in trade, energy, infrastructure and public-private partnership (PPP) projects.

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