Jobs, cash, loans: Can Bangladesh’s parties deliver on election promises? | Bangladesh Election 2026
Mohaiminul Rafi, 27, has spent years preparing for Bangladesh’s civil service exams, chasing what he…
Matchroom sells minority stake to US investment firm Bruin Capital.
Sports advertising company Matchroom has announced that it has sold a minority stake to a US investment firm. News broke on Monday morning that Bron Capital had acquired a 15 per cent stake in Matchroom, known primarily for its boxing, darts and snooker competitions. Based in Essex, Barry and Eddie Hearn run Matchroom, which Barry…
NYT’s Wordle to become a TV game show
The New York Times is betting that the Wordle craze isn’t over yet. On Monday, the Times announced that it would turn the hit mobile word game into a televised game show on NBC. “Today” show anchor Savannah Guthrie will host the event. while The Times and “The Tonight Show” host Jimmy Fallon will both…
Marcus Rashford’s Barcelona future remains uncertain
Rashford is a Manchester United player. His contract is till 30 June 2028. When Casemiro’s contract expires on June 30 this year, he will be the club’s highest earner, with his salary benefiting from the reinstatement of the 25% that was removed due to the failure to qualify for the Champions League last season. His…
Spotify’s AI DJ now supports French, German, Italian, and Brazilian Portuguese
Spotify said Thursday that its interactive AI DJ feature now supports four additional languages: French, German, Italian and Brazilian Portuguese. Until now, the feature, with which you can interact to request songs and get AI-powered spoken commentary, was only available in English and Spanish. The company said the AI DJs have different names and personalities…
Luke Littler extended his Premier League lead with a win over Luke Humphreys.
Luke Littler defeated Luke Humphreys 6-5 in Leeds to claim his third successive Premier League darts final. Thursday’s clash was the second week in a row that the pair had met in the final after Littler triumphed by the same scoreline in Aberdeen last week. An entertaining tussle between the world’s top two saw Humphreys…
A man arrested on suspicion of weapons possession after reports that former Prince Andrew received threats
London — A man has been arrested on suspicion of possessing an offensive weapon following earlier reports of Prince Andrew. He was threatened by a masked man while walking his dogs near his house. Norfolk Constabulary said the arrest took place on Wednesday evening after a report of a man “behaving in a menacing manner” near…
Hackers hack victims who are hacked by other hackers
Regular Internet users and corporations are not the only victims of malicious hackers. Sometimes hackers hack each other. That’s what happened in an unusual hacking campaign, where an unknown group of hackers targeted systems already compromised by a prolific cybercrime group called TeamPCP. Once the hackers got into those systems, they immediately kicked out the…