Teachers credit disciplined study habits and strong family support for the sisters' success

Candidates wade through knee- to waist-deep water as 138mm rainfall inundates large parts of the city

Tarique Rahman seeks public support to expand ‘Family Card’ programme and build an inclusive society

Dhaka records highest rainfall as fresh monsoon spell leaves parts of the capital waterlogged

Calls on people to care for saplings

Rights group urges Bangladesh, UN and donors to reduce overcrowding and restore funding for safer shelters and disaster mitigation

For the first time since 1998, Norway had returned to football's biggest stage. They leave North America with more than a quarter-final appearance. They leave having transformed the way a nation sees its football team.

In several low-lying areas, knee-deep water remained, slowing vehicles and triggering severe traffic congestion

Sixty years after their first World Cup meeting, England and Argentina prepare to renew a rivalry shaped by controversy, brilliance and moments that have become football folklore.

The dazzling Yamal is still catching up off the field, but his record against Mbappe on the pitch is impressive.

Tarique Rahman to attend tree plantation programmes and exchange views with BNP leaders

That will change on Thursday [1am, Bangladesh Time] when Argentina meet the European side in a World Cup semifinal in Atlanta, a heavyweight clash that Argentina's FA (AFA) described on its website as "the match fate owed Messi."

The US military said on Sunday it completed a new round of strikes in Iran aimed at preventing the Islamic republic from attacking shipping in the vital Strait of Hormuz

France vs Spain, 1am, Wednesday [Bangladesh Time] Argentina vs England, 1am, Thursday [Bangladesh Time]

The official death toll from Venezuela's devastating twin earthquakes rose to nearly 4,500 on Sunday, as the government reported more than 19,500 people were now living in camps due to the destruction

European countries reported more than 10,000 excess deaths during the record-breaking heatwave that engulfed the west of the continent in late June, official data showed

Argentina have been far from convincing at this World Cup. Yet every time they have been pushed to the brink, they have found a way through.

Argentina coach Lionel Scaloni insisted there is nothing more than football at stake when his team faces England in Wednesday's World Cup semi-final, despite a rivalry steeped in decades of sporting drama and political tension.

Wimbledon champion Jannik Sinner admitted Alexander Zverev pushed him to the brink in a full-blooded final as the Italian clinched an "amazing" fifth Grand Slam title.

One video of the incident posted on social media and verified by Reuters showed thick smoke billowing out of the pub, before an intense horizontal plume of fire jets out of a doorway, as screaming customers fled the premises around midnight (1700 GMT) on Sunday.