Morning Brief

Over 1,000 shops gutted in fire at New Supermarket

A devastating fire gutted over 1,000 shops at the New Supermarket in Dhaka early Saturday.

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A massive fire engulfed the three-storey New Supermarket in Dhaka on Saturday morning Mahmud Hossain Opu/Dhaka Tribune

Fire service: New Supermarket blaze spread quickly due to posters

The fire at New Supermarket had spread quickly due to the posters of merchants association polls throughout the market, Fire Service and Civil Defence have said.

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A massive fire engulfed the three-storey New Supermarket in Dhaka on Saturday Mahmud Hossain Opu/Dhaka Tribune

What, when, why: Timeline of how BFF GS got banned by Fifa

Bangladesh Football Federation general secretary Abu Nayeem Shohag has been banned by Fifa for forgery and falsification of documents submitted to world football's governing body to justify payments made with Fifa funds.

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View of the Bangladesh Football Federation House in Dhaka Dhaka Tribune

Haaland equals EPL goals record as City close on Arsenal

Erling Braut Haaland equalled the Premier League record of 32 goals in a 38-game season as Manchester City beat Leicester City 3-1 to close within three points of Arsenal at the top of the table Saturday.

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Manchester City's Erling Haaland scores against Leicester City during Saturday's Premier League match at Etihad Stadium

Dhaka simmers in heat wave as mercury crosses 40°C two days in a row

Dhaka residents are experiencing a sweltering heat with the mercury soaring over 40°C in the capital for two days in a row.

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File Photo: A man selling ice bar in the scorching heat in Dhaka University area on Monday, May 16, 2022 Mahmud Hossain Opu/Dhaka Tribune

China, Ukraine headline as G7 foreign ministers meet

The G7's top diplomats arrive Sunday in the Japanese resort town of Karuizawa for talks set to be dominated by twin crises: China's growing pressure on Taiwan and Russia's war in Ukraine.

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