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Los Angeles hosted a spectacular Hollywood-style opening ceremony at SoFi Stadium to launch the US leg of the FIFA World Cup 2026. Directed by Marco Balich, the event featured global icons Katy Perry, Tyla, and Rema, celebrating cultural diversity.

Bangladesh international cricketer Nayeem Hasan was allegedly dragged from an autorickshaw and physically assaulted by police in Chittagong on Friday night. The shocking attack on the national off-spinner has triggered intense humiliation for the athlete and sparked widespread outrage across the country's cricketing community.

Washington and Tehran are on the verge of signing a historic 14-point peace framework mediated by Pakistan and Qatar. The agreement will reopen the vital Strait of Hormuz shipping route and initiate a 60-day negotiation phase on Iran's nuclear program.

Meta platforms, including Facebook and Messenger, suffered a major global outage on Friday evening. Millions of users experienced sudden session timeouts, blank news feeds, and messaging failures before services began recovering.

A group of 12 people remains stranded in the zero-line zone of the Kushtia border, highlighting the severe human toll of the ongoing push-back and push-in disputes between India and Bangladesh.