Former Manchester United star Paul Pogba was provisionally suspended in September for testing positive for testosterone. France and Juventus midfielder Paul Pogba says he will try to clear his name after he was handed a four-year doping ban. The France international was provisionally suspended by a tribunal of Italy’s national anti-doping organisation (NADO Italia) in September after testing positive for DHEA – a banned substance which naturally raises levels of testosterone. The 30-year-old Pogba, who has a contract at Juventus until June 2026, denied any wrongdoing. “I am sad, shocked and heartbroken that everything I have built in my professional playing career has been taken away from me,” Pogba said in a statement on Thursday. “As a professional athlete I would never do anything to enhance my performance by using banned substances and have never disrespected or cheated fellow athletes and supporters of any of the teams I have played for, or against. “As a consequence of the decision announced today I will appeal this before the Court of Arbitration for Sport,” he added, referring to sport’s highest court. Juventus did not comment but a source confirmed that the club had been notified about the decision of a four-year ban and would assess the next steps. The Frenchman has had a torrid second spell with the Turin-based outfit due to injuries following his departure from Manchester United on a free transfer in 2022. The 2018 World Cup winner barely played last season due to knee and hamstring injuries, as well as knee surgery, which prevented him playing for France at the World Cup in Qatar.   Source: Aljazeera

Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) has arrested a fugitive militant of an outlawed militant outfit "Hijbut Tahrir" from the city's Kotwali area.   The arrested was identified as Ahmmed Nizam, 35, who was a top cadre of the banned militant outfit and was a fugitive while he was convicted for two-year in five cases.   Acting on a tip-off, a team of the elite forces arrested him around 3:30 pm on Monday from Kotwali Police Station area in the capital, Senior ASP Shihab Karim, also a senior assistant director (Media) of the RAB, disclosed the matter today (Jan 17).   A total of five cases---four had been under the Anti-Terrorist Act and the rest other was filed under Police Assault Case-- filed with Khilgaon Police Station against Nizam in 2013, he said.   Nizam also had been working in the dawati department of the banned outfit and carrying out militant activities while keeping himself in a hiding place for a long. He had completed diploma in Civil Engineering from a Polytechnic Institute in 2010, the sources said.

Bangladesh all-rounder Nasir Hossain has been for two years by the International Cricket Council after he accepted three charges of breaching the Emirates Cricket Board’s Anti-Corruption Code. Nasir Hossain admitted the following three charges: Charge No. 1 – Breach of Article 2.4.3 of the Code, in that he failed to disclose to the Designated Anti-Corruption Official (without unnecessary delay) the receipt of a gift that was offered to him that had a value of over US$750, namely the gift of a new iPhone 12.   Charge No. 2 – Breach of Article 2.4.4 of the Code, in that he failed to disclose to the Designated Anti-Corruption Official full details of the approach or invitation he received to engage in Corrupt Conduct via the new iPhone 12.   Charge No. 3 - Breach of Article 2.4.6 of the Code, in that he failed or refused, without compelling justification, to cooperate with the Designated Anti-Corruption Official’s investigation in relation to possible Corrupt Conduct under the Code, including (without limitation) failing to provide accurately and completely any information and/or documentation requested by the Designated Anti-Corruption Official (whether as part of a formal Demand pursuant to Article 4.3 or otherwise) as part of such investigation.   Under the provisions of the Code, Mr Hossain has chosen to admit to the charges and has agreed to the sanction in the place of an Anti-Corruption Tribunal hearing. Subject to him satisfying the conditions in respect of the suspended part of the sanction, he will be free to resume international cricket on 7 April 2025.

The home ministry in a gazette notification has imposed a complete ban on licence holders from carrying and displaying firearms till January 9, ahead of the 12th parliamentary elections scheduled for January 7. A gazette notification signed by Israt Jahan, deputy secretary of the ministry, was issued in this regard yesterday. However, the notification said the decision has been taken to conduct the upcoming national polls "in a free, fair, and peaceful manner", and action would be taken against violators of the order as per law. According to the database of the police's special branch, the number of legal weapons in the country is 50,310. Of these firearms, 45,226 weapons are in the hands of individuals and 5,084 are with institutions.

Actress Rukaiya Jahan Chamak Banned for the next three months from September. Director's organization named 'Director's Guild' confirmed the matter in a press conference on Monday, August 21. The organization informed that actress Chamak has been instructed to pay the compensation for the drama ‘Shashurbarir Prothom Din’ by August 30.   They also said General diary (GD) of the police station should be withdrawn. If these instructions are disobeyed, organization will take a stricter role.

The General Secretary of Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF), Abu Nayeem Shohag, has been banned from all football activities for 2 years by the highest body of international football (FIFA) and ordered to pay a fine of CHF 10,000 for having used false and/or falsified documents to justify payments made by the BFF with FIFA funds. In a media release FIFA said, "In addition to the evidence collected during the investigations conducted by the investigatory chamber in the applicable proceedings, the adjudicatory chamber was comfortably satisfied, after having conducted a hearing and upon careful analysis of the evidence presented before it, that Mr Shohag had breached articles 13 (General duties), 15 (Duty of loyalty) and 24 (Forgery and falsification) of the FIFA Code of Ethics, 2020 edition." Source: FIFA.com

The World Athletics Council has decided to ban trans athletes from female track and field events, fearing they have an unfair advantage in competition. But the decision has not been welcomed by everybody. World Athletics has banned transgender women from competing in female track and field events. "The council has agreed to exclude male or female transgender athletes who have been through male puberty from female world ranking competitions from March the 31st this year," the governing body's president, Sebastian Coe, said on Thursday. No such athletes currently compete at the highest elite levels of track. Coe said World Athletics had discussed the issue with the International Olympic Committee, national federations and trans groups before making the decision.  "The majority of those consulted stated that transgender athletes should not be competing in the female category," he said. Step taken to 'protect the female category' Coe said the decision to exclude transgender women was based "on the overarching need to protect the female category." "Many believe there is insufficient evidence that trans women do not retain advantage over biological women and want more evidence that any physical advantages have been ameliorated before they are willing to consider an option for inclusion into the female category," Coe said. Coe added that World Athletics would form a task force to study the issue of trans inclusion. Swimming's world governing body, FINA, voted last June to bar transgender women from elite competition if they had experienced any part of male puberty German trans organization oppose changes But, speaking to DW, Gabriel Nox Koenig from German advocacy group ‘Bundesverband Trans* eV’ (roughly translated as the Federal Association for Trans people), said this line of reasoning is nonsensical. "There was no attempt here to enable fair competition, but rather to specifically exclude trans women and non-binary people who were born male," Koenig told DW. "While it is theoretically possible to use puberty blockers to delay puberty in trans and non-binary youth, in practice the number of those who have access to this treatment is very small. So the World Athletics Federation's regulations are basically unobtainable for anyone." Koenig also said such a ruling may discourage young trans people from taking up sport. "Trans and non-binary people have a lot of discriminatory experiences in sports, whether at school, in amateur sports or in competitive sports," says Koenig. "Most of them therefore decide very early in life against organized sports. And now the new regulation makes it clear once again, especially to trans women, that they are not wanted in sports and should not even start with it."  DSD athletes must reduce testosterone levels The athletics council also voted to adopt new regulations that could keep Caster Semenya and other athletes with differences in sex development (DSD) from competing. DSD athletes have male testes but do not produce enough of the hormone Dihydrotestosterone (DHT) that is necessary for the formation of male external genitalia. Coe said 13 athletes are expected to be affected by the council's updated DSD rules, including Semenya, a two-time 800 meter Olympic champion.  In order to compete at next year's Olympics, Semenya would have to undergo hormone-suppressing treatment for six months, something she has said she will never do again, having undergone the treatment a decade ago under previous rules.

Pakistan's banned outfit Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) claimed responsibility for a hand grenade attack on a police check post in the Phandu region of Peshawar, said South Asia Media Research Institute (SAMRI). A total of 4 policemen were allegedly killed and injured in the attack. Taking to Twitter, SAMRI said, "Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) claims responsibility for a hand grenade attack on a police check post in Phandu region of Peshawar. 4 policemen were allegedly killedinjured in the attack. 4 policemen were allegedly killedinjured in the attack."In January alone, several terrorist incidents rocked Pakistan as major cities including Islamabad and Lahore were targeted. On January 25, in an attack in Kech, Balochistan over 10 Pakistani military personnel were killed. Just over a week later, on February 2, the Noshki and Panjgur districts of the same province saw the killing of seven military personnel, including an officer. Balochistan Liberation Army, a separatist group in Balochistan, claimed the responsibility for the attack. They claimed to have killed "more than 100 enemy personnel" in Noshki and Panjgur. In another terrorist attack, unidentified motorcyclists shot a Christian priest and injured his companion in Peshawar. Police suspect the Islamic State (IS) to be behind the attack. These attacks were mostly carried out by banned outfits including the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and the Baloch Liberation Army (BLA).   Source: ANI

A ban has been imposed on the physicians of government hospitals to prevent them from private practice during office time. The taskforce committee of the health ministry issued the direction on Wednesday. It was clearly said in the health ministry notice that no physician of the government hospital can perform his or her duty in the private health organization during his office time. But he can perform the duty in this time after informing the taskforce or concerned members. The license and registration numbers have to be mentioned clearly for the hospital, diagnostic center, lab or clinics. In the taskforce meeting decision was taken to conduct drive against the illegal activities and inspection for the private hospitals as well as the government hospitals. AH

The High Court has banned gambling at the clubs throughout the country including capital Dhaka. Besides the court has ordered to amend the law in this regard to ban gambling and making those time befitting. The court also issued rule asking why not directions would be given to ban illegal indoor games and other games that are played in exchange of money. The High Court bench of Justice Sheikh Hasan Arif and Md. Mahmud Hasan Talukder delivered the verdict on Monday. Besides, order has been given to law enforcement agencies to confiscate the materials and instruments used for gambling. It is known that on December 4, 2016 the court issued rule against 13 clubs throughout the country including Dhaka Club in the capital to stop gambling in exchange of money. The other clubs including- Gulshan Club, Banani Club, Officers Club Dhaka, Dhaka Ladies Club, Cadet College Club Gulshan, Chittagong Club, Chittagong Seniors Club, Narayanganj Club and Khulna Club. On behalf of the writ petitioner lawyer Barrister Redowan Ahmed said, gambling is punishable crime according to the Dhaka Metropolitan Police Ordinance 1976, Chattogram Metropolitan Police Ordinance 1978 and Public Gambling Act 1867. AH