Istanbul

Man Utd braced for Galatasaray cauldron

Thirty years after Manchester United left Galatasaray with their Champions League hopes in tatters on one of the most notorious nights in the club's history, they will return to 'hell' for another do-or-die clash with the Turkish team.

Can old school stand the test of evolving times?

It shouldn't come as a massive surprise if the Piacenza-born tactician lands the biggest prize of all in Istanbul on Saturday night, even though Manchester City will definitely go into the game as the favourites.

Man City, Inter Milan set for Champions League final showdown

The match at the 75,000-seat Ataturk Olympic Stadium, kicks off at 10:00pm (1900 GMT) in the Turkish metropolis and brings the curtain down on a season that has stretched almost into mid-June after the long interruption for the World Cup

Haaland 'not stressed' by goal drought ahead of CL final

The Norwegian smashed the Premier League record for goals in a single campaign, with 36, and has helped take City to within one game of a historic treble after also lifting the FA Cup

A glimpse of the Istanbul we don’t know

Here was a woman who was but a dot amidst the throngs of people who watched the Bosphorus Bridge being opened in October 1973, as fireworks erupted over a Turkey that now seamed Asia to Europe.

1901 feels a lot like 2020 in Orhan Pamuk’s latest novel

How Mingherians responded to the infectious plague in 1901 isn’t altogether different from our response to the Covid-19. They too hid their patients in fear of stigma and isolation.

Pirlo hoping to relaunch coaching career

A year after being sacked by Juventus in the wake of a disappointing first season in charge, Italy great Andrea Pirlo is aiming to relaunch his coaching career on the banks of the Bosphorus with unfashionable Istanbul club Fatih Karagumruk.

Round-trip economy ticket of Biman's Dhaka-Toronto flight to cost Tk 1.80 lakh

The much-awaited Biman Bangladesh Airlines’ Dhaka-Toronto flight will finally start operating from tomorrow (July 27, 2022).

Erdogan suffers major setbacks in local elections in Turkey's big cities

Turkey's Tayyip Erdogan suffers stunning setbacks in local elections as his ruling AK Party lost control of the capital Ankara for the first time since the party's founding in 2001, and was on course to lose the biggest prize of all, Istanbul.

November 29, 2023
November 29, 2023

Man Utd braced for Galatasaray cauldron

Thirty years after Manchester United left Galatasaray with their Champions League hopes in tatters on one of the most notorious nights in the club's history, they will return to 'hell' for another do-or-die clash with the Turkish team.

June 10, 2023
June 10, 2023

Can old school stand the test of evolving times?

It shouldn't come as a massive surprise if the Piacenza-born tactician lands the biggest prize of all in Istanbul on Saturday night, even though Manchester City will definitely go into the game as the favourites.

June 10, 2023
June 10, 2023

Man City, Inter Milan set for Champions League final showdown

The match at the 75,000-seat Ataturk Olympic Stadium, kicks off at 10:00pm (1900 GMT) in the Turkish metropolis and brings the curtain down on a season that has stretched almost into mid-June after the long interruption for the World Cup

June 10, 2023
June 10, 2023

Haaland 'not stressed' by goal drought ahead of CL final

The Norwegian smashed the Premier League record for goals in a single campaign, with 36, and has helped take City to within one game of a historic treble after also lifting the FA Cup

May 15, 2023
May 15, 2023

A glimpse of the Istanbul we don’t know

Here was a woman who was but a dot amidst the throngs of people who watched the Bosphorus Bridge being opened in October 1973, as fireworks erupted over a Turkey that now seamed Asia to Europe.

February 16, 2023
February 16, 2023

1901 feels a lot like 2020 in Orhan Pamuk’s latest novel

How Mingherians responded to the infectious plague in 1901 isn’t altogether different from our response to the Covid-19. They too hid their patients in fear of stigma and isolation.

August 6, 2022
August 6, 2022

Pirlo hoping to relaunch coaching career

A year after being sacked by Juventus in the wake of a disappointing first season in charge, Italy great Andrea Pirlo is aiming to relaunch his coaching career on the banks of the Bosphorus with unfashionable Istanbul club Fatih Karagumruk.

July 26, 2022
July 26, 2022

Round-trip economy ticket of Biman's Dhaka-Toronto flight to cost Tk 1.80 lakh

The much-awaited Biman Bangladesh Airlines’ Dhaka-Toronto flight will finally start operating from tomorrow (July 27, 2022).

April 1, 2019
April 1, 2019

Erdogan suffers major setbacks in local elections in Turkey's big cities

Turkey's Tayyip Erdogan suffers stunning setbacks in local elections as his ruling AK Party lost control of the capital Ankara for the first time since the party's founding in 2001, and was on course to lose the biggest prize of all, Istanbul.

February 7, 2019
February 7, 2019

2 killed after building collapses in Turkey's Istanbul

At least two people are killed and six wounded after an eight-storey residential building collapsed in Istanbul, the governor's office says.