Brazil’s miserable World Cup campaign ended to a chorus of boos on Saturday as the hosts slumped to a 3-0 defeat against the Netherlands in the 3rd place playoff match. A penalty from Robin van Persie and a Daley Blind...
US oil and gas services giant Halliburton has announced its first joint venture for hydraulic fracturing services in China, teaming up with private Chinese firm SPT Energy Group. Halliburton on Saturday said it had signed an agreement with the SPT...
Bangladesh-origin UK citizens will be in trouble as the United Kingdom Court of Appeal has dismissed a legal challenge to Home Office rules for UK citizens who want their overseas spouses to live with them in Britain. The verdict has...
The Power Ministry is likely to revise its rooftop solar power provision to ease the process for obtaining new power connections. The existing provision, introduced in 2010, makes it mandatory that if a residential consumer wants to have an electricity...
A young man was killed in a road accident at DOHS under Cantonment Police Station in the city on Sunday. Two other people were also injured in the motorbike accident. The dead is Shamim, 19, son of Abdus Sobahan, hailed...
Miscreants slaughtered a couple in a house in Akua area in Mymensingh town on Saturday night. The deceased were identified as Abdul Haq, a retired government officer and his wife Raihatunnessa. Kotwali Model Police Station officer-in-charge Abu Md Fazlul Karim...
Customs officials at Hazrat Shahjalal (RA) International Airport arrested a Pakistani national along with 5 million Indian Rupee on Sunday. The arrestee was identified as Abdur Rahim, 34, a citizen of Pakistan. Assistant Commissioner Customs Ishrat Jahan said Rahim came...
Miscreants killed a minor boy and dumped his body in a pond in Kosaigari village in Adamdighi upazila in Bogra district at some time between Thursday and early Saturday. The deceased was identified as Mushfiqur, 3, son of Bipul Pramanik...
Information Minister Hasanul Haq Inu has said that the government has no plan to thwart any movement of BNP, but warned that no atrocities will be tolerated in the name of movement. ‘We have no problem if they (BNP) continue...
Shipping Minister Shajahan Khan told a rally at Kulpaddi in Madaripur that BNP is trying to make an issue out of an island that does not exist. Referring to the background of the demarcation of the maritime boundary, he said,...
Police have traced out a Chittagong-based businessman 40 days after he went into hiding failing to pay back his debts. Shahidul Islam, owner of a motor parts outlet in Chittagong’s Kadamtali, went ‘missing’ on June 2. His wife filed a...
Police arrested a young man along with firearms and bullets from Dhaka Bus Stand in Chapainawabganj town on Saturday night. The arrestee was identified as Mizan, 25, hail from Telkupi village of Shibganj upazila. Officer-in-charge of Sadar Police Station Jasimuddin...
The prices of most of the share in the country’s two bourses – the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and the Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) – witnessed downward trend in early hours of trading on Sunday, the first trading day of...
Lionel Messi will attempt to emulate his idol Diego Maradona at Sunday as he leads Argentina into battle against Germany in a heavyweight World Cup final pitting Europe against South America. Rio de Janeiro's famous Maracana Stadium is the setting...
The Appellate Division on Sunday deferred a hearing on 2 petitions filed by Khaleda Zia on the legality of appointment of a judge who indicted the BNP Chairperson in two graft cases. A 5-member bench headed by Chief Justice M...
Brazil's poor performance at this year’s FIFA World Cup has left Amitabh Bachchan highly ‘disappointed’ and the Bollywood megastar wonders what has happened to his favourite team. After losing to Germany in the semi-finals, Brazil failed to secure even a...
US Secretary of State John Kerry has landed in Vienna to join negotiations on Iran's nuclear programme as they enter their final week. Talks have been continuing between Iran and the P5+1 group, with a deadline of 20 July for...
Israel has carried out overnight air strikes against Gaza's security headquarters and police stations, in the heaviest bombardment since operations began on 8 July. It also said its troops had carried out a brief raid against a rocket-launching site in...
Indian Border Security Force (BSF) picked up two Bangladesh nationals from a border point in Panchbibi Upazila in Joypurhat district on Sunday morning. Joypurhat BGB 3-Battillion Commander Lt Col Abdur Razzaq Tarafdar said BSF troops picked up Alam Hossain and...
Gunmen have stormed two buildings in the Iraqi capital, killing at least 29 people, officials say. At least 20 of those killed were said to be women. The attack took place late on Saturday in the neighbourhood of Zayouna in...
Afghanistan's two presidential election candidates have agreed to an audit in an attempt to resolve a dispute over the result of last month's vote, US Secretary of State John Kerry has said. Both contenders, Abdullah Abdullah and Ashraf Ghani, have...
A biker was killed as he was crushed by a speedy truck near the fish market in Hatikamrul crossing in Sirajganj district on Sunday morning. Police and local sources said Rezaul Karim, 40, son of Abu Bakkar of Boira village...
Colombian star Shakira, Mexican guitarist Carlos Santana, Brazilian singer Ivete Sangalo and a samba school will lead the musical entertainment at Sunday's World Cup closing ceremony. The show will start at 1720 GMT, an hour and a half before Argentina...
A nurse at York Hospital who was caught watching golf on a work computer has been suspended for 12 months for misconduct. Nigel Steel, a registered nurse, was at York Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust between 2005 and February 2013....
The 2nd conference- 2014 of Regional and Corporate Branch Managers of Pubali Bank Limited was held at bank’s head office Sunday. Hafiz Ahmed Mazumder, Chairman, Board of Directors of Pubali Bank Limited was present as Chief Guest. Director of Pubali...
US authorities have charged a Chinese businessman with hacking into the computer systems of Boeing and other firms with large defence contracts. Su Bin, who was arrested in Canada last month, is accused of working with two other suspects to...
A man died in police custody at Mirpur in Dhaka on Sunday morning. The deceased was identified as Mahbubur Rahman Sujan, 35, son of Meher Ali Sikder. When contacted, Imtiaz Ahmed, Deputy-Commissioner of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (Mirpur zone) said a...
The restaurant chain Pizza Express has been sold to a Chinese firm for around £900m, following ‘considerable interest’ in the business. The UK Gondola Group confirmed the sale to private equity firm Hony Capital. There are 436 Pizza Express restaurants...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina paid a visit to the secretariat in the city on Sunday morning aiming to visit two ministries. The premier arrived at the secretariat at Abdul Ghani Road from her Office around 10:35am. At first, she went...
Scotland could host the UK's first dedicated base for spaceplanes, according to new government plans. Ministers want to establish the UK spaceport by 2018 - the first of its kind outside of the US. Eight aerodromes have been shortlisted and...
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