Chinese stocks were down in morning trade on Friday as new share issues drained funds from the rest of the market, dealers said. The benchmark Shanghai Composite Index eased 0.54 percent, or 10.85 points, to 2,012.89. The Shenzhen Composite Index,...
Luis Suarez scored twice as Uruguay sent England spinning towards their earliest World Cup exit in 56 years on Thursday with a 2-1 victory in Sao Paulo, BNrazil. Liverpool striker Suarez grabbed the second of two opportunistic goals in the...
Japan coach Alberto Zaccheroni bemoaned his side’s failure to punish 10-man Greece after a 0-0 draw at Natal, Brazil on Thursday which leaves the Asian giants struggling to reach World Cup knockout rounds. Japan looked to have been given a...
Cesare Prandelli’s Italy and Didier Deschamps' France can take a major step towards the 2014 FIFA World Cup 2nd round if they win their testing games on Friday. Italy play Costa Rica in the battle of Group D’s two unbeaten...
Argentina captain Lionel Messi believes coach Alejandro Sabella has to back his side's attacking capabilities and include him among a front three when they face Iran in crucial World Cup game at Belo Horizonte, Brazil, on Saturday. Napoli striker Gonzalo...
Colombia moved to the brink of their first appearance in World Cup knockout round in nearly a quarter of a century when they beat Ivory Coast 2-1 in another action-packed World Cup clash on Thursday to take firm control of...
A fire broke out at the warehouse of a particle board factory at Hosendi at Gazaria upazila in Munshiganj on Thursday. The factory authorities claimed that the devastating fire burned down all the raw materials stored, including jute sticks, at...
Two persons were crashed under a local train at Hatia under Kalihati upazila of Tangail district on Friday morning. The identity of the deceased could not be known immediately. Police said, a Dhaka-bound local train from Rajshahi crashed the duo...
Indians' money in Swiss banks has risen to over 2 billion Swiss francs (Rs 140b), despite a global clampdown against the famed secrecy wall of Switzerland banking system. The funds held by Indians with banks in Switzerland rose by over...
Dutch actress Nicolette Van Dam resigned as a UNICEF goodwill ambassador on Thursday, after a scandal erupted over her tweet of a doctored photo appearing to depict two Colombian football players snorting cocaine. ‘Ms. Van Dam resigned as goodwill ambassador...
Accusing the ruling party men of carrying out brutal killing one after another, BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia has said that the country is now under a wild-repressive rule. ‘In fact, there’s no government in the country right now. Democracy has...
Law enforcers on Thursday arrested Khan Akram Hossain, accused of committing crimes against humanity during the country’s independence struggles over 43 years ago. Akram, 67, alleged Razakar commander from Doiboggohati village under Morelganj police station in Bagerhat district, was arrested...
The government is open to a dialogue with BNP but it will take place only after the present government’s tenure ends, President Abdul Hamid has told UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon. Bangladesh’s political situation topped a 50-minute discussion starting 4:00pm...
An Opposition MP has proposed naming the Padma bridge after Begum Fazilatunnesa Mujib, wife of Bangladesh’s founder Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. Deputy Leader of Parliament Syeda Sajeda Chowdhury seconded the proposal made by Jatiya Party MP Kazi Firoz Rashid. Standing...
The experts have said that the government has been able to achieve marked progress in making people aware about the adverse impacts of climate change. Addressing a workshop in the city, they said that ensuring a sustainable management of common...
Sunni radicals in Iraq, who have overrun a swathe of territory north of Baghdad in a lightning offensive, have taken control of one of the country’s chemical weapons factories, a US official have said in Washington. ‘We are aware that...
After a long hiatus, the eagerly-awaited project to construct Matlab Bridge over Dhonagoda River has got a new impetus with fixing of increased fund giving a clear indication of the work to start soon. The project held back by political...
Loading and unloading of goods in Chittagong seas port have remained suspended due to inclement weather. Assistant Traffic Inspector of Chittagong Port Mahabubul Alam said the suspension came following hoisting of No. 3 signal owing to rough weather, including incessant...
Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) personnel recovered 30,000 pieces of Yaba tablet worth Tk 9 million at Teknaf upazila in Cox’s Bazar district on Friday. Tipped off, a BGB team from Battalion-42 conducted a drive at Jaliapara Ghat in the Naf...
A man was killed when a human hauler hit him on the Dhaka-Panchagarh Highway near Korotoa Petrol Pump in Panchagarh town on Thursday night. The deceased was identified as Jamil Hossain, 42, manager of a coach counter and son of...
Two people, including a young girl, died from electrocution in two separate incidents in Chandpur and Satkhira on Thursday. In Satkhira, a man died from electrocution at Abader Haat at Sadar upazila on Thursday night. The dead is Manirul Islam,...
Police in a drive arrested two more accused in connection with the killing of a businessman from in front of Comilla Government College in Comilla city on Thursday night. The arrested are Junayed, 23, a master’s final year student of...
President Barack Obama has said that the United States is prepared to take targeted military action if necessary against Iraqi militants. He confirmed that the US would send up to 300 military advisers to support Iraqi forces confronting the jihadists...
Asian shares were mixed on Friday, following another record close on Wall Street. Seoul shed 1.20 per cent, or 23.96 points, to 1,968.07, Sydney fell 0.89 per cent, or 48.7 points, to 5,419.5 while Tokyo finished flat, slipping 11.74 points...
A car bomb in Syria's western Hama province killed 34 and wounded more than 50, Syria's state news agency said on Friday, blaming the attack on rebels fighting forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad. It was not immediately clear if...
Australian jihadists fighting overseas who are ‘trained killers’ and ‘hate our way of life’ should be stopped from returning home and detained if they do, Prime Minister Tony Abbott said on Friday. Australia has concerns that its citizens are fighting...
Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) personnel seized Indian clothes and fabrics worth Tk 40 million at Jhenidah Sadar upazila on Thursday night. Acting on secret information, a team of BGB-6, led by its director M Maniruzzman, intercepted a Dhaka-bound truck from...
France on Friday called for the formation of a unity government in Iraq with or without Shiite Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki to fight Sunni jihadists advancing towards Baghdad. Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said the offensive by fighters from the Islamic...
A court in Netrakona has convicted a teen-aged boy, sentencing him to life term rigorous imprisonment (RI) in absentia for killing a man in 2006. The convict is Rupam Chandra Chakrabarty, 19, of Machehala village of Barahatta upazila of Netrakona...
The Judge of Tribunal 5 in Dhaka hearing cases on Prevention of Repression against Woman and Children, has granted bail to Rahid Rahman, an alleged harasser. Rahid’s lawyer Masud Ahmed said the case was non-bailable but he did manage to...
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