NELSPRUIT, South Africa, June 16 (AFP): Chile secured a first World Cup win in 48 years by edging Honduras 1-0 Wednesday through a late first-half goal from striker Jean Beausejour.The Group H success ended a 13-game winless run spanning four...
JOHANNESBURG, JUNE 16(AP): Maicon and Elano scored a goal each as Brazil broke through a solid North Korean defense to win their opening World Cup match 2-1 Tuesday.Brazil escaped with a hard-fought victory in the Group G match after struggling...
PRETORIA, June 16 (AFP): Argentina coach Diego Maradona hit out at Brazilian legend Pele and UEFA President Michel Platini as the war of words between the former playing greats continued Wednesday.Maradona was speaking to the press at the Loftus Versfeld...
DURBAN, June 16 (AFP): Thousands of South Africans staged a march Wednesday to protest lavish spending on the World Cup and the sacking of security staff, inflicting fresh embarrassment on organisers.As the country marked the 34th anniversary of the Soweto...
RUSTENBURG, June 16 (AFP): Wayne Rooney has put the boot into England's World Cup critics and insisted he has seen nothing in South Africa that Fabio Capello's squad need fear."At the minute I've not seen anyone we should be afraid...
JOHANNESBURG, June 16 (AFP): South Africa will deport 17 Argentinian hooligans after a raid Wednesday on the premises where they were staying in the capital Pretoria, police said."During the raid, 17 of the 165 fans present were identified as being...
JOHANNESBURG, June 16 (AP): South Korea will need to succeed where far more illustrious teams have failed this past year in trying to foil the at times unstoppable Lionel Messi.And if that wasn't daunting enough ahead of their Group B...
SYLHET, June 16 (bdnews24.com): Indian border guards have rejected the request of their Bangladeshi counterparts for a flag meeting over Tuesday's gunfight in Tamabil border in Sylhet that left at least one injured, fuelling tension.Battalion commander Shekhar Gupta of Border...
The first-ever primary-level student councils' election was held amid festivity across the country Tuesday, reports BSS. The elections were held initially at 94 schools out of 100 under 20 upazilas. The upazilas include Puthia of Rajshahi, Ullapara of Sirajganj, Sherpur...
RAJSHAHI, June 16 (BSS): Speakers at a meeting here today underscored the need for forging a social movement against corruption to build a poverty-free Bangladesh. They said corruption always breed poverty, hamper development process, affects the poor and distressed people...
The Association of Private Universities of Bangladesh (APUB) has demanded withdrawal of VAT proposed in the national budget on payments received from students of Non-Government Universities (NGUs).The Association, its member universities, students, guardians and the academic community have viewed that...
The flood situation of Sylhet, Sunamganj and Moulvibazar is likely to deteriorate due to heavy rainfall over some places of north-eastern parts of Bangladesh and the adjoining parts of India Wednesday, reports BSS. Due to onrush of flood water from...
FE ReportEducation Minister Nurul Islam Nahid Wednesday informed Parliament that the government was planning to introduce separate pay-scale for teachers as they were building the future generation."New generation is the striking force of future development, and the makers of the...
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) did not allow Israeli aircraft to attack Iran by overflying its territories, reports UNB.A spokesman of KSA said that the KSA categorically denied allegations circulated in the British newspapers that the Kingdom has given...
Siddique Islam The buying rate of US dollar in the informal market, popularly known as kerb market, was higher by over Tk 4.0 Wednesday than what was offered by state-owned banks. "The exchange rate of US dollar has increased gradually...
Shahiduzzaman KhanThe government is actively considering to increase the price of compressed natural gas (CNG) and power tariff, again. A proposal to raise gas price to Tk 25 from Tk 16.75 per cubic metre is now awaiting approval of the...
Our CorrespondentCHITTAGONG, Jun 16: The election commission (EC) is all set to hold the much-awaited Chittagong City Corporation (CCC) election tomorrow (Thursday). The election will be held from 8.00 am to 4.00 pm.The CCC election has been the focal point...
FE ReportThe country's efforts to turn around the ailing the jute industry got a boost after researchers developed a climate-tolerant jute variety by doing "genome sequencing," Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said Wednesday. The genome sequencing allows jute saplings to grow,...
DURBAN, South Africa, June 16 (AFP): World Cup favourites Spain crashed to a shock 1-0 defeat to unfancied Switzerland in their opening game of the tournament here Wednesday.A rock solid defence and a tremendous goalkeeping effort from Diego Benaglio saw...
Doulot Akter MalaThe government has backtracked from its move to abolish the office of tax ombudsman in a bid to keeping irregularities and corruption by taxmen in check. There was a move to scrap the tax ombudsman's office from the...
FE Report Dhaka stocks witnessed sharp fall Wednesday, triggered by securities regulator latest move on restricting credit facilities, with turnover hitting a new high on huge selling pressure.The benchmark DSE General Index (DGEN) closed at 6249.91, down 1.29 per cent...
FE ReportThe proposed 10 per cent tax on tobacco export is likely to affect seriously the industry and the earning of foreign exchange as well.Tobacco industry insiders said, no country in the world has imposed duty on tobacco export.Noted economist...
FE Report Bangladesh Bank (BB) has relaxed its regulations for housing finance allowing more investments in the sector to meet one of the basic needs of the people, officials said Wednesday. Under the new regulations, the maximum per party limit...
MANIKGANJ, June 16 (UNB): At least 11 people were killed and 35 injured in a tragic road accident at Pukhuria in Ghior upazila on Dhaka-Aricha Highway Wednesday.Three of the deceased were identified as Hanufa Begam (35), her daughter Asmani (12)...
Commerce Minister Muhammad Faruq Khan Wednesday said the country's trade deficit over the last 10 months of the current fiscal year till April stood at US dollar 5,728.30 million, reports BSS.Replying to a question, he said the country witnessed a...
CHITTAGONG, June 16 (UNB): BNP leader Salahuddin Quader Chowdhury MP was held by police as he and his associates in three or four cars were passing by the Bakulia thana in the afternoon. Police intelligence officer Jahangir Alam told UNB...
Bangladesh will open a mission in Brazil soon to facilitate bilateral relations and trade between the two countries. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said this Wednesday when Brazilian Ambassador to Dhaka Ricardo L Viana de Carvalho paid a courtesy call on...
BRAHMANBARIA, June 16: Three units of Ashuganj Power Station having a total of 450MW power generation capacity were shut down Wednesday due to technical fault. Concerned sources said No. 3 unit was at first shut down at 8:10am. Later, the...
Mahmudur RahmanEmployers browsing through job websites are often piqued by the absence of creative expression in the CVs posted there by potential job seekers. Courtesy the internet they prefer the cut and paste variety of CVs rather than think through...
FE ReportThe government is set to get around Tk 1.68 billion in carbon trading after replacing 28 million incandescent bulbs with compact fluorescent lamp (CFL) bulbs, Prime Minister's Energy Adviser Dr Tawfiq -e- Elahi Chowdhury said Wednesday.He said state-run Infrastructure...
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