JOHANNESBURG, June 11 (AFP): Africa's first football World Cup began in an explosion of colour and emotion at an opening ceremony in Johannesburg's Soccer City Friday, blighted by the absence of a grief-stricken Nelson Mandela.Fans wept openly as five planes...
PRETORIA, June 11 (AFP): Argentina coach Diego Maradona Friday expressed his belief that Barcelona's Argentinian superstar Lionel Messi can emulate his own achievements from 24 years ago.Argentina begin their Group B campaign in Johannesburg Saturday against Nigeria, ironically the team...
RUSTENBURG, June 11 (AFP): England have been urged to lay down a World Cup marker when they take on the United States in their opening Group C match here on Saturday.Steven Gerrard, who will captain the side in the absence...
PORT ELIZABETH, June 11 (AFP): South Korea and Greece dip their toes into the World Cup water at this Eastern Cape port Saturday anxious to get precious points on board with Argentina and Nigeria facing off later up in Ellis...
SYDNEY, June 11 (AFP): Australia Friday launched an unprecedented safety campaign for its citizens visiting South Africa for the 2010 World Cup, warning of a "high level of violent crime".Foreign Minister Stephen Smith said the World Cup would be Australia's...
JOHANNESBURG, June 11 (AFP): Hundreds of dancers filled Soccer City with the sights and sounds of Africa for the World Cup opening ceremony Friday, representing the six nations on the continent competing in the tournament.The stadium, the largest in Africa,...
BONN, June 11 (AFP): Enthusiasm for the World Cup spilled over at the UN climate talks Friday, where South African football shirts flowered among business suits and talk about footy displaced jargon about carbon emissions.UN climate haggles are notorious for...
Rustam Ali of (NTC) and Sheikh Habibul Haque (BKSP) booked boys' singles final berths in the Comilla Club U-16 Tennis Competition winning their respective semifinals at the Comilla Club ground Friday,reports UNB.The boys' and girls' singles finals will be held...
Dhaka Wanderers Club beat Victoria SC by 2-0 goals in a match of the Metropolis Senior Division Football League at the Bir Shreshtha Sepoy Mohammad Mostafa Kamal Stadium in the city Friday, reports UNB.Rintu and Babu scored for the winners...
PORT OF SPAIN, June 11 (AFP): Pouring rain and three wickets set South Africa back in the opening Test against West Indies Thursday.The South Africans, electing to bat, reached 70-3 in their first innings when bad light stopped play early...
BARGUNA, June 11 (UNB): Three pirates were killed and two RAB members seriously injured in a shootout between RAB and Coastguards and pirates in Baleshwar river near Chardoani in Patharghata Upazila early Friday.Acting on a tip-off, a joint team of...
Eminent filmmaker Badal Rahman died of a heart attack at BIRDEM Hospital in the city early Friday morning. He was 62, reports BSS.Family sources said, Badal Rahman, a member of the information cell of the Mujibnagar government, breathed his last...
There was nothing new about children being engaged in hazardous tasks in the country, but things have changed in recent times in absence of comprehensive measures to protect the vulnerable child workers, reports UNB.With the growth of industrialisation, both in...
Jahangirnagar University Thursday launched a countrywide project on the archaeology and ethno-archaeological study titled 'Preservation of Archaeological Sites and Ethnic Communities' culture for developing tourism industry', reports UNB.This project has been launched with a view to developing the country's tourism...
KUSHTIA, June 11 (UNB): JSD president Hasanul Haque Inu, MP, came under attack allegedly by robbers in Pangsha Upazila of Rajbari early Friday while returning here from capital.Local JSD sources said robbers halted the vehicle carrying Inu near Kalimandir in...
The government has decided to observe Anti Eve-teasing Day across the country on June 13 aimed at creating mass awareness against the eve-teasers, and spare schoolgirls from being demeaned, reports UNB. Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid made the announcement at...
RAJSHAHI, June 11 (BSS): The ancient Rajshahi College is afoot to regain life with reintroduction of higher secondary certificate (HSC) course from this academic session after long 14 years, bringing a sigh of relief among the admission seekers and the...
BISHKEK (Kyrgyzstan), Jun 11: Riots in southern Kyrgyzstan killed at least 23 people and injured more than 250, officials said Friday, as fears grew over a new cycle of violence in the Central Asian nation that hosts U.S. and Russian...
DERA ISMAIL KHAN (Pakistan), Jun11: A volley of U.S. missiles killed 15 alleged militants in an extremist stronghold in northwestern Pakistan on Friday, the second such strike in less than 12 hours, officials said.]The Obama administration regards missile attacks from...
SHANGHAI, Jun 11 (AFP): Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Friday Israel was "doomed" and singled out US President Barack Obama for scorn after the UN agreed a fresh round of nuclear sanctions against his country.Speaking during a visit to...
KABUL, Jun 11: Two U.S. troops and at least 11 civilians died in violence across southern Afghanistan on Friday, including one attack in which a suicide bomber wearing a burqa blew himself up in a bazaar.Violence has spiked recently in...
TEXAS, June 11 (AP): Mexico condemned the shooting of a 15-year-old boy by a U.S. Border Patrol agent Thursday through diplomatic correspondence and an angry phone call to the Homeland Security secretary. Some Mexican politicians called for the agent's extradition...
Vatican City, (Reuters): Pope Benedict on Friday begged forgiveness from God and victims of child sexual abuse by priests and promised that the Catholic Church would do everything in its power to ensure that it never happens again.Benedict made his...
FHM Humayan KabirContribution of the agriculture sector to the country's economy witnessed a drop in the outgoing 2009-10 fiscal, while that of services and industrial sectors swelled slightly, said the government's annual economic survey.According to Bangladesh Economic Survey 2010, share...
Awami League general secretary Syed Ashraful Islam has urged opposition BNP to take part in the budget debate in parliament and help produce a good budget through threadbare scrutiny, reports UNB.Replying to a question at the post-budget press conference at...
CHITTAGONG, June 10 (bdnews24.com): An Election Commission (EC) official on Thursday night sued senior BNP MP Salahuddin Quader Chowdhury for making 'false allegations' on voter roll.Farhad Hossain, assistant returning officer for the Chittagong city polls, filed the complaint with the...
BENAPOLE, June 11 (UNB): An Awami League (AL) leader was hacked to death and his friend injured in an attack by miscreants at Panchpukur in Sharsha Upazila early Friday.The deceased was identified as Khandaker Majlur Haque Maju,32, vice president of...
FE ReportFinance minister Abul Maal Abdul Muhith Friday strongly defended the growth rate set for the next fiscal year and came down heavily on those who preached that the country could achieve higher growth despite an economic 'tsunami'."Those who said...
Doulot Akter MalaThe government has proposed to raise advance income tax (AIT) on import items to 5.0 per cent from existing 3.0 per cent aiming to boost income tax collection and achieve 27.27 per cent growth for fiscal 2010-2011.Apart from...
FE Report Dhaka Chamber of Commerce & Industry (DCCI) Friday hailed the ensuing fiscal years budget, saying the priority to power, energy and transportation sectors will set a roadmap of the infrastructure development of the country.The Chamber at a meeting...
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