Transport trader killed in Comilla
A transport trader has been murdered by unidentified miscreants at Satanandi village in Daudkandi upazila of the district.
Archive for June 13th, 2014
UP member held on murder charge in Laxmipur
Detectives arrested a union parishad (UP) member accused in a number of cases, including that of murder and robbery, from Dayingatali Bazar in Sadar upazila on Thursday night.
BGB seizes Indian grenade, arms in Benapole
Border Guard Bangladesh on Thursday night seized a live grenade, a 9mm single shooter pistol and a bullet from inside a passenger bus at Benapole port area in Jessore…
5 human traffickers held in Cox’s Bazar
Police in an overnight drive on Friday arrested five members of an organised gang of human traffickers from different parts of Teknaf upazila in connection with the bay firing that left five Bangladeshi dead…
US will send fresh help to beleaguered Iraq: Obama
Officials ruled out putting U.S. troops back on the ground in Iraq to quell an al-Qaida inspired insurgency that has captured two cities and threatened to press forward to Baghdad, but President Barack Obama is weighing a range of…
Sirajganj road crash kills 2
A woman and her granddaughter were killed when a truck ran over them on Dhaka-Bogra Highway at Ghurka Beltala in Raiganj upazila on Friday…
Mother, son killed in Jaipurhat mud-wall collapse
A woman and her son were killed when a mud-wall collapsed on them during storms at Sundarpur-Khashpara village in Panchbibi upazila early Friday…
10-yr dredging project launched to clean up city canals
Dhaka WASA has launched a 10-year dredging programme to clean up canals and box culverts in the capital to ensure smooth discharge of storm water to make city free from urban flooding and water-logging…
Trauma over for Robben as nemesis Casillas looms again
Netherlands forward Arjen Robben has put to bed the trauma of the missed chance he had to win the 2010 World Cup as his team prepare to face world champions Spain again in their Group B opener on Friday. But the prospect of going head-to-head again with Iker Casillas, the Spanish goalkeeper whose outstretched leg denied the Dutchman a possible […]
Marcelo in history book, albeit for wrong reason
Defender Marcelo marched into the history books on Thursday by scoring Brazil’s first own goal at a World Cup. It was also the opening goal of the 2014 tournament, briefly puncturing the carnival atmosphere across a country where expectations are sky high that the hosts will lift the trophy at the final in Rio De Janeiro on July 13. Marcelo’s […]
Kidnapped boy rescued in Kushtia; 2 held
Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) rescued a teenage boy from DC Court area in the town on Thursday, seven days after his abduction from Daulatpur upazila of the district…
Croatia coach slams referee after opening game defeat
Furious Croatia coach Niko Kovac blamed ‘out of his depth’ referee Yuichi Nishimura and warned the World Cup could turn into a circus after a contentious penalty decision effectively cost his team the opening game of the tournament against Brazil. Japanese ref Nishimura ruled that Croatia’s Dejan Lovren had fouled Fred when the Brazilian fell to the floor with 20 […]
Brazil coach defends penalty, praises Neymar after win
Brazil coach Luiz Felipe Scolari rejected claims they were favoured by the referee and heaped praise on Neymar after the forward scored twice in a 3-1 win over Croatia in the World Cup opening game on Thursday. Scolari said his team showed great character after bouncing back from an early own goal and singled out 22-year-old Neymar for his man […]
Malaysian plane MH370: families get $50,000 payments
The families of passengers on the missing Malaysian passenger plane have begun to receive initial compensation payments of $50,000 (£30,000)…
‘Robber’ killed in Satkhira ‘gunfight’
A suspected robber was killed in a ‘gunfight’ with police at Chhoyghoria in Sadar upazila early Friday…
Neymar, Oscar shine in Brazil win
Brazil rode a wave of national fervour to launch the World Cup with a 3-1 victory over Croatia on Thursday as an opening day which began with violent clashes gave way to an outpouring of joy…
Bangladeshi injured in Myanmar firing in border
A Bangladeshi woodcutter was injured when Myanmar border police again fired shots in the frontier on Thursday amid a border summit between the two countries in Nay Pay Taw…
Govt prefers China-led consortium
At least five local and regional factors played a decisive role why Bangladesh changed its stand on signing the Sonadia deep-sea port agreement at the last minute before prime minister Sheikh Hasina set off for China last week…
Dhaka hints at changing position on deep-sea port
Bangladesh on Thursday gave a broad hint it might change the idea of signing an agreement with China on construction of a deep-sea port at Sonadia in Chittagong as state minister for foreign affairs Shahriar Alam said there were offers from several countries to build the port and Dhaka would choose the best one…
Protests mar Brazil’s World Cup party
Once the tear gas had settled and the red-clad protesters had fled, the Sao Paulo man stuck his head out the window and shouted a message encapsulating the divide troubling Brazil on kick-off day: ‘Today there will be a Cup!’…
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