Serena crashes at soggy Wimbledon
World number one and five-time champion Serena Williams crashed to her earliest defeat at Wimbledon for nine years on Saturday while Rafael Nadal, Roger Federer and Maria Sharapova sailed smoothly through…
Archive for June, 2014
Families yet to get compensation
Family members of those who lost their lives in the ferry accident in Munshiganj are yet to receive the compensation promised them by the Shipping Ministry and Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority…
Evra fights his way out of French sin bin
Four years ago Patrice Evra faced deep trouble as a ringleader of striking French footballers. Today he is a moral force again in the dressing room and confidently holding off pretenders to his place on the pitch…
England fan’s ear bitten off during Uruguay game
An England fan had his ear bitten off by another during the side’s World Cup game against Uruguay in Brazil, police in Britain said on Saturday.
The assault at the Group D game in Sao Paulo on 19 June left the man with half of his left ear ripped off and bloodied, they said…
DLA urges govt to rein in prices
Leaders of the Democratic Left Alliance – a combine of the eight left-leaning political parties – at a rally on Sunday in the city called on the Awami League-led government to take steps to check price hike of essentials during Ramadan…
Jamal edge Muktis in seven-goal thriller
Table-toppers Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club continued their winning spree as they edged Muktijoddha Sangsad Krira Chakra in a thrilling 4-3 encounter in the Bangladesh Premier League at Gopalganj on Sunday…
Probe report submission deferred 26th time
A metropolitan magistrate court in Dhaka on Sunday asked that the probe report into the murder of journalist couple Sagar Sarowar and Meherun Runi be submitted to it by August 13…
FY14 export to India heading to be four-year low
Export earnings from India are set to hit four-year low in the outgoing financial year 2013-14 despite Bangladesh’s call to its neighbouring country to reduce trade barriers.
Earnings from India in first 11months of the FY14 accounted for $396.82 million which is 26 per cent lower than the earnings of $536.09 million in July-May of FY 2012-13, the Export Promotion Bureau data showed…
BSPA to celebrate World Sports Press Day
Bangladesh Sports Press Association on Sunday said it will accord reception to four Bangladeshi sports journalists – Rezaur Rahman Sohag, Shahidul Azam, Syed Majharul Parvez and Khandokar Tareq (photojournalist) – and newly-elected ICC president AHM Mustafa Kamal on July 5…
Kiwis edge ahead of Windies
Kane Wiliamson and Brendon McCullum lifted New Zealand to 123 for three, a lead of 99, at stumps on the third day of the third and final Test against West Indies at Kensington Oval on Saturday…
NBR finalises rules for house rent collection thru banks today
The National Board of Revenue is going to finalise by today rules for the house owners having income more than Tk 25,000 from their house property to deposit house rent through banks, officials said…
20 JCD men sued for killing fellow
Twenty leaders and activists of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal, student front of Bangladesh Nationalist Party, were accused in a case filed for murder of Sylhet city JCD executive member Zillul Haque Zilu…
Judiciary enquiry into Bihari camp killings demanded
Leaders of Indian Origin Urdu Speaking Minority Council- Bangladesh on Sunday at a press conference in the capital called on the government to launch a judiciary enquiry to find out those responsible for the killing of 10 Bihari people at Kalshi camp on June 14…
NBR preparing list of polluting industries
The National Board of Revenue has taken an initiative to prepare a list of polluting industries for imposing and collecting newly introduced green tax, officials said…
BTRC to submit same plan to fin min for 3rd time
Even after the finance ministry rejected twice, the telecom regulator is set to send the same proposal again to lower international call termination charges to 1.5 US cents from the existing 3 cents for the operators, ignoring the ministry suggestion for a baseline study…
Departing Chile earn hero status
Chile’s so nearly conquering heroes are sure of an incredible welcome on their return from a World Cup where they eliminated champions Spain but were cruelly knocked out by Brazil for the fourth time in their history…
Britain wishes Muslims Ramadan Mubarak
The UK’s secretary of state for foreign and commonwealth affairs, William Hague, wished “Ramadan Mubarak” to Muslims the world over, across Asia, Africa, the Middle East, Europe and elsewhere…
Death-rumour leads to student protests at Agargaon
Students of Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University went on the rampage on Sunday evening over a rumour of death of their fellow student, who sustained injuries in a traffic accident on the Roquiah Swarani at Agargaon on Saturday night…
B’desh needs rapid transport, energy sector dev: economists
The country needs a rapid development of its transport and energy sectors, said economists on Sunday. Otherwise, it will fail to become a developed country by 2041 as targeted by the government, they said…
WORLD CUP BRIEFS
Brazil’s victory over Chile in an agonising penalty shootout that sent the hosts into the World Cup quarter-finals was more frantically tweeted than the Super Bowl, the social media company said on Saturday. Traffic reached a record pace of 388,985 tweets per minute during the game, beating the 381,605 messages per minute fired during this year’s NFL final, Twitter Inc said in a statement…
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