World number one Victoria Azarenka has denied claims that she deliberately manipulated the rules book when she took a medical time out with the score at 5-4 in the second set of her Australian Open semi-final win over teenager Sloane…
Day: January 25, 2013
Life of Pi, Ang Lee’s epic story about an Indian boy lost at sea for more than 200 days with a Bengal tiger, continues to triumph at the global box office.
No mercy for AL ‘war criminals’
Two senior Awami League leaders said on Friday no suspected war criminals, even those from their party, will escape trial. Advisory Council Member Yusuf Hossain Humayun and Presidium Member Satish Chandra Roy made similar statements as they talked to journalists…
Bad loans bleeding banking sector
Local and foreign banks had to write off a total of Tk 23.42 billion as bad loans in the last three months (October-December) of the year gone by. Latest report of the Bangladesh Bank shows that of the amount, the…
Bachchu to be brought back: Dipu
Foreign Minister Dr Dipu Moni categorically said that convicted Abul Kalam Azad alias Bachchu Rajakar would be brought back. “Bachchu Rajakar will be brought back through diplomatic way after tracing wherever he is hiding,” she added. The minister came up…
Tougher agitation at right time: BNP
BNP Standing Committee Member Moudud Ahmed has said the party will announce tougher agitation programmes at an appropriate time to mount pressure on the government to restore the caretaker government system. Addressing a discussion in the city on Friday, the…
Only 2 annual exams at secondary level
The government has decided to hold only two ‘terminal’ examinations instead of the usual three to increase class duration at the secondary level education.Secondary and Higher Secondary Education Department Director-General Prof Fahima Khatun told bdnews24.com the decision was taken in…
Politics now a business: Sultana Kamal
Advocate Sultana Kamal categorically said now-a-days politics has become a profession and business. “We should leave everything to done by politicians and we all should lead the country forward being motivated with spirit of 1971,” she added. She came up…
Microsoft profit dips
Microsoft Corp’s quarterly profit edged lower as Office software sales slowed ahead of a new launch, offsetting a solid but unspectacular start for its Windows 8 operating system and sending the company’s shares down 1.4 percent.The results mark a stark…
Nipah claims 5 more lives
The government’s disease monitoring agency has recorded five more deaths from the fatal nipah across Bangladesh since the bat-borne virus made a comeback when it took the life of a minor boy recently in Dhaka. Nipah virus strikes back Director…