For all Milan’s excellence in the San Siro, that kind of incision had been absent as stand-in coach Jordi Roura’s team laboured towards a 2-0 defeat in which they uncharacteristically registered only one shot on target.
Day: March 13, 2013
Barca breezes past Milan
Barcelona made Champions League history by overturning a two-goal deficit without an away strike to knock out AC Milan and reach the quarter-finals.
Victory for freshwater turtles, tortoises at CITES
Several freshwater turtle and tortoise species are to be afforded greater protection as a result of successful conservation talks at the CITES meeting in Bangkok, Thailand.
Lanka’s Hambantota Port offers better facilities to B’desh
Sri Lanka offers special concessions and incentives to Bangladeshi traders interested in availing themselves of the facilities at the newly-built Hambantota Deep Seaport along the southern harbour of the Island country.
FBCCI team off to Mumbai
A delegation of the Federation of Bangladesh Chamber of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI) left Mumbai on Wednesday to join the ‘Second India Engineering Sourcing Show’.
Probe into dispute over Vitamin+ capsule initiated
The government on Wednesday formed a four-member committee to probe the allegation that many children fell sick after taking Vitamin A Plus capsule and de-worming tablets during the countrywide National Vitamin-A Plus campaign on Tuesday.
Kuwait Amir cancels BD visit
The Amir of Kuwait, Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmed Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, cancelled his scheduled visit to Bangladesh on March 25.
Engineer accused in Padma bridge graft jailed
A Dhaka court on Wednesday ordered that an Executive Engineer of Roads and Highways Department be sent to jail after his surrender in connection with a ‘corruption conspiracy’ involving the Padma bridge.
9,000 new auto-rickshaws for Dhaka, Ctg soon
Communications Minister Obaidul Quader on Wednesday said 9,000 more CNG-run auto-rickshaws will join within the next 45 days the fleets of the existing ones plying in Dhaka and Chittagong cities.
Panel to trace those undermining Islam, Prophet
The government on Wednesday formed a nine-member committee to find out those making objectionable comments against Islam and Prophet Hazrat Muhammad (PBUH) using facebook and blog, and take action against them.
‘Genocide’ will be tried: Khaleda
Khaleda Zia has protested the arrest of the party’s top leaders from the headquarters, saying this government will not be allowed any more time.
Govt won’t cancel GP license: Muhith
Finance Minister AMA Muhith on Monday categorically said the government would not cancel the licence of the Grameenphone, a leading mobile-phone operator in the country.
Oil falls below $92 a barrel on weak China data
The price of oil fell below $92 per barrel Tuesday as traders absorbed the impact of choppy economic data from China and stock markets showed signs of fatigue after big gains.
B’desh has edge to steer population issue: UNFPA
Bangladesh’s internationally acclaimed achievements in child, maternal and reproductive health gives it a unique edge to champion the issue of population dynamics in the post-2015 Development Agenda, said UNFPA executive director Dr Babatunde Osotimehin.
Hartal observed: 64 held, 51 hurt
The countrywide dawn-to-dusk hartal, enforced by BNP-led 18-party alliance, was observed Tuesday amid stray incidents.
TIB back to senses, urges Hasina-Khaleda talks
Voicing concern over the growing confrontation and violence in the country’s political landscape, Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) has called upon the top leaders of the two largest parties to shun the confrontational course and start dialogue.
Apologise for raiding BNP office: Badruddoza Chy
Terming the police raid on BNP office a violent and undemocratic attitude, former president and Bikalpa Dhara Bangladesh president AQM Badruddoza Chowdhury on Tuesday said the government should apologise for the incident.
BNP’s countrywide hartal call holds
The face-off between the Ganajagaran Manch and the Hefazate Islam was averted in Chittagong when the AL-supported Sahabagh activists called off their programme of rallies in Chittagong in the face of hartal called by the Hefazate Islam in a bit…
Country heading towards deep crisis: Ershad
Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad on Tuesday urged all the political forces to quickly resolve the country’s political crisis through discussions showing respect to democratic norms.