Bayern Munich star Franck Ribery has claimed that both he and Real Madrid’s Cristiano Ronaldo would be worthy winners of the 2013 Ballon d’Or.
Day: November 23, 2013
As captain I need more runs – McCullum
Brendon McCullum, the New Zealand captain, has said he needs more runs in Tests to “lead from the front” and is not as worried about his form in the shorter formats.
China establishes ‘air-defence zone’ over East China Sea
China has demarcated an “air-defence identification zone” over an area of the East China Sea, covering islands that are also claimed by Japan.
Surviving climate change: Towards a climate revolution
A week after the most powerful “super typhoon” ever recorded pummeled the Philippines, killing thousands in a single province, and three weeks after the northern Chinese city of Harbin suffered a devastating “airpocalypse,” suffocating the city with coal-plant pollution, government…
Egypt expels Turkish ambassador
Egypt has told the Turkish ambassador to leave the country and downgraded relations between the two countries.
London ‘slavery’ case women met ‘in collective’
Two of the three women found last month in an alleged slavery case in London met the man who has been arrested via a “collective”, police say.
Iran nuclear talks: Hague bids to close ‘narrow gaps’
The UK’s foreign secretary has said “narrow gaps” remain between Iran and the six world powers meeting in Geneva to discuss Tehran’s nuclear programme.
UN climate talks in Warsaw bogged down on key details
UN talks on climate change taking place in Warsaw have been extended as delegates remain deadlocked on key issues.
US firm Duke Energy pays out over wind farm eagle deaths
A huge US energy supplier has agreed to pay out $1m (£620,000) over the deaths of golden eagles at two wind farms.
Greenpeace denies ‘Arctic 30’ group were ill-prepared
A senior Greenpeace official has denied that a group held in a Russian jail after a protest against oil-drilling in the Arctic were ill-prepared.
Leonardo DiCaprio donates $3m to save tigers in Nepal
Hollywood star Leonardo DiCaprio has donated $3 million (£1.85 million) to help save tigers in Nepal.
‘People want the ‘Walking Dead’ Governor to redeem himself’
So… has he changed? Has the Governor’s post-Woodbury walkabout left him a new man, or rather, returned to the man we’ve seen hints that he once was, before “the turn,” before he lost his wife and daughter Penny?
8 more held over AL leader Raihan killing
Police arrested eight more ‘Jamaat-Shibir activists’ from different places in Debhata upazila on Friday night in connection with the killing of local Awami League leader Abu Raihan.
Labourer electrocuted in B’baria
A construction labourer died from electrocution and another pertson was injured at North Morail in the district town on Friday.
Man hacked to death in C’nawabganj
A man was hacked to death and his associate injured in an attack by unidentified miscreants at Baliadanga in sadar upazila on Friday night.
Fish traders’ clash injures 20 in Comilla
At least 20 people were injured in a clash between two groups of traders over establishing supremacy at Tulatuli Bazar in Meghna upazila on Friday.
12 arrested in Joypurhat
Police arrested 12 persons including notorious drug peddlers on various charges conducting separate anti-crime drives in different places of five upazilas of the district during the last 48 hours till this morning.
Grants distributed for improving livelihoods in Rangpur
Bangladesh Red Crescent Society (BDRCS) under its Community Development Initiative (CDI) programme distributed Taka 31 lakh as grants among 310 extremely poor families for livelihoods improvement here Friday.
Huge drugs seized in Meherpur
Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) seized huge smuggle drugs from Elahinagar village under Sadar upazila of the district on Friday evening.
UP secretaries asked for increasing income of union parishads
RANGPUR, Nov 22, 2013 (BSS) – High officials here on Thursday asked the union parishad secretaries for engaging their sincere efforts to increase income and resources of the strongest tier of the local government bodies at the most bottom level.
Formulation of effective social safety-net strategy stressed
RANGPUR, Nov 22, 2013 (BSS) – Speakers at a regional views- sharing meeting here have stressed for formulation of a time befitting and more effective strategy to make the massive social safety-net programmes successful in building a poverty-free nation.
48 buy AL nomination papers to contest in Khulna
KHULNA, November 22, (2013) (BSS) – At least 48 leaders of Awami League (AL) and its front organizations Jubo League and women AL bought nomination papers from AL central office in the capital to seek AL tickets to contest in…
Construction of new academic building at Barasholua College inaugurated
CHUADANGA, Nov 22 (BSS)-The construction of a new academic building of Barasholua model college of Chuadanga Sadar upazila was inaugurated yesterday (Thursday).
Bangladesh on its way to achieve self-reliance on electricity
RANGPUR, Nov 22, 2013 (BSS) – Bangladesh has been achieving continuous success in increasing power generation capacity on its way to achieve completely self-reliance on electricity at its own very soon, speakers at a launching ceremony said today.
Union Jamaat Ameer arrested in Patgram
RANGPUR, Nov 22, 2013 (BSS) – A union level Ameer of Jamaat- E-Islami Bangladesh was arrested from Patgram upazila in Lalmonirhat today on charges of attempting to conduct subversive activities, police sources said.
14 gamblers arrested from Hili frontier
RANGPUR, Nov 22, 2013 (BSS)- Fourteen gamblers were arrested in separate raids conducted at different places in Hili frontier town under Hakimpur upazila in Dinajpur district this afternoon, police sources said.
PM asks people to unite against anarchy & violence
Bamna (Barguna), Nov 19 (UNB) – Again accusing the opposition BNP-Jamaat-Hefajat for conducting sniper attacks on common people as well as burning people to death in vehicles during the countrywide shutdowns, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday called upon the…