Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho has urged Manchester United to sanction the sale of Wayne Rooney to a Premier League rival.
Year: 2013
Tottenham finally agrees to deal with Steaua Bucharest for Chiriches
Tottenham have finally secured a deal to sign Steaua Bucharest defender Vlad Chiriches, according to the Romanian club’s general manager.
Reintroduced white-tailed eagle pair raise chick
Scotland’s largest bird of prey, the white-tailed eagle, has bred in the east of the country for the first time in almost 200 years.
Fukushima leak is ‘much worse than we were led to believe’
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Pollution warning app for swimmers and surfers launched
An app that gives bathers and surfers real-time warnings about pollution incidents on beaches has been launched.
Move to promote basinwide governance of the Brahmaputra
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New style of politics if returned to power: PM
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday said if BNP is voted to power the opposition leader would open a new ‘Hawa Bhaban’ and start a new era of corruption and looting in the country.
BNP welcomes Ban Ki-moon’s dialogue offer
Opposition BNP on Saturday welcomed UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s offer for talks between the government and the opposition to ensure a free and fair national election with the participation of all.
Ministers dig at Dr.Yunus: Issue – polls under non-partisan Govt
DHAKA – Ministers of Awami League-led 14-party grand alliance government on Saturday blasted Noble Laureate Prof Dr Muhammad Yunus for his statement about election under a non-partisan government and said that Dr Yunus unmasked his face through the assertion.
JP won’t take part in poll under present EC: Ershad
DHAKA – Jatiya Party chairman HM Ershad on Saturday said his party won’t take part in the next general elections under the present Election Commission (EC).
Calls from UN ‘expression of concern over BD impasse’
The recent calls from UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and foreign diplomats to top Bangladesh leaders for talks are the expression of their worries over what is happening in Bangladesh’s political landscape, said an international relations expert. “It’s very normal.
‘Oishy alone killed her parents,’ says DB Police
Oishy Rahman had alone murdered her parents — Special Branch Inspector Mahfuzur Rahman and his wife Swapna Begum — the Detective Branch of police has claimed.
UP elections in time unlikely
The Election Commission (EC) is unlikely to be able to hold the Upazila Parishad elections in due time as the national election is due in January next.
PM inaugurates 412 MW Haripur power plant
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday formally inaugurated the newly-set up 412 MW Haripur combined cycle power plant, the largest base-load power plant in public sector under the incumbent Awami League government.
Militancy to be reined in: MKA
Home Minister Mohiuddin Khan Alamgir on Saturday said the present government is strongly committed to reining in militancy with an iron hand.
JU teachers hoist black flag
Agitating teachers of Jahangirnagar University (JU) hoisted black flag on the campus on Saturday demanding resignation of Vice-Chancellor Prof Anwar Hossain.
3 held with 27,550 Yaba tablets in Cox’s Bazar
Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) arrested three alleged drug traders along with 27,550 pieces of Yaba tablet in Ukhia bus stand area in Ukhia upazila on Friday night.
Political stability must for FDI: Businesses
Bangladesh needs to ensure infrastructure development, energy and power security and most importantly a stable political environment to attract both domestic and foreign investments, business leaders told a discussion here on Saturday.
UP member among 2 held with Yaba in Comilla
Members of the Detective Branch (DB) of police arrested two people, including a union parishad member, along with 52 pieces of Yaba tablet at Amratoli village in Sadar upazila on Friday night.
LDCs must look for being linked with BRICS: ERD Secy
Dhaka is keen on pursuing aid effective development partnership setting its future development agenda, said Economic Relations Division (ERD) Secretary Abul Kalam Azad on Saturday.
LGED implements over Tk 92 cr projects in Narsingdi
Local Government Engineering Department (LGED) has implemented various projects of Tk 92.49 crore in six upazilas of the district during the last fiscal (2012-2013).
Hindu temple set afire in Thakurgaon
Miscreants set fire to a Hindu temple after vandalising it, presumably as a sequel to a dispute between two local groups of the Hindu community over the ownership of its land, at Madarganj village in Sadar upazila on Wednesday night.
Banking scams growing faster than BB’s actions: ICC,B
The recent scam is nothing but a straight cheating by some so-called companies in connivance with a group of bank officials and influential group, said ICCB vice president Latifur Rahman on Saturday.
PM attends milad arranged for Ivy Rahman
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday joined a Milad Mahfil held at IVY Tower at Gulshan-2 on the occasion of the 9th death anniversary of former Mohila Awami League leader Ivy Rahman.
Rokeya University teachers, employees start work abstention
The teachers and employees of Begum Rokeya University began indefinite work abstention on Thursday to press home their seven-point demand.
AL leader shot dead in Jhenidah
Unidentified criminals shot a local Awami League leader to death at Panami village in sadar upazila on Thursday night.
Siblings get life term for murder in Pirojpur
A court here on Thursday convicted two brothers and sentenced them to life term imprisonment for killing a man in 2009.
Locomaster injured in B’baria attack
The locomaster of a Dhaka-bound train was injured in an attack by some unruly youths over boarding the train illegally at Brahmanbaria Railway Station on Thursday night.
Bangladesh-India’s IT initiatives
The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) is willing to set up a ‘skill development institute’ in Bangladesh partnering with the government to, what its Chairman of Eastern Region has said, “match industry requirements”. “This would be useful for industrial training…
BCL man hurt in attack at SUST
An activist of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) was injured in an attack by some miscreants on the Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (SUST) campus on Friday night.