Basel,(AP/UNB) – Two-time Swiss Indoors champion Juan Martin del Porto beat Joao Sousa 6-1, 4-6, 6-1 to advance to the second round on Wednesday.The fourth-seeded Del Potro dominated with his serve and sent down nine aces and 19 service winners…
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Bayern edges Leipzig 5-4 on penalties in German Cup
Berlin,(AP/UNB) – Sven Ulreich saved former teammate Timo Werner’s penalty in a shootout to send Bayern Munich through to the third round of the German Cup at Leipzig’s expense on Wednesday.With the game deadlocked at 1-1 after extra time, both…
Atletico held by 3rd-tier Elche to 1-1 draw in Copa del Rey
Madrid, (AP/UNB) – Atletico Madrid could only manage a 1-1 draw at third-division club Elche as Spain’s leading clubs struggled in the Copa del Rey on Wednesday.Villarreal and Athletic Bilbao also flopped in their first-leg matches against third-tier teams. Villarreal…
Football: Neymar must learn from sending-off, says PSG’s Emery
PARIS, (BSS/AFP) – Paris Saint-Germain coach Unai Emery has said Neymar needs to learn not to respond to provocation after the world’s most expensive player was sent off against Marseille last weekend. The 222 million-euro ($264 million) Brazilian picked up a…
Chandpur man carrying 15 kg tumour for 42 yrs!
Dhaka – Harun Patwari, 50, a resident of Chapatia villge in Matlab (South) upazila, has been passing his days with a number of tumours, including one weighing 15 kg, bearing immense pain and sufferings.It is not possible for Harun, a…
JU seminar on Philosophy of Bengal begins
Savar – A 2-day long seminar on “Philosophy of Bengal: Tracing Nature and Origin” started on Wednesday at the Jahangirnagar University (JU) campus.
SC to observe Supreme Court Day on 18 Dec
Dhaka – In a maiden initiative, the Supreme Court authority has decided to observe the date of December 18 in every calendar year as the “Supreme Court Day”. The apex court took the unanimous decision in a full-court meeting led…
9 to die for killing college student in Gazipur
Dhaka – A court here on Wednesday sentenced nine people to death for killing a college student in 2010.The condemned convicts are-Selim, son of Shamsul Haq, Asadul Islam, son of Abdul Sobhan of Joydebpur, Zahirul Islam Jhantu, son of Nazmul…
Man killed in Faridpur clash over land
Dhaka – A man was killed and eight others were injured in a clash over cutting paddy in Gurdia area of Boalmari upazila in Faridpur on Wednesday morning.The deceased was identified Shamsul Alam, agriculture affairs secretary of Boalmari Upazila unit…
Man held with 8 gold bars at Dhaka airport
Dhaka – Members of Customs Intelligence arrested a man along with eight gold bars worth Tk 40 lakh from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport on Wednesday.
BCL Football: Uttar Baridhara beat Agrani Bank 2-1
Dhaka- Uttar Baridhara Club beat Agrani Bank SC Ltd by 2-1 goals in the Marcel Bangladesh Championship League (BCL) Football at Kamalapur Stadium here on Wednesday.
T20I series: BD to face SA in 1st match Thursday
Dhaka – Bangladesh will face hosts South Africa in the 1st T20I of the two-match series at Mangaung Oval in Bloemfontein on Thursday.The match will begin at 10pm Bangladesh time with all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan leading the Bangladesh side for…
CJKS Cricket: Satadal Club beat Sitakunda UKS by five wkts
Dhaka – Satadal Club Juniors made a good start in the Confidence Cement-CJKS First Division Cricket League beating Sitakunda Upazilla KS by five wickets in the opening match at the MA Aziz Stadium here in Chittagong on Wednesday.Earlier, Chittagong City…
Nepal U-19 team due Oct 30 to play 3 one-day matches
Dhaka – Nepal Under-19 Cricket team will tour Bangladesh from October 30 to November 6 next to play a three-match one-day series against Bangladesh Under-19 side, all at Bangladesh Krira Shikkha Protisthan (BKSP) ground in Savar.
BD govt’s central office complex declared smoke-free zone
Dhaka, Oct 25 – Declaring Bangladesh Secretariat a smoke-free zone, the Cabinet Division has asked the secretaries of all the ministries to make sure that no one smokes in the country’s administrative hub.
Thailand prepares for King Adulyadej’s funeral
Big crowds are gathering for a five-day funeral ceremony for Thailand’s revered King Bhumibol Adulyadej, who died last October aged 88. The monarch will be cremated in Bangkok on Thursday, in a royal pyre representing heaven. Preparations – including the…
Phensidyl seized in JU, 1 arrested
Savar – The security office of Jahangirnagar University (JU) on Monday, recovered a total of 112 bottles of phensidyl in the university campus and detained a rickshaw-puller.
Khulna Titans to launch jersey on Friday
Dhaka- Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) franchise Khulna Titans will launch their jersey through a formal ceremony on Friday ahead of the BPL Twenty20 season-2017.The jersey launching ceremony will be held in the Dhaka Westin at 6 pm, said a Khulna…
Land officer among 2 arrested by ACC
Dhaka- The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) on Tuesday arrested two people, including a land official, from Mymensingh in a graft case.ACC deputy assistant director Md Sharif Uddin of its Mymensingh zila office arrested them from Town Hall Circle of the town…
2 students killed in Gazipur road crash
Dhaka- Two primary school students were killed and three others injured when a human hauler hit an auto-rickshaw at Shahjahanpur in Sreepur upazila on Tuesday.The deceased were identified as Siam, 12, son of Shahjahan Miah, and Shihab, 12, son of…
2 Indian nationals among 7 held at Benapole
Dhaka-Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) arrested five Bangladeshi nationals and two Indian nationals while entering into the country illegally from India through Sadipur border point here on Tuesday.
College student found hanging at mess
Dhaka- A college student was found hanging at a mess at the Hospital intersection in Kushtia on Tuesday.The deceased, Sabbir Ahmed, 18, was a first year student of Kushtia Islamia College and son of Nazrul Islam of Sadar upazila.
Man slaughters wife in Moulvibazar
Dhaka – A young man allegedly slaughtered his wife and injured her mother and sister in an attack at Adampur village in Kulaura upazila in Moulvibazar on Monday night.The deceased was identified as Nasima Begum, 28, wife of Rafique Miah,…
Girona beats Deportivo to end winless run in Spanish league
Madrid,(AP/UNB) – Promoted Girona won at Deportivo La Coruna 2-1 to end a six-game winless run in the Spanish league on Monday.Also, Real Sociedad drew with Espanyol 1-1 at home, Asier Illarramendi scoring the equalizer then being sent off in…
Ronaldo joins Messi as five-time winner of FIFA player award
London,(AP/UNB) – Cristiano Ronaldo has caught up with Lionel Messi to become a five-time winner of FIFA’s best player award.The Real Madrid forward was crowned player of the year on Monday at the FIFA Best ceremony at the London Palladium…
Bangladesh A beat Ireland A in 3rd match to take 2-0 lead
Dhaka – Hosts Bangladesh A took a 2-0 lead over touring Ireland A in the five-match unofficial ODI series outplaying them by eight wickets in the 3rd match at the Academy ground of the Sheikh Kamal International Cricket Stadium in…
Elephant electrocution along border on rise
Dhaka, Oct 24– Incidents of wild elephants getting electrocuted is on the rise along Bangladesh’s border with India since farmers have started installing generators and electric wires to protect their paddy fields from attacks by elephants coming from across the…
JetBlue plane hits birds, makes emergency landing in NY
New York, Oct 24 (AP/UNB) — A JetBlue plane from Boston to Las Vegas that struck some birds shortly after takeoff has made a safe emergency landing in New York.
BNP leader MK Anwar passes away
Dhaka, Oct 24 – BNP standing committee member and former minister MK Anwar died in the early hours of Tuesday at his Elephant Road residence in the city. He was 85. Anwar, a bureaucrat-turned-politician, breathed his last around 1:20 am,…
Chuadanga Jubo League man comes under bomb attack
Dhaka – A local Jubo League leader came under a bomb attack at Sagual Mor on Aramdanga-Pirpurkulla road in Damurhuda upazila on in Chuadanga Monday night.