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Kroos missile secures last-gasp Germany win

08:34 AM, 24 Jun 2018 Sunday

A stoppage-time goal from Toni Kroos gave holders Germany a dramatic 2-1 win over Sweden on Saturday to reignite their hopes of qualifying for the World Cup last 16. Having lost their opening game to Mexico, the Germans looked to be heading for a draw until Kroos curled in a superb strike...

JS polls schedule in October: EC secy

08:54 PM, 23 Jun 2018 Saturday

Secretary of Election Commission (EC) secretariat Helal Uddin Ahmed on Saturday said the schedule of 11th Jatiya Sangsad election will be announced in late October...

Lukaku, Hazard score brace in Belgian rout

08:42 PM, 23 Jun 2018 Saturday

Two goals each for Romelu Lukaku and Eden Hazard and one for Michy Batshuayi swept Belgium to a 5-2 victory over Tunisia on Saturday that put them in command of World Cup Group G and underlined their status as one of the tournament favourites...

Root causes of Rohingya crisis must be addressed: UN

07:39 PM, 23 Jun 2018 Saturday

United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide Adama Dieng here on Saturday commended the commitment demonstrated by the Bangladesh government in supporting the Rohingyas and highlighted that the root causes of the Rohingya crisis in Myanmar must be addressed...

Messi on a mission as Argentina train with renewed hope

07:28 PM, 23 Jun 2018 Saturday

Lionel Messi and Argentina hit the training ground on Saturday with renewed hope of qualifying for the World Cup last 16...

Govt distributes over 259.79cr free textbooks in 2010-18

06:42 PM, 23 Jun 2018 Saturday

The government distributed 259 crore, 79 lakh, 22 thousand and 902 textbooks free of cost among the pre-primary and secondary level students from the academic year 2010 to 2018...

UN Under-Secretary-General due Sunday

03:49 PM, 23 Jun 2018 Saturday

UN Under-Secretary-General (SG) for Peacekeeping Operations Jean-Pierre Lacroix and 4 other high officials will visit here on Sunday as part of four Asian countries tour...

Scoring against Argentina isn’t that difficult, says ‘Lionel Musa’

03:30 PM, 23 Jun 2018 Saturday

Ahmed Musa is ready to inspire Nigeria to victory over Argentina in their final World Cup group game, having apparently been described as ‘Lionel Musa’ in South America...

Ex-S. Korean premier Kim Jong-pil dies

02:15 PM, 23 Jun 2018 Saturday

Kim Jong-pil, the founder of South Korea’s spy agency whose political skills helped him also serve twice as prime minister, first under his dictator boss and later under a man his agency kidnapped, has died. He was 92...

Chechnya leader grants Salah honorary citizenship

01:51 PM, 23 Jun 2018 Saturday

Chechnya leader Ramzan Kadyrov granted honorary citizenship on Friday to striker Mohamed Salah at a banquet held to say goodbye to Egypt’s World Cup squad...

PM inaugurates AL’s new office building

12:47 PM, 23 Jun 2018 Saturday

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina inaugurated the newly constructed head office building of Bangladesh Awami League at city’s Bangabandhu Avenue at Gulistan here on Saturday, coinciding the 69th founding anniversary of the party...

Messi is not a leader like Ronaldo: Petit

12:37 PM, 23 Jun 2018 Saturday

Lionel Messi does not have the same leadership qualities as Cristiano Ronaldo, according to former Barcelona player Emmanuel Petit...

Trump says North Korea still ‘extraordinary threat’

12:04 PM, 23 Jun 2018 Saturday

US President Donald Trump on Friday cited "an unusual and extraordinary threat" from North Korea's nuclear arsenal to extend sanctions on Kim Jong-un's regime, despite touting the success of a historic summit earlier this month...

PM pays homage to Bangabandhu

10:58 AM, 23 Jun 2018 Saturday

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday paid glowing tributes to Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman marking the 69th founding anniversary of the Awami League...

Road accidents kill 52 across Bangladesh

08:40 AM, 23 Jun 2018 Saturday

At least 52 people were killed and 150 others were injured in separate road accidents across the country over the past 24 hours during the return journey from Eid holidays. Bangladesh Jatri Kalyan Samity (Bangladesh passengers’ welfare association) disclosed the report on Saturday...

Coutinho, Neymar strike late to give Brazil win

08:12 PM, 22 Jun 2018 Friday

Brazil got two goals in stoppage time to give them a deserved 2-0 win over Costa Rica in a tense World Cup Group E encounter on Friday. Philippe Coutinho stabbed home from six metres out in the 91st minute and then Neymar volleyed a second six minutes later to get...

AL picks three mayoral candidates in city elections

08:09 PM, 22 Jun 2018 Friday

Awami League on Friday picked up party’s three mayoral candidates, Badruddin Ahmed Kamran for Sylhet, AHM Kharuzzaman Liton for Rajshahi and Sadique Abdullah, for Barisal City Corporation elections...

Neymar, Salah, Messi, messy, messy!

05:52 PM, 22 Jun 2018 Friday

With nagging injuries, heavy marking from opponents and some simply uninspired play, the top stars of the 2018 World Cup have struggled to deliver on the impossible expectations they carried into the tournament, with one prominent Portuguese exception...

AL’s 69th founding anniversary today

05:35 PM, 22 Jun 2018 Friday

Bangladesh Awami League (AL), one of the country’s oldest political parties, will celebrate its 69th founding anniversary on Saturday amid holding different programmes...

Quader rules out dialogue with BNP

04:14 PM, 22 Jun 2018 Friday

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader on Friday ruled out any possibility of holding dialogue with BNP ahead of the next parliament election....