UNB: Bangladesh men’s hockey team started their campaign in the 18th Asian Games denying Oman by 2-1 goals in the Pool-B match at the Gelora Bung Karno (GBK) Hockey Ground in Jakarta on Monday. Bangladesh led the first quarter by 1-0 goal as forward Hossain Mohammad Arshad scored a field goal in the 14th minute,…
MEMO: Israeli occupation authorities began a massive settlement project that will annex large parts of four villages surrounding the occupied West Bank city of Bethlehem, isolating them, the Palestinian Information Centre reported yesterday. As a result, the villages of Biter, Wadi Fokin, Nahhalin and Hosan west of Bethlehem, home to some 20,000 Palestinians, would be…
Lorenzo Insigne’s (8′) first tricky goal helped to take the lead for the visitor team Napoli. But it was a great come back for Real Madrid at their home ground. They fought back and beat Napoli 3-1. Last night the defending performance was clean and strong. The Brazilian midfielder Casemiro provided his best effort into…
Redwan Ahmed The clouds of confusion over Chandika Hathurusingha’s resignation haven’t been cleared yet. If he finally disembarks, not completing his tenure till 2019 world cup, one of the most successful coaches to Bangladesh cricket history would be exactly following footprints of his predecessor. Hathuru filled in Shane Jergensen’ shoes in 2014 after Jergensen left…
Science Alert There are a few things we should demand from a decent power supply. Not least, it shouldn’t require oven-like temperatures to function. That’s just a given. For decades, fluoride has sat on the sidelines as a potential competitor for lithium-ion batteries. If not for its need to bake at more than 150 degrees…
CNN: Archeologists have found a centuries-old shipwreck off Portugal’s coast near Lisbon, a local mayor’s office said Saturday. Aboard the ship, thought to have sunk between 1575 and 1625, divers found spices, including pepper; Chinese ceramics from the period; and cowries, a type of shell used as currency for the slave trade in some parts…
UNB Jukta Front Chairman AQM Badruddoza Chowdhury on Saturday urged the democratic forces to get united to resist any ‘election mockery’ and restore people’s voting rights. “Bangladesh will face destruction while democracy will be exiled forever if the elections see engineering and mockery in the future again. So, we must carry out our struggle to…
DOT Desk: Export earnings from jute and jute goods declined by 26 per cent in the first half of the current fiscal year (July-December 2018) compared to the corresponding period of last fiscal year (FY), reports The Financial Express. The sector insiders said lower demand for jute and jute products in the global market was…
Banglanews24: Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) KM Nurul Huda said Finance Minister AMA Muhith made a mistake by telling the date of 11th parliamentary election. CEC made the remark at the closing ceremony of 9th conference of the Forum of Elections Management Bodes of South Asia (FEMBoSA) held in city’s Radisson Blu hotel on Thursday (September…
Desk Report: After a day of mainlining coffee and staring at the computer, “relaxing” at happy hour then staying up late glued to the television, getting in bed only to consume the infinite scroll of news and takes on your mobile instead of sleeping like you know you should, an eye twitch begins.You go to…