BSS Yoko Ono, the Japanese-born singer, artist and widow of John Lennon, was hospitalized Friday in New York with flu-like symptoms, US media reported. The 83-year-old went to the hospital on her doctor’s recommendation, with what appeared to be “just an advanced case of the flu,” her spokesman Elliot Mintz said, according…
BSS Gianni Infantino on Friday won FIFA’s presidential election and vowed to lead the scandal-tainted body into a new era as he faced immediate calls to ensure genuine reform. The 45-year-old UEFA general secretary scored a convincing victory in the battle to replace the disgraced Sepp Blatter, whose 18-year reign ended with FIFA mired in…
BSS Asian football leaders put a brave face on AFC boss Sheikh Salman bin Ebrahim Al Khalifa’s FIFA presidential defeat on Saturday and pledged to work with the world body’s new head Gianni Infantino. Asian Football Confederation (AFC) head Sheikh Salman, gunning to become FIFA’s first Asian leader, had been the pre-poll favourite but he…
BSS Australia’s Bernard Tomic qualified for his fifth ATP Tour final by defeating Alexandr Dolgopolov 1-6, 6-4, 6-3 in the semi-finals of the Mexico Open on Friday. The fifth seeded Tomic posted his first win over Dolgopolov since the 2012 Australian Open. “I am very happy to be in the final now,” Tomic said. “He…
BSS United Technologies chief executive Gregory Hayes said Friday that Honeywell’s recent $90 billion offer for the industrial group “grossly undervalues” the company. Hayes reiterated his rejection of the last week’s bid after Honeywell revealed the details publicly for the first time on Friday, including the price it had proposed. Honeywell offered the equivalent of…
BSS A US appeals court on Friday handed Samsung a win over Apple in a long-running patent fight, overriding a jury verdict ordering it to pay $119.6 million to the iPhone maker. The court ruled that two Apple patents at issue were not valid, according to a copy of the decision posted online. “We are…
BSS Rain or thundershowers accompanied by temporary gusty wind is likely to occur at one or two places over Khulna, Barisal and Chittagong divisions and the regions of Rajshahi and Pabna. Weather may remain mainly dry with temporary partly cloudy sky elsewhere over the country, said a met office release here today. Night temperature may…
UNB Zika infections have been confirmed in nine pregnant women in the United States, including one who gave birth to a baby with a rare birth defect, health officials said Friday. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said it’s investigating 10 more reports of pregnant travelers with Zika. All got the virus while…
UNB Young transgender children allowed to live openly as the gender they identify with fared as well psychologically as other kids in a small study that suggests parental support may be the key. Rates of depression and anxiety were equal in the study, which compared 73 transgender kids aged 3 to 12 with 73…
UNB Stating that their party does not have any chairman candidate in 114 Union Parishads (UPs), BNP on Friday alleged that the Election Commission (EC) is making its all efforts to ensure the victory of ruling party candidates. “The Election Commission is trying its best to have the chairman posts for the ruling party…