Section: Bangladesh
Bastian Schweinsteiger retires from Germany duty
BERLIN: Germany captain Bastian Schweinsteiger on Friday announced his retirement from international duty with immediate effect, reports BSS. The 31-year-old Manchester United midfielder, who won his 120th and final cap in Germany’s 2-0 defeat to France in the semi-finals of Euro 2016, revealed the news on his official Twitter account. He...
Trump draws ire after urging Russia to find ‘missing’ Clinton emails
Donald Trump. — Reuters file photo Republican Donald Trump on Wednesday invited Russia to dig up tens of thousands of ‘missing’ emails from Hillary Clinton’s time at the US state department, vexing intelligence experts and prompting Democrats to accuse him of urging foreigners to spy on Americans. ‘Russia, if you’re listening, I...
Fahad earns US$ 2000 for being champion in Dubai Chess
DHAKA: Mohammad Fahad Rahman, the chess prodigy Fide Master of Bangladesh, emerged champions in 14th Dubai Juniors Chess tournament on Monday in Dubai Chess and Culture Club, reports BSS. He also became richer with two thousand US dollar as first prize, Sheikh Maktoum Bin Hamdan Al Maktoum Cup’ and a gold medal and accumulated 8 points from...
Ukraine sees ulterior motives after car bomb kills journalist
An award-winning journalist working for the online investigative website Ukrayinska Pravda was killed by a car bomb in central Kiev early on Wednesday morning, in what President Petro Poroshenko said was an attempt to destabilize Ukraine. …read more Source:...
The world stands with France
World leaders united in horror and pledged their determination to fight terrorism on Friday after a truck attack on a Bastille Day crowd in the French Riviera city of Nice killed 84 people. US President Barack Obama, Russian President Vladimir Putin and European and Asian leaders meeting for a summit in Mongolia joined in condemnation of what...
Bangladesh once again left out of GSP
Bangladesh has once again been left out from the American list of beneficiary countries for trade privileges from the US on grounds of poor labour rights. The list of beneficiaries for the Generalised System of Preferences scheme was updated last month by the United States Trade Representative, the chief trade negotiation body for the US...
Democracy in Decline
How Washington Can Reverse the Tide By Larry Diamond In the decade following the Cold War, democracy flourished around the world as never before. In recent years, however, much of this progress has steadily eroded. Between 2000 and 2015, democracy broke down in 27 countries, among them Kenya, Russia, Thailand, and Turkey. Around the same time,...
Italy hopeful of hurting Spain
Italy coach Antonio Conte believes his team can thrive as the underdogs when they face Spain in the first knockout round at Euro 2016 next Monday. The Azzurri’s reward for finishing top of Group E is a meeting with the reigning champions in a repeat of the Euro 2012 final, when Spain outclassed the Italians 4-0 in Kiev. Given that...
Poland beat Ukraine to advance for first time
Poland can prepare for a European Championship last-16 meeting with Switzerland after Jakub Blaszczykowski’s crisp, second-half goal beat already-eliminated Ukraine 1-0 on Tuesday to send them into the knockout stage for the first time. …read more Source:...
Poland ease into last-16
Poland midfielder Jakub Blaszczykowski (C) celebrates after scoring his team’s winning goal against Ukraine during their Euro 2016 match at the Velodrome stadium in Marseille on Tuesday. — AFP photo A second half strike by substitute Jakub Blaszczykowski booked Poland’s ticket into the last-16 at Euro 2016 and sent hapless Ukraine...
