Section: Bangladesh
Chelsea thwarted by woodwork in draw with Kiev
Chelsea struck the woodwork twice but could not find a breakthrough in an entertaining 0-0 Champions League draw at Dynamo Kiev on Tuesday that left everything to play for in Group G. …read more Source:...
Arsenal face crucial Bayern clash
Arsenal midfielder Aaron Ramsey (C) controls the ball as team-mates look on during a training session at the club’s London Colney training ground in Hertfordshire on Monday ahead of their today’s UEFA Champions League match against Bayern Munich. — Reuters photo As Arsenal desperately seek a win against the mighty Bayern Munich and...
Fragile Chelsea face tough test at Dynamo Kiev
Chelsea enjoyed a somewhat fortuitous return to winning ways when they beat Aston Villa on Saturday but their fragile self-confidence will face a far more severe test at Dynamo Kiev in the Champions League on Tuesday. …read more Source:...
Ukraine boat capsize ‘leaves 12 dead’
Twelve people are feared drowned after their boat capsized in the Black Sea near the Ukrainian city of Odessa. Officials said the boat had been carrying 36 people at the time of the sinking. Twenty-three were rescued. It was not immediately clear what caused the incident, close to Zatoka town. One report said it was a passenger boat, another said...
On public culture
THERE is a connection between people throwing trash outside their homes and women being groped on buses, and between low turnouts at civic protests and men using roadsides as toilets. And that is that no one takes ownership of public places in Pakistan. Public space is experienced differently according to gender and class but the focus here is...
Reflecting on the Nobel for literature
Contrary to all expectations, the odds-makers’ favourite, the journalist-cum-author, Svetlana Alexievich has finally won the Nobel Prize for literature ( 2015), the most prestigious accolade in the world, the 8 million crown prize! Many experts were wondering if 2015 would be the year for Haruki Murakami, the perennial favorite and famed...
MH17 shot down by BUK missile
Air crash investigators concluded Tuesday that Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 was shot down by a Russian-made BUK missile fired from war-torn eastern Ukraine last year killing all 298 people on board. Even though the Dutch-led inquiry did not say who pulled the trigger, Russian officials were already disputing the findings set to further degrade...
Flight MH17 shot down Russian-built Buk missile
Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 was shot down over eastern Ukraine by a Russian-made Buk missile, the Dutch Safety Board concluded on Tuesday in its final report on the July 2014 crash that killed all 298 people on board. The long-awaited findings of the board, which was not empowered to address questions of responsibility, did not specify who...
Ukraine defends not closing airspace where MH17 was shot down
Ukraine on Tuesday defended its decision not to close airspace in the east of the country where a Malaysian passenger plane was shot down, saying it was unaware that anti-aircraft weapons were being used in the area and that planes could be under threat. …read more Source:...
Slovakia qualify for Euro 2016
PARIS : Slovakia booked their ticket to Euro 2016 on Monday with a 4-2 victory in Luxembourg that saw them secure second place in qualifying Group C, reports BSS. Slovakia finish behind defending European champions Spain, who had already qualified and came away with a 1-0 win over Ukraine, with the Euro 2012 co-hosts settling for a place in the...
