Section: The Bangladesh Today (Bangladesh)
Benzema and Valbuena scandal overshadows France’s Euro buildup
Sports Desk There are only seven months to go before the European Championship kicks off in France. The hosts have won their past four games and are about to play prestigious friendlies against Germany in Paris and England at Wembley. Everybody should be excited and start to debate whether Les Bleus can-as they did at the 1984 Euros and 1998...
Williams crushes Vinci to reach Elite Trophy final
HONG KONG : Top seed Venus Williams stormed past US Open finalist Roberta Vinci 6-2, 6-2 in the WTA Elite Trophy semis on Saturday in an ominous display as she seeks her third title of the year, reports BSS. The seven-time Grand Slam-winner did not hang around at the purpose-built arena in Zhuhai, southern China with six breaks of serve as she...
EBRD names Russian exile as new chief economist
LONDON: The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development named Sergei Guriev as its new chief economist on Tuesday two years after he fled Russia claiming pressures over his criticism of the government, BSS/AFP reported. The former rector of Moscow’s liberal-leaning New Economic School was one of Russia’s leading economists and...
NATO tests its capabilities and wants Russia to take note
ZARAGOZA, Spain : NATO is putting on its most fearsome display of military might in over a decade, a choreographed large-scale movement of soldiers, ships and planes meant to hone and test its capabilities as well as transmit a clear signal to Russia and other real or possible foes. NATO is ready to rapidly deploy armed forces and we can do it on...
Breathing space lets Ukraine focus on second war
A year ago, the only topic of conversation in Ukraine’s capital was the war. Did Russia want to take half the country, or just a part of that? Would there be a full-scale invasion and, if so, when would it start? Kiev today doesn’t feel like a city at war. Local elections were underway when I was there last month, and the city was...
Mourinho brushes off Chelsea sack talk
LONDON : Jose Mourinho claims he isn’t concerned about his future as Chelsea manager even if the rest of the football world is “excited” that he could be in danger of the sack, reports BSS. Mourinho was given a vote of confidence by Blues owner Roman Abramovich earlier this month after Chelsea made a spluttering start to their defence of...
Bangladeshis, Rohingyas account for most of West Bengal foreign prisoners
DHAKA : Almost half of the foreign prisoners in India are lodged in different jails of West Bengal and most of them are Bangladeshis and Rohingya Muslims, reports UNB. Quoting recent data released by the National Crime Records Bureau, The Times of India on Sunday reported that nearly 47 percent of the foreign prisoners are lodged in Bengal jails...
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...
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...
Russian-made Buk missile downed MH17 in Ukraine, Dutch official probe finds
THE HAGUE: Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 was destroyed by a Buk surface-to-air missile over eastern Ukraine, the Dutch safety board said on Tuesday as it presented the results of an official probe into the crash. The missile’s Russian maker, however, presented its own report hours earlier, trying to clear Russia-backed separatists who...
