Weekend
Affected people passing days
in despair
Several hundred people affected by the ongoing Hatirjheel-Begunbari canal development project are passing days in despair as they do not know whether the government will properly compensate them. ‘I have a small piece of land on the bank of Begunbari canal, but the government has acquired my land for the project, putting my family into despair,’ Akiluddin, an 80-year old man of South Kunipara in Begunbari area, said in a saddened
voice...[ + ]
KCC reclaims 25 canals so far
The Khulna City Corporation has already demolished illegal structures on 25 canals and rivers aiming to resolve water-logging problem during the rainy
season...[ + ]
Fund crunch forces MSC to delay camp
With less than three weeks to go for the local football season to start, big-spending Dhaka Mohammedan Sporting Club have yet to begin their planned conditioning camp in Mymensingh. Mohammedan splashed millions this season to sign as many as 14 players that included a dozen from the current batch of national squad hoping to bring all three trophies home including the elusive B League...[ + ]
Real fans wait
for new stars
Real Madrid fans are tingling with excitement at the prospect of seeing Cristiano Ronaldo, Kaka and company strut their stuff as their new-look ‘Galactico’ team host Deportivo La Coruna today in the curtain-raiser to the 2009/10 Spanish league season. It has been an unforgettable summer with Real splashing around 250 million euros to build a star-studded team and there are likely to be a number of debutants against Depor with Ronaldo, Kaka, Xabi Alonso, Karim Benzema, Raul Albiol all expected to start...[ + ]
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