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Antoine Griezmann scored a late winner to complete a stunning fightback by Atletico Madrid, who beat Celta Vigo 3-2 on Sunday with two goals in three minutes, reports Reuters. Atletico looked set to stumble to defeat when John Guidetti put the visitors ahead in the 78th minute for the second time in the game. But Yannick Carrasco drew the home side level with a stunning volley in the 86th minute and France international Griezmann completed the comeback by sidefooting Kevin Gameiro's flicked header in at the near post in the 89th. "It was a thrilling and emotional game with a lot of errors between two teams that were looking to win," said Atletico coach Diego Simeone. "Celta did very well, they made it very difficult on the counter attack but once again we reinvented ourselves in the final 10 minutes." The home side got off to a nightmare start as Miguel Angel Moya came out to claim a corner but instead tipped the ball onto the head of Gustavo Cabral, who nodded into the unguarded net. But Fernando Torres quickly pulled them level with a splendid strike, receiving the ball with his back to goal and flicking it over his head into the top corner. The former Liverpool and Chelsea striker had a strong penalty appeal waved away shortly afterwards but then failed to take advantage when Carrasco was felled by Facundo Roncaglia. It was the sixth miss from Atletico's nine penalties this season. Simeone's side leapfrogged Real Sociedad into fourth on 42 points, while Sevilla stayed third in the standings on 46 after beating Las Palmas 1-0, also on Sunday, thanks to a late strike from substitute Joaquin Correa. Real Madrid top the standings on 49 points after winning 3-1 at Osasuna on Saturday, and have played two games fewer than their title rivals. Barcelona are second on 48 after thrashing Alaves 6-0.....

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South Korea's agriculture ministry said on Monday it will import 4.8 million doses of foot-and-mouth vaccine by the end of this month in an effort to prevent further spread of the viral disease. Six cases of foot-and-mouth have been found in the latest outbreak since the first case was confirmed a week ago. As of Sunday, some 1,200 cattle had been slaughtered, about 0.04 per cent of the country's total cattle population, the ministry said in a statement, reports Reuters. Most of the cases found were the O-type strain of the disease, but the ministry raised the country's alert status to its highest level and announced plans to import more vaccines after a second strain, the A-type, was discovered last Thursday. "Even though there are no big problems with vaccine supply, we are seeking emergency imports of vaccines in case of additional outbreaks of the A-type strain," Lee Junwon, vice agriculture minister told a briefing. Asia's fourth-largest economy regularly inoculates its livestock against three-types of foot-and-mouth disease. Since the outbreak, the government has re-vaccinated all cattle against the O-type virus. Currently, South Korea has 8.3 million doses for the O-type strain and 990,000 doses for the "O+A type," where livestock can be vaccinated for both strains, the statement said. Another 1.6 million "O+A type" vaccines are due to arrive between late February and early March and another 3.2 million O-type vaccines are likely to arrive on Feb 17 and Feb 24, the vice minister said. The vice minister said the current outbreak is having limited impact on domestic beef and pork supply. South Korea has also been grappling with the country's worst bird flu epidemic since late November, and has culled 33 million farm birds. No new cases of bird flu have been reported for seven days, the ministry said.   ....

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Asian stock markets have risen after major Wall Street indexes ended last week at record highs. The summit between President Donald Trump and Japan's prime minister appeared to sooth tensions over trade and currency policies. Benchmarks in Japan, China, Australia and South Korea all advanced. Tokyo's Nikkei 225 index gained 0.5 per cent to 19,483.38 and the Shanghai Composite Index advanced 0.6 per cent to 3,216.83. Hong Kong's Hang Seng added 0.5 per cent to 23,694.80. Seoul's Kospi was flat at 2,075.84. Sydney's S&P-ASX 200 added 0.7 per cent to 5,762.70 while benchmarks in New Zealand and Southeast Asia also rose. The Dow Jones industrial average rose 0.5 per cent to 20,269.37. The S&P 500 index gained 0.4 per cent to 2,316.10.  The Nasdaq composite index added 0.3 per cent to 5,734.13. The Nasdaq closed at a record high four times last week. The dollar gained to 113.89 yen from Friday's 113.21 yen. The euro declined to $1.0619 from $1.0642. Benchmark US crude fell 7 cents to $53.80 per barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. The contract gained 86 cents on Friday to $53.86.  Brent crude, used to price international oils, dropped 8 cents to $56.62 in London after jumping $1.07 the previous session to $56.70, according to AP.....

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The board of directors of Bangladesh Shipping Corporation (BSC) has recommended 12 per cent stock dividend for the year ended on June 30, 2016, said an official disclosure on Monday. The final approval will come during the annual general meeting (AGM) scheduled to be held on March 19 at Shaheed Mohammad Fazlur Rahman Munshi Auditorium, Chittagong Port Area in Chittagong. The record date for entitlement of stock dividend is on March 6. BSC has also reported basic earnings per share (EPS) of Tk 4.94, net asset value (NAV) per share of Tk 610 and net operating cash flow per share (NOCFPS) of Tk (7.71) for the year ended on June 30, 2016 as against Tk 3.92, Tk 603.00 and Tk 16.78 for the year ended on June 30, 2015. There will be no price limit on the trading of the shares of the company today (Monday) following its corporate declaration. Each share of the state-run company, which was listed on the Dhaka bourse in 1977, closed at Tk 569.90 on Sunday. The company’s face value remained at Tk 100 each. The company disbursed 10 per cent cash dividend only for general shareholders except government for the year ended on June 30, 2015. -bb/rmc//....

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The Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) saw positive trend in early hours of trading Monday amid volatility as investors were active on both sides of trading fence. The market opened positive and the key index of the premier bourse rose around 10 points within first 5 minutes of trading. But next 15 minutes it eroded all the initial gains and lost nearly 10 points at 10:50am. After 30 minutes of trading, the benchmark index of the country’s prime bourse advanced 8.14 points while the Selective Category Index of port city bourse rose 18.04 points when the report was filed at 11:00am. DSEX went up by 8.14 points or 0.15 per cent to stand at 5,554.43 points when the report was filed at 11:00am. The DS30 index, comprising blue chips advanced 2.64 points or 0.13 per cent to stand at 2,013.88 points. The DSE Shariah Index (DSES) also gained 0.60 points or 0.04 per cent to reach at 1,295.39 points. Turnover, the crucial indicator of the market, stands at Tk 1.72 billion on the DSE, when the report was filed at 11:00am, riding on Central Pharma and Pacific Denims. Central Pharma dominated the turnover chart with shares worth Tk 100 million changing hands till then, closely followed by Pacific Denims Tk 78 million, LankaBangla Finance Tk 75 million, Singer Tk 73 million and Appollo Ispat Tk 70 million. Of the issues traded till then, 128 advanced, 81 declined and 59 issues remained unchanged till 11:00am. The port city bourse, the Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE), also saw positive trend with its Selective Category Index – CSCX – advancing 18.04 points to stand at 10,414.31 points, also at 11:00am. Of the issues traded till then, 62 gained, 40 declined and 23 remained unchanged with a turnover value of Tk 85 million. -bb/rmc//....

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