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Barcelona on Wednesday beat Atletico Madrid in the first leg of their Copa del Rey semi-final tie at the Vicente Calderon, reports BBC. Luis Suarez put the holders ahead with a run from the halfway line before a cool finish. Lionel Messi doubled the lead when his fierce effort from outside the area went in off the post. But Antoine Griezmann gave Atletico hope for next Tuesday's second leg at the Camp Nou with a 59th-minute close-range header. Alaves and Celta Vigo are the other semi-finalists, with their first leg on Thursday.....

Published at: 2017-02-02 00:00:04

A total of 1,786,613 students are taking the SSC and equivalent examinations at 3,236 examination centres across the country this year. Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid and officials from the Education Ministry and the Dhaka Education Board will visit the examination centre at Dhaka’s Government Laboratory School on Thursday morning, reports bdnews24.com. Last year, 1,651,523 students took the SSC and equivalent exams. The number of students has increased by 135,090 this year. >> The theory exams are scheduled from Feb 2 to Mar 2. The practical exams will be held between Mar 4 and Mar 11. >>Students from 28,344 educational institutions will take the SSC and equivalent exams at 3,236 examination centres  >> 1,425,900 students will take their SSC exams under the supervision of eight education boards, 256501 students will take the Dakhil exams under the Madrasa board and 104,212 students will take their SSC Vocational exams under the Technical Board >>910,501 boys and 876,112 girls will take the exams >>446 students will take the exams at centres in foreign countries. The group includes 261 female students and 185 male students The education minister said that students will be expected to answer creative questions in all exams other than in the Bangla second paper and the English first and second papers. Students will also take exams on Information and Communication Technology and Career Education. Scribes will be available to students with visual disabilities, cerebral palsy-related disabilities and physical disabilities. Disabled students will also be granted 20 extra minutes for their exams. Students with autism or Down’s Syndrome will receive an additional 30 minutes to complete their exams and can ask for special support from teachers, guardians or helpers.   ....

Published at: 2017-02-02 00:00:04

Japan's Nikkei share slipped on Tuesday as uncertainty over US President Donald Trump's policies continued to weigh on investor sentiment. The Nikkei fell 1.3 per cent to 19,128.38 points in mid-afternoon. As widely expected, the Bank of Japan kept its policy settings unchanged at its first meeting of the year, maintaining a pledge to guide short-term interest rates at minus 0.1 per cent and the 10-year government bond yield to around zero per cent. Markets are focusing on what BOJ Governor Haruhiko Kuroda has to say at a 0630 GMT news conference about the risks from Trump's protectionist trade stance, particularly with Trump taking direct aim at Japan's powerful auto industry - a mainstay of its economy. The broader Topix was down 1.0 per cent at 1,528.70, while the JPX-Nikkei Index 400 also shed 1.0 per cent to 13,711.26, according to Reuters.....

Published at: 2017-01-31 00:00:07

Sony Corp will write down the value of its movie business by nearly 112.1 billion yen ($976 million) in the third quarter, blaming weaker film profits as online streaming services sap demand for movie DVDs, reports Reuters. In a statement on Monday, the Japanese TV-to-gaming group said it had cut its outlook for earnings from DVD, blu-ray discs, and other home entertainment in line with a market decline. Sony, under Chief Executive Kazuo Hirai, has been slashing costs to end years of losses across its sprawling business, writing down over-optimistic valuations. It said on Monday that the pictures segment overall - including television - expected to see profits improve as a result of the changes. It gave no specific details, but a spokeswoman said Sony was pressing ahead with a turnaround plan, strengthening markets outside the United States, including India and China, bolstering income from intellectual property and cutting costs. Sony's movie studio has recently lagged behind competitors in box office share and big hits, and underperformed its rivals in the global box office. In 2016, Sony films accounted for 8 per cent of US and Canadian ticket sales, ranking fifth among major Hollywood studios, according to the Box Office Mojo website But the latest in a string of writedowns for the overall Sony group rattled its shares in Tokyo on Tuesday, sliding almost 4 per cent before recovering to trade in line with the market. At 0430 GMT the stock was down around 2 per cent. Monday's statement, however, also comes just over two weeks after it announced the departure of its long-serving Sony Entertainment chief executive, Michael Lynton, who steps down next month to become chairman of messaging app owner Snap Inc. He will stay on for six months to help find a successor, while Hirai has set up an office in Culver City, California, where the studio is based, to oversee the transition. Snap, the owner of the popular Snap chat app, is expected to go public early this year. A replacement has not been named for Sony Entertainment, which includes both pictures and television.....

Published at: 2017-01-31 00:00:07

The Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) witnessed positive trend in early trading on Tuesday amid volatility as investors were active in both trading fences. Market insiders said a section of the investors followed cautious following the central bank’s concern over the recent bullish momentum in the capital market, while some took position on stocks that disclosed healthy quarterly earnings. After 6 minutes of trading, the key index of the DSE rose 23 points, but next 10 minutes it lost 16.50 points. After 30 minutes of trading, the key index of the DSE recovered the losses and a gained 40.03 points while the Selective Category Index of the port city bourse rose 60.95 points, when the report was filed at 11:00am. DSEX went up by 40.03 points or 0.74 per cent to 5,461.23 points when the report was filed. The two other indices also saw positive trend till then. The DS30 index, comprising blue chips advanced 10.66 points or 0.54 per cent to stand at 1989.3 points. The DSE Shariah Index (DSES) rose 7.62 points or 0.60 per cent to reach at 1,267.68. Turnover, the crucial indicator of the market, stands at Tk 1.52 billion on the DSE, when the report was filed at 11:00am, riding on Doreen Power. Of the issues traded till then, 180 advanced, 60 declined and 24 remained unchanged till 11:00am. Doreen Power dominated the turnover chart with shares worth Tk 129 million changing hands till then, followed by Islami Bank Tk 88 million, RSRM Tk 77 million, Beximco Tk 58 million and Appollo Ispat Tk 54 million. The port city bourse, the CSE, also saw upward trend till then with its Selective Category Index – CSCX – advancing 60.95 points to stand at 10,243.54 points, also at 11:00am. Of the issues traded till then, 77 gained, 38 declined and 9 remained unchanged with a turnover value of Tk 64 million. END: Babul....

Published at: 2017-01-31 00:00:07