BUSAN, Apr 5 (AFP): India opened a 2-1 lead over South Korea in the Davis Cup second-round tie in the southern South Korean port city of Busan on Saturday. In the day's lone doubles rubber on the hard court, Rohan...
TOKYO, Apr 5 (AFP): Title holders the Czech Republic reached the semi-finals of the Davis Cup after clinically dispatching Japan in Saturday's doubles to take an unassailable 3-0 lead in the tie. Radek Stepanek and Lukas Rosol beat Tatsuma Ito...
RIO DE JANEIRO, Apr 5 (AFP): With less than ten weeks to the World Cup on home soil, Brazil star Neymar has admitted to butterflies in his stomach. "I think it is an honour to wear the Brazil shirt in...
BRISBANE, Apr 5 (AFP): World champion Cate Campbell just held off her sister Bronte to win the women's 100-metre freestyle final at the Australian Commonwealth Games trials in Brisbane on Saturday. Campbell (52.68sec) fought off her younger sister (53.02) in...
Huawei partners with Paris SG football club PARIS, Apr 5: Chinese tech giant Huawei has signed a three-year sponsorship deal with Paris Saint-Germain, one of Europe's biggest football clubs, the French club announced Saturday. "We are delighted to have signed...
Upoma Saha | 2014-04-06 00:00:00
The two evils of civil justice - delay and cost - as identified by Lord Woolf, Master of the Rolls (second most senior judge in the UK and the Wales after Lord Chief Justice) in the last decade of 20th...
Anja Manuel writing for Reuters | 2014-04-06 00:00:00
The coverage on the impending Afghan presidential elections has been filled with death and chaos - the tragic shooting at the Serena hotel where an international election monitor was killed, the shocking attack on the Afghan Election Commission's headquarters, the...
State Minister for LGRD and Cooperatives Mashiur Rahman Ranga on Sunday said an initiative has been taken to make Bangladesh Rural Development Board (BRDB) a directorate to ensure public welfare. The junior minister disclosed this while addressing a conference at...
The ability of the Bangladesh Small and Cottage Industries Corporation (BSCIC) in generating the desired levels of investment in its industrial estates has long been under scanner. The state-owned agency has been found not be up to its task. Its...
A UK ship with sophisticated detection equipment, HMS Echo, has arrived in an area where a Chinese vessel searching for the missing Malaysian plane has twice detected a pulse signal, according to a news agency. Australia's HMS Shield is first...
Shahiduzzaman Khan | 2014-04-06 00:00:00
Bangladesh is likely to face a remittance shortfall this fiscal ranging between nearly $ 800 million and $ 1.0 billion compared to last fiscal's earnings of $ 14.46 billion. The lower outflow of migrant workers is mainly responsible for such...
Kumar Sangakkara hit a memorable half-century to help Sri Lanka to a six-wicket victory over India in the World Twenty20 final in Dhaka Sunday. The veteran left-hander knocked a 35-ball 52 not out in his last Twenty20 match to guide...
Mohammad Amjad Hossain from Virginia, USA | 2014-04-06 00:00:00
Election fever has gripped the people of India, the largest democracy in the world. The general election for 543-seat Lok Sabha will begin on April 07 and end up on May 12. It is expected that more than 814 million...
Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi launched a scathing attack on opposition BJP over its “double-standard” attitude towards corruption and attempt to “divide the society on communal lines”. Addressing an election rally in Sirsa Sunday afternoon, Mr. Gandhi, referring to re-induction...
The Malaysian government has expressed its interest to recruit 150,000 farm workers from Bangladesh for the development of its agriculture sector. Such big recruitment will create a good opportunity for our youth interested to go abroad and change their fate....
The High Court on Sunday issued a rule asking independent MP Haji Mohammad Selim to explain why contempt of court charge should not be drawn against him for flouting its order on illegal eviction from the historic Lalbagh Fort in...
India has reached the finals of the T20 World Cup and no doubt it is the main contender from the beginning of the tournament. India created a bang from the beginning by beating its arch rival Pakistan. Now, Sri Lanka...
Pro-Russian protesters have stormed the regional administration building in the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk. About 50 people are reported to have broken away from a rally of about 2,000 people in the city centre, and got past a police...
The student wing of the ruling party continues to create a reign of terror in our country for the last six years, especially in the public education sector. Their wayward activities are bringing bad name for the ruling party day...
Mohammad Tajul Islam | 2014-04-06 00:00:00
The Bangladesh economy has undoubtedly passed through a considerable transformation over the last few decades from an agricultural base to an industrial thrust. Now the economy needs to intensify its industry-based activities. In order to achieve Vision 2021, we also...
Sri Lanka face a daunting test of nerves by a dominant India in Sunday's all-Asian World Twenty20 final at the Sher-e-Bangla stadium in the city that is rich with incentives for both teams, reports AFP. If Mahendra Singh Dhoni's Indians...
Virat Kohli may have had ice in his veins as he held his nerve breathtakingly to ensure that India cantered home in a chase of 173 against South Africa in their ICC World Twenty20 2014 semifinal Friday (April 4), but...
The Bangladesh Bank (BB) has decided to allow travellers to spend up to $12,000 a year during foreign trips. Previously, the limit was $7,000. There is also good news for travellers carrying cash. From now on, they can take with...
Virat Kohli hit an imperious half-century to help India upstage South Africa by six wickets in the second semi-final at the Sher-e-Bangla stadium in the city Friday to cruise into the World Twenty20 final, reports AFP. Chasing 173 to win,...
When Virat Kohli accepted the man of the match award Friday at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in the city it was the second gift he had received in quick succession, reports Reuters. With the scores level in the World Twenty20...
Yasir Wardad | 2014-04-06 00:00:00
A number readymade garment (RMG) accessories makers have taken initiatives to increase production capacity of their units aiming to meet both local and global demands, industry insiders said. They also said competitive price coupled with quality by local companies have...
Shah Alam Nur | 2014-04-06 00:00:00
Sale of electrical appliances like fans, air conditioners (ACs), refrigerators and instant power supply (IPS) systems increased by about 70 per cent in the last three weeks due to hot weather, industry insiders said. Increasing demand also caused a price...
Our Correspondent | 2014-04-06 00:00:00
CHITTAGONG, Apr 5: The FMC Dockyard has successfully completed sea-trial of its second fishing trawler FV Swarnali Opi. No fault was detected during its four day sea-trial, manufacturers said. FV CML Labiba was the first fishing vessel of the FMC...
FE Report | 2014-04-06 00:00:00
Production in four garment factories housed in a six-storey building in Chittagong was suspended serious structural flaws were found in one of the factories. The suspension followed a directive of the official review committee on Saturday, sources involved with the...
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