NAPLES, Apr 4 (AFP): Rain in Naples has delayed the start of the Davis Cup quarter-final between hosts Italy and Britain, organisers announced on Friday. The weather conditions in the normally balmy southern city meant the opening ceremony was cancelled...
RANCHO MIRAGE, Apr 4 (AFP): China's Feng Shanshan fired a six-under par 66 on Thursday to take a one-stroke first-round lead at the Kraft Nabisco Championship, the first major of the LPGA season. South Korean Hall-of-Famer Pak Se-Ri was tied...
Sunderland fined over Ji mistake LONDON, Apr 4: Sunderland have been fined by the Premier League after South Korea's Ji Dong-Won was selected for four matches even though he was an ineligible player, according to British media reports on Thursday....
England, the champions of the inaugural Women's World Twenty20 of 2009, smartly reached the final of the ICC Women's World Twenty20 again eliminating surprised semifinalist South Africa by a huge margin of nine wickets in the 2nd semifinal at the...
Bangladesh allrounder Shakib Al Hasan has suggested that the side should not play any home games for two years to help reduce expectations from cricket fans in the country, reports Cricinfo. In a recent interview with a local newspaper, Shakib...
Sri Lanka reached the final of the World Twenty20 with a 27-run win over West Indies, the defending champions, after the first semi-final was ended by rain Thursday, reports AFP. Set a challenging 161-run target, the West Indies were well...
COLOMBO, Apr 4 (AFP): The Sri Lankan team will be handed a million dollar bonus if they can shake off their reputation as chokers in the final of the World Twenty20 this weekend, the country's cricket board announced Friday. The...
Nicholas Wapshott | 2014-04-05 00:00:00
Crimea is permanently lost to Russia. That is implicit in President Barack Obama's remarks about where the Ukraine crisis heads next; the terms of the Paris talks between Secretary of State John Kerry and the Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov,...
The Malaysian Home Minister's assurance of regularising illegal Bangladeshi workers in his country does, no doubt, reflect strong goodwill Kuala Lumpur has for Dhaka. After holding a meeting with the Expatriates' Welfare and Overseas Employment Minister last Monday, he indicated...
Md. Mizanoor Rahman | 2014-04-05 00:00:00
The Chittagong Port Authority (CPA) and the Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority (BIWTA) jointly built the Pangaon Container Terminal (PCT) on the bank of the Buriganga river at Pangaon in south Keraniganj in order to reduce heavy traffic in Dhaka-Chittagong...
Last week, my brother took me to visit Old Dhaka, Kamrangir Char and Keraniganj. When we crossed a small bridge, sitting on his motor bike, I noticed that we reached Kamrangir Char and the thin cannel was once glorious Buriganga...
With the recent upazila election, the ruling party has totally destroyed the faith of people in the election system of our country. The ruling party leaders and activists went berserk to ensure their victory and they have done everything to...
Bangladesh is yet to free its citizens, especially women and children, from malnutrition. Despite some sporadic progress, levels of malnutrition in Bangladesh are amongst the highest in the world which we should not ignore. This is a major cause of...
Pradeep S Mehta | 2014-04-05 00:00:00
Cross-border trade between India and Pakistan through the land route has picked up steam after the recent détente. However, much of the same is happening between Pakistan's West and India's East Punjab through the Wagah-Attari border and between the two...
Syed Ejaz Ahsan | 2014-04-05 00:00:00
Micro-finance is not a new concept in Bangladesh. The country has already earned worldwide reputation for micro-finance activities. Especially as a mark of the highest recognition the Grameen Bank micro-credit has earned the Nobel Peace prize. In addition to Grameen...
B K Mukhopadhyay | 2014-04-05 00:00:00
All eyes are now fixed on Russia and Ukraine, more so, on its likely impact on global food trade. The BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa) is getting disturbed and so the G8 (France, West Germany, Italy, Japan, the...
Md. Azharul Islam | 2014-04-05 00:00:00
In the era of globalisation, nothing exists like 'individual in nature'. Rather everything has a global flavour and dimension. Human rights as a global phenomenon has already crossed the level of individual state concern and become a part of international...
KHOST , Apr 4 (AFP): A female Western journalist was shot dead and another wounded in Afghanistan's eastern province of Khost on Friday, police said, on the eve of the country's presidential election. "Two female journalists were shot this morning...
MUMBAI, Apr 4 (AFP): An Indian judge on Friday ordered three men to hang after they were convicted of two gang-rapes, the first death sentences to be handed down for multiple sex attacks since the law was toughened last year....
MIRANSHAH, Apr 4 (AFP): The Pakistani Taliban on Friday extended a ceasefire by six days to allow the government more time to meet their demands of releasing "non-combatant" prisoners and pulling back soldiers, the militia said in a statement. The...
THAILAND, Apr 4 (AFP): With a flurry of punches and kicks, hundreds of Thai "Red Shirts" undergo self-defence drills as they mobilise to protect the embattled government, stoking fears of a dangerous new phase of civil conflict. While far from...
TOKYO, Apr 4 (AFP): China and South Korea Friday lashed out at a Japanese foreign relations report that stood firm on territorial claims which have put Tokyo on a collision course with its Asian neighbours. An angry South Korea summoned...
PERTH, Apr 4, (AFP): A US Navy "black box" detector made its much-anticipated debut in the oceanic hunt for flight MH370 on Friday but Australia's search chief warned it was crunch time with the box's signal set to expire soon....
Berlusconi hospitalised ahead of key court ruling ROME, Apr 4: Silvio Berlusconi has been taken to hospital with knee pains, Italian media reported on Friday, ahead of a crucial week in which a court is due to rule whether he...
Badrul Ahsan | 2014-04-05 00:00:00
The local market is flooded with low quality and fake computers and accessories as a section of unscrupulous importers procure these items to get windfall, buyers and sellers have alleged. Sellers say higher prices of branded items and dumping tendency...
FE Report Hilsa became dearer in the city as the prices of the delicious fish shot up ahead of the 'Pahela Baisakh', traders said on Friday. Prices of a few vegetable and onion reduced while ginger and dry fish increased....
FE Report International Labour Organisation (ILO) Director-General Guy Ryder said Rana Plaza collapse is a call for global action on decent working conditions. He said this at a high-level meeting in Copenhagen on garment and textiles production in Bangladesh, according...
About 12 Bangladeshi and international leaders have joined an apparel retailer group's initiative aiming to aid its efforts to improve safety for Bangladeshi workers. The ready-made garment (RMG) retailers' group Alliance has been instrumental in shaping up the initiative, Bangladesh...
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