SEOUL, Mar 20 (AFP): More than 10,000 US troops will participate in a large-scale landing drill in South Korea next week, the US military said Thursday, days after North Korea test-fired 25 projectiles in apparent protest at the continuing joint...
Train crashes into minibus in Turkey, 10 dead ANKARA, Mar 20: A commuter train smashed into a minibus on a railway track in southern Turkey on Thursday, killing 10 people and injuring several others. The bus, which was carrying workers...
Hosts Bangladesh emerged Group B champions with all-win run while Singapore finished runners-up in the Islami Bank Asian Games Hockey Qualifiers winning their last group matches at the Maulana Bhasani National Hockey Stadium in the city Thursday, reports UNB. Singapore...
MANCHESTER, Mar 20 (AP): Robin van Persie ushered Manchester United into the Champions League quarterfinals - and potentially saved his manager's job - with a hat trick in a 3-0 victory over Olympiakos that completed one of the competition's greatest...
PARIS, Mar 20 (AFP): Paris Saint-Germain players are in line for a record million euro bonus (£833,000, $1.38m) should they go on and win the Champions League for the first time this season, French media revealed on Thursday. According to...
Walton Independence Day Open Table Tennis Competition will begin on March 26 at the Shaheed Tajuddin Ahmed Indoor Stadium in the city, reports BSS. The two-day competition comprised with men's, women's and boy's singles events, orgainsed by Bangladesh Table Tennis...
LONDON, Mar 20 (AFP): Frank Lampard is glad to see Chelsea back at the top of the Premier League ahead of their crunch London derby against title rivals Arsenal on Saturday. Chelsea have fallen short in recent seasons but Jose...
PARIS, Mar 20 (AFP): Aluminium and graphite swept away the wooden racket that Bjorn Borg used to win 11 Grand Slam titles, but smart rackets that analyse power and spin promise a new tennis revolution. One such intelligent racket is...
TOLUCA, Mar 20 (AP): Toluca beat the San Jose Earthquakes on penalties to advance to the CONCACAF Champions League semifinals for the second time Wednesday. With the scores level at 1-1 after extra time, San Jose's Shea Salinas missed a...
LONDON, Mar 20 (AFP): Everton manager Roberto Martinez said the team's results in the final 10 matches of this season will have more of an impact upon recruitment than a renewal of a sponsorship deal with a Thai beer company....
Moment of truth for Zimbabwe gold miners JOHANNESBURG, Mar 20: The CAF Confederation Cup moment of truth for Zimbabwe club How Mine comes this weekend when they host Nigeria's Bayelsa United. Debutants How Mine have struck 12 goals in the...
CHITTAGONG, Mar 20 (AFP): First-timers Nepal upset a higher ranked and more experienced Afghanistan by nine runs in Sylhet to record their second win in the World Twenty20 tournament Thursday. Nepal, sent in to bat, were lifted by opener Subash...
The World Twenty20 steps up a gear Friday as cricket's top eight sides enter the fray, with Pakistan seeking a historic win against India in the second round's standout clash, reports AFP. Minnows of international cricket have been slogging it...
Title contenders South Africa were sweating over the fitness of injured captain Faf du Plessis and premier fast bowler Dale Steyn ahead of their World Twenty20 opener against Sri Lanka Saturday, reports AFP. The two key players are recovering from...
England's stuttering form continued as they lost to India by 20 runs in their final warm-up match before they start their World Twenty20 bid in Dhaka, reports BBC. Stuart Broad put his troublesome knee through two overs as fifties from...
SYLHET, Mar 20 (AFP): Ireland sent debutants United Arab Emirates crashing out of the World Twenty20 Wednesday, winning the Group B match in Sylhet by the Duckwoth Lewis method. The Irish, who opted to bowl after winning the toss, restricted...
Pakistan eves cricket team recorded an exciting five runs victory over host Bangladesh eves cricket team in a low scoring warm-up match of the ICC World Cup T20 held Thursday at the Bangladesh Krira Shikkha Prothistan ground in Savar, reports...
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The government will set up a fast-track centre to provide residential and commercial electricity connections within 40 days of submitting application, state minister for power and mineral resources Nasrul Hamid said Thursday. "I have heard that electricity connection-seekers generally face...
FE Report | 2014-03-21 00:00:00
The Bangladesh Furniture and Interior Decoration (BFID) Expo-2014 will begin in the city Sunday next to showcase the variety and excellence of local furniture and home furnishing products and attract buyers from home and abroad. The three-day fair, scheduled to...
FE Report | 2014-03-21 00:00:00
The UAE government has expressed its willingness to recruit manpower from Bangladesh on a large scale. A high-powered delegation from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) government-owned manpower recruiting company expressed the intention Thursday at a meeting with Bangladeshi officials. Welcoming...
Bangladesh's foreign exchange reserve has marked a slight fall, but it still stands at above US $18 billion mark as of March 18, according to Bangladesh Bank, reports UNB. The reserve hit $19,150.53 million on February 27 this year. The...
Foreign Minister AH Mahmood Ali on Thursday urged the Asean envoys stationed in Dhaka to work for the promotion of bilateral trade between Bangladesh and the Asean region with a focus on addressing the adverse trade imbalances of Bangladesh with...
Softex workers receive wages Workers of the suspended apparel factory--Softex Cotton Pvt Limited -received their wages on Thursday, industry insiders said. Production of the Softex Cotton was kept temporarily suspended on safety grounds following the recommendation of the Accord's inspection...
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