LONDON, Jan 25 (AFP): Cricket's power-brokers meet next week amid an apparent threat from India to withdraw from major global events unless there is radical reform of the International Cricket Council. The draft proposal to be discussed at a two-day...
MELBOURNE, Jan 25 (AFP): Forget Serena Williams and Maria Sharapova-Li Na is regarded as the hottest property in tennis, not just because of her ability, but because she has opened the door to the sport's future. In becoming Asia's first...
Touring Sri Lanka will start their campaign in Bangladesh taking on Bengal Tigers in the first Test of the two-match Test series beginning tomorrow (Monday) at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in the city, reports UNB. The match will start...
AUCKLAND, Jan 25 (AFP): Ravindra Jadeja kept India's one-day series against New Zealand alive as the tourists took 17 off the final over to tie an epic third match in the series at Eden Park Saturday. New Zealand were on...
SYDNEY, Jan 25 (AFP): Australian skipper Michael Clarke will return for the final one-day match against England Sunday, with coach Darren Lehmann warning the tourists will have gained confidence from their first win against the home team. After dominating England...
LONDON, Jan 25 (AFP): Lukas Podolski struck twice as Arsenal eased into the FA Cup fifth round with a comfortable 4-0 victory over League One side Coventry at the Emirates Stadium Friday. With 54 league places separating the two clubs,...
Abahani Limited maintained their all-win run in the Green Delta Insurance Premier Division Hockey League outplaying Ajax Sporting Club by 5-0 goal at the Maulana Bhasani National Stadium in the city Saturday, reports UNB. With the day's victory, the popular...
Police Athletic Club beat BG Press S&RC by 2-0 goal in the Kool 2nd Division Football League at the Bir Shrestha Shaheed Sepoy Mostafa Kamal Stadium in Kamalapur in the city Saturday, reports UNB. Kabirul Islam and Aminul Islam scored...
Pak Supreme Court to hear cricket chief appeal ISLAMABAD, Jan 25: Pakistan's Supreme Court Saturday agreed to hear an appeal by the federal government challenging a lower court's decision to reinstate the country's embattled cricket chief. Pakistan Cricket Board chairman...
Through over 40 years of diplomatic relations, Australia and Bangladesh have come to share much. We are proud of our historical links. Equally, we look to our shared future as partners in the world's most dynamic region, the Indo-Pacific. Drawing...
Australia is a stable, culturally diverse and democratic society with one of the strongest performing economies in the world. With an estimated population of more than 22.5 million, Australia is the only nation to govern an entire continent. It is...
M. Serajul Islam | 2014-01-26 00:00:00
The Sri Lankans have arrived in Bangladesh to play a two Test series together with a number of limited over games of the 50-overs and the T20. The two sides met in Sri Lanka last year. They played a very...
Mohammad Amjad Hossain from Virginia, USA | 2014-01-26 00:00:00
Election to the 10th Jatiya Sangsad (parliament) of Bangladesh was held on January 05 this. It saw violence and non-participation by the 18-party opposition alliance led by the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP). The election was held amid the countrywide strike...
That more than one million drivers of motorised vehicles are without valid licences reflect a sordid state of affairs with the Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA) as well as the traffic police department. What is more distressing and dangerous is...
Shahiduzzaman Khan | 2014-01-26 00:00:00
A survey of the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU), a prestigious research wing of the London-based weekly Economist, has again described Dhaka as the most unliveable city in the world. Last year, the position went to Syria's capital Damascus. The survey...
Shahin Ahmed | 2014-01-26 00:00:00
A new buzzword called 'Branding Bangladesh' is quite often heard these days. From a marketing point of view, it is more of a symbol, representing all the key information about a product. In this case, it is Bangladesh. If the...
Cricket lovers of our country are shocked to learn about the bizarre proposal brought by India, Australia and England. If the proposal is passed, Bangladesh will not be able to play Test matches for eight years. During this period Bangladesh...
Dhaka has topped the list of most unlivable city of the world, according to a global study by the Economist Intelligence Unit, and we can hardly deny the truth. Last year we ranked the second. Although Dhaka has been divided...
It was reported in the media that more than 100 foreigners have been arrested for their alleged involvement in illegal activities like drug-dealing, credit card scam, counterfeiting currencies and illegal VoIP trade in the last one year. It is only...
Md. Jamal Hossain | 2014-01-26 00:00:00
It can be late to publish such estimate but we regard that it is not late enough because the analysis developed here will not only help us give an estimate of election outcome but also make some predictions about the...
Ship-breaking industry offers the promise of employing thousands of hitherto jobless workers in Bangladesh. The sector today supports the country's steel, shipbuilding and other heavy and light engineering industries. Some of the recycled materials are exported, and the rest is...
Mamun Chowdhury | 2014-01-25 00:00:00
According to the World Bank, Bangladesh would require an average growth rate of 8.0 per cent up to 2021 to become a middle income country. But the political turmoil in Bangladesh affected the business environment as is manifested in the...
Nilratan Halder | 2014-01-25 00:00:00
A freedom fighter and former president of Debhata Muktijoddha Sangsad under Satkhira, a Jamaat bastion, laments that it would have been far better if he had got killed in the war of liberation. At least he would have the satisfaction...
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