LONDON, Nov 12 (AFP): Pakistani cricketer Mohammad Aamer was given permission at a London court on Friday to appeal against his six-month jail sentence for his part in the spot-fixing betting scam. The fast bowler, 19, was sentenced to serve...
AMSTERDAM, Nov 12 (AFP): Dutch playmaker Rafael van der Vaart was on Saturday ruled out of Tuesday's high-profile friendly with Germany because of a thigh injury. The Spurs star suffered the injury during Friday's friendly with Switzerland which ended 0-0....
SYDNEY, Nov 12 (AFP): Australia was celebrating Saturday as the Commonwealth Games Federation picked Queensland's Gold Coast to host the 2018 Games over Sri Lanka's Hambantota. "See you in Gold Coast in 2018!!!" the federation said on Twitter, following a...
COLOMBO, Nov 12 (AFP): Sri Lanka's president congratulated Australia Saturday for being chosen as the home of the 2018 Commonwealth Games and said his nation would aim to do well at the games despite a failed bid to host them....
BUENOS AIRES, Nov 12 (AFP): Argentina missed the chance to go top of the South American qualifying table for the 2014 World Cup on Friday, being held 1-1 at home by Bolivia. The belligerent Bolivians took their first point of...
ROME, Nov 12 (Reuters): Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi is expected to resign Saturday, making way for an emergency government and ending one of the most scandal-plagued eras in Italy's post-war history. The Chamber of Deputies was due to start...
ISTANBUL, Nov 12 (AFP): A Kurdish rebel who hijacked a Turkish ferry with 24 people aboard in northwestern Turkey was killed early Saturday and his hostages brought to safety after a 12-hour ordeal. Commandos stormed the ferry at dawn and...
LONDON, Nov 11 (AP): The English Football Association has charged Chelsea manager Andre Villas-Boas with improper conduct over his criticism of a referee. Villas-Boas said Chris Foy's performance in Chelsea's 1-0 loss at Queens Park Rangers last month was "very,...
A business delegation comprising top leaders of the apparel industry will visit India on November 24 to explore market and exchange business information with Indian businessmen, reports UNB. "We've tentatively fixed November 24 to 25 for the two-day visit. The...
Yasir Wardad back from Nilphamari Seasonal raw hide traders in North-Bengal are trying to take the full benefit of winter which helps them to store animal skins for a longer period to recover losses, traders said. Most of the butchers...
Talha Bin Habib Normal business transactions at the city shopping malls will take some more days as most people have spent a lion's share of their income for shopping and other household purposes on the occasion of Eid-ul-Azha, according to...
FE Report The securities regulator has imposed a fine of Tk 2.0 million on the company secretary and the computer operator of a listed company---Beach Hatchery---for embezzling the bonus shares of general shareholders, officials said. The regulatory move comes after...
INDIA: Despite economic growth, the poverty gap has widened in India, and according to latest figures, nearly half its population subsists on less than US$2 a day and is living in extreme poverty. India's economy grew by more than eight...
SYDNEY, Nov 12 (AFP): Australia was celebrating Saturday as the Commonwealth Games Federation picked Queensland's Gold Coast to host the 2018 Games over Sri Lanka's Hambantota. "See you in Gold Coast in 2018!!!" the federation said on Twitter, following a...
COLOMBO, Nov 12 (AFP): Sri Lanka's president congratulated Australia Saturday for being chosen as the home of the 2018 Commonwealth Games and said his nation would aim to do well at the games despite a failed bid to host them....
BUENOS AIRES, Nov 12 (AFP): Argentina missed the chance to go top of the South American qualifying table for the 2014 World Cup on Friday, being held 1-1 at home by Bolivia. The belligerent Bolivians took their first point of...
ROME, Nov 12 (Reuters): Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi is expected to resign Saturday, making way for an emergency government and ending one of the most scandal-plagued eras in Italy's post-war history. The Chamber of Deputies was due to start...
ISTANBUL, Nov 12 (AFP): A Kurdish rebel who hijacked a Turkish ferry with 24 people aboard in northwestern Turkey was killed early Saturday and his hostages brought to safety after a 12-hour ordeal. Commandos stormed the ferry at dawn and...
LONDON, Nov 11 (AP): The English Football Association has charged Chelsea manager Andre Villas-Boas with improper conduct over his criticism of a referee. Villas-Boas said Chris Foy's performance in Chelsea's 1-0 loss at Queens Park Rangers last month was "very,...
M Azizur Rahman Electricity is set to be costlier again by next week as the energy regulator has decided in principle to raise the tariff to help reduce losses of state-owned power entities and woo private entrepreneurs to invest in...
Nizam Ahmed While welcoming Indian gesture of shortening its sensitive list, businesses in Bangladesh have called for removal of all sorts of trade barriers to India in order to help boost regional trade under the South Asian Free Trade Area...
Zaglul Ahmed Chowdhury The just-concluded 17th summit of the eight-nation South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) is expected to provide the much-needed dynamism and stimulus to the forum. It has so far achieved modest gains during the last twenty...
UN secretary general Ban Ki-moon arrives here Sunday evening as part of his three South and South-East Asia tours that will also take him to Thailand and Indonesia, reports UNB. A key purpose of his visit is to showcase the...
Syful Islam The Investment Corporation of Bangladesh (ICB) has initiated a move to make the Tk 50-billion open-ended 'Bangladesh Fund' more attractive to investors. Last week the corporation placed before the finance ministry a set of proposals and sought the...
Jasim Uddin Haroon Influential quarters are allegedly pressing hard the ministry of civil aviation to award the job of 'comprehensive security management' at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport to a Canadian company, sources told the FE Saturday. But the ministry wants...
Bangladesh Petroleum Exploration and Production Company Ltd (Bapex) hit more gas in the second zone of Saldanadi gas field in Kasba Upazila of Brahmanbaria district, reports BSS. Bapex officials said they would get at least 20 million cubic feet of...
Siddique Islam The credit growth rate in the private sector declined further in September last as the commercial banks are cautiously disbursing loans, bankers said Saturday. The rate of private sector credit growth came down to 21.98 per cent in...
FE Report Leaders of five associations whose members consume compressed natural gas (CNG) have threatened to shut down their businesses for an indefinite period if the government further increases the price of the environment-friendly fuel. They also came down heavily...
LONDON, Nov 11 (AFP):England goalkeeper Joe Hart has told coach Fabio Capello he is willing to risk burn-out by playing every minute of his country's preparations for Euro 2012. Hart is firmly established as England and Manchester City number one...
LONDON, Nov 11 (AP): The English Football Association has charged Chelsea manager Andre Villas-Boas with improper conduct over his criticism of a referee. Villas-Boas said Chris Foy's performance in Chelsea's 1-0 loss at Queens Park Rangers last month was "very,...
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