TURIN, Mar 31 (AP): Fiat and Chrysler CEO Sergio Marchionne told shareholders Wednesday that the two automakers potentially could generate combined revenues of euro100 billion ($141 billion) by 2014. Marchionne expects Fiat's revenues alone to nearly double from euro35.8 billion...
MUMBAI, Mar 31 (AFP): Sri Lanka's coach Trevor Bayliss says his team can defeat favourites India in Saturday's World Cup final despite injury worries to star bowler Muttiah Muralitharan. The world record holder, suffering from hamstring and knee injuries, skipped...
MOHALI, Mar 31 (AFP): Pakistan captain Shahid Afridi said the performance of his side's younger players had been among the positives of a World Cup campaign that ended with a 29-run semi-final loss to India. And he said he hoped...
ISLAMABAD, Mar 31 (AFP): Disappointed Pakistani cricket fans Wednesday blamed a sluggish Misbah-ul-Haq for defeat in the World Cup semi-final thriller with arch-rival India. India defeated Pakistan by 29 runs in an action-packed match to set up a World Cup...
COLOMBO, March 31 (AFP): Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapakse has urged the national team to win the World Cup final as a fitting finale to the brilliant career of spin bowler Muttiah Muralitharan. Rajapakse, who will fly to Mumbai to...
MUMBAI, Mar 31 (AFP): India and Sri Lanka clash in the 2011 World Cup final in Mumbai Saturday in what will be the 10th title match in the tournament's history. Previous nine finals: June 21, 1975 Lord's West Indies beat...
Syria is to set up a judicial committee to study the abolition of its emergency law, in force since 1963, the state news agency said, reports Aljazeera.net. Thursday's announcement came a day after Bashar al-Assad, the Syrian president, blamed "conspirators"...
One of Yemen's most influential political figures says President Ali Abdullah Saleh must leave the country, not just step down from power. Hamid al-Ahmar, of the Islamist Islah party, told the BBC of opposition plans to escalate anti-government protests, reports...
British tourists are among thousands stranded in popular Thai holiday resorts after severe flooding swept through the south of the country. At least 15 people have drowned or been buried in mudslides caused by the unseasonable downpours. The Foreign Office...
SEOUL, Mar 31: South Korea's Constitutional Court Thursday upheld a military law banning homosexual behaviour, saying the need to maintain discipline takes precedence over individual sexual freedom. In a 5-4 split decision, the court ruled that the military criminal code...
TOKYO, Mar 31: French nuclear group Areva said Thursday it is planning to step up its technical assistance to the operator of a Japanese atomic plant crippled by the massive quake and tsunami earlier this month. Tokyo Electric Power Company,...
MANAMA, Mar 31: Bahraini authorities said Thursday that a teenager who died of injuries near Manama was not shot but had suffered a "fatal neck fracture," in a statement on state news agency BNA. "A 15-year-old... has died after suffering...
SYDNEY, Mar 30 (AFP): The divisive Michael Clarke began his reign as Australia's new Test and one-day captain on Wednesday by denying that former skipper Ricky Ponting's presence in the side will cause problems. Long seen as heir-apparent, the stylish...
COLOMBO, Mar 30 (AFP): Sri Lanka captain Kumar Sangakkara believes his team's qualification for the World Cup final can further unite a country steadily finding its feet after the end of a decades-long civil war. Sri Lanka reached their second...
PESHAWAR, Mar 30: Six people were killed and 10 wounded when a suicide bomber riding on a motorbike blew himself up near a police checkpoint in northwestern Pakistan on Wednesday, police said. "The bomber came on a motorbike and detonated...
The vested property will be returned to the affected people soon for the interest of nation, said Land Minister Rezaul Karim Hira Wednesday, reports UNB. "The government is going to pass an act aiming at returning the vested properties to...
Home Minister Sahara Khatun Wednesday said gradually all the city roads will be rickshaw-free. Speaking to reporters after a meeting of the parliamentarians of Dhaka at her ministry, she said they decided to uphold the decision of gradually withdrawing all...
The Shibaloy upazila administration in Manikganj culled 6,000 bird-flu infected hens and 29,000 eggs at Pioneer Breeders at North Kashadah village Wednesday. Upazila Livestock Department sources said bird-flu virus was detected in sample of perished hens and eggs of Pioneer...
FHM Humayan KabirBangladesh is in a dilemma in implementing projects, using US$1.0 billion Indian credit. As a result, the government has sent project details to the lender for getting clarification on emerging differences about procurement. Officials at the Ministry of...
The authorities will strictly ensure the closure of shopping centres by 8.0 pm from April 1 to maintain power load management in the capital and elsewhere of the country, reports UNB. This was decided at a meeting Wednesday at the...
Shahiduzzaman KhanGas rationing has begun throughout the country this week. As part of it, a good number of fertiliser factories will have to be closed to make way for diverting gas to some gas-fired power plants. The gas to be...
Jamal UddinThe telecommunication regulatory body has planned to review its decision about the five shut-down PSTN (public switched telephone network) operators that have remained closed since March, 2010 as penalty for doing illegal VoIP business. "We will sit soon on...
TRIPOLI, Mar 30 (Agencies): Rebels in Libya are struggling to hold their front line after Col Muammar Gaddafi's forces recaptured several towns in the east of the country. The rebels have now lost the key oil port of Ras Lanuf...
FE Report A high-powered review committee on Grameen Bank (GB) will submit its report to the government by April 10 next with a set of recommendations, the committee chief said Wednesday. "We're hopeful about submitting the report to the ministry...
MOHALI, Mar 27 (bdnews24.com): India have reached the final of ICC world cup beating their arch-rival Pakistan by 29 runs. Pakistan finished their innings at 231 losing all wickets in 49.5 overs. Harbhajan Singh was back to strike for India...
FE ReportAn amount of Tk 210 billion in taxes were "evaded" or "defalcated" in fiscal 2009-10 which was 2.8 per cent of the country's national income and one-third of tax revenues collected during the year, Transparency International, Bangladesh (TIB) said...
Home Minister Sahara Khatun Wednesday said gradually all the city roads will be rickshaw-free. Speaking to reporters after a meeting of the parliamentarians of Dhaka at her ministry, she said they decided to uphold the decision of gradually withdrawing all...
The Shibaloy upazila administration in Manikganj culled 6,000 bird-flu infected hens and 29,000 eggs at Pioneer Breeders at North Kashadah village Wednesday. Upazila Livestock Department sources said bird-flu virus was detected in sample of perished hens and eggs of Pioneer...
Co-chairman of the Special Parliamentary Committee for Constitutional Amendment Suranjit Sengupta Wednesday reiterated his call to the main opposition BNP to join the committee and contribute their prudent opinion and suggestions to have the best constitution for the nation, reports...
Syful IslamThe Ministry of Commerce is planning to send one of its officials on special assignment to look into the issues of duty-free access of Bangladeshi goods to the US market. The move is being taken, according to official sources,...
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