NEW DELHI, Mar 22 (AFP): Former Australian captain Steve Waugh says old rivals South Africa are no longer the brittle team of the nineties and have emerged as the standout team of the World Cup. Waugh was the captain of...
Pakistan captain Shahid Afridi is not concerned about a possible World Cup semi-final showdown against India, saying his immediate focus was on beating the West Indies, reports AFP. Pakistan start firm favourites in Wednesday's quarter-final against Darren Sammy's men at...
AHMEDABAD, India, Mar 22 (AFP): India go into their World Cup quarter-final against champions Australia on Thursday expecting to be on the receiving end of some fiery fast bowling. The co-hosts go into this game on the back of an...
MUMBAI, Mar 22 (AFP): Mumbai police, desperate to show off their city in a good light, will assign only attractive officers to oversee the World Cup final on April 2, local media claimed. The Daily News and Analysis (DNA) newspaper...
COLOMBO, Mar 22 (AFP): Fast bowler Jade Dernbach may have become the fifth South African-born player to form part of the England squad, but he insisted on Tuesday that his dream is an English World Cup triumph. Dernbach, who was...
AHMEDABAD, India, Mar 22 (AFP): Tickets for the World Cup quarter-final tie between India and Australia were sold out within an hour of going on sale, local media reported Tuesday. The Sardar Patel Stadium will host the day-night clash on...
OSAKA, Japan, Mar 22 (AFP): Japan's J-League said Tuesday it would extend its football shutdown until April 23 in the face of electric power shortages following the March 11 quake-tsunami disaster. It had already cancelled all league and cup matches...
Tayyab MirThose who think Pakistan is all about historical sites, great food, exciting cities and bustling bazaars may not be aware that Pakistan is also an excellent destination to enjoy adventure sports. There are a number of adventure sport destinations...
March 23 this year is most memorable as it is the first Pakistan Day after the Parliament unanimously removed from the Constitution the over three-decade old vestiges of dictatorship to make it truly democratic. It is a proud day for...
Today the nation is celebrating the 71stanniversary of the adoption of Pakistan Resolution passed on 23rd March, 1940 with traditional zeal and zest. On this historic day, the Muslims of the sub-continent gathered in Lahore under the inspiring leadership of...
It gives me great pleasure to convey to all Pakistanis in Bangladesh our heartfelt felicitations on the auspicious occasion of Pakistan Day 2011. This is the day on which All India Muslim League adopted the historic Pakistan Resolution at Lahore,...
Hussain Ali ShahzadPakistani architecture includes various structures built during different time periods. With the beginning of the Indus civilization around the middle of the 3rd millennium B.C, for the first time in the area which encompasses today's Pakistan, an advanced...
Sheher BanoThe current media revolution sweeping the nation began ten years ago when Pakistan had just one television channel, according to the UK's Prospect Magazine. Today it has over 100. Together they have begun to open up a country long...
COLOMBO, Mar 22 (AFP): Fast bowler Jade Dernbach may have become the fifth South African-born player to form part of the England squad, but he insisted on Tuesday that his dream is an English World Cup triumph. Dernbach, who was...
AHMEDABAD, India, Mar 22 (AFP): Tickets for the World Cup quarter-final tie between India and Australia were sold out within an hour of going on sale, local media reported Tuesday. The Sardar Patel Stadium will host the day-night clash on...
OSAKA, Japan, Mar 22 (AFP): Japan's J-League said Tuesday it would extend its football shutdown until April 23 in the face of electric power shortages following the March 11 quake-tsunami disaster. It had already cancelled all league and cup matches...
Anti-corruption Commission (ACC) will observe Corruption Resistance Week from March 26 to April 1 every year to involve people across the country in the campaign against corruption as well as build up the young generation to challenge corruption. Briefing journalists...
Nearly 68 members of law enforcing agencies, comprising police, RAB and fire-fighters have fallen sick apparently due to food poisoning after taking lunch at a city hotel Tuesday. Official sources said the law enforcers on duty at Hotel Sheraton during...
Nazmul AhsanThe government has planned to allow investment of undisclosed money in the Tk 50 billion Bangladesh Fund to make it attractive to individual and institutional investors, officials said Tuesday. The incentive will be a part of a package the...
Shamsul Huq Zahid The government's top most worry in recent months has been the soaring inflation. The ongoing spike in oil prices -- Brent North Sea crude traded at $116.15 per barrel last Monday -- following political troubles in Middle...
FE ReportUS assistant secretary of state Robert O Blake Tuesday renewed calls for a compromise on the issue of Professor Muhammad Yunus' removal from Grameen Bank, cautioning that a failure to reach an amicable solution would affect US-Bangladesh ties. The...
Mohammad MufazzalThe probe committee on the recent stock market crash has dug up that through 'market manipulation' big traders have taken away a sizeable amount from the market as profit, sources said. A competent source said, the probe committee is...
The High Court (HC) Tuesday declared illegal, as well as unconstitutional, the martial law regulation constituting a special military tribunal under which Lt Col (retd) MA Taher, a valiant freedom fighter, was sentenced to death for "waging war against Bangladesh"...
Mushir AhmedWith a final verdict on Professor Muhammad Yunus' removal from Grameen Bank still being awaited, an uneasy cloud is gathering over the future of social businesses he launched in partnership with world's leading groups. Officials said investment in the...
AJDABIYA (Libya), Mar 22 (Agencies): Moammar Gaddafi's forces shelled rebels regrouping in the desert dunes outside a strategic eastern city on Tuesday, and his snipers and tanks roamed the streets of the last major opposition-held city in the west, signaling...
KITAKAMI (Japan), Mar 22 (AFP): Engineers toiled to restart cooling systems at a stricken nuclear plant in Japan Tuesday after a new smoke scare, as the detection of radioactivity in the sea fuelled anxiety over food safety. An external electricity...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said the present government will not enact any law against the holy Quran and Sunnah, report agencies. The Prime Minister (PM) said this while addressing the 36th founding anniversary of Islamic Foundation at Osmani Memorial Hall...
The construction works of the Padma Bridge will commence by August this year after finalisation of the appointment of contractor, reports BSS. Communication Minister Syed Abul Hossain Tuesday said this in reply to a question from female lawmaker Sadhana Halder...
M Azizur RahmanElectricity generation the cost from coal-based power plant is set to soar by 33 per cent as the country's lone coal producer has proposed to re-fix coal price at US$112 per tonne, a top government official said Tuesday....
Minister for Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Barrister Shafique Ahmed said the martial law rulers' amendments to the constitution after the assassination of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujubur Rahman were unconstitutional, and for this reason, the Supreme Court (SC) declared the 5th...
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