CHENNAI, Mar 20 (AFP): Yuvraj Singh's maiden World Cup century was the cornerstone of India's 268 all out against the West Indies Sunday but the host nation lost their last six wickets for just 36 runs. Fast bowler Ravi Rampaul...
NEW DELHI, Mar 20 (AFP): International cricket chiefs Sunday approved New Zealand's Daryl Tuffey as a replacement player for the injured Hamish Bennett at the World Cup. The Black Caps originally called up seamer Tuffey into their squad Wednesday as...
COLOMBO, Mar 20 (AFP): Coach Waqar Younis hailed Pakistan's hard-fought four-wicket win over Australia as a major achievement Sunday and picked out seamer Umar Gul as the star of the show. Gul took 3-30 and Abdul Razzaq claimed 2-8 as...
KARACHI, Mar 20 (AFP): Pakistan fans and former players Sunday celebrated the team's historic World Cup win over defending champions Australia, saying it had lifted a gloomy nation. Hundreds of jubilant fans thronged the streets after the winning shot, chanting...
COLOMBO, Mar 20 (AFP): Ricky Ponting warned Australia Sunday that the defending champions must learn the harsh lessons of their shattering defeat to Pakistan if they want to stay in the World Cup. Australia lost by four wickets to Shahid...
A mobile court of Habiganj Saturday convicted a peddler and sentenced him to two years RI for possessing phensidyl syrup.The convict was identified as Bashir Miah (30), of Sharifabad village in Sadar Upazila. Police said on information a joint team...
Police arrested a notorious terrorist along with five rounds of bullet in Aminbazar area of Savar Saturday night.The arrestee was identified as Rezaul Karim, a leader of terrorist 'Gangchil' gang of the area.Police said acting on information they raided the...
Police and RAB, in a joint drive, arrested three rice traders along with 204 sacks of OMS rice at Ganguria Bazaar in Porsha Upazila of Naogaon early Saturday. The arrestees were identified as Tofazzal Haque, Hasan Ali and Rabiul Islam....
The Sammilito Parishad, led by Tipu Munshi, has swept the BGMEA polls. Election board chairman Shafiullah Chowdhury confirmed the news agency about the Parishad's sweeping victory around 9:20pm on Sunday. - bdnews24.com
BARGUNA, Mar 20: At least seven people were killed and 50 others injured as a passenger bus ran into a pre-UP poll procession and fell into a roadside ditch at Ghotkhali in Amtali Upazila Saturday night. The deceased were identified...
Siddique Islam | 2011-03-21 00:00:00
Siddique Islam Bangladesh Taka (BDT) depreciated by 0.58 per cent against the US dollar in a single day on Sunday following increased demand for the greenback to settle import payments by the commercial banks. The rate of US dollar in...
Zaglul Ahmed Chowdhury | 2011-03-21 00:00:00
Zaglul Ahmed ChowdhuryThe international 'coalition', acting under an important resolution of the United Nations security council, has, as was expected, finally launched an air strike operation -- 'Odyssey Dawn'-- in several places in the strife-torn Libya to enforce a "no-fly"...
FE Report | 2011-03-21 00:00:00
FE Report Finance Minister Abul Maal Abdul Muhith said Sunday that the availability of food is not a problem for the coming days but it may be a challenge to ensure access of poorer section to food. This was stated...
Visiting US assistant secretary of state Robert O Blake has requested the government to make a 'compromise' on Yunus issue, report agencies. "I have discussed with the prime minister the Dr Yunus issue. I have expressed the hope that a...
Jasim Uddin Haroon | 2011-03-21 00:00:00
Jasim Uddin Haroon The government has taken a move to build a floating platform in the mid-sea of the Bay of Bengal to allow oil tankers to unload crude and petroleum products in an effort to cut soaring cost of...
M Azizur Rahman | 2011-03-21 00:00:00
M Azizur RahmanMost of the country's decades-old power plants are either remaining shut or their units are operational at lower capacitates, a top Power Development Board (PDB) official told the FE. The maximum acceptable life-span of any power plant is...
TRIPOLI, March 20 (Agencies): US, British and French forces hammered Libya from the air and sea, prompting leader Moammar Gaddafi to warn Sunday of a long war in the Mediterranean "battlefield" as Tripoli reported dozens of deaths. Col Muammar Gaddafi...
CHENNAI, Mar 20 (bdnews24.com): India beat West Indies by 80 runs to grasp the second spot of Group B Sunday. This confirms that India will face Australia in the quarter final while West Indies face Pakistan. West Indies were bowled...
FE Report | 2011-03-21 00:00:00
FE ReportWealth statements of all ministers and members of parliament (MPs) will have to be submitted within a 15-day limit, finance minister AMA Muhith said Sunday. He said a letter in this connection has already been drafted in which ministers...
The Election Commission (EC) plans to use the electronic voting machine from next national elections, an Election Commissioner said Sunday, reports UNB. Talking to reporters at the EC secretariat Commissioner M Sohul Hussain said they would soon discuss the issue...
The High Court (HC) Sunday quashed the trial court judgment punishing ex-Communication Minister Barrister Nazmul Huda along with his wife Advocate Sigma Huda in a bribery case, reports UNB. An HC division bench comprising Justice Siddiqur Rahman Mian and Justice...
The dynamic stewardship of the Speaker of Jatiya Sangsad saved the House from witnessing a heated debate and unpleasant atmosphere at the very outset of Sunday's proceedings in Parliament, reports BSS. Commotion was about to be flared up, when BNP...
FE Report | 2011-03-21 00:00:00
FE ReportFourteen freedom fighters expressed Sunday their deep frustration over the government's behaviour with Nobel Laureate Professor Mohammad Yunus. In a joint statement issued to the press, they said the government's role totally disheartened the freedom fighters. The deplorable treatment...
DU Correspondent | 2011-03-21 00:00:00
DU CorrespondentDhaka University (DU) teachers, belonging to BNP-backed White Panel, Sunday formed a human chain in protest of alleged partisanship of university authorities. The teachers, led by its convener and the Dean of the Faculty of Arts, Prof Sadrul Amin,...
Jasim Uddin Haroon | 2011-03-21 00:00:00
Jasim Uddin Haroon The government has taken a move to build a floating platform in the mid-sea of the Bay of Bengal to allow oil tankers to unload crude and petroleum products in an effort to cut soaring cost of...
M Azizur Rahman | 2011-03-21 00:00:00
M Azizur RahmanMost of the country's decades-old power plants are either remaining shut or their units are operational at lower capacitates, a top Power Development Board (PDB) official told the FE. The maximum acceptable life-span of any power plant is...
TRIPOLI, March 20 (Agencies): US, British and French forces hammered Libya from the air and sea, prompting leader Moammar Gaddafi to warn Sunday of a long war in the Mediterranean "battlefield" as Tripoli reported dozens of deaths. Col Muammar Gaddafi...
CHENNAI, Mar 20 (bdnews24.com): India beat West Indies by 80 runs to grasp the second spot of Group B Sunday. This confirms that India will face Australia in the quarter final while West Indies face Pakistan. West Indies were bowled...
President M Zillur Rahman Sunday urged the authorities of higher educational institutions to build their establishments outside the capital for reducing infrastructural pressures on Dhaka city as well as opening higher education opportunities to all, report agencies. The President made...
FE Report | 2011-03-21 00:00:00
FE ReportSeven hundred policemen from six divisions of the country will undergo training in Information and Communication Technology (ICT) under the aegis of United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). The five-day training as part of the Police Reform Programme (PRP) commenced...
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