KUWAIT CITY, Mar 1 (AFP): Stocks listed in the energy-rich Gulf states dropped, some sharply, Monday as they reeled under the impact of sweeping unrest in many Arab countries. The small Muscat Securities Market led the slide Monday, shedding 4.9...
BANGALORE, Mar 1 (AFP): England captain Andrew Strauss wants his side to build on their thrilling tie with co-hosts India when they face Ireland in a potential banana-skin World Cup clash Wednesday. Strauss, who has admitted in the past that...
MOHALI, Mar 1 (AFP): South Africa go into their clash against the Netherlands Thursday with the enviable choice of a three-prong spin attack or mixing it up to boost their pace options. The Proteas fielded three spinners in their World...
COLOMBO, Mar 1 (AFP): Sri Lanka's former skipper Mahela Jayawardene is reportedly considering suing a state-run television network for hinting he may have helped fix a World Cup match against Pakistan. Jayawardene, who lost his middle stump for just two...
NEW DELHI, Mar 1 (AFP): Big-hitting Indian opener Virender Sehwag is seeing a doctor in New Delhi after being struck in the ribs during a net session last week, a report said Tuesday. "He is going to see a personal...
Matches: 3 England wins: 3 Ireland wins: 0 No result: 0 First meeting: June 13, 2006, Dublin - England won by 38 runs Last meeting: August 27, 2009, Dublin - England won by 2 runs D/L
NEW DELHI, Mar 1 (AFP): Sri Lankan slingshot Lasith Malinga became the first man to claim two World Cup hat-tricks Tuesday with a sensational six-wicket destruction of Kenya. The 27-year-old, who famously took four wickets in four balls against South...
COLOMBO, Mar 1 (AFP): Pakistan captain Shahid Afridi has ordered his unpredictable team to wave farewell to their era of frustration and welcome in a new golden age of winning consistency. Pakistan, whose World Cup build-up was characteristically chaotic, went...
NEW DELHI, Mar 1 (AFP): West Indies batsman Marlon Samuels, who served a two-year ban due to alleged links with an Indian bookmaker, said Tuesday he turned down a chance to return to the subcontinent for the World Cup. The...
KABUL, March 1: The governor of the province containing the Afghan capital Kabul has resigned, accusing President Hamid Karzai's government of bypassing his authority and breaking promises. Zabihullah Mujadadi, who took charge of Kabul province around two years ago, also...
COLOMBO, March 1: Two Sri Lankan fighter jets collided in mid-air during an aerobatics training exercise on Tuesday, killing one of the pilots. The pilots from both of the Israeli-built Kfir aircraft ejected, but one of them died while being...
AHMEDABAD, March 1: An Indian court Tuesday handed down 11 death sentences and 20 life terms to those found guilty of setting a train on fire in 2002, triggering anti-Muslim rioting that left 2,000 dead. Last week, 31 Muslims were...
SANAA, March 1: Vast numbers of protesters poured into the centre of Yemen's capital Sanaa on Tuesday for a massive anti-regime rally called by the opposition, an AFP correspondent said. Protesters crowded three streets leading to a square near Sanaa...
NEW DELHI, Feb 28 (AFP): South African trio Imran Tahir, JP Duminy and Dale Steyn all missed training Sunday, but their absences were shrugged off by team management. "Imran has an upper respiratory tract infection and rested as a precaution,"...
NEW DELHI, Feb 28 (AFP): World Cup favourites India came under fire from a demanding media Monday after their dramatic tie with England as fallen giants West Indies looked for their first win against the Netherlands. In a gripping contest...
COLOMBO, Feb 28 (AFP): While millions of fans across the world watched a pulsating tie between India and England Sunday, Pakistan's senior batsman Younis Khan preferred sleep over high-voltage cricket. "I slept early, so I couldn't watch the England-India match,"...
BENAPOLE, Feb 28 (UNB): A Bangladeshi cattle trader was mercilessly stabbed by Indian Border Security Force (BSF) at their Angrail camp opposite Putkhali border here early Monday. BGB Putkhali camp commander Emdad Hossain said Anwar Ali (30), son of Shamsher...
MAGURA, Feb 28 (UNB): Target of Boro paddy cultivation may not be achieved this year due to acute scarcity of diesel supply in the district. Dealers of Padma, Meghna and Jamuna oil companies said that demand for diesel is more...
NEW YORK, Feb 28 (Bloomberg): Bond market investors are showing the greatest confidence in global economic growth since credit markets crashed three years ago. Yields on debt securities are rising for a fourth month as prices fall, the longest stretch...
DUBAI, Feb 28 (Bloomberg): Egypt's bourse, shut for a month because of the popular uprising that ousted President Hosni Mubarak, will resume trading tomorrow as unrest in Libya and Oman is causing stocks in the region to tumble. Dubai's benchmark...
MUMBAI, Feb 28 (Economic Times): Shares of auto companies bounced back in positive territory as the finance minister didn't hike the excise duty on automobiles as feared by the industry, say analysts. Shares of Mahindra & Mahindra rose 5.53 per...
ABU DHABI, Feb 28 (Reuters): Gatehouse Bank, a London-based sharia compliant investment bank, plans to bring a 60-million-pound ($96.77 million) Islamic bond to market by the end of the first quarter, its chief executive said Sunday. Richard Thomas, speaking on...
NAGPUR, Feb 28 (AFP): Sixteen-year-old schoolboy Nitish Kumar became the youngest ever World Cup player Monday, but his only regret was that his father, killed in a 2005 car crash, was not there to see it. The teenager was named...
NEW DELHI, Feb 28 (AFP): South African trio Imran Tahir, JP Duminy and Dale Steyn all missed training Sunday, but their absences were shrugged off by team management. "Imran has an upper respiratory tract infection and rested as a precaution,"...
NEW DELHI, Feb 28 (AFP): World Cup favourites India came under fire from a demanding media Monday after their dramatic tie with England as fallen giants West Indies looked for their first win against the Netherlands. In a gripping contest...
COLOMBO, Feb 28 (AFP): While millions of fans across the world watched a pulsating tie between India and England Sunday, Pakistan's senior batsman Younis Khan preferred sleep over high-voltage cricket. "I slept early, so I couldn't watch the England-India match,"...
BENAPOLE, Feb 28 (UNB): A Bangladeshi cattle trader was mercilessly stabbed by Indian Border Security Force (BSF) at their Angrail camp opposite Putkhali border here early Monday. BGB Putkhali camp commander Emdad Hossain said Anwar Ali (30), son of Shamsher...
MAGURA, Feb 28 (UNB): Target of Boro paddy cultivation may not be achieved this year due to acute scarcity of diesel supply in the district. Dealers of Padma, Meghna and Jamuna oil companies said that demand for diesel is more...
Siddique Islam | 2011-03-01 00:00:00
Siddique Islam The central bank has started special inspections to verify reporting and holding and utilisation of foreign exchange by commercial banks, officials said Monday. The Bangladesh Bank (BB) took the move against the backdrop of allegations that some commercial...
FE Report | 2011-03-01 00:00:00
FE ReportDhaka stocks continued to dip for the fifth straight session, hitting 13 months' low Monday which prompted hundreds of angry investors to take to the street and demonstrate in front of the country's premier bourse, the Dhaka Stock Exchange...
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