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NZ skipper Vettori in injury scare

2011-03-09 00:00:00

PALLEKELE, Mar 8 (AFP): New Zealand captain Daniel Vettori hurt his right knee while attempting a catch in his team's World Cup Group A match against Pakistan at Pallekele stadium in Sri Lanka on Tuesday. The 32-year-old landed awkwardly as...

England hit by Broad scare, Pakistan eye last eight

2011-03-09 00:00:00

NEW DELHI, Mar 8 (AFP): Resurgent England faced an anxious wait Tuesday to find out the extent of an injury to key paceman Stuart Broad as Pakistan looked to wrap up a place in the World Cup quarter-finals. Elsewhere, ticket...

Bangladesh ban players' columns after Shakib row

2011-03-09 00:00:00

CHITTAGONG, Mar 8 (AFP): Bangladesh cricket chiefs have ordered World Cup players not to write newspaper columns after a public spat involving skipper Shakib Al Hasan, local media said Tuesday. Shakib, writing in a prominent Dhaka-based Bengali newspaper, had slammed...

Ticket-hungry India fans 'baton-charged'

2011-03-09 00:00:00

NAGPUR, Mar 8 (AFP): Ticket-hungry fans, desperate to see India's World Cup clash against South Africa Saturday, were baton-charged by police as they queued, witnesses said Tuesday. The clashes happened outside the Vidarbha Cricket Association offices, as police struggled to...

Dhoni sympathy with fans

2011-03-09 00:00:00

NAGPUR, India, Mar 8 (AFP): Captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni Tuesday sympathised with the fans who were baton-charged by police as they queued for tickets to see India's World Cup clash with South Africa. "Police take the action when they feel...

Industrial expo in Nilphamari begins

Our Correspondent | 2011-03-09 00:00:00

Our Correspondent NILPHAMARI, Mar 8: A month-long industrial and commercial exhibition began in Nilphamari on March 6 at the Nilphamari High School ground. Local MP Asaduzzaman Noor inaugurated the fair in a ceremony attended by local distinguished persons and people...

Burglar held with stolen idols

2011-03-09 00:00:00

KHULNA, Mar 8 (UNB): Police in a drive Monday morning arrested a burglar along with three stolen idols, cash and jewelries of a temple at Old Gollamari area of the city. The arrested man was identified as Karim Khalifa, a...

Tech shares lead Wall Street lower

2011-03-09 00:00:00

NEW YORK, Mar 8 (Reuters): Technology shares led U.S. stocks lower after a downgrade of semiconductors Monday, helping push the sector below a key technical level, which could mean further losses. A semiconductor index (.SOX) dropped 3.1 per cent and...

Late-winter wallop shocks New England, upstate NY

2011-03-09 00:00:00

BOSTON, Mar 8 (AP): A powerful storm stunned New England and northern New York with a late-winter wallop, burying parts of the region in more than 2 feet of snow, hampering efforts to reach a small plane that crashed after...

Sangakkara backs angry Dilshan

2011-03-09 00:00:00

PALLEKELE, Mar 8 (AFP): Sri Lanka skipper Kumar Sangakkara told Tillakaratne Dilshan to stay angry despite the opener losing out to Australian fast bowler Shaun Tait in an ugly World Cup war of words. Dilshan and Tait were locked in...

Sangakkara backs angry Dilshan

2011-03-09 00:00:00

PALLEKELE, Mar 8 (AFP): Sri Lanka skipper Kumar Sangakkara told Tillakaratne Dilshan to stay angry despite the opener losing out to Australian fast bowler Shaun Tait in an ugly World Cup war of words. Dilshan and Tait were locked in...

NZ skipper Vettori in injury scare

2011-03-09 00:00:00

PALLEKELE, Mar 8 (AFP): New Zealand captain Daniel Vettori hurt his right knee while attempting a catch in his team's World Cup Group A match against Pakistan at Pallekele stadium in Sri Lanka on Tuesday. The 32-year-old landed awkwardly as...

England hit by Broad scare, Pakistan eye last eight

2011-03-09 00:00:00

NEW DELHI, Mar 8 (AFP): Resurgent England faced an anxious wait Tuesday to find out the extent of an injury to key paceman Stuart Broad as Pakistan looked to wrap up a place in the World Cup quarter-finals. Elsewhere, ticket...

Bangladesh ban players' columns after Shakib row

2011-03-09 00:00:00

CHITTAGONG, Mar 8 (AFP): Bangladesh cricket chiefs have ordered World Cup players not to write newspaper columns after a public spat involving skipper Shakib Al Hasan, local media said Tuesday. Shakib, writing in a prominent Dhaka-based Bengali newspaper, had slammed...

Ticket-hungry India fans 'baton-charged'

2011-03-09 00:00:00

NAGPUR, Mar 8 (AFP): Ticket-hungry fans, desperate to see India's World Cup clash against South Africa Saturday, were baton-charged by police as they queued, witnesses said Tuesday. The clashes happened outside the Vidarbha Cricket Association offices, as police struggled to...

Dhoni sympathy with fans

2011-03-09 00:00:00

NAGPUR, India, Mar 8 (AFP): Captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni Tuesday sympathised with the fans who were baton-charged by police as they queued for tickets to see India's World Cup clash with South Africa. "Police take the action when they feel...

Industrial expo in Nilphamari begins

Our Correspondent | 2011-03-09 00:00:00

Our Correspondent NILPHAMARI, Mar 8: A month-long industrial and commercial exhibition began in Nilphamari on March 6 at the Nilphamari High School ground. Local MP Asaduzzaman Noor inaugurated the fair in a ceremony attended by local distinguished persons and people...

Burglar held with stolen idols

2011-03-09 00:00:00

KHULNA, Mar 8 (UNB): Police in a drive Monday morning arrested a burglar along with three stolen idols, cash and jewelries of a temple at Old Gollamari area of the city. The arrested man was identified as Karim Khalifa, a...

Burglar held with stolen idols

2011-03-09 00:00:00

KHULNA, Mar 8 (UNB): Police in a drive Monday morning arrested a burglar along with three stolen idols, cash and jewelries of a temple at Old Gollamari area of the city. The arrested man was identified as Karim Khalifa, a...

Toyota to focus on emerging markets

2011-03-08 00:00:00

TOKYO, Mar 7 (Bloomberg): Toyota Motor Corp, which traditionally gets a majority of its profit in the US, will outline a strategy for growth in emerging markets in a 10-year plan the Japanese automaker is set to release this week,...

LVMH to take over Bulgari

2011-03-08 00:00:00

MILAN, Mar 7 (BBC): LVMH, the world's largest luxury goods company, has unveiled a 3.7b euros ($5.18b; £3.18b) all-share deal to take over Italian jeweller Bulgari. LVMH will buy 50.4 per cent of Bulgari, issuing 16.5 million shares in exchange...

Corp Bank denies Pune cooperative takeover report

2011-03-08 00:00:00

MUMBAI, Mar 7 (Reuters): State-run Corporation Bank denied a newspaper report Monday it was in takeover talks with Pune-based Rupee Cooperative Bank to expand in the state of Maharashtra. "The report is absolutely wrong. We were earlier looking at it...

Spanish home sales up, boost for economy

2011-03-08 00:00:00

MADRID, Mar 7 (AFP): Spanish property sales climbed 5.9 per cent in 2010 after three years of sharp declines in the collapse of the real estate market, the government said Monday, in a boost for the battered economy. There were...

Infosys likely to set up centre in Bihar

2011-03-08 00:00:00

PATNA, Mar 7 (PTI): Information technology giant Infosys is likely to set up its first software development centre in Bihar and the state government is planning to provide it with land, an official said Sunday. "Infosys officials approached the state...

Jamna Auto to set up two plants in South India

2011-03-08 00:00:00

NEW DELHI, Mar 7 (PTI): Auto component maker Jamna Auto today said it will set up two new manufacturing units at Hosur and Chennai to produce parts for commercial vehicles, entailing a total investment of Rs 800 million. The Hosur...

Freelance programming fetches $ 7m last year

FE Report | 2011-03-08 00:00:00

FE ReportBangladesh fetched US$7.0 million last year from freelance computer programming and the volume will be several times more if the talents of the young generation are utilised properly, said Mostafa Jabbar, president of Bangladesh Computer Samity (BCS). Addressing a...

Birol land port elevation scheme remains undone

Our Correspondent | 2011-03-08 00:00:00

Our Correspondent RANGPUR, Mar 7: The scheme of elevating Birol land port to a full-fledged one has been lying unimplemented for years. Situated at Pakura under Bhandara of Birol Upazila in Dinajpur district, the land port a has huge prospects...

Socio-economic changes improving child education

2011-03-08 00:00:00

RANGPUR, Mar 7 (BSS): The fast achievement of socioeconomic development in recent years in the remote Char areas on the river basins have substantially improved child education side by side with enhancing women empowerment. The char women, who lived in...

Food Production Day observed in Mymensingh

A Correspondent | 2011-03-08 00:00:00

A CorrespondentMYMENSINGH, Mar 7: Mymensingh Mayor Ikramul Haque Titu has asked household owners in the city to cultivate every inch of unutilised land for growing fruits and vegetables to meet the growing demand of food. He said this while inaugurating...

Workshop on SME financing of Trust Bank held in Rajshahi

Our Correspondent | 2011-03-08 00:00:00

Our CorrespondentRAJSHAHI, Mar 7: A workshop of Trust Bank on Financing Product Delivery and Lending Analysis (SME Financing) was held at Party Centre of the town Saturday. T.I.M. Rawshon Jadid, Head of SME Department, Trust Bank, Tanvir Hossain, Cluster Manager,...