Having won two Twenty20s and the opening ODI comprehensively after being asked to bat first, Graeme Smith won his first toss of the series and opted to stick with the formula, reports cricinfo website Monday. There are, however, changes for...
Bangladesh A team battled bravely with West Indies A team scoring 205 runs for 5 in 66 overs after dismissing the visitors for 268 in the first innings on the 2nd day of the 2nd four-day match at BKSP in...
Moroccan striker Jamal Nakhli's double strike powered Sheikh Russell KC to an emphatic 4-1 goals win over Feni Soccer Club in the lone encounter of the Citycell Bangladesh League at the Bangabandhu National Stadium (BNS) in the city Monday, reports...
PARIS, May 24 (AFP): Caroline Wozniacki, leading the chasing pack in pursuit of the Williams sisters, shrugged off ankle injury concerns to sweep into the French Open second round on Monday. The 19-year-old Dane reeled off the first seven games...
PARIS, May 24 (AP): Miffed by a line call in his first match as defending French Open champion, Roger Federer quickly regrouped to win the opening set two points later, then went on to beat Peter Luczak of Australia 6-4,...
Jatrabari Ideal High School and Haider Ali High School moved into the final of the Standard Chartered National School Kabaddi Tournament winning their respective semi-final matches at the Kabaddi Stadium in the city Monday, reports UNB. The final of the...
Purbachal Parishad tasted their first win in their second match beating Badda Jagarani Sangsad by 1-0 goal in the Metropolis Senior Division Football League at Bir Shrestha Sepoy Mohammad Mostafa Kamal Stadium at Kamalapur in the city Monday, reports UNB.Sazzad...
FORT LAUDERDALE (Florida), May 24 (AFP): Sri Lanka beat New Zealand by seven wickets in the second of two Twenty20 matches on Sunday, part of international cricket's historic attempt to break into the US market. Sri Lanka triumphed in the...
BKSP take on Sylhet Division in the final of Standard Chartered Young Tigers U-16 National Cricket Competition begins today (Tuesday) at the Dhanmondi Cricket Stadium in the city, reports UNB.The two-day final kicks off at 9 am.Bangladesh Cricket Board President...
The United Oil 1st Division Handball League, organised by Bangladesh Handball Federation and sponsored by Best Lubricants, will begin on July 20 in the city, reports UNB.The intending teams have been asked to take primary preparation for the meet and...
Fide Master Mehdi Hasan Parag shares the 2nd slot in the 2nd SCS International Open Grandmaster Chess Tournament with 30 other players securing 2.5 points after the 3rd round matches in Bubaneswar, Orissa (India) Sunday night, reports UNB.Seven other Bangladeshi...
National Women's champion WFM Shamima Akter Liza and Enkhtuul Altanulzii of Mongolia share the lead in the Six Seasons International Chess Tournament securing 1.5 points after 2nd round matches held at the convention hall of Narayanganj Club Monday, reports UNB.FM...
KHULNA, May 24 (BSS): Tuesday is May 25, on this day last year an unprecedented natural disaster 'Aila' devastated the South- Western region of the country causing deaths to hundreds of people and damaging a vast tract with unparallel ferocity.Even...
The High Court (HC) has ordered the government to explain why extra-judicial punishment in name of 'fatwa' and Islami Sharia would not be declared illegal and inhuman, reports bdnews24.com.The bench of justices Syed Mahmud Hossain and Gobinda Chandra Thakur in...
Prime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina greeted mountaineer Musa Ibrahim for conquering the Mount Everest as the first Bangladeshi, reports UNB.In a message the PM said, Musa Ibrahim has glorified the image of Bangladesh in the world by hoisting red-green flag...
FE ReportRural Service Foundation (RSF), a social initiative of Rahimafrooz, will award 450 winners of quiz contest of SSC examinees on June 5, 2010.The top scoring student from each of 30 upazilas will be awarded Tk 10,000/- each while the...
Two officers of Bangladesh Army Major General Mollah Fazle Akbar, ndc, psc and Major General Md Mainul Islam, awc, psc have been promoted to the rank of Lieutenant General Sunday, says an ISPR press release. Lt General Fazle Akbar is...
The 111th birth anniversary of our National Poet Kazi Nazrul Islam will be celebrated today (Tuesday) in a befitting manner across the country, reports UNB.The government and various socio-cultural and political organisations have chalked out elaborate programmes in observance of...
The Speedy Trial Tribunal has sent back the Ramna Batamul murder case to the previous court, having failed to complete the trial within the deadline, reports bdnews24.com.Judge Kaniz Akhter Nasrina Khanam transferred the case to the Dhaka Metropolitan Sessions Judge's...
FE ReportThe electoral reforms leading up to the 2008 national polls have made changes that could result in long-term improvement in governance in Bangladesh if they are sustained and institutionalised, a UNPD study concluded. The UN Development Programme (UNDP) in...
Apollo Hospitals Dhaka recently opened a knee centre at its level I. Under direct supervision of knee surgeon M Ali, this centre will address all knee related problems associated with trauma, arthritis and age related wear and tear, says a...
The family of one-year-and-nine-month-old Zubair, who has been suffering from thalassaemia, has appealed to affluent people for generous help to save him.Zubair has now been receiving treatment at Thalassaemia Centre at Shishu Hospital under the supervision of Prof Wakar Ahmed.He...
M Azizur RahmanThe government has decided to fight the Canadian Niko Resources in the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) tribunal on payment against gas sales and compensation disputes, top government officials said Monday."We certainly are going to...
Nazmul AhsanThe issue of importing 250 mw electricity from India is likely to make some headway next month at the meetings of the Joint Steering Group and the Joint Working Group of India-Bangladesh, scheduled to begin on June 23 next...
FE ReportDhaka stocks dived below 6,000 Monday, a day after it crossed the milestone, as profit taking and the regulator's cautionary words shed nearly two per cent off the market.After an astounding climb of six per cent in stock prices...
FE ReportThe National Economic Council (NEC), the government's highest policy making body, is likely to approve Tk385 billon "ambitious" annual development programme (ADP) for the fiscal 2010-11, beginning on July 1.Planning ministry officials said the draft ADP will be placed...
Sheikh Shahariar ZamanThe government has taken steps to transport containers through waterways aiming to reduce time, cut cost of exporters and importers and lessen pressure on road."The government wants to transport at least 50 per cent of containers through waterways...
The much-expected Expatriate Welfare Bank (EWD) is soon going to start its activities after the Cabinet Monday approved Expatriate Welfare Bank Act 2010, reports UNB.The bank will be set up for providing financial assistance to people who will go abroad...
Siddique Islam The interest rates on savings deposits with banks are likely to go up from next month following the central bank's decision to make the reporting on the special notice deposit (SND) accounts mandatory, officials said Monday. "The commercial...
FHM Humayan KabirThe government has included 23 projects in the public-private partnership (PPP) for the upcoming development budget, as it plans to instal nearly 4000-megawatt power plants and an elevated expressway in the capital, officials said Monday.Planning ministry officials said...
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