Matches of the six-team super league of the Ispahani Tea Dhaka Metropolis Premier Division Cricket begin today (Thursday) at different venues in the city and adjoining areas, reports UNB.On the opening day (Thursday), league leaders Mohammedan Sporting Club will play...
SYDNEY, Dec 9 (AFP): Cricket umpire Mark Benson has denied walking out of Australia's second Test against the West Indies over the controversial new video review system, and quashed speculation he had quit the sport.The Englishman said his departure after...
NAGPUR, Dec 9 (Cricinfo): Kumar Sangakkara hit his highest Twenty20 score, a classy 37-ball 78, as Sri Lanka charged to 215 in the first Twenty/Twenty game in Nagpur. Chamara Kapugedera pitched in with a lovely cameo and India helped Sri...
Bangladesh captain Mahmudul Hasan was named the Player of the Series in the Tri-Nation Under-19 Cricket Tournament that concluded in the Sri Lankan capital Colombo Tuesday, reports UNB.Hosts Sri Lanka emerged champions in the tri-nation meet defeating Pakistan by one...
MARSEILLE, France, Dec 9 (AFP): Portuguese star Cristiano Ronaldo turned on the style with Real Madrid Tuesday as the Spanish giants advanced with ease to the knock-out round of the Champions League with a 3- 1 victory at Marseille. A...
New details of the proposed post-2012 Future Tours Programme (FTP) have emerged, with David Morgan, the ICC president, stating the home-and-away component of the current model could be scrapped. All teams at present must play each other twice in Test...
Peter Siddle will be nursed through the next week in the hope he can recover from a hamstring problem to appear in the final Test against West Indies in Perth. Siddle limped through the final days of the drawn second...
KARACHI, Dec 9 (AFP): Pakistan have appointed former captain and renowned paceman Waqar Younis as a bowling and fielding coach for their tour of Australia starting later this month, an official said Wednesday."Waqar has agreed to serve as fielding and...
KARACHI, Dec 9 (Reuters): Pakistan's cricket authorities have proposed a fund-raising one-day series in England next year against a world XI selected by the International Cricket Council (ICC) after failing to attract teams to play in Pakistan because of security...
KARACHI, Dec 9 (AFP): All-rounder Shahid Afridi said Wednesday he was disappointed that Pakistani players could not take part in the lucrative Indian Premier League, calling for more support from across the border.The 29-year-old was reacting to news that Pakistani...
LONDON, Dec 9 (AFP): Staff and players at Manchester City have undergone tests for the H1N1 virus, or swine flu, after two players were discovered with the illness, it was reported Wednesday. Slovakian winger Vladimir Weiss was ordered to stay...
LONDON, Dec 9 (AFP): One of the bitterest rivalries in English football will be revived after Leeds United booked themselves a third round FA Cup tie against Manchester United. Leeds, leaders of third tier League One, needed extra-time Tuesday to...
DHAMRAI, Dec 09 (BSS): Prime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina has expressed her vow to build a science and technology-based modern Bangladesh free from hunger and poverty by implementing its development goal: "Vision 2021"."We are working to carry forward the country...
The War Crime Facts Finding Committee will begin a four-day professional training course for lawyers and human rights activists to try the 1971 war criminals from December 17."The trial has to be made acceptable to the victims as well as...
Foreign Minister Dr Dipu Moni said one of the daunting challenges the government has been facing is to make healthcare accessible to and affordable for all citizens."Availability of essential drugs at prices affordable to all is a major element of...
CHANDPUR, Dec 9 (UNB): A month-long 'Muktijuddher Bijoy Mela-2009" began here Tuesday.Freedom Fighter Flight Lieutenant (retd) AB Siddique inaugurated the Mela organised by Bijoy Mela Udjapan Committee, at Bijoy Mela Mancha, at Hasan Ali Government High School in the afternoon.Foreign...
MYMENSINGH, Dec 9 (UNB): The police arrested a local leader of Freedom Party at Chhoto Bazar in Kotwali Model Police Station Tuesday.The arrested was identified as Ashraful Alam (50), former district coordinator of Freedom Party.
SIRAJGANJ, Dec 9 (UNB): About 13 people were injured in a clash between BNP and Awami League (AL) activists at Sadar Upazila Parishad premises over dropping of tender schedules today (Wednesday).Witnesses said the clash erupted at about 11:30am when BNP...
The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) Wednesday approved five development projects involving Tk 4.33 billion (433 crore), including one for construction of Bangladesh-China Friendship Exhibition Center, reports UNB.Of the total cost, Tk 2.23 billion will come from...
FE Report"Muktijuddhe Shohid Chikitshok Jibonkosh", a publication on the contributions and supreme sacrifices of the freedom fighters was launched in a function in the city Wednesday.HT Imam, advisor to the Prime Minister unveiled the book while AFM Ruhul Haque, minister...
The government has taken an initiative to build a building for the Bangladesh Hajj Mission in the holy city of Makkah for accommodation of 60,000 pilgrims, reports BSS.This initiative has been taken at the directive of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina,...
Finance Minister AMA Muhith Wednesday urged the students of South Asian countries to further develop ties among themselves and also cement their relationship more strongly, reports UNB.Inaugurating the 6th South Asian Economics Students' Meet (SAESM) 2009 in the city Wednesday...
An important road constructed in Rangamati under an ADB-aided project has spurred economic activities in Kaptai and Sadar upazilas, as over 50,000 people now can easily send their agricultural produces to their nearby markets, reports UNB. The Jhagrabil Rangamati via...
FE ReportUnknown gunmen shot and wounded a banker at Paribagh in the city Wednesday morning, police said.The criminals shot at Standard Chartered Bank provisional officer Airin Sultana (29), wife of Mahbubur Rahman, from behind when she was going to her...
State Minister for Cultural Affairs Promod Mankin Wednesday urged the people to develop the habit of reading books for enriching their knowledge, reports BSS.The state minister made the call while leading a procession in the capital, which was arranged on...
Professor Ake Bergman, chairman of the Department of Environmental Chemistry of Stockholm University, Sweden and Dr Peter Sundin, associate professor of Uppsala University Wednesday called on Dhaka University (DU) Vice Chancellor (VC) AAMS Arefin Siddique at the latter's office, reports...
JU CorrespondentJAHANGIRNAGAR UNIVERSITY, Dec 09: Mr Kadatuan P Usop, ambassador of Philippines, called on Professor Dr Shariff Enamul Kabir, the Vice-Chancellor of Jahangirnagar University (JU), at the latter's office on Wednesday to discuss mutual bilateral assistance in academic and research...
MAGURA, Dec 9 (UNB): District Civil Surgeon Mahfuzul Kabir was stand released Wednesday for not joining his new workplace after getting transfer orders.
Non-Formal Education (NFE) can play a significant role in prevention of AIDS. So the inclusion of AIDS prevention issues in the NFE Curriculum is essential.Chairman of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Education Rashed Khan Menon said this as the chief...
Our Correspondent JOYPURHAT, Dec 9: BDR of Joypurhat 3 Rifle battalion seized 265 vories of pure gold in 6 bars from Joypurhat bypass road at Puranapail area on Wednesday early in the morning. Lt Colonel Abdullah Al Mamun said that...
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