AHMEDABAD, Nov 20 (Cricinfo): Sachin Tendulkar, Gautam Gambhir, and a dead Ahmedabad pitch (21 wickets and seven centuries in five days) put paid to Sri Lanka's dream of a first Test win in India. Gambhir played out 110 deliveries for...
Holders Abahani Limited and Dhaka Mohammedan Sporting Club (MSC) earned their 8th consecutive victories to maintain their all-win record in the Metropolis Premier Division Cricket League beating their rivals at different city venues Friday, reports UNB.Abahani Limited defeated ICL and...
The first legal shot has been fired in the long-running battle between the unauthorised Indian Cricket League and the men who run cricket, with Essel Sports Private Ltd (ESPL), the ICL's owners, serving notice on the ICC and the English...
Riding on two centuries by openers Amit Mujumder and Anamul Haque, Bangladesh U-19 team whitewashed their Zimbabwe counterpart crushing them by 121 runs in the 5th Youth One Day International (ODI) of the five-match Youth ODI series at the Shaheed...
BOCHUM, Germany, Nov 20 (AFP): European football braced Friday for more details on a fresh match-fixing scandal reportedly involving huge sums of money placed with Asian bookmakers on suspect matches in nine countries.Police across Europe carried out raids and arrests...
New Zealand have recalled batsman Peter Fulton in the 13-member squad for the first two Tests against Pakistan starting November 24 in Dunedin. Allrounder Grant Elliott comes back from injury while Shane Bond returns to the longer version of the...
CHITTAGONG, Nov 20 (BSS): The Daily Purbokone of Chittagong secured championship of Kishwan Media Cup Football Tournament held at MA Aziz Stadium Friday. The Purbokone defeated The Daily Kaler Kontho by 1-0. Farid Uddin Ahmed Chowdhury, Deputy Commissioner (DC) of...
TOKYO, Nov 20 (AFP): Japan coach Takeshi Okada has insisted that his squad's target of a semi-final spot at next year's World Cup remains unchanged no matter who may stand in their way, according to reports."Nothing will change," he told...
FE ReportThe government has changed strategy in rationing of gas and started supplying additional gas to fertiliser factories as the Boro cropping season nears with the advent of winter.The additional gas will come from supply cut to power plants."We are...
FHM Humayan KabirThe government has taken a "first track" scheme to augment gas production by 120 million cubic feet per day over the next two years from the country's largest Titas field in order to overcome the prevailing energy supply...
Mehdi Musharraf BhuiyanUltra portable subnotebooks or netbooks are rapidly gaining popularity in the country's vibrant PC market as evident from the latest bout of the annual ICT fair currently being held in the city. Despite lacking some basic features like...
Nazmul AhsanThe Ministry of Finance (MoF) has decided to maintain the status-quo as far as the ownership structure of the Bangladesh Commerce Bank (BCB) is concerned until 2010. Besides, a move has been taken to increase its paid-up capital as...
Sheikh Shahariar ZamanDemand for labour is growing in export-oriented sectors as the production for export items has been rising in the country.In October, production of export goods went up sharply as the country exported 21,269 twenty-feet equivalent containers of goods...
Jasim Uddin Haroon The local tanners expect brisk business of hides and skin this Eid-ul-Azha as the demand for crust and finished leathers have been rising over the past few months after a along slump.Most of the tanners were reluctant...
FE ReportJute millers, severely hit by raw jute scarcity, will seek the government's immediate intervention in addressing the problem for the survival of the local units.Voicing deep concern at a sudden supply shortage of raw jute, what the millers term...
The Armed Forces Day will be observed today (Saturday) with due solemnity and enthusiasm, reports BSS. The day's programme will begin with the offering of Munajat (special prayers) after the Fazr prayers in all mosques at army garrisons, naval bases...
The heightened security measures over the final verdict on Sheikh Mujibur Rahman's murder trial would be there until the execution of the killers, said Home Minister Sahara Khatun, reports bdnews24.com. The home minister told reporters Friday that the bomb attack...
The Primary Centre Examinations under the new system begin throughout the country today (Saturday). About 2.0 million students of Class-V will appear in the final examinations. The Ministry of Primary and Mass Education has completed all preparations to hold the...
RAJSHAHI, Nov 20: The Bangladesh Railway authorities are going to launch a new intercity train service on Rajshahi-Dhaka route from Monday next (23 Nov) to fulfil the long cherished demands of the people. The train Dhumketu Express will depart from...
Ga-Unit written test for admission into first year honours classes under the Faculty of Business Studies for the academic session 2009-2010 of Dhaka University (DU) was held Friday in the city peacefully. A total of about 28,000 candidates sat in...
Monira MunniPrices of different local and imported spices have slightly increased at the retail level in the local markets as the demand for the same has started going up ahead of Eid-ul-Azha.The retail traders blamed wholesalers for the increase saying...
FE ReportDhaka and Ankara have agreed to establish direct banking and air links between to further widen trade, investment and economic cooperation between the two countries. The agreement was made in the third session of the Bangladesh-Turkey Joint Cooperation for...
FE ReportThe benchmark index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) jumped more than 20 per cent, first time in a week, supported by the country's telecom giant Grameenphone's impressive debut.In the week that ended on Thursday, the benchmark DSE General...
Chittagong OfficeCHITTAGONG, Nov 20: The outer ring road and town protection dam undertaken by the CDA (Chittagong Development Authority) was finalised in the economic relations department (ERD) under the ministry of finance yesterday.Under the project proposal CDA will construct a...
FE ReportReadymade garment (RMG) workers Thursday warned trade bodies, the government and the factory owners of untoward situation if they are not paid Eid bonuses, unpaid wages and half of the salary of the current month by November 24.The warning...
FE ReportUnknown gunmen killed a trader at Mirpur in the city in the early hours of Friday, police said.The deceased was identified as Abul Kalam Azad alias Raju (40), a motor parts-cum-fruit trader. He hailed from Magura district.Sub-Inspector (SI) of...
FE Report International Road Dynamics South Asia (IRDSA) will instal two WeighinMotion Systems and a toll collection system at Bangabandhu Bridge (Jamuna Bridge) at a cost of 1.1 million Canadian dollars. The project is expected to be commissioned by April,...
IN a departure from its traditional role as a financial sector regulator, the Bangladesh Bank (BB) has decided to play a proactive role in employment generation at the grassroots level. Thus, the country's central bank will, as the report said,...
H. SiddiquiA global news service sometime ago had a report on corruption in Bangladesh. It noted that an entrepreneur who wanted to start an export company last year had to wait more than a year for getting the necessary licence...
Mujibul HaqueBangladesh needs to take a well-defined strategy to participate in international trade fairs to promote exports. As it is, due to participation in a limited number of trade fairs abroad, the products of Bangladesh are not known to the...
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