MADRID, Sept 23 (AFP): Champions Barcelona moved back to the top of the Spanish table with a thumping 4-1 win at Racing Santander Tuesday to maintain their perfect start to the season. Argentine Lionel Messi scored a brace, including a...
This match as a contest ended well before Pakistan could come out to bat. Floyd Reifer had spoken of the importance of this tournament for fans in the Caribbean, and vowed at the toss that his team would play "the...
BANGKOK, Sept 23 (AFP): Former England captain Bryan Robson agreed Wednesday to become the coach of Thailand's national team, the Thai football association said.The announcement came a day after Robson, who has previously coached at clubs including Middlesbrough and Sheffield...
CAIRO, Sept 23 (AFP): Four-time champions Brazil will bid for a fifth crown at the September 24-October 16 FIFA under-20 World Cup here in the absence of defending title-holders Argentina, who surprisingly failed to qualify. Brazil have not triumphed in...
LONDON, Sept 23 (AFP): England's build-up to next year's World Cup finals will include a friendly against Brazil in Doha on November 14, the Football Association (FA) confirmed Wednesday.The clash with the five-times World Cup winners will take place at...
A rowing competition will be held in Kalihati Upazila of Tangail district today (Thursday) on the occasion of holy Eid-ul-Fitr, reports UNB.Some big and small country-made boats will take part in the NCC Bank-Singna Rowing Competition 2009 to be held...
India's preparations for their first match of the Champions Trophy Saturday suffered a setback when Yuvraj Singh injured his right hand finger during a fielding session at the University Ground in Johannesburg. The injury was serious enough for him to...
PARIS, Sept 23 (AFP): France's Interior Ministry announced Wednesday new measures to try to stamp out violence at football grounds after a stormy start to the season.The measures include increased police surveillance of high-risk groups, stricter ground bans for violent...
A city of empty streets, mainly silent except for the sound of police helicopters flying overhead now and again, reports BBC.That is the situation in the Honduran capital, Tegucigalpa, described to BBC Mundo by some of its residents more than...
A large stretch of Australia's east coast, including the largest city Sydney, has been shrouded in red dust blown in from the desert outback, reports BBC.Visibility in Sydney is so bad that flights have been diverted and harbour ferry traffic...
Scientists have discovered a protein that predicts survival from prostate cancer at diagnosis, reports BBC.A University of Liverpool team found the presence of heat shock protein-27 (Hsp-27) was a key marker of how prostate cancer would progress.Men who tested positive...
India has successfully launched seven satellites in a single mission, nearly a month after the country's inaugural Moon mission was aborted, reports BBC.The rocket was carrying an Indian remote-sensing satellite and six smaller ones, all of them foreign.The Indian satellite...
French police have moved in to dismantle a makeshift camp set up by migrants near the port of Calais, reports BBC.French officials said 278 migrants had been held in the operation at the camp known as "the jungle". More than...
US President Barack Obama has called on Israeli and Palestinian leaders to act with "urgency" and restart peace talks, reports BBC.Mr Obama spoke after hosting the first meeting between leaders from both sides since he took office.US Middle-East envoy George...
LOS ANGELES, Sept 23 (AFP): A wind-driven wildfire erupted in a rugged rural region northwest of Los Angeles Tuesday, forcing scattered evacuations as it surged towards populated areas. The fire, which broke out around 10:30 am (1730 GMT), ripped through...
WASHINGTON, Sept 23 (AFP): Al-Qaeda has released a video to mark the anniversary of the 9/11 attacks featuring its deputy leader Ayman al-Zawahiri and footage of a US soldier captured in Afghanistan, a US-based monitoring group said Tuesday. The 106-minute...
Nepal's government has raised the official death toll from the country's 10-year civil war by more than 3,000, officials say, reports BBC.The revised death toll records at least 16,278 deaths during the conflict. The previous estimate was about 13,000.The toll...
Over 300 killed in Indonesia Eid road exodus: police JAKARTA, Sept 23: More than 300 people have been killed in road accidents in Indonesia during a mass exodus to celebrate the Muslim holiday of Eid-ul-Fitr, a police spokesman said Wednesday....
For nearly six decades, the new King of Saudi Arabia Abdullah Bin Abdul Aziz has been closely involved in the profound changes that have taken place in Saudi Arabia, working with five Kings as they successfully brought about far-reaching socio-economic...
September 23, 2009 coincides with the 79th anniversary of the unification of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia by the hand of the founder King Abdul Aziz bin Abdur Rahman Al-Saud -may Allah make His earth lighted -under the banner of...
Sheikh Shahariar ZamanThe office of Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) has raised seven objections involving over Tk 172 million in the Civil Aviation and Tourism Ministry which is mired in allegations of corruption and irregularities.It raised the objections while auditing...
Shahiduzaman KhanHeavy rains disrupted this year's Eid-ul Fitr congregations throughout the country. Due to strong presence of monsoon wind, heavy rains swept the city with full intensity, paralysing life. Roads and low-lying areas of the capital were inundated and got...
Doulot Akter MalaNational Board of Revenue (NBR) has rejected a proposal on offering special tax incentives for three export processing zones (EPZs) created in the less developed areas, officials said.Customs department has turned down the proposal of Bangladesh Export Processing...
S M JahangirRetired government officials might be able to invest more in the state-run pensioners' savings certificate as the finance ministry has given its consent to the proposal for raising investment ceiling of the instrument, officail sources said."The proposal for...
Muslims across the country celebrated Monday the holy Eid-ul-Fitr, one of their biggest religious festivals with much enthusiasm, religious fervour and fanfare, reports UNB. The Muslims, both rich and poor, offered Eid prayers and embraced each other in a serene...
M Azizur RahmanThe government has planned to set up four coal-fired power plants having a combined generation capacity of 2,000 megawatts (mw) at a cost of Tk 210 billion in a major drive to diversify the country's energy sources."The plants,...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, who arrived in New York Tuesday morning (NY time), joined 24 other heads of government at a dinner hosted by UN secretary-general Ban Ki Moon early Wednesday (Dhaka time), reports bdnews24.com. New York-based News World editor...
FE ReportThe Asian Development Bank (ADB) has forecast a 5.2 per cent growth in the economy of Bangladesh for the fiscal year (FY) 2010, as was projected earlier, given that the impact of the global downturn is being felt broadly.The...
AHM Mostafa Kamal MP, popularly known as Lotus Kamal, has been appointed president of Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB). He has replaced Lt Gen Sina Ibn Jamali, a BCB statement said Wednesday. Lotus Kamal, a senior figure in the ruling Awami...
PABNA, Sept 23: A goods train derailed at the Iswardi bypass rail-station early Wednesday, leaving communications with the north, south and eastern regions of the country disrupted for 11 hours. The disruption caused immense sufferings to the people returning to...
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