NEW DELHI, Sept 18 (AFP): Bowlers could be forgiven for breathing a sigh of relief ahead of the Champions Trophy which starts in South Africa next Tuesday, for some of the world's top big-hitters will be missing in action.England duo...
JOHANNESBURG, Sept 18 (AFP): South Africa skipper Graeme Smith said Thursday the failure of his players to make the 2009 ICC awards short-list could motivate them to win the Champions Trophy. "It is not individual recognition that drives us," said...
JOHANNESBURG, Sept 18 (AFP): The race for African Confederation Cup semi-finals places goes to the wire this weekend with seven of the eight clubs still in contention. Entente Setif of Algeria host ENPPI of Egypt and Santos of Angola entertain...
PARIS, Sept 18 (AFP): The group stage of the inaugural Europa League (EL) got underway Thursday, with pre-tournament favourites Roma, Lazio and Hamburg all succumbing to surprise defeats in their opening matches.Roma, with Claudio Ranieri at the helm for his...
An International Rating Chess Tournament, organised by Bangladesh Chess Federation, will begin in the city on October 15 at the Chess Federation hall room in the city, reports UNB. This will be an open event for all. Interested players can...
DUBAI, Sept 18 (AFP): England all-rounder Andrew Flintoff will help coach the United Arab Emirates cricket team during his rehabilitation from knee surgery, the star's agent revealed Friday.Flintoff retired from Test cricket after England's Ashes victory over Australia last month...
Bangladeshi Grandmaster Niaz Murshed shares the third slot in the Ravana Challenge International Chess Tournament along with nine other players after the 7th round match in Colombo, Sri Lanka Thursday, reports UNB. Bangladesh's first GM, Niaz Murshed remained at 4.5...
Telecom giant GrameenPhone will sponsor the country's first-ever Beach Cricket Tournament to be held in the tourists' resort of Cox's Bazar on October 9, reports UNB.The Week End Cricket Club Association (WECCA) is organising the tournament to introduce Bangladesh in...
TANDIL, Argentina, Sept 18 (AFP): US Open champion Juan Martin del Potro was welcomed home by around 40,000 people Thursday, a third of the population of his home town, a local official said.Del Potro, who defeated world number one Roger...
MANCHESTER, Sept 18 (AFP): South Korea winger Park Ji-Sung signed a new two-year contract with Manchester United on Friday.Park has been rewarded with an improved deal worth a reported 3.6 million pounds (5.9 million dollars) a year after his impressive...
RANGPUR, Sept 18 (BSS): The dairy sector, having vast prospects, can bring about a revolutionary change in the socio-economic condition of the poor by alleviating poverty and eradicating monga in poverty-prone greater Rangpur and Dinajpur districts.For this, proper exploration of...
BARISAL, Sept 18 (BSS): The computer has become a hot item of Eid-shopping in Barisal markets as teenage and young buyers seem to find more pleasure in the use of the internet than in new clothes-traditionally seen during the Eid...
FE ReportAn accomplice of the notorious Shahar Ali was killed in a gunfight between his accomplices and members of the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) at Mirpur in the city early Friday, the police said.The fresh killing took place at a...
FE ReportThe National Moon Sighting Committee will meet tomorrow (Sunday) at the Islamic Foundation auditorium in the city to review any news on sighting the moon of Shawal, which will mark the end of the Arabic month of Ramadan. The...
SUNAMGANJ, Sept 18 (UNB): Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) members seized two engine boats loaded with Indian coal from Patlai River under Tahirpur Upazila Wednesday.BDR jawans of Baliaghata camp searched the two boats and recovered five tonnes of coal while those were...
SIRAJGANJ, Sept 18 (UNB): A car of the motorcade of State Minister for Home Affairs Shamsul Haque Tuku met with a road accident at Balsabari under Ullapara Upazila Friday afternoon, leaving a police constable injured.Police said a Rangpur-bound bus from...
CHITTAGONG, Sept 18 (UNB): Police arrested three people Thursday night for their alleged involvement in looting Noapara branch of the United Commercial Bank Limited (UCBL) under Raojan Upazila.They also seized from their possessions the looted Tk 0.55 million (5.5 lakh)...
SATKHIRA, Sept 18 (UNB): Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) members arrested 23 people at Lidari border under Sadar upazila Thursday while they were returning from India without passports. They were identified as Rafiqul Islam (25), Farid (40), Jahangir Hossain (20), Nazim Uddin...
COMILLA, Sept 18 (UNB): A mobile court Thursday realized Tk 37,000 in fine from four filling stations in Sadar Dakkhin Upazila for weight manipulation. The mobile court, led by Upazila Nirbahi Officer (UNO) Abu Taher, conducted a drive and fined...
FE ReportThe second Annual General (AGM) Meeting of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) Alumni Association will be held on October 09 at its central auditorium, a press release said.The AGM will be followed by Eid reunion and reception...
FE ReportEleven CNG-run air-conditioned passenger buses were damaged by a devastating fire that broke out early Friday at the Anandapur bus depot of Savar off the capital, police said. Fire Brigade sources said the blaze, which originated from a bus...
Munima SultanaMotor vehicles burn extra fuels worth Tk 96 billion a year in traffic jams in the city's busy arteries, a Roads and Highways Division study said.The amount is a quarter of the country's total fuel import in the 2008-9...
Mehdi Musharraf BhuiyanExpensive Indian saris and other apparels have virtually monopolised the city's top retail outlets just before the Eid ul-Fitr festival as the nation's busiest shopping season nears the end.Big names among the city's popular destinations for Eid shopping...
Foreign Minister Dipu Moni said US-Bangladesh relationship has undergone a transformation-from aid dependence to an economic relationship that focused on trade and investment, reports UNB.In this regard, she laid emphasis on the importance of duty-free and quota-free access of Bangladeshi...
FE Report Dhaka stocks recovered in the week that ended Thursday, boosted by expectation that the market might be buoyant after nine-day long Eid holiday. The benchmark DSE General Index (DGEN) surged 116.36 points or 3.95 per cent to end...
S M Jahangirback from Singapore Hewlett-Packard (HP), the world's top PC maker, has introduced a series of thin, light and stylish notebook PCs, aiming to further raise its share in the global PC market.Among them, the new stylish and eye-catching...
CHITTAGONG, Sept 18 (UNB): Jatiya Party (E) Chairman HM Ershad said Friday the army pullout from the Chittagong Hill Tracks (CHT) was a premature decision of the government."Internal and external conspiracies are behind the withdrawal of troops from the CHT,"...
KHURIA, Sept 18 (AFP): At the end of every year, after the monsoon rains, Noor Hossain dismantles his houseboat on the Bangladeshi delta and heads to the mainland. This time he will not be coming back.Hossain is one of about...
GENEVA, Sept 18 (AFP): Measures taken by Group of 20 countries to protect workers will create or save up to 11 million jobs in 2009 when global unemployment is expected to hit a record high, the head of the ILO...
FE ReportPolice recovered dead body of an alleged mugger from a jheel (lake) at Rampura in the city.The deceased was identified as Rasel, 23, son of Akhter Hossain, a trader. He used to reside at a rented house at 363/7,...
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