The incoming Ian Bell will bat in Kevin Pietersen's regular number four position in the third Ashes Test at Edgbaston, says skipper Andrew Strauss.Bell replaces Pietersen in the side after the Hampshire man underwent a series-ending Achilles operation. The 27-year-old...
SYDNEY, Jul 27 (AFP): Australia's leading spin bowlers say they are firmly against coaching the controversial 'doosra', with one Test great saying it is an illegal delivery. The 'doosra', an Urdu term for a ball that turns away from a...
MS Dhoni, Rahul Dravid, Virender Sehwag,Yuvraj Singh and other Indian stars are likely to be part of the BCCI 's inter-corporate tournament, for which the board has announced the participants and venues. The 12-team tournament will be held in the...
LAHORE, Jul 27 (AFP): Controversial Pakistan paceman Shoaib Akhtar ran into trouble Monday again as cricket authorities accused him of violating his contract by criticising team management during a television interview.The 33-year-old paceman blamed his withdrawal from the World Twenty20...
EAST RUTHERFORD, Jul 27 (AFP): Carlos Vela scored once and set up two goals as Mexico defeated the United States 5-0 to win the Gold Cup and snap the Americans' 58-game home unbeaten streak in the tournament. Half-time substitute Vela...
PORTOROZ, Jul 27 (AFP): World number one Dinara Safina won her third title of 2009 with a 6-7 (5/7), 6-1, 7-5 win over defending champion Sara Errani of Italy in the Slovenian Open final Sunday. The 23-year-old Russian, playing her...
SINGAPORE, Jul 26 (Reuters): Liverpool completed their Southeast Asian tour with a 5-0 friendly victory over Singapore Sunday, ending the two-leg trip on a high note with an emphatic performance in front of 50,000 supporters. Coach Rafael Benitez rested a...
Saiful KaiserIt was an excellent display by the Bangladesh boys. Perhaps some fans were a bit nervous (this is not a Test match, so how would they fare and all that) but their fear proved unfounded as our team first...
The government is going to take up a Tk 300 billion mega project to address the country's climate change impacts, said State Minister for Environment and Forests Mostafizur Rahman Monday, reports UNB."Under the project, embankments will be extended and the...
FE ReportSoil Resource Development Institute (SRDI) Monday introduced newly developed software known as Digital Fertiliser Recommendation System.In cooperation with reputed market development project 'Katalyst' it (SRDI) has developed the software, capable to generate crop specific fertiliser recommendation distinctively for unions...
FE ReportTwo muggers were injured in a gunfight with the police at Manik Miah Avenue in the city early Monday, police said.A patrol team from Tejgaon police station locked in a gun battle when they intercepted a gang of muggers...
FE ReportOrganised miscreants looted parts worth Tk 02.40 million from four private cars at an apartment in the city's Indira Road early Monday, the police said.Some six miscreants entered the Dhansiri Apartment at 35/A Indira Road in the city crossing...
A low has developed over the North Bay and adjoining Bangladesh Coast. Southwest monsoon is strong over the area, reports UNB. Under its influence steep pressure gradient lies over the North Bay and deep convection is taking places over the...
President Zillur Rahman Monday urged the judges to discharge their duties with utmost sincerity, honesty and neutrality to establish the rule of law in the country, reports UNB."The judges can play a very important role in establishing the rule of...
Persons responsible for producing adulterated paracetamol would be given maximum punishment as per law of the land, said Health and Family Welfare Minister Dr AFM Ruhal Huq, reports BSS.Besides, their factories would be closed permanently, the minister said while visiting...
FE ReportArmed men snatched Tk 15,000 in cash from a pharmacy of a city hospital after holding its employees hostage Sunday afternoon, police said.Police said three youths entered the Al-Helal Hospital on Rokeya Sarani in the city's Kafrul area in...
The High Court (HC) has asked the government to explain why the former NSI director, retired wing commander Mohammad Shahabuddin, will not be granted bail in the Chittagong 10-truck arms haul case, a lawyer said, reports bdnews24.com.The bench of Justice...
Bangladesh Awami League President and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Monday asked the leaders and workers of Awami Swechchhasebak League (ASL) and other associated bodies of Bangladesh Awami League to uphold the people's confidence on the government through their utmost honesty...
A writ petition at the High Court Monday has challenged the legality of the government inaction to stop the erection of Tipaimukh Dam by India across the common river Barak, reports bdnews24.com.Bangladesh Jatiya Party secretary general Abu Naser Mohammad Rahmatullah...
Senior Jamaat-e-Islami leader Delwar Hossain Sayeedee has sought court orders to travel abroad for treatment after he was stopped flying to Saudi Arabia on July 24, reports bdnews24.com.In a writ petition filed with the High Court bench of Justice Tariq...
Eighty thousand destitute rural women are under the process of becoming self-reliant through "Vulnerable Group Development for Ultra-Poor (VGDUP) Project" providing food security, cash support and livelihood trainings, reports BSS. The initiative was taken by the Department of Women Affairs...
KURIGRAM, July 27 (BSS): Farmers in the district are happy as the government has launched a programme of '100 hours free irrigation' from each deep tubewell in the current season. The farmers have started 'aman' plantation with a festive mood...
President Zillur Rahman and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina have greeted their Peru counterparts on the occasion of Independence Day of that country that falls on Tuesday, reports UNB.President Zillur Rahman and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, in separate messages to Peru...
A two-day second international conference on "Genocide, Truth and Justice" organised by Liberation War Museum (LWM) will be held on July 30-31 at CIRDAP auditorium in the city, reports BSS.Experts from Japan, Hong Kong, Korea, Cambodia, Pakistan, Germany, United Kingdom,...
Bangladesh Christian Association (BCA) President Advocate Promad Mankin, MP, and General Secretary Nirmal Rozario Monday congratulated Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and LGRD Minister Syed Ashraful Islam for being elected as the president and general secretary respectively of Bangladesh Awami League...
Joj Miah, who had Aug 21, 2004 grenade attack charges trumped up against him by the investigators, was freed from Kashimpur jail Sunday noon, reports bdnews24.com.Abul Kalam Azad, jailor of Kashimpur jail in Gazipur, said they let Joj Miah out...
Ladies SpecialOn SONY SET Tuesday at 11-00 pm. Ladies Special (Mon-Thurs, 10.00 pm) - it is a drama series that takes a peek into Mumbai's lifeline - the trains. It is about the popular LADIES SPECIAL train that runs during...
Yusuf Islam - the artist formerly known as Cat Stevens - played his first US concert in 33 years recently, performing at the El Rey Theater in Los Angeles. The hour-long set mixed classics such as "Peace Train," "Wild World,"...
FE Report Finance Minister AMA Muhith Monday warned that the Bangladesh economy would not be in a "comfortable" position this financial year, even if it weathered the first round of shocks from the stinging global recession. He said the US$...
Zaidi SattarBangladesh seems like an unlikely country to have excess savings. Yet, that is xactly the impression one would get looking at the aggregate picture of savings. Our hard-working population is not only churning out income at a higher rate...
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