LAS VEGAS,Nov 16 (Agencies): Under pressure in a feisty debate, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton accused her closest rivals Thursday night of slinging mud "right out of the Republican playbook" and leveled her sharpest criticism of the campaign at their records"People...
WARSAW, Nov 16 (Agencies): Poland's president swore in a new government Friday, ushering in a prime minister who has promised to withdraw the country's troops from Iraq and to demand more from its alliance with the United States. Donald Tusk,...
The first day in Hobart gave Sri Lanka flashbacks of Brisbane as Phil Jaques and Michael Hussey each scored their second consecutive century and Australia went to stumps at 3 for 329. Hussey was in danger of spending a night...
SHANGHAI, Nov 16 (AFP): Defending champion Roger Federer reached the Masters Cup semi-finals without hitting a ball Friday courtesy of Nikolay Davydenko's win over Fernando Gonzalez. The world number one goes through on a superior sets record to Gonzalez despite...
MADRID, Nov 16 (AFP): Married footballers are "more stable" than their single counterparts, according to Real Madrid coach Bernd Schuster. "When we prepare the transfer of a player, the first thing we ask him is whether he's married. These types...
BANGKOK, Nov 16 (AFP): Thaksin Shinawatra Friday revealed plans to make Manchester City a global power, starting with academies in Thailand and China and link-ups with a host of clubs around the world. The English Premier League highflyers also announced...
India (bdnews24.com): Sachin Tendulkar hit a stunning 97 as India beat Pakistan by six wickets in Gwalior to claim a first one-day series win over them on home soil since 1983. Tendulkar was imperious in sharing 107 with Virender Sehwag...
Bangladesh Under-19 team will leave here for Karachi tomorrow (Sunday) to play five one-day matches and one four-day match against Pakistan U-19 team.The departure of the young cricketers was deferred by a day following a change in flight schedule.Earlier, on...
Narayanganj Govt Women's College earned an emphatic 5-1 goals victory over Dhaka Imperial College in a match of the 11th Delta Life Women's Handball Competition at the Dhanmondi Women's Sports Complex Friday, reports UNB.The winners led the first half 3-0.Rehela...
TOKYO, Nov 16 (AFP): Football governing body FIFA may introduce goal-line technology at the 2010 World Cup if it proves effective at the world club championship in Japan next month, a FIFA executive said Friday. In the experimental system, a...
TOCOPILLA, (Chile) Nov 15 (Agencies): Chile's government promised to deliver hundreds of portable houses Thursday for people left homeless by a powerful earthquake that hammered the country's north, killing at least two people and injuring more than 150The 7.7 magnitude...
UN raises alarm about inadequate Darfur peace force UNITED NATIONS, Nov 15: A senior UN official warned here Wednesday that the joint UN-African Union peacekeeping force may fail in its mission to protect civilians in strife- storn Darfur without the...
Bangladeshi think-tanks can help identify pragmatic new priorities for the country's foreign policy, traditionally focused on defensive interests.Adviser for Foreign Affairs Iftekhar Ahmed Chowdhury said this while speaking at a discussion on "Our Foreign Policy and the Contribution of Think...
The Supreme Court (SC) Thursday set December 12 for next hearing on the judiciary separation cases, reports bdnews24.com. The SC will pass judgement on the contempt of court case filed against 13 government officers, including four secretaries, on the day....
A cheating case was filed Thursday against Obaidul Karim, owner of the Orion Group, with Gulshan thana, reports UNB.Shafiullah, a resident of Nawaberbagh under Shah Ali thana, filed the case against him at about 1:00 pm accusing Karim of forging...
The court Thursday rejected the prayer for remand of BNP joint secretary general Tareque Rahman for interrogation in two criminal cases, reports UNB.Rejecting the prayer of investigation officer the magistrate Shawkat Ali ordered interrogation of Tareque at the jail gate,...
CHITTAGONG, Nov 15 (UNB): Five Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) activists, four in absentia, were Thursday sentenced to life imprisonment for sensational murder of a rival within the party in the city eight years ago.Rupak Dev was handed down the punishment...
CHITTAGONG, Nov 15 (UNB): Anti-corruption Commission (ACC) filed a case against detained former Awami League (AL) lawmaker Rafiqul Anwar with Double Mooring thana Thursday on charge of concealing information on his wealth and also amassing wealth illegally. The police said...
BARISAL, Nov 15 (BSS): The registration of voters with photographs in Barisal City Corporation (BCC) was completed today (Thursday).Official sources said the distribution of national identity cards with photographs will begin from the next week.A total of 1,73,558 voters were...
PABNA, Nov 15 (bdnews24.com): A Pabna court Thursday ordered former Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) lawmaker KM Anwarul Islam into jail for misappropriating a large number of corrugated iron (CI) sheets earmarked for relief. Public Prosecutor Abdul Hamid said that Judge...
KHULNA, Nov 15 (UNB): A ward commissioner of Khulna City Corporation (KCC) was arrested by the police from his Charerhat residence in the city Wednesday night in an extortion case.The police said they arrested Mosaddek Hossain Babul, commissioner of ward...
BKSP maintained their supremacy in the 22nd National Swimming Cham-pionship securing seven gold, four silver and two bronze medals after the 2nd day of the four-day meet, featuring four more new national records on the day, reports UNB.Bangladesh Army closely...
On a sluggish pitch where unfettered strokeplay was rarely an option, Pakistan were indebted to the old firm of Mohammad Yousuf and Younis Khan for a competitive total that gave them some hope of squaring the series, according to website...
Before Sri Lanka start their final campaign to win a Test in Australia with their golden generation they must first make a couple of crucial decisions over the make-up of their team. After being thrashed by an innings and 40...
The Olympic Day Run will now be held in the city tomorrow (Saturday) instead of Friday due to inclement weather across the country, reports UNB. However, the time and place of the programme will remain unchanged, said a Bangladesh Olympic...
WELLINGTON, Nov 15 (AP): New Zealand will play three tests and five limited-overs internationals on its cricket tour of England in April, May and June.New Zealand Cricket said Thursday the tour will include matches against county sides Kent, Essex, Northamptonshire...
Our CorrespondentRAJSHAHI, Nov 15: Speakers at a workshop on "Energy-Rights and Respon-sibility of the Consumers" organised by Consumers Association of Bangladesh (CAB) have emphasised for enactment and implementation of Consumers' Rights Protection Act in the form of an ordinance.USAID and...
Chronology of major storms that hit Bangladesh in different periods since 1822 so far, the Bhola cyclone of 1970 was the cruellest followed by 1991's, reports UNB. May 1822: A cyclone, accompanied by storm surge and tidal bores hit Barisal,...
FE ReportA Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between the George Mason University and the BRAC University (BU) for collaboration in academic, professional and research development. BRAC University Vice Chancellor Professor Jamilur Reza Choudhury and MPA Director of the department...
BAGERHAT, Nov 15 (UNB): The court of Additional District and Sessions Judge here Wednesday sentenced nine persons to life term imprisonment for killing a Jubo Dal leader 12 years back.The lifers are: Abul Hossain, Bakkar Khan, Sardar Masudur Rahman, Anisur...
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