COLOMBO, Dec 5 (Reuters): Sanath Jayasuriya has been recalled to Sri Lanka's one-day squad for a tri-series with Bangladesh and Zimbabwe in January. Jayasuriya (39) was rested for the recent five-match ODI series in Zimbabwe but will return for the...
ISLAMABAD, Dec 5 (AP): Pakistani umpire Asad Rauf will not be able to officiate when India hosts England in the first Test in Chennai from Thursday after a delay in obtaining a visa because of a religious holiday.The first Test...
Ricky Ponting thinks Australia deserve to hold on to the No. 1 ranking even if they are defeated by South Africa in the three-Test series over the next month. Australia have held the top spot under Mark Taylor, Steve Waugh...
Mumbai 602 for 6 dec (Jaffer 256, Rahane 137, Agarkar 77*, Arjun 4-99) beat Hyderabad 251 (Suman 67, Pai 66, Quadri 50*, Powar 5-67) and 243 (Teja 107, Abhinav 67, Kulkarni 7-50) by an innings and 108 runsDhawal Kulkarni's career-best...
Sunderland chairman Niall Quinn has begun his search for a new manager with Sam Allardyce favourite to take over, BBC reports. Roy Keane resigned as boss Thursday after 27 months in charge with the club 18th in the Premier League....
LONDON, Dec 5 (AP): Aston Villa is likely to fall further behind the traditional contenders in the Premier League title race Sunday unless manager Martin O'Neill can inspire a vital victory at Everton.Considered one of the most astute managers in...
Honda is pulling out of Formula One, blaming the world economic crisis for plans to sell its team, reports BBC. The decision leaves Englishman Jenson Button and 2009 team-mate Rubens Barrichello without drives, with only a few mid-ranking seats still...
Holders Abahani came back to winning ways in B League, beating Sheikh Russell KC 3-0 at Bangabandhu National Stadium in the city Friday, bdnews24.com reports. Nigerian striker Emeka scored twice for the sky-blues while Zahid Hossain Emily added the third....
CAPE TOWN,Dec 5 (AP) : The contractual requirement of South African batsman Herschelle Gibbs to attend an alcohol rehabilitation course is designed to help rather than discipline him, said Proteas team manager Mohammed Moosajee.Gibbs was dropped from South Africa's squad...
Three players--FM Abu Sufian Shakil, FM Mehdi Hasan Parag (Biman) and FM Syed Mahfuzur Rahman Emon (Chittagong Mohammedan)-- shared lead in the Prime Bank 11th Open International Rating Chess Tournament with seven points after the 8th round held at the...
Syed Fattahul AlimPheromones are chemical messages sent by one member of a living organism to another belonging to the same species. Of the various pheromones, those related with sex have been most widely studied. The first such pheromone ever synthesised...
Najmuddin A ShaikhMumbai, the commercial and financial capital of India, has suffered a horrendous terrorist attack. In a siege that lasted some 60 hours, 173 people were killed and more than 300 were injured. On the very first day, local...
Kevin YaoAn abrupt drop in the Chinese yuan this week hurt battered Asian currencies and Beijing is expected to avoid sharp weakening out of concern that it may trigger a wave of competitive devaluations across the region.China is Asia's dominant...
Enayet RasulBangladeshis are usually scorned for their drawbacks in different areas : illiteracy, poverty and a general lack of consciousness about what is best for them. But this assessment of them is too sweeping and a generalization that cannot be...
Helen Massy-BeresfordEuropean governments have no choice but to rush out support measures for carmakers faced with a slump in sales, as the U.S. looks set to pledge billions of dollars of aid to help its Big Three.While the aid packages...
When recessions officially begin and end may not mean much to consumers feeling harsh economic pain. But now that the "R" word is official in the United States, President-elect Barack Obama may find it easier to power his economic agenda...
With the shadow of extremism reaching beyond the borders of Pakistan and India, analysts say the stakes -- as the nuclear-armed rivals try to hang on to an uneasy peace -- are higher than ever in the wake of the...
India's economy may outperform expectations as long as relations with neighbouring Pakistan aren't derailed by last week's terrorist attacks on Mumbai, said Jim O'Neill, chief economist at Goldman Sachs Group Inc. "So long as Indian and Pakistani policy makers don't...
India's new home minister has admitted that there were security lapses in last week's militant attacks on Mumbai, reports BBC.Palaniappan Chidambaram said the lapses were being "looked into" and their "causes would be addressed soon".Officials have now revised the death...
The US elections with victorious Barack Obama was all about change. For the Bushes, it is all about changing their residential address once out of the White House, according to Internet. The outgoing president George W Bush and his wife...
COLOMBO, Dec 5 (AFP): Sri Lanka's military says it has entered a town in the north-east of the country used as a naval base by the Tamil Tiger rebels.Government troops have entered Alampil, six miles (10km) south of Mullaitivu, the...
PESHAWAR, Dec 5 (AFP): Pakistani troops killed at least 10 militants in the northwestern Swat valley, where the military is waging an offensive against the Taliban, officials said Friday. Troops killed six militants in a ski resort town in the...
Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe must resign or be sent to The Hague for the "gross violations" he has committed, Archbishop Desmond Tutu has said, reports BBC.The Nobel Prize winner also told Dutch television that Mr Mugabe should be removed by...
NASA lands a cosmic first with 'tweets' from Mars SAN FRANCISCO, Dec 5: If the Phoenix Lander comes back to life on Mars, Twitter users could be among the first to know. NASA gave the historic Space Age mission an...
FE Report The global financial hurricane will put "a mild brake" on Bangladesh's growth pattern in the current fiscal, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) warned Friday, hoping the next government will speed up reforms to spur growth and create jobs....
S M JahangirThe government has taken steps to maintain a buffer stock of urea fertiliser to ensure its uninterrupted supply to the farmers during the current 'Boro' cultivation season for the sake of achieving the target of producing 1.8 million...
FE Report The government and the World Bank are locked in a catfight over the future appointment of the chief executive at Rupali Bank as the global lender pushes anew for corporatising the ailing commercial bank, finance officials said last...
Jasim Uddin Haroon Sales of sacrificial animals at the city's makeshift and permanent markets have started amid inadequate supply with the Eid-ul-Azha festival only four days away.The prices of the animals are higher than that of the previous year mainly...
The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has now set its sight on the country's cattle markets ahead of Eid-ul-Azha as part of its intensified drive against tax evaders, reports UNB. The revenue board thinks that the rich and upper class...
Ganotantri Party President Nurul Islam, who died in the city Thursday after 36 hours' intense fight for life, was laid to eternal rest at Mirpur Shaheed Buddhijibi (martyred intellectual) graveyard with full state honour, reports BSS. Earlier, a contingent of...
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