JOHANNESBURG, Sept 15 (AFP): Groups and schedule for the Super Eights round of the inaugural Twenty20 world championships starting here Sunday: GROUPS Group E: South Africa (A1), England (B2), New Zealand (C1), India (D2) Group F: Bangladesh (A2), Australia (B1),...
Saiful KaiserMany would agree that it was the best match of the tournament so far barring Bangladesh versus West Indies. But the India-Pakistan was marred by the final tie-breaking method. India scrapped together 142 runs thanks to Robin Uthappa and...
Lalbagh Sports Club earned a 3-2 victory over Gazirchat Sports Club in the Metropolis third Division Football League at the Outer Stadium in the city Saturday, reports UNB.Mohammad Imran Hossain struck twice for the Lalbagh Sports Club in the 41st...
A four-member team of Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) Saturday visited Bangladesh Ansar and VDP Academy in Shafipur to inspect the residential training camp of Bangladesh Women's Cricket team, reports UNB.The BCB team included its ad-hoc committee member Gazi Ashraf Hossain...
MOSCOW, Sept 15 (AP): Svetlana Kuznetsova beat Mara Santangelo of Italy 6-1, 6-2 Saturday, putting Russia within one victory of its third Fed Cup title. Russia's Anna Chakv etadze struggled past Francesca Schiavone 6-4, 4-6, 6-4 in the opening match...
Speakers at a dialogue arranged in the city Saturday by the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) suggested the government to give subsidy on food as an immediate remedy for stemming the tide of spiraling price to avert a serious crisis, reports...
Nagging traffic jams in the capital's thoroughfare Saturday held down the city-dwellers even on the weekend holiday and caused intolerable suffering even to the ones who are used to it as a daily phenomenon, reports UNB.Homebound people, fasting for a...
SYLHET, Sept 15 (UNB): Two people were killed and five others injured in train and road mishaps in the city and Balaganj Upazila Thursday.In the city, inter-city train Upaban Express dashed Suhel Mia (30), son of Cherag Ali of Khashgaon...
The retail prices of most of the essentials and vegetables remained stable in the city markets, according to a market report of Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) Saturday, reports BSS.The price of coarse rice in different markets, including Kamalapur, New Market, Karwanbazar,...
BANDARBAN, Sept 15 (UNB): At least one person died and 30 others were attacked by diarrhoea in Manjoypara and Hepigo villages under Sadar Upazila Thursday and Friday.Local people said the waterborne disease killed one person at Hepigo village.Sources said five...
GOPALGANJ, Sept 15 (UNB): A housewife was strangulated to death allegedly by her husband for dowry at Khatiagarh village under Sadar Upazila Thursday night.Sources said Nazmul since his marriage some years ago started torturing his wife Sara Begum (22) for...
KUSHTIA, Sept 15 (UNB): A notorious dacoit was killed in a shootout between his accomplices and police at Daudermor under Daulatpur Upazila early Saturday.Acting on a tip off, police arrested Habil Mandal (28), wanted in a number of cases, including...
MYMENSINGH, Sept 15 (UNB): A man was killed and five others injured in a violent clash between two rival groups over fishing in a pond at Gujiram village under Trishal Upazila Saturday.Local people said there was a longstanding dispute between...
Lenny Fashions Ltd contradicted a part of the news story published Saturday in the FE headlined 'Savar EPZ bursts into violence, 100 hurt'. In the news, it was mentioned that at one stage of the violence on Friday Lenny Fashions...
COMILLA, Sept 15 (UNB): Police seized a truck loaded with Indian cloths, worth about Tk 5.0 million, from Ulan village under Sadar Dakshin Upazila early Saturday.Acting on a tip-off, police intercepted a truck near Ulan mosque and seized 1,851 pieces...
Over a dozen charge sheets in graft cases, mostly against politicians like Mirza Abbas, Mofazzal Hossain Chowdhury Maya, HBM Iqbal and Shajahan Chowdhury, are ready and may be submitted even within this week, depending on the Anti-Corruption Commission's (ACC) approval,...
Member of the Awami League council of advisers and former education minister ASHK Sadique was buried at the Banani graveyard in the city Saturday, reports bdnews24.com. The main namaz-e-janaza of the former minister was held at the South Plaza of...
Seemingly changing his tone, acting general secretary of Awami League Mukul Bose Saturday said the AL cannot be reformed without party president Sheikh Hasina, who is in jail, reports UNB." I've said in the past, I am saying now and...
The Election Commission will sit with Krishak Sramik Janata League today (Sunday) to discuss its draft proposals for the reforms of electoral laws, reports UNB.Officials said agenda of the dialogue would focus on the Representation People Order 1972, the Political...
In a change of mind, pro-BNP lawyers will now file a bail petition for former prime minister Khaleda Zia with Dhaka Metropolitan Senior Special Judge's Court in a couple of days instead of today (Sunday), reports bdnews24.com. The changed decision...
The Operation Dal-Bhat programme of Bangladesh Rifles (BDR), launched to help contain the soaring prices, has so far failed to meet the consumers' demands due to disruption in its supply chain, reports UNB.Visits by a number of UNB correspondents to...
Adviser for Foreign Affairs Iftekhar Ahmed Chowdhury condoled the death of BRAC official Abdul Alim in a shooting in Afghanistan, reports UNB.In a message the adviser said Abdul Alim sacrificed his life for the cause of peace. "He was not...
Expelled BNP secretary general Abdul Mannan Bhuiyan is likely to leave for Singapore today (Sunday) for medical checkup, reports UNB.Bhuiyan, who is engrossed in reorganising the party along his reformist line, is suffering from complications in prostrate glands. He will...
NARAYANGANJ, Sept 15 (UNB): Another case was filed against former Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) lawmaker Giasuddin Saturday on charge of extortion.Amir Hossain, a lime trader of Siddhirganj area, filed the case with local thana against the former lawmaker.According to the...
Shakhawat HossainThe caretaker government (CG) has taken a move to award special financial benefit to its officials and employees to compensate for the rise in the cost of living, official sources said.A committee headed by an additional secretary of the...
FE Report The government has announced a new list of 14 exportable products that would receive cash subsidy. The exporters will receive cash subsidy on the products against net repatriation of the FoB (free on board) prices from July 1,...
FE ReportJapan will provide $291 million loan to Bangladesh for development of its power, railway and water sectors, official sources confirmed.An agreement to this effect will be signed in Dhaka on September 26 next, official sources said.A senior official of...
SAVAR, Sep 15 (UNB): Production in the troubled Dhaka Export Processing Zone (DEPZ) here resumed to normal Saturday as army, members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) and police patrols guarded the export-oriented apparel hub after the latest unrest.DEPZ sources said...
The voter ID card project is bracing for delays after what appears to be the first major irregularity detected in public procurement since the current caretaker government (CG) took over, reports bdnews24.com. The Election Commission (EC) needs 8,000 laptop computers...
Alan Beattie, FT Syndication ServiceLONDON: China on Friday threatened the US with litigation at the World Trade Organisation for imposing anti-subsidy duties on its paper exports, in only the second dispute Beijing has brought since joining the WTO in 2001.The...
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