Saiful KaiserWin or lose, England put up a respectable total for India to have a crack at in the third one-day international at Edgbaston. Matt Prior and Alastair Cook gave their side a good start adding 76 for the opening...
South Africa staved off a spirited run-chase to complete a successful weekend double-header, beating Zimbabwe by 28 runs in the most competitive match of the series to seal it 3-0. The best crowd of this short one-sided series, sipping their...
PORTLAND, Aug 27 (AP): Lorena Ochoa won her third straight LPGA title with a five-stroke victory in the Safeway Classic Sunday. Ochoa shot a 71 in the final round for a 12-under 204 at Columbia Edgewater Country Club for her...
BFF Women XI forced strong Orissa Women's team to a 1-1 draw in the fourth and last exhibition match at the Bangabandhu National Stadium in the city Monday, reports UNB.Youth and Sports Adviser Tapan Chowdhury was present as the chief...
HYDERABAD, (India), Aug 27 (AFP): A strike called by right-wing Hindu nationalists kept many people off work and shut schools Monday after twin bomb blasts blamed on Islamic militants killed 42 civilians in this Indian city. The Bharatiya Janata Party...
CHICAGO, Aug 27(AFP): Rising carbon dioxide levels are almost certainly fuelling the encroachment of shrubs on global grasslands, a trend that could eventually jeopardise the use of these lands for cattle grazing, according to a study released Monday. Shrubs have...
ATHENS, Aug 27 (Agencies): A top prosecutor ordered an investigation Monday into whether this summer's arson attacks in Greek forests could be considered terrorism, the Public Order Ministry saidMeanwhile, a fire broke out on the fringes of Athens a day...
YANGON, Aug 27 (AFP): About 50 pro-democracy activists were briefly arrested Monday outside Yangon, as the Myanmar junta clamped down on dissent following a series of protests last week against a sharp hike in fuel prices. The protest was the...
KABUL, Aug 27 (AFP): A NATO soldier was killed in a Taliban-type bombing in southern Afghanistan, becoming the second alliance trooper to die at the weekend, the multinational force said Monday. Another soldier was injured in the blast on Sunday...
PARIS, Aug 27 (AFP): France is ready to act as a mediator in Iraq, French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner said Monday, calling for the United Nations and Iraq's neighbours to take a more active role in helping to end the...
MOGADISHU, Aug 27 (AFP): A series of explosions rocked Mogadishu Sunday, killing two children and an elderly man, and wounding five other people as relentless violence cast a pall over peace efforts in the shattered Horn of Africa nation. A...
Taiwan president starts visit to Nicaragua MANAGUA, Aug 27: Taiwanese President Chen Shui- bian began a visit to Nicaragua on Sunday as he faced criticism at home over financial pledges he has made during his Central American tour. Chen was...
Dhaka, Aug 27 (bdnews24.com) – A ministerial meeting Monday recommended major steps to alleviate problems of Bangladeshis working in Malaysia. The steps include greater use of computer database, elimination of middlemen, more surveillance and frequent inspection of employers and strengthening...
Dhaka, Aug 27 (bdnews24.com) - A Dhaka court Tuesday sentenced Rabeya Siraj, wife of former minister Shahjahan Siraj, to a 32-year jail term in four separate cases of tax dodging and concealing tax-related information. The court also fined her Tk...
Dhaka, August 28 (bdnews24.com)—The Election Commission has decided to start dialogue with political parties on electoral reform issues starting September 12, the chief election commissioner said Tuesday. CEC ATM Shamsul Huda told reporters that invitations for dialogue would be sent...
NEWCASTLE, Aug 26 (AFP): England striker Michael Owen said he has no intention of excercising a release clause in his contract with Newcastle, pledging his future to the English Premier League club. Owen has been linked with an exit from...
An 18-member Bangladesh national Hockey team, led by Issa Miah, leave for India today (Monday) to take part in the 7th Men's Asia Cup Hockey to be held in Chennai from August 31 to September 9, reports UNB.Bangladesh will play...
National Sports Council (NSC) Chairman and Army Chief Moeen U Ahmed has deeply condoled the death of country's renowned sports personality Kazi Abdul Aleem, reports UNB.Aleem, a renowned athlete, trainer and organiser, breathed his last on Saturday at the age...
Orissa women's football team drubbed BFF Women XI by 4-0 goals in the third exhibition match at the Narayanganj Khan Saheb Osman Ali Stadium Sunday, reports UNB. The 4th and last exhibition match between the two teams will be held...
Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) has named Shah Sports and Company as the new clothing sponsor of the Bangladesh national cricket team for the ensuing ICC twenty20 World Championship in South Africa, reports UNB.The board recently went through a tendering process...
NEW HAVEN, United States, Aug 26 (AFP): Third-seeded James Blake capped his remarkable New Haven run here Saturday with a 7-5, 6-4 victory over fellow-American Mardy Fish at the 675,000-dollar Pilot Pen tennis tournament. To the delight of his army...
Dhaka, August 27 (bdnews24.com)—Sheikh Hasina will have to stay behind bars, at least for now, according to twin orders issued by the Supreme Court Monday. Also, the detained former prime minister has to turn in her wealth statement to the...
British High Commissioner Anwar Chowdhury observed Sunday the first few hours of recent student movement was genuine and spontaneous but afterwards it was coordinated and a lot of money was thrown into that, reports UNB."Our assessment is from what we...
FE ReportFreeing Bangladesh from corruption may not be possible at least for the time being, but it can be minimised, Chairman of Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) Hasan Mashhud Chowdhury said Sunday. "We can make more pragmatic move to minimise corruption,"...
S M JahangirThe Power Division has sent project proposals (PPs) for setting up two power plants to the Executive Committee of National Economic Council (ECNEC) for its approval."Two power projects - Haripur 360MW Power Plant and Shikalbaha 150MW Power Plant...
The results of the Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) and equivalent examinations 2007 under country's nine education boards were published Sunday, showing a higher pass percentage of 65.60 and an increased number of GPA-5 graders, reports UNB.The pass-percentage in the HSC...
Law and Information Adviser to the caretaker government Mainul Hosein sought cooperation from all in overcoming the present crisis, forewarning that the fallout from failure to do this task would be serious, reports UNB."We are passing through a very crucial...
The Chief Metropolitan Magistrate's (CMM's) Court Sunday re-fixed September 27 for filing a written statement by BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia in the Daily Dinkal case, report UNB/ bdnews24.com.Magistrate Adbullah Hel Baki granted her prayer and set the date for filing...
The Supreme Court (SC) rules Monday (today) on government petitions against the High Court (HC) order granting bail to Awami League (AL) chief Sheikh Hasina in two extortion cases and the stay on the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) notice on her,...
Rajshahi Mayor Mizanur Rahman Minu and his 10 associates were Sunday jailed for 13 years and one month in an extortion case and detained Awami Swechhasebak League general secretary Pankaj Debnath was sentenced to 13 years imprisonment and his wife...
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