Former Indian opener Kris Srikkanth, who was appointed the new chairman of selectors on Saturday, has said his long-term goal was to identify the best team possible for the 2011 World Cup, while his immediate priority was to choose the...
Nathan Bracken, the Australian fast bowler, said he does not know what else he must do to make Australia's Test side. "I have done everything - and more - that has been asked of me by Cricket Australia . They...
Durham 500 for 8 (Breese 121, Di Venuto 90, Mustard 81, Smith 81) beat Kent 225 (Key 58, Harmison 4-89) and 204 (McLaren 65*, Kemp 54, Thorp 7-88, Harmison 3-58) by an innings and 71 runsCallum Thorp produced the bowling...
Shane Mosley unleashed a devastating left hook to knock out Ricardo Mayorga with one second left in their non-title light-middleweight bout in California, BBC reports. The 37-year-old Mosley floored Mayorga twice in a final round, claiming the KO with a...
LONDON, Sep 28(AFP): Hull recorded one of the greatest shocks in English Premier League history with an astonishing 2-1 win at Arsenal on Saturday. Second-half goals from Geovanni and Daniel Cousin inflicted just the Gunners' second defeat at the Emirates...
Sergio Garcia has the chance to gain a measure of revenge for his Ryder Cup misery after outplaying Anthony Kim to take the lead at the Tour Championship, reports BBC. Garcia carded a third-round 67 to move into a three-shot...
Former Bangladesh captain-cum-long serving national wicket keeper Khaled Mashud Pilot has retired from all forms of international cricket-Test, one-day international (ODI) and T20 International- with immediate effect after about 13 years of colorful journey in international cricket.But he will continue...
Mushir Ahmed back from RangpurKHOLEA (Gangachara), Sept 28: From the main highway, the decorated gate of the ‘Vinya Jagat’ looks like any other doors of big tobacco companies swarming this part of the country for decades.But as one peeps through,...
FE Report Scarcity of agri-inputs will pose threat to achieving the target of food security. Stating this at a press conference Sunday Bangladesh Krishak Samity (BKS) accused the government of failing to ensure the supply of fertiliser, quality seeds and...
FE Report Botswana, an African nation, has shown interest to recruit professionals and import pharmaceutical products from Bangladesh. It also has expressed its desire to sign a trade and investment agreement with Bangladesh and invited Bangladeshi entrepreneurs to set up...
FE ReportThe National Board of Revenue (NBR) has planned to open a few more temporary service centres in the city to facilitate the income tax payers in submitting their returns properly. The revenue board has taken the move to help...
Jasim Uddin Haroon City's footpath hawkers Sunday said their Eid sales dropped this year, like last year, mainly due to decline in the purchasing capacity of the poor people. They claimed their sales fell by around 30 per cent over...
Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) has arranged a coordinated traffic system for the first time for smooth movement of outbound and inbound passengers of the capital ahead of the Eid-ul-Fitr festival, reports UNB.Talking to reporters at his office, DMP Commissioner Naim...
Even after waiting in queues for hours at transport ticket counters in the capital, thousands of people have failed to procure tickets for a home-bound journey to celebrate Eid-ul-Fitr with their near and dear ones, reports UNB.Seeing no hope of...
GENEVA, Sep 28, (Reuters): Trade flows are likely to slow this year as consumers worried about the financial crisis cut back spending and a cyclical downturn bites into exports and imports, economists said. But the crisis itself has so far...
The prices of most commodities, including food items, in the international market were rising uncontrollably until recently. The rise in commodity prices was so fast and steep that importing countries, mainly developing ones, found it difficult to cope with it,...
Shahiduzzaman KhanTHE garment sector, largely hit by relentless labour unrest in recent times, is getting into more trouble these days as garment workers are going on rampage demanding festival bonus, pay hike and arrear salaries. In fact, rising prices of...
Mozzamel HaqueThe government adopted, three years ago, a new industrial policy to boost industry's contribution to GDP by 7.0 per cent, to 35 per cent, by fiscal 2005-6. Attainment of the target proved impossible given the current rate of investment...
Ahmed AliEVERY year the country loses about Taka 21 billion (2100 crore) from the gas and power sector due to unequal deals with foreign companies, a seminar in Dhaka was told. The loss occurs as Bangladesh is required to buy...
THE Truth and Accountability Commission (TAC), set up by the incumbent interim government for a limited period of time, is yet to prove its effectiveness as a body to recover the ill-gotten money.It is surprising that despite the hue and...
Solar power has become a non-traditional source of electricity of much potential in rural Bangladesh. It suits rural Bangladesh because it does not involve expenditure on wires, poles and other equipment. Users need to spend only once to buy the...
Syed Fattahul AlimTHE Berlin-based Transparency International (TI) has released this year's score-sheet on corruption for different countries in the world. The Corruption Perception Index (CPI), on the face of it, shows that Bangladesh has improved its position among the most...
Md Momtazur Rahman MiltonThe people of Bangladesh accepted the reality of 1/11 as the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) and the Awami League (AL) were set in a collision course. Civil war was possibly lurking. The second caretaker government came in...
Mohammad Ali SattarIt is a good news that the two main leaders of the country, Khaleda Zia and Sheikh Hasina have not stated anything so far against having a political dialogue between them. The caretaker government is in favour of...
FE SpecialPARENTS and guardians, these days, often prefer to see their kids stand first in the exam. They sometimes are less concerned about their kids practicing moderation, being creative and independent minded. They must realise that if their kids become...
Sifat SiddiqueNONE can really claim now-a-days that he or she doesn’t watch TV. Whether it’s sports, cartoons or news, television has become an essential part of our daily life. And since this goes for everyone, students have also adopted their...
Asian Youth Fellowship (AYF) Programme aims to nurture human networking among ASEAN countries, Bangladesh and Japan. The AYF preparatory course before entering Japanese Graduate School as Japanese Government (Monbukagakusho) scholarship student is offered by The Japan Foundation. AYF program is...
Ignorance never settle a question. -Benjamin DisraeliAll that is gold does not glitter; not all those that wander are lost.-J.R.R. Tolkein-The highest stage in moral ure at which we can arrive is when we recognize that we ought to control...
DAMASCUS, Sept 27 (AFP): A car bomb exploded near a Shiite shrine in southern Damascus Saturday killing 17 people and wounding 14 others in one of the deadliest attacks in a dozen years, state media said. The car packed with...
OXFORD, (Mississipp), Sept 27 (AFP): John McCain and Barack Obama battled in the shadow of the US finance crisis late Friday in a first presidential debate crackling with sharp disputes over the economy, Iraq and terrorism. Democrat Obama, 47, vying...
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