Touring GP-BCB National Cricket Academy team earned a hard-fought one-wicket win over Sri Lanka Development XI in the first one-day of the three-match one-day series at Khettarama Stadium in Colombo Sunday, UNB reports.The curving victory in Sri Lanka must reduce...
WELLINGTON, Sept 21 (AFP): China fought back to win both reverse singles and snatch a 3-2 victory over New Zealand in the Asia-Oceania Group II Davis Cup final in New Plymouth Sunday. China, who were staring at defeat after the...
SYDNEY, Sep 21 (AP): Australia left Sunday for its four-test tour of India with captain Ricky Ponting claiming underdog status for his side in the showdown between the two cricket powers."There's no doubt they (India) have got a lot more...
BUCHAREST, Sept 21 (AP): Romania defeated India in the Davis Cup World Group playoff match, taking an insurmountable 3-1 lead Sunday after Victor Hanescu beat Prakash Amritraj 6-2, 6-3, 6-1 in the reverse singles."It was more difficult to play Amritraj....
WIMBLEDON, Sept 21 (AP): Andy Murray repeated his US Open victory over Jurgen Melzer Sunday, beating the Austrian in four sets to bring Britain level at 2-2 in a Davis Cup World Group playoff match at Wimbledon.The Scot, who came...
ROME, Sept 21(AFP): AS Roma lifted the gloom surrounding the Stadio Olimpico by claiming their first win of the season at the fourth attempt in a 3-0 home success over Reggina Saturday. Veteran defender Cristian Panucci opened the scoring at...
Michael Vaughan could miss Yorkshire's final County Championship match of the season after straining a side muscle against Somerset Saturday, BBC reports. Vaughan picked up the injury bowling on the final day of the drawn match at Scarborough and also...
Having reacted to the blow of 13 cricketers joining the ICL by banning them for ten years last week, the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) has named 24 probables for the upcoming home series against New Zealand and the tour of...
Chittagong Mohammedan SC forced giant Sheikh Russell Krira Chakra to a 1-1 draw in the only match of the Citycell 2nd B League at the Chittagong Stadium Sunday, reports UNB.This was the second consecutive draw for the port city team...
MADRID, Sept 21(AFP): Atletico Madrid capped a fantastic week with a 4-0 home victory over Recreativo Huelva Saturday to go second in the Spanish first division. After demolishing PSV Eindhoven 3-0 Tuesday in their first Champions League match for 11...
TOKYO, Sept 21 (AFP): China's up-and-coming Wang Yihan outduelled former world number one Zhou Mi 21-19, 17-21, 21-15 to win her first major international badminton title at the Japan Open here today. Wang (20), who won the world university championship...
KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 21 (AFP): South Korea's Bae Sang- moon and Kim Hyung-tae won the Fortis International Challenge by three strokes Sunday as they joined the Philippines and Italy in the World Cup. Bae and Kim carded a superb six-under-par...
M Azizur RahmanThe government will adopt a couple of policies relating to merchant power plants and renewable energy by October next to woo private sector investments in the country's ailing power sector, officials said.Besides, an act, styled, Energy Conservation Ordinance,...
Shakhawat Hossain China has agreed to bear the construction cost of a large part of the trans-international highway connecting the port city Chittagong with the Chinese growing business hub Kunming through Myanmar, communication ministry officials said Sunday.The positive response by...
FE Report The central bank has relieved Mr HBM Iqbal and his daughter Nawrin Iqbal of their directorships in the Premier Bank Limited as a Dhaka court has found them guilty in a graft case and delivered prison sentences. The...
Politicians Sunday shrugged off calls for unity and consensus from business leaders who brought the top leaders from the two major parties, reports bdnews24.com. FBCCI President Annisul Huq, hosting an iftar attended also by editors and eminent persons, sought to...
Naim-Ul-KarimThe country's exports started the financial year with a bang posting a fresh all time monthly record, spurred by impressive show by knitwear and woven garments, officials said Sunday.They said the country shipped goods worth around US$1.54 billion in July...
The Awami League's policymaking presidium has supported the administrative and electoral reforms, executed by the caretaker government and the Election Commission, and lauded the Chief Adviser's speech to the nation on Saturday, reports bdnews24.com. "We cannot negate what has been...
FE ReportDhaka stocks rallied Sunday, led by mutual funds with the turnover crossing the Tk 4 billion-mark after around two months.However, most of the issues' prices dropped as out of 222 issues traded, 86 advanced, 120 declined and 16 remained...
Finance Adviser Dr AB Mirza M Azizul Islam left the city for Saudi Arabia Sunday. During his visit, the Adviser will meet President of Islamic Development Bank Dr Ahmed Mohammed Ali and discuss matters of mutual interest. He is expected...
A Dhaka court has sentenced former Sonali Bank MD Md Tahmilur Rahman to eight years in jail, Tk 0.1 million or another three months in prison if the fine remains unpaid. Judge AK Roy of Special Judge's Court-2 handed down...
BGMEA Sunday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Bangladesh Manpower, Employment and Training (BMET) Bureau, opening an avenue for the BMET trainees in the RMG industry. BGMEA Vice-President M Harunur Rashid and BMET Director General M Abdul Malek signed...
Food inflation for the country's marginalised population is more than double the national inflation rate, according to a study published Sunday, reports bdnews24.com. The 'Bangladesh Economic Outlook', a quarterly update by private research group Shamunnay, accounts food inflation for the...
FE ReportBangladesh Telecommunications Regulatory Commission (BTRC) has finalised the procedures for awarding WiMAX licences to the highest bidders through auction. WiMAX, the Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access, is a telecommunication technology capable of providing wireless data over long distances in...
FE Report The central bank has strengthened its monitoring of agricultural loan disbursement to facilitate the farmers and also ensure that the credit target is achieved by the end of this fiscal. "We are working to achieve the agro-credit disbursement...
FE Report The interest rates on two treasury bills (T-bills) have been increased by 0.51 per cent following the latest upward adjustment of the interest rate on Repo, treasury officials said. On Wednesday, the Bangladesh Bank (BB) increased its key...
Belal HossainThree more departments of Dhaka University are likely setting the same condition, which was earlier adopted by three other DU departments shutting out the students of madrasah background.The departments are Economics, International Relations, and Library Science.Chairmen of the three...
From Fazle RashidNEW YORK, Sept 20: Bangladeshi diaspora here in North America irrespective of their political allegiance and party affiliations widely applauded the announcement of the dates of elections to the parliament and upazilas. Two things have emerged.The politically conscious...
Jasim Uddin Haroon Chittagong-based top commodity trader, TK Group, said it is diversifying its business into chemicals to cement its position in one of the fastest growing industrial sectors in the country, its director said Sunday.TK, which stands for the...
GENEVA: The world's largest atom smasher - which was launched with great fanfare earlier this month - has been damaged worse than previously thought and will be out of commission for at least two months, its operators said Saturday, reports...
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