NILPHAMARI, July 15 (UNB): Three children were electrocuted at Derirdanga village under Sadar Upazila Sunday noon. The deceased were identified as Mominur Rahman (9), son of Asad, Krishna Roy (8), son of Baloram and Jadav (7), son of Amol. Local...
Andrew Strauss made amends for a first-innings failure with a crisp 45 off 52 balls not out as the England Lions made a solid start to their second innings, once Stuart Broad had brought the Indian innings to a close...
Chittagong Mohammedan SC caused a major upset as they came from behind to beat giant Brothers Union Club by 2-1 goals in the second phase of the B League at the Bangabandhu National Stadium in the city Sunday, reports UNB.With...
MARACAIBO (Venezuala), Jul 15 (AFP): Argentina are out to end their 14 year Copa America famine when they meet their rival South American footballing superpower Brazil in Sunday's final.Argentina set up this revenge meeting - they were beaten by Brazil...
CARACAS, Jul 15 (Reuters): Uruguay defender Diego Lugano, whose missed penalty led to the semi-final defeat against Brazil, was sent off and gave away a penalty as his side lost 3-1 to Mexico in the Copa America third-place match Saturday....
Stuart Broad is in line for his first Test cap after England named him in the 13-man squad for the opener against India at Lord's this week. Steve Harmison has been included, but his hernia problem -- which will be...
Bangladesh women cricket team emerged Group B champions in the ACC Women's Cricket tournament with an 86-run win over China in the last group match at Institute Perguruan Temenggong Ibrahim in Johor Bahru in Malaysia Sunday, reports UNB.Bangladesh will play...
Tiger Woods never posted any of Harry Vardon's feats on his bedroom door. His career has always been about Jack Nicklaus and that benchmark of 18 professional majors, and Woods has made incredible strides in his first decade on the...
TOYOTA (Japan), Jul 15 (AFP): Tatjana Malek won all three of her matches to lead Germany to a 3-2 victory over Japan Sunday to move up to the World Group next season in the Fed Cup tennis tournament.The 19-year-old Malek,...
Dhaka DSA clinched the title of the Spectra Group 1st Inter-District Women's Kabaddi Competition beating Tangail DSA by 33-26 points with two creditable lonas in the final at the Kabaddi Stadium in the city Sunday, reports UNB.Two semifinalist teams --...
Dhaka Abahani Limited again took a solo lead in style in the first-ever Professional Football League, named B League, outplaying Khulna Abahani KC by 5-1 goals at Khulna Stadium Sunday, reports UNB.It was a sweet revenge for the popular sky-blue...
The National Women's Football Championship, organised by Bangladesh Football Federation, will begin on September 1, reports UNB.The decision was taken at a meeting of the Bangladesh Football Federation Women's Committee at the BFF Bhaban Sunday with its chairman and Federation...
Bangladesh Army team thrashed Bangladesh Air Force team by 13-3 goals in the opening match of the Inter-Services Swimming and Water Polo Competition that began at the Bangladesh Navy Swimming Complex at Banani in the city Sunday, reports UNB.In the...
BOSTON, Jul 15 (Reuters): Pete Sampras, winner of a record 14 grand slam crowns, and four-times grand slam winner Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario were inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in Newport, Rhode Island Saturday.Sampras held the world number one...
Four players -- Sharif Hossain, Abdullah Al Sharif, Prantik Roy and Sayantan Das -- shared the top slot in the 9th Standard Chartered School Tournament, securing full four points after the 4th round matches at the Chess Federation Hall Room...
ROME, Jul 15 (AFP): French long jumper Salim Sdiri, who was speared by a javelin in a freak accident at the Rome Golden League meeting on Friday, returned to hospital to have checks on a haematoma, Italian news agency ANSA...
Speakers at a roundtable Sunday stressed the need for honest and accountable local government system to bring villages to the mainstream of the national economy, reports BSS. They said good governance and development would not be ensured properly without strengthening...
The government is formulating a sustainable 'national child labour policy' soon by giving priority to welfare of the children, reports BSS. "The country has nearly 74 lakh working children from 5 to 14 years of age and most of their...
BAGERHAT, July 15 (UNB): A case was filed against three local BNP leaders and one office assistant of district collectorate office on charge of extortion.Police sources said district Mahila Dal convenor Toufika Kamal filed the case with the Sadar thana...
A pilot project in suburban Narsingdi has proved that mass use of energy saving lamps could drastically reduce power consumption more than what was expected earlier by the experts, reports BSS.Rural Development Board (RDB) officials told the news agency Sunday...
Five Sri Lankan ministers will arrive in the city today (Monday) on a three-day visit to Bangladesh for collecting Lord Gautam Buddha's hair, kept at the Buddhist monastery in Chittagong, reports BSS. Officials and the Buddhist community sources said, Lankan...
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) Sunday filed a graft case against former minister Mirza Abbas, former MP Ali Asgar Lobi and a government official for their involvement in getting an industrial plot allocated fraudulently, reports UNB.ACC Deputy Director Syed Iqbal Hossain...
Comptroller and Auditor General of Bangladesh Asif Ali Sunday stressed the need for formulating a modern field-based in-service training policy to enhance the capacity of the trainers, reports UNB.Comptroller and Auditor General Asif Ali stated this while speaking as the...
An activist of the troubled Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) Sunday sued 11 party leaders, including Abdul Mannan and Mahi B Chowdhury, accusing them of attempting murder, beating and theft, reports bdnews24.com. Amrul Haque Tony, known as a follower of Oli...
Detained former state minister for power Iqbal Hassan Mahmood Tuku along with his family was indicted Sunday by the makeshift special judge's court for corruption, reports UNB.The court fixed July 23 for commencing their trial on charge of possessing ill-gotten...
NAOGAON, July 15 (UNB): The district lawyers became worried and restless when Deputy Commissioner (DC) Shefaul Karim today informed them of intelligence reports that a section of lawyers maintain links with the militants.Karim warned the leaders of District Bar Association...
Chief election commissioner (CEC) ATM Shamsul Huda Sunday said elections would be held by December next year, report agencies. The CEC formally announced the much-awaited election roadmap and said the Election Commission (EC) would complete the new electoral roll with...
FE Report The International Monetary Fund (IMF) disfavours the provision of any across-the-border fuel subsidy, saying such subsidies, if given, should only be allowed for selected target groups. "Bangladesh can't really support any generalised subsidy to everybody for fuel products,"...
FE ReportThe caretaker government and the central bank Sunday rejected outright the observations of the local think-tank, the Centre for Policy Dialogue, (CPD) saying that the latest monetary policy was "realistic" and would not hurt the economy. Terming the Bangladesh...
Refayet Ullah MirdhaThe government has not received any response from Saudi prince Bandar Bin Mohammad Bin Abdulrahman Al Saud, the highest bidder of largely state-owned Rupali Bank, about a deal by the deadline that expired July 15 last (Sunday).Now, the...
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