David Beckham said England coach Steve McClaren has given him assurances of his international future. Beckham (32) will join LA Galaxy from Real Madrid in the summer but has been told by McClaren that he can keep his England place,...
Pakistan leg-spinner Danish Kaneria will continue to play county cricket for Essex in 2008 after signing a new one-year contract, reports BBC. He is currently in his third season with the club and has taken 62 wickets in all competitions...
SYDNEY, Jun 15 (AFP): Australian striker Mark Viduka has committed himself to playing in next month's Asian Cup after being on the verge of retiring from international football, national coach Graham Arnold said Friday. Viduka, a leading candidate to be...
MONTEGO BAY, Jun 15 (AFP): Jamaican authorities have launched an inquiry into the handling of the death of former Pakistan cricket coach Bob Woolmer, after police admitted he was not murdered. The review would "assess the appropriateness of the techniques...
Hosts Farashganj Sporting Club avenged their first-leg loss to visitors Arambagh Krira Sangha as they won 1-0 in the return leg of the B League at the Bangabandhu National Stadium in the city Friday. Striker Mohammad Robin scored the winning...
Vikram Solanki will lead England's A team in next Thursday's one-day match against West Indies at Worcester, reports BBC. Now known as England Lions, the 12-man squad features 10 players with England caps including James Anderson, Paul Nixon and Stuart...
Opening batsman Chris Gayle has been named West Indies captain for the one-day series in England, reports UNB. Gayle will take over from Daren Ganga, who is to return home following the fourth Test, which starts at the Riverside Friday....
Fourth seed Novak Djokovic crashed out of the Artois Championships after losing to Frenchman Arnaud Clement, reports BBC. The Serb had looked on course for a quarter-final place when he took the first set easily but 14th seed Clement fought...
LONDON, Jun 15 (AFP): Chelsea Thursday completed the signing of Bolton's out-of-contract Israel centre-back Tel Ben Haim on a four- year deal. The news ends a six-month chase for the 25-year-old who was also a target for Newcastle, now managed...
Trevor Bayliss has been appointed as the new Sri Lankan cricket coach. Bayliss (44), who succeeds Tom Moody, will begin a two-year term in August after giving up his coaching duties in New South Wales (NSW), reports Cricinfo. Jayantha Dharmadasa,...
KHULNA, June 15: Eleven forest officials under the Sundarbans Division have been asked to submit wealth statement to the Forest Ministry by June 20. Conservator of Forests, Khulna M Mizanur Rahman Thursday received a fax message containing the directive, sent...
Weather officials warned Friday of strong monsoon and continuation of deep convective clouds over the north Bay, which may trigger a squally weather. "Squally weather may affect the ports," said a Met office forecast. Maritime ports of Chittagong, Cox's Bazar...
Chief Adviser (CA) Fakhruddin Ahmed Friday night inaugurated the 21st founding anniversary of Special Security Force (SSF). Fakhruddin, flanked by Army Chief General Moeen U Ahmed, Air Chief Air Marshal Ziaur Rahman and SSF DG Sheikh Monirul Islam, inaugurated the...
BEIRUT, Lebanon, Jun 14 (AP): Crowds marched behind a somber funeral procession Thursday after a powerful car bombing killed a prominent anti-Syrian legislator and nine other people, dealing a new blow to the stability of this conflict-torn nation. Prime Minister...
PARIS, Jun 14 (Reuters): French President Nicolas Sarkozy is expected to win a huge parliamentary majority to help him push through tax and labour reforms when voters cast ballots for the fourth time in eight weeks in a run-off election...
PARIS, Jun 14 (Reuters): French President Nicolas Sarkozy is expected to win a huge parliamentary majority to help him push through tax and labour reforms when voters cast ballots for the fourth time in eight weeks in a run-off election...
GAZA CITY, Jun 14 (AFP): Hamas besieged a Fatah post in Gaza Thursday as factional clashes entered their second week and the Palestinian president mulled firing the teetering coalition cabinet uniting the rivals. An increasingly alarmed international community warned that...
KATHMANDU, Jun 14 (AFP): Nepal's parliament has for the first time given itself powers to abolish the monarchy in a move that piles pressure on the already hobbled 238-year-old Shah dynasty, analysts said Thursday. "The king has now been completely...
BAGHDAD, Jun 14 (AFP): Two Sunni mosques were bombed in Iraq Thursday in apparent reprisal for an attack on a revered Shiite shrine, sparking fears of fresh sectarian bloodletting despite appeals for calm. Curfews were swiftly imposed in Baghdad and...
PANGBOURNE, England, Jun 14 (AFP): With sombre reflection, Britain's leaders, war veterans and bereaved relatives were Thursday marking the 25th anniversary of the end of the Falklands war with Argentina. Queen Elizabeth II and Margaret Thatcher, who was prime minister...
TOKYO, Jun 14 (AFP): The long-delayed transfer of blacklisted North Korean assets from a Macau bank will begin Thursday, a report said, amid hopes of resolving the dispute which has held up a nuclear disarmament deal. Japan's Kyodo News, quoting...
ISLAMABAD, Jun 14 (AFP): Top US diplomats are visiting Pakistan this week for talks with key anti-terror ally President Pervez Musharraf on holding free and fair elections due later this year, officials said Thursday. US Deputy Secretary of State John...
YANGON, Jun 14 (AFP): Military-run Myanmar has detected a fresh outbreak of bird flu among poultry north of Yangon and has slaughtered some 1,000 chickens, a livestock official said Thursday. The deadly H5N1 strain of avian flu was found in...
BRUSSELS, Jun 14 (AP): Afghanistan's defence minister Thursday dismissed claims by a top US State Department official that there was "irrefutable evidence" that the Iranian government was providing arms to Taliban rebels. "Actually, throughout, we have had good relations with...
COLOMBO, Jun 14 (AFP): Sri Lankan police have uncovered a plan by Tamil Tiger rebels to launch a suicide attack against the country's main sea port in the capital, a report said Thursday quoting police investigators. The Liberation Tigers of...
WASHINGTON, Jun 14 (AFP): US President George W. Bush's approval rating plunged to a new low of 29 per cent in the Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll, the Journal reported Thursday. With the public disenchanted by his Iraq strategy, and...
WELLINGTON, Jun 14 (AFP): Fiji's military regime has decided to expel New Zealand's top envoy in a "grave act" which will have serious consequences, New Zealand Foreign Minister Winston Peters said Thursday. The government of military leader Voreqe Bainimarama, who...
FE ReportXerox Corporation, a US $17 billion (2007), Fortune 500 Company Thursday announced plans to further strengthen its presence in Bangladesh by expanding its offering to include Xerox Global Services (XGS) to help organisations improve productivity and reduce costs in...
DU CorrespondentFortuna Apparels Ltd, a leading readymade garment (RMG) factory of the country, has taken several steps to comply with the conditions set by the foreign buyers.Fortuna Group Chairman Engineer M Abu Taher Thursday at a press conference at the...
SINGAPORE, June 14 (Bloomberg): Asian stocks rose Thursday led by exporters after US Fed Reserve said that the growth of US economy will not be hampered by rising inflation and retail sales in US, whose showing has been better than...
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