NEW DELHI, Jun 17 (AFP): India's cricketers will head for a tour of England Wednesday with their annual graded contracts back in place following a flip-flop by the sport's administrators. The Indian cricket board had cancelled the graded contracts--ranging from...
Maria Sharapova claimed Saturday two victories in a day to reach the semi-finals of the rain-hit DFS Classic at Edgbaston, reports BBC. The 2004 Wimbledon champion began by beating Tamira Paszek 6-3 4-6 6-2 in a much-delayed third-round match which...
Tiger Woods is confident his experience will tell as he targets his 13th major at the US Open at Oakmont Sunday, reports BBC. The American is two shots behind leader Aaron Baddeley and is the only one of the leading...
David Beckham hopes to end his Real Madrid career on a high Sunday by helping the club take the Primera Liga title before leaving to join LA Galaxy, reports BBC. If Madrid beat Real Mallorca they will pip Barcelona and...
Andy Roddick eased into the final of the Artois Championships at Queen's Club after a straight sets win over Russian Dmitry Tursunov, reports BBC. The American second seed put in a strong display to get the better of Tursunov with...
JAKARTA, Jun 17 (AFP): Kenya dominated the Jakarta International 10K run Sunday with John Cheruiyot Korir first over the line and compatriot Rita Sitienei Jeptoo the first woman. Korir clocked 29 minutes and 23 seconds while Rita Sitienei Jeptoo finished...
Paul Malignaggi comprehensively out-pointed champion Lovemore N'dou to take the IBF light welterweight title, reports BBC. Malignaggi (26) used his speed and quickness to keep N'dou at bay on his way to his 23rd win in 24 fights. He landed...
GOVERNMENT'S development activities in this country often suffered badly in terms of delay in implementation or escalation of costs. These also more than occasionally suffered even in quality for a variety of reasons. While ill intentions of those who were...
Shamsul Huq ZahidTHE present caretaker government, it seems, is serious about addressing the problems that have been affecting the implementation of the annual development programme (ADP) for decades. It has taken a number of initiatives that are intended to expedite...
Clive CrookTHE sponsors of the Senate's stalled immigration reform had braced themselves for a fight, but their compromise bill roused a depth and breadth of hostility that surprised even them. Protests came from both extremes, as expected, but what stopped...
Fazle Rashid from New YorkCORRUPTION and graft surrounding the student loan in US universities and colleges have not only taken an embarrassing turn and is sweeping through and has not even spared such world renowned institution like John Hopkins.The moot...
THE government is contemplating a move to hand over the entire power supply and generation to the private companies. Tapan Chowdhury, the power adviser, said these private operators would also be allowed to fix their tariffs.In fact, total handover of...
THE largest two political parties, which ruled the country alternatively for the last 15 years, gave us the hardest shock with their chronic confrontational politics. Much of the corruption they have reportedly done individually might have been resorted to, for...
British Prime Minister Tony Blair, who is due to quit office on June 27, in his parting kick has sought to stoke ashes with the dubious intention of igniting fire again. He has succeeded in having controversial writer Salman Rushdie...
Michael T Klare Sixteen gallons of oil, either directly, through the use of Humvees, tanks, trucks, and helicopters, or indirectly, by calling in air strikes. Multiply this figure by 162,000 soldiers in Iraq, 24,000 in Afghanistan, and 30,000 in the...
Kimia Sanati from TehranAs Iran reluctantly begins implementing Thursday a plan to reduce consumption of mostly imported petrol by cutting massive consumer subsidies, it is with an eye to possible tightening of international sanctions for the country's controversial nuclear programme....
Amy Yee from New DelhiIndia is within reach of ambitious targets of signing up 500m phone subscribers by 2010, or nearly half its population, but delays in adding more spectrum could stifle near-term growth, according to the country's telecoms industry...
Over 150 political leaders and activists from different parties Saturday gathered at a city hotel apparently to discuss about launching of a new political party, reports bdnews24.comThey, however, said that they had got together for lunch, hosted by Dhaka City...
Tight security clamped around Awami League (AL) chief Sheikh Hasina's Sudha Sadan residence was relaxed Saturday, reports bdnews24.comThe first tier of the three-tier security blanket thrown around the home was removed after several days of heightened watch ahead of her...
FE ReportThe grant portions in foreign aid commitments has been declining while loan amounts have been soaring in recent years in the country, Economic Relations Division (ERD) sources said.According to ERD, out of the total foreign aid in fiscal 2005-06...
Rajshahi, June 16: An anonymous caller today (Saturday) demanded a huge amount of toll from Vice Chancellor of Rajshahi University Dr Altaf Hossain and threatened to kill him and his family members if his demand goes unheeded. —UNB
Under the influence of active monsoon over the country's southern and north-eastern parts, "heavy to very heavy" rainfall is likely in the next 24-hours from 2 pm Saturday. A Met Office forecast in this respect said, such downpour could occur...
Production in Ashuganj Zia Fertiliser Factory in Brahmanbaria remained suspended from Friday night due to technical faults. Sources said, the factory authority suspended the production at about 7:00 pm after a number of leakages developed in the high-pressure cover of...
The caretaker government (CG) approved 3-year-term National Hajj Policy aiming to remove problems associated with the management of the holy pilgrimage for its smooth observance by the pilgrims, reports UNB.It also approved, in principle, the draft Gas Ordinance 2007 stipulating...
FE Report The caretaker authority's initiative to receive public reaction to the just-unveiled national budget has so far drawn poor response, as the extended timeframe for forwarding comments on the national budget (2007-08) expires today (Sunday). The Ministry of Finance...
FE Report Bangladesh Reconditioned Vehicles Importers and Dealers Association (BARVIDA) Saturday feared that used microbus may no longer be imported in the country following proposals for imposing excessive supplementary duty on its import. The BARVIDA said this at a press...
Shakhawat HossainThe government has selected 100 ongoing and new projects under annual development programme (ADP) to showcase those in the website of the Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation Division (IMED) for the first time, official sources said.The IMED will regularly update...
BHOLA, June 16: Passenger ferry services continue to cruise the 'danger zones' in the estuary of the river Meghna defying government warnings, thus raising the possibility of accidents, reports bdnews24.com.Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority (BIWTA) banned operations of passenger ferries...
The Power Cell will open the financial offers of the 35 technically responsive bidders today (Sunday) for the proposed small power plant (SPP) projects to decide the final bid-winners, reports UNB. The Power Cell, a technical wing of the Power...
FE ReportThe Orient Express Lines (OEL), the feeder vessel operator, will deploy a new vessel in Chittagong-Singapore route raising their total operating vessels to eight. The new vessel christened OEL Singapore is expected to sail on its maiden voyage to...
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