SYDNEY, June 2 (AFP): Former Sri Lankan cricket coach Tom Moody said he is embarrassed by the derogatory reaction and constant harassment directed by Australian crowds towards Sri Lanka spinner Muttiah Muralitharan. Muralitharan's ultra-flexible bowling action has come under its...
Australian Adam Scott powered into the lead at the halfway stage of the Memorial Tournament in Ohio after firing a scintillating 10-under-par 62, reports BBC. The 26-year-old was nine under after 12 holes but a couple of missed short putts...
Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) team emerged champions in the Bangladesh Police Volleyball Championship as they crushed Chittagong Range by 3-0 sets in the final at the Rajarbagh Police Lines ground in the city Saturday.Maruful Hasan of the DMP team was...
Swabalombi Society beat Madartek Mitali Sangha by 25-19, 20-25, 25-21, 18-25 and 15-13 points in a match of the National Bank Metropolis First Division Volleyball League at the Dhaka Volleyball Stadium in the city Saturday, reports UNB.The day's other match...
Second seed Maria Sharapova recovered from a second-set blip to move into the last 16 of the French Open Saturday, reports BBC. The 20-year-old was 4-1 down in the second set against fellow Russian Alla Kudryavtseva and dropped serve three...
turday named Mohammad Ashraful its new captain and Mashrafe Mortaza vice captain for both the Test and ODI (one day international) teams. These two will lead the side till the Twenty20 World Cup to be held in September in South...
LONDON, June 2 (AFP): David Beckham was denied a winning return for England as Diego headed a late equaliser to earn Brazil a 1-1 friendly international draw Friday. But Beckham has always had a flair for the dramatic and it...
On Zee TV Sunday at 6-00 pmRamkishen (Alok Nath) and his wife Mamta (Reema Lagoo) head a big joint family. They have three sons - Vivek (Mohnish Behl), Prem (Salman Khan) and Vinod (Saif Ali Khan) and a daughter Sangeeta...
On Sony SET Sunday at 8-30 pm A ruthless gangster named Don (Amitabh Bachchan) is killed during a scuffle with the police. Since only DSP DeSilva (Iftekhar) knows of this incident, he recruits another person named Vijay (Amitabh Bachchan) who is...
"Teen Badshah" (Threee Kings) was directed by Aziz Ahmed Babul ad the cast includes Alexander Bo, Sahara, Shahin Alam, Chondrima, Sohel, Shuchona, Miju Ahmed, Danny, Jambu, Polash, Badal, Khaleda Akhtar Kalpana, Siraj Haider and Nasir Khan.We shall give you the...
Speakers at a seminar on reform of local government have stressed the need for strengthening the local government system to ensure the country's overall and balanced development.Rupantar, a non-government organisation (NGO), and USAID jointly organised the day-long regional seminar in...
The first South Asian University, initiated by the member- countries of the SAARC during the 14th summit here last April, will be set up in New Delhi and its academic session would commence in 2009, reports UNB from New Delhi.Indian...
BARISAL, June 2 (UNB): Barisal Fish Market of Bangladesh Fisheries Development Corporation (BFDC) has started functioning after 21 years of its establishment. The market went into operation Friday following a tripartite meeting between the district administration, BFDC and fish merchants...
Eighteen persons were killed and many others injured in separate incidents in different places of the country during the last two days, report agencies.In Gazipur, five people were killed and 10 others injured when a minibus plunged into a roadside...
Our CorrespondentCHITTAGONG, June 02: Two factory owners have been fined around Tk 1.4 million on charges of illegally drilling water of abundant quantity by installing deep tube-wells at two factories based in Madarbari area in the city for a long...
BARISAL, June 2 (UNB): Barisal Fish Market of Bangladesh Fisheries Development Corporation (BFDC) has started functioning after 21 years of its establishment. The market went into operation Friday following a tripartite meeting between the district administration, BFDC and fish merchants...
FE ReportA seminar on 'Role of mobile courts in the enforcement of laws in Bangladesh' was held at Eastern University in the city Saturday. Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (Dhaka) Jamal Ahmad was the chief guest while Dhaka University Professor Borhan Uddin...
DU CorrespondentAutism Welfare Foun-dation (AWF) observed its third founding anniversary with a range of programmes featuring a two-day exhibition of handicrafts made by the autistic children, discussion and a cultural soiree on the Central Public Library premises in the city...
Foreign Affairs Adviser Iftekhar Ahmed Chowdhury left Dhaka for Seoul Saturday afternoon to attend the two-day Asian Cooperation Dialogue (ACD) beginning from tomorrow (Monday), reports BSS. Chowdhury is likely to hold bilateral meetings with his counterparts from some other countries...
SIMLA, June 2 (BSS): Parliamentarians representing all major parties and from all shades of opinions from the SAARC countries have expressed their commitment to act in accordance with the peoples' desire for shaping the future course to create a South...
Speakers at a seminar on reform of local government have stressed the need for strengthening the local government system to ensure the country's overall and balanced development.Rupantar, a non-government organisation (NGO), and USAID jointly organised the day-long regional seminar in...
BAGERHAT, June 2 (UNB): Another case was filed against detained former BNP lawmaker MAH Selim Friday night on charge of land grabbing.Police said Bagerhat BNP former secretary of Ward No. 7 and Sramik Dal leader Mina Raqibul Hasan Milon filed...
RANGAMATI, June 2 (BSS): Service delivery system was introduced at Kotwali police station in the district today to provide swift, perfect and effective service to people. Deputy Commissioner (DC) Mohammed Nurul Amin inaugurated the service system."Considering mode of the cases,...
CHITTAGONG, June 2 (UNB): A listed terrorist and arms dealer was arrested with a revolver from his hideout in the city today.Police said RAB picked up Shanta Gomez (31) with a .22 bore revolver from Sabura Khabar on the Station...
FE ReportThe National Economic Council (NEC) Saturday finalised the Annual Development Programme (ADP) of Tk 265 billion for fiscal 2007-08 with 51 per cent of the fund proposed to be mobilised from internal resources.The size of the new ADP is...
Shakhawat HossainThe National Board of Revenue (NBR) is likely to bring about changes in the existing income tax ordinance as it emphasises on taking measures in the next budget to plug loopholes in tax evasion."We will focus on the areas...
FE ReportThe World Bank (WB) has underscored the need for credible prosecutions of the several big fishes to enhance the acceptability of the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) to public."Focusing on credible prosecutions of several big fishes, rather than casting the net...
A new nationalist political party styled Bangladesh Democratic Party is set to break into the political landscape in July amid widespread speculations that the military-backed government is floating a political platform, reports bdnews24.com. Several leaders involved with the policy formulation...
FE Report Bangladesh signed Saturday an agreement with the World Bank (WB) on the development support credit-IV (DSC-IV) worth US$200 million to bolster its reform efforts in the areas of macroeconomic stability, trade liberalisation, and better functioning of financial and...
FE ReportThe National Task Force (NTF) on Serious Crime will move for legal action against key political party leaders after completing thorough investigation including their bank accounts."We will scrutinise sources of the funds, income tax return statements and other documents...
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