West Indies have confirmed that Daren Ganga will captain the side for the final two Tests against England, reports BBC. The 28-year-old Trinidadian, who has captained West Indies A, took over when Ramnaresh Sarwan was injured at Leeds. "He is...
COLOMBO, June 5 (AFP): Sri Lanka assured Bangladesh of high security during their upcoming cricket tour this month even if fighting escalated between troops and Tamil Tiger rebels, Sports Minister Gamini Lokuge said Tuesday. Bangladesh arrive here on June 17...
Justine Henin was in superb form as she saw off a subdued Serena Williams 6-4 6-3 to reach the French Open last four. The defending champion broke in the first game and Williams could not find a way back into...
An open team bridge tournament, organised by Officer's Club, Dhaka, will be held from June 7 to 10 at the clubhouse, reports BSS.Officer's Club, Dhaka has introduced the competitions to promote the game among its members and the people of...
LONDON, June 5 (AFP): England captain Michael Vaughan has blamed Andrew Flintoff's now notorious late-night drinking escapade in the West Indies for crushing the team's morale during the recent World Cup. All-rounder Flintoff was stripped of the vice-captaincy and dropped...
Bangladesh is keen to further expand and deepen its bilateral trade and economic relations with the Kingdom of Bhutan as there is a great scope of widening of trade volume between the two friendly countries. President Iajuddin Ahmed said this...
Former BNP lawmaker Ali Asgar Lobi was indicted Tuesday for dodging tax worth over Tk 170 million to stand trial in the special anti-graft court trying bigwig corruption suspects, reports UNB.When he was arrested, the joint forces reportedly seized a...
Bangladesh, at the Asian Cooperation Dialogue (ACD) Ministerial, taking place in Seoul, has offered to be the host in setting up an Asian Institute for Poverty Alleviation. Foreign Affairs Adviser Iftekhar Ahmed Chowdhury, who is leading a Bangladesh delegation to...
NATORE, June 5 (UNB): Police have submitted charge sheets against former deputy minister for land Ruhul Kuddus Talukder Dulu and 32 others in a case of extortion and patronising militants.Officer-in-Charge (OC) of Sadar police station Zahidur Rahman Chowdhury, who is...
A European Union (EU) troika arrives in the city today (Wednesday) on a four-day visit to Bangladesh to assess the country's pre-election political situation.The delegation will be headed by Ambassador Andreas Michaelis, director general for Asian and Pacific Affairs of...
LAXMIPUR, June 5 (UNB): Police attached today the moveable property of former state minister Ziaul Haq Zia and five others, who remained fugitive since an extortion case was filed against them on April 4.Police led by a magistrate raided today...
BUET Vice-Chancellor AMM Safiullah has said 40 per cent of Dhaka City's population are poor and much needs to be done for them as they are creating an imbalance in the society, reports UNB."These people don't have enough food or...
Sixteen persons were killed and many others injured in separate incidents in different places of the country during the last two days, report agencies.In Magura, three people were killed and 20 others injured in a head-on-collision between a night coach...
United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has initiated an 'Online Quiz Competition' to improve the general understanding of food security and hunger issues, reports UNB. Announcing the competition, WFP Representative Douglas Broderick said the contest would encourage students and professionals...
The Delegation of the European Commission to Bangladesh Sunday organised a seminar at BRAC Inn in the city to brief Bangladesh universities about the European Commission's exchange and scholarship programme -- "Erasmus Mundus"-- for students and university teachers, said a...
LALMONIRHAT, June 5 (UNB): Three compartments of a passenger train derailed on Lalmonirhat-Burimari route Monday midnight, disrupting communication on the route.Railway sources said the bogies of a Lalmonirhat-bound passenger train from Burimari veered off the track at Bhullarhat near Burimari...
SHERPUR, June 5 (UNB): The Officer-in-Charge (OC) of Nakla thana has been closed to the district police lines following allegations of corruption against him.Sources said OC M Faruk Hossain was closed Monday night as the allegations of corruption and irregularities...
Squally weather is likely to affect country's sea ports under the influence of a deep convection that is taking place over north Bay, reports UNB.Maritime ports of Chittagong, Cox's Bazar and Mongla have been advised to hoist local cautionary signal...
DU CorrespondentThe results of Masters of Population Sciences' admission test under the academic year 2007-08 of Dhaka University were published Tuesday.Viva voce of the successful candidates will be held from 3.00 pm to 7.00 pm on June 12 and 13...
BRAHMANBARIA, June 5(UNB): A mobile court sealed off five private clinics and a diagnostic centre in Nabinagar Upazila recently for running business without valid documents and for other irregularities.The court, led by Upazila Nirbahi Officer (UNO) M Nurunnabi, conducted the...
Renowned physician, founder principal of Community Based Medical College, Mymensingh and former principal of Mymensingh Medical College Hospital Prof Dr AIM Mufakhkharul Islam died at the Apollo Hospitals in the city Tuesday, reports BSS.He was 72. He had been sufferings...
GENEVA, June 5 (AFP): The four key players in the World Trade Organisation (WTO)-the United States, the European Union, Brazil and India-will meet in Germany mid-June in a further bid to resolve deadlock in global trade talks, diplomats said yesterday....
SINGAPORE, June 5 (AFP): China's limited currency flexibility is preventing countries in Asia from strengthening their currencies, contributing to a reserves buildup that is disrupting regional growth, a senior International Monetary Fund (IMF) official said here today. Domestically, China needs...
BEIJING, June 5 (CEIS): China's commercial real estate transaction grew by 68 per cent year on year to 9.2 billion US dollars in value in 2006, the third largest in Asia Pacific area, according to the latest report published by...
NEW YORK, June 5 (PTI): Stressing that India provides the best possible environment for investment among developing economies, Union Minister of State for Industry Ashwani Kumar has asked investors to grab the opportunities in the fast expanding infrastructure, manufacturing and...
VANCOUVER, Canada, June 5 (AFP): The world airline industry raised its profit forecast for this year yesterday to five billion dollars from 3.8 billion dollars, but said conditions need to improve more to help reduce heavy debts. Giovanni Bisignani, director...
BERLIN, June 5 (AFP): China and India once waited for crumbs from the table of the world's wealthiest nations but at the Group of Eight (G8) summit in Germany this week the two rapidly growing economies will be dining as...
LUXEMBOURG, June 5 (AFP): France sought yesterday to reassure its eurozone partners about plans to jolt the French economy into faster growth with tax cuts amid fears about the impact on the country's public deficit. Once one of the worst...
SEOUL, June 5 (AFP): South Korea, one of the world's most wired societies, offered today to share its expertise with other Asian countries to help bridge the region's IT divide. The offer came as foreign ministers and other minister-level officials...
FE ReportMTI Consulting, in a landmark achievement, has out performed some of the big international consultancies to win the pitch for one of the major initiatives of the Government of Pakistan under auspices of the Trade Development Authority of Pakistan,...
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