BANGALORE, Jun 4 (AFP): The withdrawal of top cricketers like Graeme Smith and Sachin Tendulkar and an unseemly broadcasting flap have taken the gloss off the Afro-Asia cricket series starting here Wednesday. Sri Lanka's Muttiah Muralitharan, Chaminda Vaas, Kumar Sangakkara...
Serena Williams says she will not be affected by the crowd when she takes on Justine Henin in the quarter-finals of the French Open Tuesday, reports BBC. Williams was booed during a highly contentious semi-final against Henin in 2003 -...
India's cricket board is due to reveal the team's new coach, with Australian Dav Whatmore the leading contender, reports BBC. A seven-strong selection panel comprising former cricketers and officials are hoping to make a final decision in a meeting Monday....
COLOMBO, Jun 4 (AFP): Advance bookings for England's winter cricket tour of Sri Lanka has been rising steadily even as fighting between troops and Tamil Tiger rebels escalates, officials said Monday. A tour organising official at Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC)...
Colin Montgomerie insists he heads into next week's US Open in confident mood, after he closed out his Wales Open with a "perfect" six-under-par Sunday, reports BBC. Montgomerie, who has struggled this season, was on the brink of a maiden...
Serena Williams says she will not be affected by the crowd when she takes on Justine Henin in the quarter-finals of the French Open Tuesday, reports BBC. Williams was booed during a highly contentious semi-final against Henin in 2003 -...
After a day's recess, two return matches of the B. League will be held today (Tuesday) at separate venues across the country, reports UNB.In the day's match, Khulna Abahani KC will face Farashganj SC at the Bangabandhu National Stadium in...
Bangladesh Krira Sikkha Protisthan (BKSP) clinched the top slot in the Apon Jewellers 19th National Junior and 10th Intermediate Boxing Championship with two gold and two silver medals at the end of the four-day meet at the Mohammad Ali Boxing...
Five national cricketers-- new captain Mohammad Ashraful, vice captain Mashrafe Bin Mortaza, Mohammed Rafique, Abdur Razzak and Tamim Iqbal -- left the city for India Monday morning by a flight of the GMG Airlines to represent Asia in the Afro-Asia...
Novak Djokovic reached the French Open quarter-finals for the second year running with a 6-3 6-3 7-6 (7-1) win over Spain's Fernando Verdasco, reports BBC. The Serb never hit top gear but his more powerful serve and greater consistency was...
Everton have responded to speculation surrounding Andrew Johnson by insisting the England striker is not for sale, reports BBC. West Ham are reported to be preparing a £13m bid for Johnson (26), who cost Everton £8.6m from Crystal Palace. Chief...
PABNA, June 4 (UNB): Pabna has become the largest litchi-producing district in the country for its suitable soil and weather. Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE) said that for the last few years litchis are increasingly being cultivated in the district...
Seventeen persons were killed and many others injured in separate incidents in different places of the country during the last two days, report agencies. In Jhenidah, a motorcycle rider was killed in a road accident on the Jhenidah-Jessore Highway at...
Our CorrespondentCHITTAGONG, June 04: Chittagong Development Authority (CDA) has undertaken an initiative to construct a modern Bus terminal at a cost of Tk.290 million over 20 acres of land on the south of Fouzdarhat Cadet College at North Salimpur area,...
Belal Hossain Drug addiction has alarmingly increased on Dhaka University campus recently under the very nose of the administration.A large number of DU students along with outsiders converge at several places in and around the campus in groups every evening...
President Iajuddin Ahmed has said that the next parliamentary elections would be held as soon as possible within the timeframe set by the government."The present government is creating a level playing filed for holding the upcoming general elections in a...
The Election Commission (EC) is going to submit a draft rule to the Chief Adviser for separation of the EC Secretariat from the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) this week, in tune with the ongoing electoral reform."The draft will be finalised...
SEOUL, Jun 4 (UNB): South Korea has shown keen interest to invest in Bangladesh's energy and infrastructure sectors besides recruitment of Bangladeshi workforce.South Korean Foreign Minister Song Min-soon said this during a formal talk with Foreign Affairs Adviser Iftekhar Ahmed...
Canadian High Commi-ssioner Barbara Richardson said Monday Canada urged the interim government to hold election as soon as possible since Bangladeshi people want to return to a sustainable democracy, reports UNB.Talking to reporters after meeting with Law and Information Adviser...
SEOUL, Jun 4 (UNB): Bangladesh and South Korea Monday signed an agreement on recruitment of Bangladeshi workforce in the newly industrialised country under the newly introduced Employ-ment Permit System (EPS). Foreign and Expatriate Welfare Adviser Iftekhar Ahmed Chowdhury and South...
The caretaker government has been urged to end the stalemate in the Centre for Rehabilitation of the Paralysed (CRP) by disbanding its trustee board. Founder of the centre Valerie A Taylor, two trustee board members and a citizens' committee made...
Shakhawat Hossain The government offered Monday an opportunity to legalise undisclosed income between June 05 and July 31 next by paying 5.0 per cent in addition to normal rate of tax.However, this opportunity will not be applicable in case of...
FE Report The rate of transactions through banking channel has almost doubled in recent days demonstrating a positive impact of the ongoing anti-corruption drive by the caretaker government, sources said.The uptrend in transactions through banking channel by the country's leading...
Awami League (AL) president Sheikh Hasina Monday said her party is a people-oriented political party, not a business organisation, which runs on subscriptions of party's leaders, workers and sympathisers, reports UNB."We don't do business but do politics for the welfare...
Construction of the gigantic Padma bridge will start in the 2008-09 fiscal year, beginning next month, involving an estimated cost of Tk 85.88 billion. Of the total amount, donors and international development agencies will provide Tk 55.83 billion under Project...
SAVAR, June 4: A devastating fire at a spinning mill in Karnapara area here Monday morning damaged huge valuables worth Tk 20 million (2 crore). Locals said the fire broke out at the storeroom of Ofaz Uddin Spinning Mill at...
The Chief Metropolitan Magistrate's Court for Dhaka sent businessman Abdul Awal Mintoo to jail Monday after his four-day remand ended, reports bdnews24.com. The same court ordered another businessman, Abur Khair Litu, into a three-day remand for questioning in a case...
FE ReportThe interim government formed Monday a high-profile committee, headed by the Power Adviser Tapan Chowdhury, to scrutinise the proposed hike in the electricity tariff."We need to evaluate the proposal for further hike in the power tariff as any fresh...
M Azizur RahmanThe government is set to amend the Captive Power Policy (CPP) aiming to encourage the captive power plant owners for supplying electricity to the national grid.The move might be taken against the backdrop of poor response from power...
Former chief forests conservator Osman Gani was taken on a fresh five-day police remand Monday for questioning about his wealth allegedly earned by unfair means, reports bdnews24.com. Police took Gani to the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate's Court, Dhaka after his...
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