MUMBAI, Oct 18 (BBC): India edged a fluctuating final one-day international by two wickets in Mumbai, as the series ended 4-2 to Australia. Murali Kartik took 6-27, the best ODI return by a left-arm spinner and three Australia batsmen fell...
LIVERPOOL, Oct 18 (AFP): Everton midfielder Tim Cahill is on course to feature in Saturday's derby against Liverpool after stepping up his recovery from a broken foot. Cahill has been sidelined for 12 weeks after re-injuring the fifth metatarsal in...
MOSCOW, Oct 18 (AFP): Steve McClaren has insisted he will not consider quitting his job as England coach before it is confirmed that his superstar squad have definitely missed out on a trip to the Euro 2008 finals. A 2-1...
LOS ANGELES, Oct 18 (AFP): The Los Angeles Galaxy are hopeful that England star David Beckham can return to the lineup for Thursday's Major League Soccer game against the New York Red Bulls. "He would be a pretty valuable substitute...
LONDON, Oct 18 (AFP): Arsene Wenger would make an ideal chairman for Arsenal when he finally decides to call a day on his coaching career, according to the current incumbent Peter Hill-Wood. The French manager has been in the Arsenal...
President Professor Dr Iajuddin Ahmed has called upon the French investors to invest in Bangladesh, reports UNB.He also underscored the need for enhancing trade and commerce for the mutual benefit of the two countries when outgoing French Ambassador in Dhaka...
Manpower export hit an all-time high this year with 4,25,000 workers so far departing the country for abroad, reports UNB. The departed workers were from among the 6,30,000 who have so far been cleared for immigration, the Expatriates' Welfare and...
Nine persons were killed and many others injured in separate incidents in different places of the country during the last two days, report agencies.In Comilla, a young man allegedly strangulated his fiancée to death at Dharmapur on the outskirts of...
The goddess Durga had entered into the temple several hours before Harendra Chandra Sarker and hundreds of other devotees lined up to the priest to receive a drop of holy drink at Dhakeshawri Mandir, reports bdnews24.com. The deity entered temples...
CHUADANGA, Oct 18 (BSS): Three police personnel including an assistant sub-inspector were injured after their motorbike hit a fox on the Hijolgari-Nehalpur road under Sadar Upazila of the district Tuesday night.The police sources said camp-in-charge of Hijalgari police camp ASI...
THAKURGAON, Oct 18 (UNB) : A man was gunned down by Indian Border Security Force (BSF) on Fakirganj frontier in Peerganj Upazila early Thursday.The deceased was identified as Abdul Majid, of Badambari-Kashua village in Baliadangi Upazila of the district.
Teachers and students of Mass Communication and Journalism (MCJ) Depart-ment of Dhaka University Thursday condoled the death of veteran journalist Obaidul Haq, reports UNB.They prayed for the salvation of the departed soul and expressed deep sympathy to the members of...
British High Commission in Dhaka and its office in Sylhet will remain closed to the public Sunday on the occasion of Durga Puja, said a press release.
Outgoing French Ambassador in Bangladesh Jacques Andre Costilhes has said they truly believe the caretaker government (CG) was committed to election following the roadmap. The government has started the technical work for holding the election, the French envoy said when...
Enacting law is not enough for the Election Commission Secretariat's independence rather goodwill of political parties as well as political governments is a prerequisite, Chief Election Commissioner ATM Shamsul Huda said Thursday, responding to politicians' critical observations. He expects that...
Bangladesh would stress striking mutual deals on crime control among the SAARC member countries in the upcoming home ministers' summit, Local Government Adviser Anwarul Iqbal said Thursday. The adviser briefed reporters after a preparatory meeting held at the home ministry...
Former BNP minister Nazmul Huda denied Thurs-day any wrongdoing in allotting a railway plot to an organisation run by his wife at a token price. In a deposition in the Special Judge's Court-5 of M Ashraf Hossain, the former communications...
Liberal Democratic Party President Col (retd) Oli Ahmed said there was no basis for his return to the BNP, but hastened to add that it was nothing new for any party making proposal to another on any issue."Despite being a...
Former BNP minister Mirza Abbas has threatened a cameraman and a reporter of the state-owned Bangladesh Television (BTV).Abbas, who served as Housing and Public Works minister in 2001-2006, threatened to damage the camera as the media crew tried to film...
CHITTAGONG, Oct 18 (UNB): Arrest warrant was issued Thursday against a brother of former lawmaker from Comilla Manzurul Ahsan Munshi and two others in an extortion case.Divisional Speedy Trial Tribunal Judge Mohammad Shafiqul Karim issued the arrest warrant against Atiqul...
The Vacation Bench of the High Court (HC) stayed Thursday the proceedings of the corruption cases against detained former minister Dr Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain, former state minister Amanullah Aman and former BNP lawmaker Salahuddin Ahmed until October 28, reports UNB.After...
Shakhawat Hossain The Bangladesh Bank has advised the commercial banks to follow the strategies it has devised to deal with the entrepreneurs in maintaining the growth of private sector credit, sources said.The central bank has devised mechanism to encourage the...
NEW YORK, Oct 18 (BSS): Chief of Army Staff General Moeen U Ahmed said the main goal of the present government is to make the country free of corruption as early as possible. "Corruption must be checked for establishing democracy...
FE ReportIn a major reshuffle in the administration, the government transferred Thursday five top bureaucrats including the National Board of Revenue (NBR) Chairman Badiur Rahman.Badiur, who was appointed as the NBR chief and Secretary of the Internal Resource Division (IRD)...
Siddique Islam The country's economy grew by 6.51 per cent in fiscal 2006-07, down from 6.63 per cent that was registered in the previous fiscal. "The marginal decline in the growth rate was largely due to prolonged political uncertainty that...
Chief Justice (CJ) M Ruhul Amin Thursday advised the judges of subordinate courts to deliver even-handed justice to people as the judiciary becomes independent of the executive control from November 1, reports UNB."We have to prove our capability through our...
KARACHI (Agencies): Former Pakistan Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto ended eight years of self-exile Thursday, returning to Karachi where more than 200,000 supporters poured onto the streets to welcome her home.Bhutto returned to lead her Pakistan People's Party into national elections...
FE ReportDSE-25, the revised index of blue-chip shares of Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE), and a sector-wise index comprising 16 sectors will be launched soon.'We have completed all preparations including off-line demonstration for launching these two indices,' a DSE source told...
Krishna Guha, FT Syndication ServiceWASHINGTON: Private sector companies will for the first time join governments in contributing to the International Development Association (IDA), the World Bank's main fund for poor countries, the bank's president, Robert Zoellick, has told the Financial...
FE ReportThe country's export earning in July, the first month of fiscal 2007-08, marked a sharp decline of 21.08 per cent to $ 902.33 million over that of the same period of the previous year.According to a report prepared by...
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