TOKYO, Oct 6 (AFP): France's Virginie Razzano posted a stunning upset victory over reigning Wimbledon champion Venus Williams to win the women's singles title at the Japan Open tennis tournament on Saturday. The French fifth seed, fresh from winning her...
Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) has disclosed the fixture of the ensuing National Cricket League (NCL) scheduled to begin on October 19 with four-day matches, reports UNB.As per the fixture (1st round, match 1), champions Dhaka Division will face Khulna Division...
LONDON, Oct 6 (AFP): Cricket umpire Darrell Hair was not barred from officiating at Test matches because he is white, a senior figure from the International Cricket Council told his employment tribunal Friday. Sir John Anderson, an ICC executive board...
MANCHESTER, Oct 6 (AFP): Cristiano Ronaldo struck twice as Manchester United blew away their goalscoring woes with an emphatic 4-0 victory against Wigan that sent them top of the Premier League Saturday. Ronaldo's double, which followed Carlos Tevez's 54th minute...
SUNDERLAND, Oct 6 (AFP): Roy Keane would love to pull on his boots one last time Sunday as the Sunderland manager renews his rivalry with Arsenal. The former Manchester United midfielder will be on the touchline at the Emirates Stadium...
A 20-member Tajikistan national football team arrived in city Saturday to play their away match of the World Cup qualifying round against hosts Bangladesh Monday (Oct 8) at 3:00 pm at the Bangabandhu National Stadium, reports UNB.The Tajik team comprising...
LAHORE, Pakistan, Oct 6 (AFP): Under-fire Pakistani paceman Shoaib Akhtar is set to play for a recognised Indian league next year, saying he has sought permission from Pakistan's cricket authorities. "I have been approached by the Indian Premier League (IPL)...
KARACHI, Oct 6 (Reuters): South African skipper Graeme Smith has said Inzamam-ul-Haq's final appearance for Pakistan in the second test in Lahore could be a distraction for the home side. Inzamam, Pakistan's former captain and leading batsman, was included in...
Michael Owen has been included in England's squad for their Euro 2008 qualifiers against Estonia and Russia, despite doubts over his fitness, reports BBC. Newcastle striker Owen, 27, is still recovering from groin surgery but hopes to be able to...
MIRANSHAH, Pakistan, Oct 7(AFP): At least 26 people including four civilians were killed Sunday in clashes between militants and soldiers in Pakistan's restive tribal areas, the military and residents said.Security forces launched an attack against militant bases and hide-outs in...
ISLAMABAD, Oct 7 (AP): Gen. Pervez Musharraf won an overwhemingly majority in a presidential election boycotted by nearly the entire opposition Saturday, and attention shifted to Supreme Court deliberations on whether he can claim victory. Opposition parties that snubbed the...
COLOMBO, OCT 7 (AP): Sri Lanka's navy sank a ship suspected of carrying arms for separatist Tamil Tiger rebels killing at least 12 people aboard Sunday, while nine combatants died in a series of battles, military officials said.After receiving intelligence...
BAGHDAD, Oct 7 (AFP): A pact forged by Iraq's two most powerful Shiite leaders demonstrates their determination to avoid conflict and take advantage of their dominant positions, observers said on Sunday.After jockeying for position since the 2003 US-led invasion, Moqtada...
LONDON, OCT 7 (AP): Thousands of demonstrators in cities across Europe and Asia joined in protests against the military junta in Myanmar after the regime acknowledged detaining hundreds of Buddhist monks who had led huge protests.While sympathisers from typhoon-wracked Taipei...
SRINAGAR, Oct 7 (AFP): Two Indian soldiers and six militants were killed in a clash along the border dividing Kashmir between India and Pakistan as India's new army chief wrapped up a visit, the army said Sunday. The army chief's...
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 7 (AFP): A Malaysian girl who had to lug around a battery weighing nine kilogrammes (20 pounds) to power her mechanical heart is making progress after receiving a real heart, a report said Sunday. Tee Hui Yee,...
HAVANA, Oct 6 (AFP): At least 28 people were killed and 73 injured in Cuba's deadliest accident in years Saturday after a train slammed into a bus, state television reported. "In this fatal accident, as of (2200 GMT) 28 people...
BAGHDAD, Oct 7 (AFP): A spate of bomb attacks on day targeting police and military patrols and a government building in Baghdad killed at least nine Iraqis and wounded 12, security officials said. "A roadside bomb went off Sunday morning...
WASHINGTON, Oct 7 (AFP): US Republican lawmaker Jo Ann Davis, who represented Virginia in the House of Representatives, died Saturday after losing a battle with breast cancer, her office announced. She was 57. Davis was first diagnosed with breast cancer...
CAIRO, Oct 7 (AFP): Egyptian independent and opposition newspapers suspended publication Sunday in protest at a government clampdown that has seen several journalists hit with lengthy jail terms. At least 15 newspapers did not publish their Sunday edition, and independent...
HAVANA, Oct 6 (AFP): At least 28 people were killed and 73 injured in Cuba's deadliest accident in years Saturday after a train slammed into a bus, state television reported. "In this fatal accident, as of (2200 GMT) 28 people...
Police to question Olmert in bank privatisation case JERUSALEM, OCT 7 (AP): Police will question Prime Minister Ehud Olmert Tuesday in connection with the privatisation of Israel's second-largest bank - one of two cases in which the Israeli leader is...
Chief Engineer of Dhaka Water Supply and Sewerage Authority (WASA) Nurul Haque Sunday blamed Dhaka Electricity Supply Authority (DESA) for the frequent disruption in water supply in different parts of the city, reports UNB."DESA is responsible for the present water...
SHERPUR, Oct 7 (UNB) : Around 300 farmers demonstrated in front of the local Agriculture Extension Department (AED) at Khamarbari in the district town and locked its office for three hours Sunday, demanding immediate supply of fertiliser.Witnesses said, the agitated...
JOYPURHAT, Oct 7 (UNB) : Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) and BDR in a joint drive seized a truck loaded with Bangladeshi yarn at Atpara frontier in Panchbibi Upazila here Friday night.Acting on a tip-off a team of RAB-5...
BARISAL, Oct 7 (UNB) : A mobile court, led by a magistrate, Saturday fined two private hospitals, two clinics and six diagnostic centres Tk 0.1 million on various charges. Magistrate ATM Mahbubul Karim conducted the drive with the help of...
Detective Branch (DB) police arrested two youths along with 300 bottles of Indian Phensidyl syrup from near Jagorani Club near Dinajpur town Friday night, reports UNB.Sources said, the DB police challenged the two youths while they were moving suspiciously in...
SIRAJGANJ, Oct 7 (UNB) : Armed pirates looted cash and other valuables from the passengers of a trawler on the Jamuna in Kazipur Upazila Saturday noon injuring seven.Police said, the gang coming by a boat, stormed into the trawler in...
KUSHTIA, Oct 7 (UNB) : An alleged dacoit was killed in mass beating at Mothurapur village in Daulatpur upazila Saturday night.Police said, a gang of 25/30 dacoits stormed into the house of Amjad Hossain of the village at dead of...
BNP reformist leader ZA Khan said Sunday that the call for unity in BNP should be welcomed by all.He said this while making his observation about party's Secretary General Khondoker Delwar Hossain's reply about Mannan Bhuiyan's call for unity in...
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