TOKYO, Oct 19 (AFP): Japanese police are investigating four US soldiers on allegations of gang-raping a woman in Hiroshima, officials said Friday. The TBS television network said the four US Marines met the 20-year-old woman, whom they did not know,...
TOKYO, Oct 19 (AFP): The head of the UN climate panel that shared the Nobel Peace Prize last week said Thursday there was still time for the world to turn around the global warming trend as he visited Japan for...
Khulna Division made a solid start in the opening four-day match of the Ispahani Mirzapore Tea 9th National Cricket League Friday as they declared their 1st innings at 303 for 9 in 82 overs on the first day against holders...
James Hopes has become the fourth Australian to suffer a hamstring injury during the tours of South Africa and India and will miss the Twenty20 match in Mumbai today (Saturday). Hopes, the allrounder, was hurt during the final game of...
Malcolm Speed, the ICC chief executive, has urged its member countries to follow a zero-tolerance policy towards racism and adhere to the anti-racism code. In the wake of Andrew Symonds being subjected to monkey chants during the tour of India,...
Cricket South Africa (CSA) has announced that the tour of Pakistan will continue in spite of the bomb blasts which killed approximately 130 people and injured over 500 in Karachi Thursday (October 18), reports Cricinfo. "Even though the team is...
Several attempts were made to save Bob Woolmer's life by the team's registered nurse, Novelette Robinson, a coroner's inquest heard Thursday, reports Cricinfo. Woolmer, the former Pakistan cricket coach, was found unconscious in his room at the Pegasus Hotel a...
Andy Murray put in a game performance against world number two Rafael Nadal but fell to a 7-6 6-4 defeat in the third round of the Madrid Masters.Murray had the better of the opening exchanges but missed five early break-point...
Andrew Strauss has been left out of England's forthcoming three-Test tour of Sri Lanka. Strauss, who has been struggling with his form for 18 months but who was expected to retain his place, has been dropped while a quartet of...
The residential training camp of the Under-19 booters ahead of the 2nd Indo-Bangla Games begins today (Saturday) at BKSP in Savar. The selected players have been asked to report to team coach Hasanuzzaman Bablu at the BKSP at 5pm today...
David Beckham returned from injury for Los Angeles Galaxy as the side extended their unbeaten run to seven games.Beckham, who has been out with a knee injury since 29 August, came on after 68 minutes in the 1-1 draw with...
Bangladesh face hosts UAE today (Saturday) in their second group D match of the AFC U-16 Championship Qualification Competition being held in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The match will begin at 6 pm (BST) at the Military Physical Education...
Saiful KaiserThe first ODI went very well for the visitors. South Africa did everything right. They won the toss and elected to bat. Then their opener Gibbs scored a century (102, 128 balls, 11 fours, 1 six) as did middle...
Jo Johnson and Farhan Bokhari FT Syndication ServiceKARACHI: The Pakistan government blamed Islamist militants for twin explosions that killed more than 136 supporters of opposition leader Benazir Bhutto during her homecoming parade in the early hours of Friday morning.The attack...
FE ReportThe caretaker government will not lower interest rate on national savings tools, despite suggestion made by the International Monetary Fund (IMF).The interim administration will instead provide incentives, including attractive profits and tax rebate, to increase the sale of such...
NEW YORK, Oct 19 (bdnews24.com): General Moeen U Ahmed has said the interim government backed by the armed forces is not a "shaky" one as he says people are "happy" with the administration, report Moinuddin Naser and Manjurul Islam. "Why...
S M JahangirThe government has to face an extra budgetary pressure this fiscal year as it will require providing additional subsidy to the agriculture sector following a significant rise in the import of fertiliser coupled with its price hike in...
Doulot Akter MalaThe customs department of the National Board of Revenue (NBR) was able to collect revenue worth Tk 40.80 billion in September last against its target of Tk 41.25 billion, official sources said.The department collected Tk 12.67 billion and...
SINGAPORE, Oct 19 (Agencies): Oil prices surpassed $90 a barrel for the first time in after-hours trading in New York before slipping back Friday in Asia. Investors are being drawn to energy futures as a hedge against the weakening US...
Joe Leahy FT Syndication ServiceNEW DELHI: India has pledged to open the "front door" wider to hedge funds in an apparent bid to bolster foreign investor confidence after a stock market plunge triggered by a proposed crackdown on investment in...
Bangladesh has welcomed the introduction of the "New Partnership for Development Act of 2007" in the US Congress that aims at reducing global extreme poverty through eliminating tariff on all products, originated in the LDCs (least developed countries), reports UNB."We...
Jasim Uddin Haroon The Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation (BPC) has taken a move for constructing the country's second largest oil depot at Mongla, Khulna to strengthen and stabilise fuel supply in northern districts."We will invite international tender for the construction of...
BOGRA, Oct 19: Eleven people, including four women and a child, were killed and 30 others injured in a head-on collision between a passenger bus and a truck on the Dhaka-Bogra Highway at Dhankundi under Sherpur Upazila in Bogra district...
Traffic police are going to launch a drive against unauthorised car parking from Sunday to ease traffic congestions in the city. The operation would continue until November 14, as unauthorised car parking is one of the main reasons for traffic...
Bangladesh condemned the bombings in Karachi in the wake of the return of former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto that left scores dead and many injured. A spokesman of the Bangladesh Foreign Ministry termed the bombings a dastardly act of...
FHM Humayan KabirThe caretaker administration has taken initiative to relocate the ready-made garment (RMG) industries from within the city to the outskirts of Dhaka in order to ease traffic congestion and avoid environmental hazards.The government also has a plan to...
Naim-Ul-KarimThe Committee on Economic Cooperation (CEC) of the SAARC will sit in Dhaka next month to discuss stalled issues and remove the hurdles that pose a challenge to the economic growth of the region, diplomatic sources said. SAARC (South Asian...
Corruption prevention committees at district and upazila levels, a move initiated by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) with a view to creating mass awareness against graft, are likely to begin functioning at the end of December next, reports UNB."We've already received...
SINGAPORE, Oct 19 (Internet)): A fresh spike in oil prices above 90 USD a barrel weighed on stock markets across Asia Friday as investors worried that rising energy costs will hurt companies and consumers and put the brakes on global...
NEW DELHI, Oct 19 (Internet): Indian PM Manmohan Singh has rejected calls from the main opposition party to resign after his government appeared to have shelved a nuclear deal with US. Singh said he had not "given up hope" on...
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