A Dhaka court Wednesday sent former Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) lawmaker Fazlul Haque Milon to jail on multiple charges of involvement in criminal activities and embezzling relief, reports bdnews24.com. The chief metropolitan magistrate's (CMM) court of ABM Abdul Fattah passed...
With a big mountain to climb, India sent out the heavy artillery at the top of the order and as Sachin Tendulkar and Sourav Ganguly fired in unison. A consistent period of high scoring was the order of the day...
Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) Wednesday picked up 33 under-23 booters for residential camp for two ensuing international football meets, reports UNB. Bangladesh will take part in the third Grand Royal Challenge Cup tournament in Myanmar to be held on November...
The 5th Blazer BD School Kho Kho Competition, organised by Bangladesh Kho Kho Federation, begins today (Thursday) at the Outer Stadium Kho Kho ground in the city, reports UNB.Bangladesh Kho Kho Federation Vice-president ASM Ali Kabir is expected to inaugurate...
NEW YORK, Sept 5 (AFP): If Sania Mirza's few fundamentalist critics back home in India did not like her wearing tennis dresses, they must have been stunned at the leopard-like US Open outfit her US doubles partner wore Tuesday. Mirza...
LONDON, Sept 5 (AFP): The English game is being hurt by a lack of over-priced talent and a flood of cheaper foreigners, according to Blackburn chairman John Williams. On the first weekend of the Premier League season, only 37 per...
Bangladesh national cricket team leave Nairobi for Johannesburg this (Thursday) morning to participate in the first-ever Twenty20 World Championship beginning on September 11, reports UNB.After playing the Twenty20 Quadrangular, involving Pakistan, Uganda and hosts Kenya, the Bangladesh side will also...
The FIFA Football Medicine Course-2007, organised by Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) with support from FIFA, begins today (Thursday) at the city's BFF Bhaban.Thirty trainee doctors from across the country, including seven female ones, will take part in the five-day course.The...
The Sam Open Table Tennis Tournament, organised by Bangladesh Table Tennis Federation, begins today (Thursday) at the city's Wooden Floor Gymnasium.Sam International (Pvt) Limited is sponsoring the three-day competition along with their other co-organisations. Some 90 participants will compete in...
Koshaituli Samaj Kalyan Parisad drubbed Mirpur Cholontika SC by 4-0 goals in the Metropolis third Division Football League at the Bir Shrestho Sepoy Mohammad Mostafa Kamal Stadium in the city Wednesday, reports UNB.Habibur Rahman struck twice while Milon and Helaluddin...
ULSAN, South Korea, Sept 5 (AP): Spain reached the final of the Under-17 World Cup with a dramatic 2-1 win over Ghana Wednesday. Spain's star playmaker Bojan Krkic scored the winning goal four minutes from the end of the second...
PRAGUE, Sept 5 (AFP): Czech striker Milan Baros is doubtful for the upcoming Euro 2008 Championship qualifiers against San Marino and the Republic of Ireland after sustaining a back injur y during training. "We will see what the doctors say,...
Bangladesh plays their 5th and last group match against title contender South Korea in a pool B match of the 7th Men's Asia Cup Hockey Championship in Chennai, India today (Thursday), reports UNB. The match kicks off at 5:30pm (BST).Earlier,...
Australia are hopeful that Ricky Ponting will fly to South Africa by Sunday, ahead of Australia's opening ICC World Twenty20 match against Zimbabwe Wednesday. However, even if he meets that time-frame - and that is no certainty - he will...
COLOMBO, Sept 5 (AFP): Sri Lanka have the resources to win the world Twenty20 crown despite the absence of star off- spinner Muttiah Muralitharan, their captain said Wednesday before leaving for South Africa. Skipper Mahela Jayawardena said Sri Lanka, the...
Foreign Adviser Iftekhar Ahmed Chowdhury, now in Moscow, has said Russia could be a potential partner for nuclear power generation to meet Bangladesh's growing energy need, reports UNB."As mandated by the Council of Advisers, I've raised the subject at political...
Our CorrespondentSIRAJGANJ, Sep 5: The production of potato cultivation is being severely hampered due to shortage of seed potatos in Sirajganj, Pabna and Natore districts in the coming season. Abdul Ali (35), a local farmer said they incurred a huge...
COMILLA, Sept 5 (UNB): Three people were killed and 19 others injured in separate road mishaps in different districts Tuesday.In Comilla, a man was killed and four people were injured when a truck rammed into a CNG-run auto-rickshaw at Ratanpur...
CHAPAINAWABGANJ, Sept 5 (UNB): Indian Border Security Force (BSF) Tuesday took away 11 Bangladeshi cows from Shilmara border area of Shibganj Upazila of the district.Local people said the Bangladeshi cows grazing at No 137 border pillar entered into Indian land...
DU CorrespondentEast West University (EWU) accorded a gala reception to its freshers in different undergraduate programmes under the fall semester-2007 at the university auditorium Wednesday.The reception was held in two separate functions. Former Vice-Chancellor (VC) of National University Abdul Momin...
Deep conviction has been continuing over north Bay while steep pressure gradient also persisting, reports UNB. Squally weather may continue to affect the maritime ports, said a warning message of Met office.Maritime ports of Chittagong, Cox's Bazar and Mongla have...
BAGERHAT, Sept 5 (UNB): Mollah Abdur Rob, a local journalist, was arrested from his office in the district town Monday on charge of extortion. Police said they arrested him, working with daily Khobor Potro and Abash, after Sheikh Mujibur Rahman...
DU CorrespondentBritish Council (BC) will organise a seminar on "How to Apply through Universities and Colleges Admission Services (UCAS)" for the students intending to go to UK in 2008 for undergraduate studies.The seminar will be held on September 11, 2007...
COX'S BAZAR, Sept 5 (UNB): A three-day workshop on "Human Rights" organised by UNDP for the officials of elite force Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) began at a hotel Tuesday with a call to uphold the rule of law and for...
The 10th death anniversary of Mohammad Noman, an eminent educationist, a former vice-chancellor (VC) of Jahangirnagar University (JU) and a former principal of Dhaka College will be observed today (Thursday), said a press release.Family members of Noman have arranged Qurankhwani...
Mohammad Shamsul Alam (84), a retired primary school teacher and son of late Mvi Ansaruddin Talukder of village Bashati under Purbadhala Upazila in Netrakona died of stroke at the Holy Family Hospital early hours Wednesday.He left behind his wife, a...
A high-level Regulatory Reform Committee will be set up by the government for streamlining businesses through updating the regulatory framework that governs the private sector, reports UNB. Chief Adviser Dr Fakhruddin Ahmed stated this Wednesday while unveiling a four-point agenda...
FE ReportThe dialogue on "Bangladesh Economy and Future Perspective" that the Ministry of Commerce organised Wednesday at Radisson Water Garden Hotel in the city provided a positive signal to the country's businesses about the strategies, priorities and goals of the...
Shahiduzzaman KhanBiman is again in the docks. After turning into a holding company, the people thought the Biman would make a spectacular comeback. Apparently, it has not. Sudden death still haunts this troubled airlines.When Biman was launched as a national...
Doulot Akter MalaThe government is contemplating to reduce the existing taxes levied against imported edible oils in its effort to rein in the escalating prices resulting from international price hike.Finance Adviser Mirza Azizul Islam will sit in a meeting today...
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