BRISTOL, Aug 25(AFP): Sachin Tendulkar's 99 set up India's nine-run victory against England at Nevil Road here Friday which saw them level the seven-match one-day international series at 1-1. Tendulkar's innings was the centrepiece of India's record 329 for seven...
Vice-captain Mashrafee Bin Mortaza-led green team won against captain Mohammad Ashraful-led red team in both of Saturday's practice matches ahead of the ICC Twenty20 World Cup, reports bdnews24.com. After a two-day break due to the curfew, the Bangladesh national cricket...
national team in Twenty20 World Championship AB Bank Limited, a private sector bank, has been confirmed as the Bangladesh national cricket team's official sponsor at the coming ICC Twenty20 World Championship in South Africa, reports UNB.According to a BCB source,...
South Africa, fuelled by robust innings from Graeme Smith and Herschelle Gibbs, cruised to the easiest of victories at the Harare Sports Club and with it took an unassailable 2-0 series lead. Smith fell for 96 but Gibbs clobbered the...
Saiful KaiserA total of 649 runs were scored by India and England that day at Bristol. Winning the call of the coin and batting first India were 329 for 7 with enterprising innings by Tendulkar (99) and Dravid (92). India's...
An army of casual gamers is helping Nintendo win the console war, says Steve Boxer Nintendo's Wii has achieved the status of a full-blown phenomenon: by some distance the fastest selling of the new generation of games consoles both in...
Joanna SmithGeorge Hotz stood in the kitchen of his family home in Glen Rock, N.J., and announced his breakthrough to the world: He had liberated the hottest cellphone in history.The 17-year-old, a curly-haired kid on his way to college, made...
A teenager in New Jersey has broken the lock that ties Apple's iPhone to AT&T's wireless network, freeing the most hyped cell phone ever for use on the networks of other carriers, including overseas ones.George Hotz, 17, confirmed Friday that...
FE ReportOracle, world's largest enterprise software company recently announced that it is offering complimentary copies of a Gartner report on Oracle's forthcoming database release titled "Oracle Database 11g Could See Early Adoption." Written by Gartner Vice President and Distinguished Analyst...
Larry GreenemeierGoogle's launch this week of Sky a new feature within *Google Earth* that provides a virtual tour of celestial phenomena, may be of limited use to professional astronomers, but its impact on future scientists and amateur stargazers alike is...
"Manhunt 2", a brutally violent video game that was effectively banned in the United States, has risen from the grave in a modified form and will go on sale for Halloween, its publisher said on Friday.Take-Two Interactive Software Inc said...
M A IslamEvery year, many students of Bangla medium fail in the SSC and HSC examinations. A majority of them fail because of their very poor performance in English. It is seen that students of the rural areas generally are...
Bazlur RahmanThe tireless efforts and relentless pursuance of noble objectives by the student community during the Language Movement in 1952, mass upsurge in 1969, liberation struggle in 1971, and again movement for toppling another dictator during 1990s, has earned appreciation...
The current global fashion is to rank universities according to their academic programmes, research profile and ability to attract students. All of the top universities are either American or British and they all follow a liberal arts curriculum. Most of...
Rebecca Knight Alan Andreasen has been a professor of marketing for more than 40 years, but he does not know much about writing advertisements."I am about taking ideas, breaking them down and making them usable to people on the ground,"...
Dem' smart city folkA man from the city is out plowing his field and gets his tractor stuck in the wet ground.A farmer driving by stops his truck and walks to the fence to call over the city feller. You...
Election commissioner M Sakhawat Hossain Saturday alleged that 35 NGOs, under the banner of Election Working Group, have been embezzling crores of taka received from abroad.
Thirty-four cases have been filed with 11 police stations in the capital against about 80,000 people, mostly unnamed, for their alleged involvement in recent campus violence that turned into street battles, according to a bdnews24.com count. Of the cases, 16...
Trading on the Dhaka Stock Exchange began two hours late at 12pm Sunday due to a technical glitch in index calculation. The trading starts at 10am. The authorities suspended Sunday's trading after it observed abnormal results in index calculation. "We...
The Supreme Court rules Monday on government petitions against the High Court order granting bail to Sheikh Hasina in two extortion cases and the stay on the Anticorruption Commission (ACC) notice on her. The appeals court Sunday closed hearing on...
SATKHIRA, Aug 24 (BSS): The Kapatakkhya river re- excavation work to ensure navigability of the river and address the waterlogging problem in Tala Upazila in the district through volunteer labour by the local people began Thursday.Chairman of Sarulia union parisad...
MYMENSINGH, Aug 24 (BSS): A six-year old girl Jesmin was strangled to death allegedly by her aunt Bilkis Akhter at village Digarkanda in Baira union in Sadar Upazila here yesterday afternoon.Jesmin, a pre-primary student of a local BRAC School and...
BAGERHAT, August 24 (UNB): Coast Guard members seized 'Sundari' timber worth about Tk 0.15 million (1.5 lakh) from Poshur River in Mongla here Wednesday.Acting on secret information, the Coast Guard members recovered the 147 cubic feet timber kept under river...
NARSINGDI, Aug 24 (UNB): Three motorcyclists were killed in a road accident at Rainadi village in Sadar Upazila Thursday night.The deceased were identified as Russel (26), Afzal (32) and Ruhul Amin (28) of Bagbari village in Araihazar Upazila in Narayanganj...
BENAPOLE, Aug 24 (UNB): Police arrested a man along with counterfeit fertiliser and fertiliser making materials from Bagachra Baguri village here Thursday morning.Sources said Rafiqul Islam (30) son, of Kutubuddin, had been manufacturing counterfeit fertiliser in the area for a...
NARSINGDI, Aug 23 (UNB): A man and his son were killed by lightning at Sultanpur Village in Polash Upazila Friday.Local sources said thunderbolts struck Kalachan Mia (70) and his son Manik Mia (30) while they were working in their paddy...
FE ReportPrices of essential commodities except green chilli and vegetables remained unchanged in the city markets over the past week, traders said.The supply of essential commodities increased slightly after relaxation of the ongoing curfew from 8am to 10pm Friday.During the...
FE ReportDutch-Bangla Bank Limited (DBBL) opened its 40th branch at Feni district town Thursday with Truly On-line Banking facilities from opening day of the branch. DBBL Managing Director Md Yeasin Ali inaugurated the branch. He also opened two ATM booths,...
Our CorrespondentBRAHMANBARIA, Aug 24: A total of 3739 ponds and some water bodies had overflown due to the flooding in eight upazilas of Brahmanbaria district. As a result around 532 tonnes of fish and huge quantities of young fish worth...
Our CorrespondentCHITTAGONG, Aug 24: A huge quantity of dates imported for consumption during the ensuing holy month of Ramadan, has been lying with the Chittagong port. Importers have been refraining from taking delivery of the imported consignments of dates due...
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