Two Palestinian activists killed in Gaza Strip GAZA CITY, July 22: Israeli troops early Sunday killed two Hamas activists on the northern border of the Gaza Strip, the armed wing of the Islamist movement announced. "Two of our fighters were...
After a quiet few weeks, at least on the field, Kevin Pietersen burst back into form with his ninth century, and third of the season, as England built a commanding lead of 379 on the fourth day at Lord's. Pietersen...
Belying all speculations that the Bangladesh Cricket Board members would resign en masse Saturday, the BCB executive committee instead held a productive meeting taking some important decisions, including the selection of a national coach by the first week of next...
LOS ANGELES, Jul 22 (AFP): James Blake booked his finals berth at the 525,000-dollar ATP hardcourt tournament here Saturday with a three-set victory over South Korean Lee Hyung-Taik.Blake, the second-seeded American, shrugged off a shaky second set to post a...
KUALA LUMPUR, Jul 22 (AFP): South Korea won a gruelling and fluctuating epic 4-2 on penalties against Iran Sunday to set up an Asian Cup semi-final with Iraq.The shoot-out became the circuit-breaker after both teams had played themselves to a...
CINCINNATI (United States), Jul 22 (AFP): Top seed Anna Chakvetadze outlasted India's Sania Mirza 6-2, 5-7, 6-3 Saturday to reach the final of the 175,000-dollar WTA hardcourt tournament here.The Russian, ranked eighth in the world, had dropped just one set...
HANOI, Jul 22 (AFP): Australia and its highly paid European-based stars were hotly tipped to waltz through the Asian Cup on their debut appearance, but they learnt a hard lesson.Asia is not Europe and playing in the sprawling continent is...
CAIRO, Jul 22 (AFP): The 2008 African Nations Cup draw in Ghana has been moved forward one day to October 19, the organisers said Sunday.Accra will host the event with 16 qualifiers divided into four groups from which winners and...
MACAU, Jul 22 (AFP): Dong Fangzhou will link-up with Manchester United's Asian tour party Sunday, but the China international has been told he will not be selected to face Shenzhen of Guangzhou Pharmaceutical.Dong, 22, missed the first-leg of their tour...
BANGKOK, Jul 22 (AFP): Iraq's Brazilian coach Jorvan Vieira is far from happy despite his side cruising into the Asian Cup semi-finals with a 2-0 victory over Vietnam.People in Baghdad and other cities in the war-torn country may have been...
CARNOUSTIE (Scotland), Jul 22 (AP): The cheers grew louder as Sergio Garcia crossed the bridge over Barry Burn toward the 18th green at Carnoustie, a reception so warm it gave him chills. He removed his cap in a steady rain...
Holders BJMC and runners-up Bangladesh Ansar & VDP again reached the final of the Basic Bank 18th National Women's Handball Champio-nship eliminating their rivals in the semi-finals at the Outer Stadium Handball court Sunday, reports UNB.The two giants of the...
Myanmar's Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs U Kyaw Thu arrived in the city Sunday, reports bdnews24.com. He is leading a four-member delegation to discuss trade and other issues with Bangladesh. The deputy minister landed at the Zia International Airport (ZIA)...
DU CorrespondentEduaid, an institution for immigration services, has offered a range of opportunities to the potential students and other professionals, interested to migrate to Australia.The institution provides a number of initial facilities to the students free of cost including categorical...
IT is heartening to note that the Bangladesh bank has formed a Tk 3.0 billion fund to introduce, for the first time, a refinancing scheme for the housing sector. Under the three-year scheme, the central bank will make available Tk...
Shahiduzzaman Khan THE caretaker government announced a comprehensive reform programme last week for the state-owned jute mills in order to make them profitable and viable units. Under the programme announced by the jute and textiles adviser, four state-owned jute mills,...
Haider Rizvi from the United NationsTHE nuclear mishap caused by the recent earthquake in Japan has unleashed another wave of environmental concerns about the use of nuclear technology to meet the world's energy needs."Nuclear power is hardly the safe panacea...
Amin IbrahimTHE government decided years ago that it would make laws to control noise pollution. Accordingly, the draft of an act was prepared that recommended Taka 10,000 as fine and maximum six months of imprisonment for producing noise higher than...
WE are the two daughters of Shaheed Major Najmul Haque, who was the Commander of Sector 7 of the liberation forces until his death on September 26, 1971. As the commander of the then EPR, Naogaon, he was the pioneer...
WHAT has been the reaction of all sections of people in Bangladesh to the second caretaker government (CG) that was constituted last January? The reactions have by and large been positive.The people in general expressed a feeling of deliverance from...
Md. Shafiqur Rahman, PhD and Rukhsana Shaheen, PhDTHROUGHOUT history, in all societies and civilisations, people have demonstrated episodes of dramatic, often melodramatic, behaviour. Study of the nature of these episodes has evolved into a loosely defined field of sociology-collective behaviour....
M.I. AliTHE top agenda of the principals of One Eleven is to bring about a change in the dictatorial and autocratic character of the two major political parties who dominate the politics of the country. The preferred way of bringing...
Lukanyo MnyandaInvestors in South Africa's bond market are pushing debt prices lower as state workers win wage increases and the central bank raises interest rates to tame a spending spree by consumers. The nation's bonds have lost 1.7 percent since...
WASHINGTON, July 21 (Agencies): World Bank president Robert Zoellick backed yesterday fresh proposals to drive the deadlocked round of World Trade Organisation (WTO) negotiations to a conclusion this year. "A major final push will be needed to close the gaps...
BEIJING, July 21 (PTI): China has strongly opposed anti-dumping and anti-subsidy investigations by the US into imported Chinese steel tubes and woven sacks, saying that such measures threatened bilateral trade ties. "The US government continues the mistake of imposing anti-dumping...
LONDON, July 21 (PTI): India's Commerce and Industry Minister Kamal Nath has been honoured as global 'FDI Personality of the Year 2007' by a Financial Times Group publication, earlier won by Brazilian President Luis Inacio Lula da Silva and Mexican...
BRUSSELS, July 21 (AFP): The European Commission urged South Korea yesterday to make a better offer in their next round of trade talks in September, after five days of negotiations in Brussels involving some 180 officials. "Negotiations have just concluded....
BEIJING, July 21 (AFP): China's central bank announced yesterday it will raise interest rates for the third time this year in an effort to cool-but not stop-an economy that is growing at its fastest pace in over a decade. Benchmark...
LONDON, July 21 (AFP): World oil prices soared close to record heights this week, energised by concerns over tight global supplies and keen demand led by the United States and China. Base metals tin and lead hammered record high points,...
NEW YORK, July 21 (AFP): The European single currency soared to a new record high against the dollar yesterday as the US currency continued to be undermined by housing market worries. The euro at 2100 GMT fetched 1.3820 dollars from...
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