Mike BantickBungie's third iteration of the popular Xbox exclusive is continuing the hype on the Xbox 360 with pre-orders for the soon to be released game reaching a milestone 1 million mark.Making it the official 'most anticipated' game in history...
A range of phones based on reference designs created by Microsoft is set to arrive in Australia in mid October. The highlight is the 'RoundTable' desktop conferencing phone developed over a four and a half year period by Microsoft Research.RoundTable...
England lost Kevin Pietersen shortly before tea and reached the interval at 210-5, still 454 runs behind, on day three of the final Test against India, reports BBC. Pietersen had shared 78 in 26 overs with Paul Collingwood when he...
LOS ANGELES, Aug 11 (AFP): French Open finalist Ana Ivanovic booked a semi- final berth at a 600,000-dollar US Open tune-up here Friday with a 6-4, 6-4 victory over Russian Maria Kirilenko. Kirilenko, who upset sixth-seeded Frenchwoman Marion Bartoli in...
UNB news agency reached the quarterfinals of the Meril Media Cup Football tournament as group champions with all-win record beating former champions Jugantor by 1-0 goal Saturday, reports UNB.Mohammad Russell scored the match-winner for UNB in the 7th minute and...
The Pakistan Cricket Board has taken note of scathing comments made by Abdul Razzaq on a TV show recently, though it stopped short of saying whether any disciplinary action would be taken against him, reports Cricinfo. Razzaq told Geo TV,...
World number two Rafael Nadal came through an unexpectedly tough battle to beat home favourite Frank Dancevic and reach the Montreal Masters semi-finals, reports BBC. Nadal fought back in Friday's night match to win 4-6 6-2 6-3 and set up...
Nasim Ashraf, the chairman of the Pakistan Cricket Board, defended the board's decision to fine Shoaib Akhtar after he left the training camp in Karachi without permission. "No matter who the individual is he will not be given special treatment...
Jai Prakash Yadav, the Indian allrounder, has expressed an interest in joining the Indian Cricket League (ICL). Yadav is currently in negotiations with ICL officials and, if he does sign up, will become the first Indian player to do so....
Saiful KaiserEngland is looking down the barrel of a gun. However, they are not about to give up. Though Kumble struck twice to have them reeling at 124 for 4, Collingwood and Pietersen carried on to reach 184 without further...
Bangladesh national cricket team spent their first day in extensive training at the warfare wing of the Bangladesh Army's School of Infantry and Tactics (SI&T) at Jalalabad Cantonment in Sylhet Saturday, reports UNB.All the players except vice captain Mashrafee Bin...
Grouping and fixture of the Merdeka Cup Football Tournament'2007 have been changed following the last minute inclusion of Lesotho and Zimbabwe in the meet.Bangladesh, earlier placed in Group A, now have been put in the Group B along with Singapore,...
The International Youth Day will be observed today (Sunday) in a befitting manner in the country as elsewhere in the world, reports BSS. The theme of this year's day is " Be seen, Be heard: Youth Participation for Development".The Youth...
SIRAJGANJ, Aug 11 (UNB): Flood triggered by heavy rainfall and onrush of hilly waters paralysed normal life of the people of the district and killed at least 30 people in last two weeks.The flood has caused miseries to the life...
Ten persons were killed and many others injured in separate incidents in different places of the country during the last two days, report agencies.In Jhenidah, a man and his wife were killed in snakebite at Konagram in Moheshpur Upazila early...
FE Report The RDRS (Rangpur-Dinajpur Rural Services), a non-governmental organisation, has provided food relief worth over Tk 18 million to about 30,400 flood-affected people in Kurigram and Lalmonirhat Districts. As immediate assistance in the second phase, the RDRS is distributing...
BARISAL, Aug.11 (BSS): Government has sanctioned Taka 1.22 million for the flood-hit people of six upazilas of the district until yesterday.Official sources said, besides, 88 metric tons of rice and 'chirha and muri' worth Taka 75,000 were also sanctioned for...
The National Federation of Youth organisations will celebrate in the city the International Youth Day'07 in a befitting manner, reports BSS. To mark the day, a stand up event demanding that young people need reformation towards youth employment will be...
Nonagenarian Anath Bandhu Saha, father of a noted industrialist Paritosh Chandra Saha of Narayanganj, died of old age complications at Birdem Hospital here at the early hours of today(Sunday), family sources said, reports BSS. He was 96.He is survived by...
A waz mahfil on `Significance of Lailatul Meraj' was held on the premises of Baitul Mukarram National Mosque after Zohr prayers Saturday, reports BSS.Islamic Foundation Bangladesh (IFB) organised the mahfil on the occasion of holy Lailatul Meraj.Eminent Mufassire Quran Maolana...
Abdul Momin, a former foreign secretary and ambassador, died of old-age complications at his residence in the city Saturday. He was 86, reports BSS.He is survived by his wife Seema Momin, daughter Yasmin Chowdhury, son-in-law Fayezul H. Chowdhury, grand children...
BRAHMANBARIA, Aug 11 (BSS): A total of eight community clinics are not functioning due to the negligence of the concerned authorities for the last four years.The eight clinics were established in December, 2003 at different parts of Nasirnagar Upazila of...
GAZIPUR, Aug 11 (UNB): A devastating fire gutted 300 dwellings at a slum in Tongi thana here Friday midnight leaving five people injured. Local people said the fire originated at a room at Sonabhan Mazar slum near Tongi Bazar at...
DU CorrespondentThe five-day training workshop on 'Education News Reporting' begins at the city's British Council (BC) auditorium at 9:30 am today.BC has designed the course for young journalists of print and electronic media, the university reporters in particular, to help...
NARAYANGANJ, Aug 11 (BSS): Divisional Commissioner of Dhaka Akram Ahmed distributed cooked food among 500 flood-hit people at Monohor Government Primary School under Araihazar Upazila this afternoon.Narayanganj district administration arranged the relief distribution programme.Deputy Commissioner Faizul Kabir, UNO of Araihazar...
CHITTAGONG, Aug 11 (BSS): A patrol team of the Coastguard in a drive seized a boat laden with 840-cft teak timber worth about Taka 1.6m from Karnafuly river in the district.Coastguard sources said, acting on secret information, a team of...
Friends, colleagues and well-wishers of late Muhammad Shahabuddin, an alumnus of the department of Bio-Chemistry of Dhaka University and a faculty member of Boston College, USA, Saturday donated Tk one million to Ahsania Cancer Hospital (AMCH, reports BSS.Shahinur, wife of...
BARISAL, Aug 11 (BSS): A mobile court, led by first class magistrate Debashis Nag, fined Taka 47,000 to six business establishments at Sadar Road in the city Thursday on charges of various irregularities.
CHITTAGONG, Aug 11 (BSS): A patrol team of the Coastguard in a drive seized a boat laden with 840-cft teak timber worth about Taka 1.6m from Karnafuly river in the district.Coastguard sources said, acting on secret information, a team of...
Second death anniversary of former Financial Director of Prince Group, late Alhajj Kazi Shahidullah of village Tarap Chandi of Chandpur district under Baburhat police station will be observed today (Sunday) in the city's Mirpur area, said a press release. Deceased...
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