JAKARTA, Jul 27 (AP): Iraq goes into Sunday's Asian Cup final knowing that victory will almost certainly trigger wild celebrations in the war-ravaged nation.They will also be all to well aware of the spectre of suicide bombings, which marred celebrations...
Abahani Limited clinched the country's first B League (professional football league) title with one match in hand beating Sheikh Russell KC by 2-0 goals at the Bangabandhu National Stadium in the city Friday, reports UNB.Abahani Limited secured 44 points from...
A brief shower threatened to further delay the start, but the weather finally relented, the outfield was sufficiently dry, and Rahul Dravid had little hesitation in choosing to put England in to bat after winning the toss. Fifty-five overs have...
JAKARTA, Jul 27 (AP): Japan and South Korea will contest not only third place in the Asian Cup but what remains of East Asian pride when they meet in a consolation play off today (Saturday).The two nations will play the...
STANFORD, Jul 27 (AP): Top-seeded Anna Chakvetadze fell behind early before rallying for a 6-4, 6-1 victory over Eleni Daniilidou in the second round of the Bank of the West Classic Thursday.Sania Mirza and Olga Govortsova also reached the quarter-finals,...
LONDON, Jul 27 (AFP): Lord's Cricket Ground is to stage its first floodlit match in September, owners Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) announced Friday.Temporary floodlights will be installed for the Second Division Pro40 League one-day match between Middlesex, who are based...
Bangladesh Under-19 team play India in the final of the Tri-Nation Cricket Tournament today (Saturday) at the Colts Cricket Club Ground in Colombo, reports UNB.Earlier, in the first two league matches, the junior tigers suffered humiliating defeats against the next...
Striker of holders Abahani Limited Zahid Hossain Emily was very happy to be a member of the champion team of the country's first-ever B League, reports UNB.Emily, who scored one goal in the day's match against Sheikh Russell and 12...
LONDON, Jul 27 (AFP): Bayern Munich striker Roque Santa Cruz could join Blackburn in the next 24 hours according to Mark Hughes, the manager of the Premiership club.Hughes said of the prospect of signing the 25-year-old Paraguay international: "We are...
INDIANAPOLIS (United States), Jul 27 (AFP): James Blake reached his third quarter-final in his past four events on Thursday with an efficient 6-4, 6-2 victory over Ricardo Mello at the Indianapolis tennis championships.Blake, seeded second behind American compatriot Andy Roddick,...
GUANGZHOU (China), Jul 27 (AFP): Manchester United new boy Nani wrapped up the club's Far East tour with a stunning goal in a 3-0 win against Guangzhou Pharmaceutical in China Friday.Nani, Wayne Rooney and Lee Martin claimed the goals as...
MANCHESTER (England), Jul 27 (AFP): England all-rounder Andrew Flintoff hopes to make his return following ankle surgery in Sunday's one-day friendly against Sri Lanka A at Liverpool.Flintoff has been due to feature for Lancashire's Second XI in their three-day match...
EDUCATION reforms, specially in the area of higher education, are a matter of great need and significance for this country because there is a consensus among experts and stakeholders that the realm of higher education is deficient in many ways...
Qazi AzadTHE advisory committee on economic affairs, led by Finance Advisor Mirza Azizul Islam, decided last Thursday to send back a proposal for raising the price of urea fertiliser. Instead, it has asked the relevant ministries for placing a comprehensive...
Abdus SobhanTHERE are irrefutable examples to show why of all economic resources, human resources needs to be counted as one that can be of the greatest value for a country to climb up the ladder of economic growth and development....
Amy Kazmin from BangkokIN the dilapidated former canteen of Thailand's Wat Si Sutharam School, about 20 Burmese children -- aged five to 15 -- sit on benches, carefully copying the first letter of the Thai alphabet in lined notebooks. Among...
THE government has once more extended the time for the garment owners who are yet to implement minimum wage for their workers. This time, it can be expected that the owners will meet the legitimate demands of their workers and...
SOMETIME ago, reports appeared in the country's media about a record number of teachers from the country's highest seats of learning, who have not returned after the conclusion of their foreign scholarship programmes and have stayed abroad with employment. There...
Air Vice Marshal(Retd.) M. Rafiqul Islam, NDU, pscTHE second half of the last century has witnessed democracy sweeping the world. Autocratic governments, dictatorships and kingships have slowly given way to democratic rule. In the subcontinent, the British raj came to...
Md. Saidul IslamONE of the most conspicuous trends in Bangladesh politics before 1/11 was broadly its bifurcation into two distinct camps: the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP)-led coalition with right wing nationalist and Islamic political parties, and the Bangladesh Awami League...
Susan AaronsonCHINA is fast becoming the behemoth of the global economy; it already produces one-quarter of global production. But China's market clout is not matched by its governance prowess. The world's political and economic stability is threatened by the Chinese...
Enayet Rasul Magistrate Rokanadowla has been making headlines with actions such as detecting mangoes sprayed with calcium carbide for artificial ripening and killing fishes bred in sewer lagoons. But are these on and off actions, here and there, now and...
Tadahiro Ohkoshi talks to Motoo Noguchi, one of the international judgesAs a human, I asked how such a courteous, gentle people could commit such hideous atrocities. And as a lawyer, I found it astounding that despite the heinous nature of...
Dipanwita Roy It was a rainy afternoon when Nasima's fiancé, Masud, had been at their Narayanganj residence when all but Nasima went to attend a weeding ceremony in the town. They had a long chat in a closed room and...
Syed Fattahul AlimIs there after all a glimmer of hope about peace in Palestine and the prospect for a Palestinian state? The question of prospect or hope arises here because this is the first time in history that government delegates...
Taro IgarashiAs both an architectural historian and practicing architect, Terunobu Fujimori was an ideal choice for commissioner of the Japanese pavilion at the 10th Venice Biennale Architecture Exhibition held late last year. The event is the world's largest regular international...
Baby Vandir Manjila Begum hardly passes a day when her husband does not torture her. Manjila's husband is unhappy as she gave birth to three daughters in a row. Manjila, now in her mid-30s, married a fellow-villager, Hasan, of Gayghar...
Thomas HazlettThe vaunted digital television transition is under way. It offers to upgrade broadcast television picture quality. But high definition is mostly window-dressing. Indeed, television advertisers will not pay broadcasters much more for HD audiences, either because viewers watch on...
Hugh Williamson in Berlin Berlin is considering lifting some restrictions on workers from eastern Europe taking jobs in Germany, in the latest sign that the upturn in Europe's largest economy is causing a skills shortage. Germany's ban on workers from...
Frances Williams in Geneva A US claim that Airbus, the European aircraft maker, received government assistance worth more than $200bn was dismissed on Tuesday by European Union trade officials as "ridiculous and absurd".Brussels said the US made the claim in...
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