Michael Vaughan, the England captain, has won the toss and put West Indies into bat at Chester-le-Street, as the fourth Test finally gets underway on the second afternoon, reports Cricinfo. Three-and-a-half sessions have been lost due to rain so far....
Rahul Dravid, the Indian cricket captain, has insisted that his side has got over the World Cup (WC) disappointment and is ready for the forthcoming tour of Ireland and England, starting in a week's time. He was confident that his...
BHURBAN, Jun 16 (AFP): Paceman Shoaib Akhtar regained full fitness to claim a place in Pakistan's 15-man squad for the upcoming tour of Scotland, selectors announced here Saturday. The 32-year-old missed the World Cup in the Caribbean due to a...
Former England cricket hero Ian Botham, who has raised more than £10m for leukaemia charities, has been awarded a knighthood by the Queen, reports BBC. Manchester United's nine-time Premier League title winner Ryan Giggs is appointed an OBE while veteran...
HALLE, Jun 16 (AP): Fourth-seed Tomas Berdych reached the Gerry Weber Open final for the second straight year Saturday with a 7-6 (5), 6-4 win against Jarkko Nieminen.Nieminen led 4-2 in the second set, but committed several errors to let...
Chief Adviser Fakhruddin Ahmed has asked the members of the Special Security Force (SSF) to carryout their duties with utmost efficiency maintaining professionalism to face the challenges in the coming days.The Chief Adviser made the call while addressing a Darbar...
BARISAL, June 16 (UNB): The administrative activities of Barisal City Corporation (BCC) have virtually come to a halt due to fund crisis following the arrest of Mayor Majibor Rahman Sarwar.Mayor Sarwar, former lawmaker and district BNP president, was arrested from...
Awami League (AL) President Sheikh Hasina alleged Friday that the military-backed government would force people to file another 30 cases against her, reports bdnews24.com. The AL chief alleged that the government was looking for the owners of Pran Group, Akij...
COX'S BAZAR, June 16 (UNB): Law-enforcers seized 14 firearms and some lethal weapons in Cox's Bazar and Sylhet districts Saturday in drives under the ongoing countrywide anti-crime operation.Official sources said joint forces seized some arms and ammunition from the house...
Bangabandhu's killer Lieutenant Colonel (retd) Mohiuddin Ahmed may be deported back to Bangladesh anytime from the United States (US) after the rejection of his latest appeal by a district court in Los Angeles."We're in constant touch with our Consular wing...
Medical service for treatment of heart diseases would be expanded in the country, Health and Family Welfare Adviser ASM Motiur Rahman said Saturday, reports UNB. He spoke of the plan while speaking at the function held to introduce Troponin-I machine...
THE government and the other stakeholders in the country's insurance sector seem to be unanimous that the sector should be better regulated and brought under disciplinary measures. Such actions have become all the more necessary because of the entry of...
Shahiduzzaman KhanTHE interim caretaker government has taken a fresh move to formulate a new jute policy for the revival of the ailing sector. The new policy is expected to give a boost to its development. Enhancement of the country's jute...
Martin WolfFAST growth, huge current account "imbalances", low real interest rates and risk spreads, subdued inflation and easy access to finance characterise the world economy. Is this party about to end? Probably not. But to identify the risks we must...
Joe Leahy from Mumbai RESISTANCE by India's politicians to the entry of large-scale retailers in the food and grocery sector could be costing the country up to the equivalent of 1.7 percentage points of lost economic growth, a study suggests.The...
Ashraf PervezROLES and Responsibilities: Internal control over financial reporting has always been a major area in the governance of an organisation, and this importance has been magnified in recent years. Internal control serves as the first line of defence in...
Ripan Kumar BiswasPERHAPS, all concerned would be very happy, had there been no object like an iceberg. The collision of the iceberg with the Titanic -- the most luxurious vessel of its time -- in the North Atlantic Ocean on...
Anthony BoltonOCCASIONALLY in this business you come across events that change the investment landscape - an episode that alters the relationship between shareholders and the companies in which they invest. I believe such an event happened in March this year...
M A IslamLike previous years, this year also some students have got GPA 5 in the SSC examination despite their extreme financial limitations. Some of them had to work hard in the fields with their parents, had to starve, had...
Nahid Kaiser TomaIndependent University Bangladesh (IUB), one of the leading private universities in Bangladesh, is going to start its English department from the fall semester 2007. With this purpose, since March, the university has been arranging the 'Lecture Series on...
H.M.Sajibur RahmanJatio Kabi Nazrul Islam University at Trishal, Mymenshigh observed the 108th birth anniversary of poet Nazrul at the Nazrul Museum of Trishal, Mymensigh, very recently. Students of Nazrul University wore colourful dress. Female students adorned their hair with flowers....
Hamish Fraser "One…two…three…four…sexy-move …one …two …three …four… sexy-move…" I am climbing up a vertical ice face on a glacier in Chilean Patagonia, while listening to the "instructions" from a guide 10 metres below. The "one" to "four" are pretty easy...
Racing fans, listen up. If you think you've got what it takes to drivecompetitively, you can put your clutch where your mouth is with MicrosoftGame Studios' "Forza Motorsport 2," a high-definition sequel to the hit 2005racing simulator.Microsoft Xbox 360 gamers...
Russian space officials said Friday they were considering moving up the launch of a Russian cargo ship as cosmonauts aboard the international space station struggled for a second day to reboot failed computers controlling the orbiting outpost’s orientation.The problem started...
It has been 11 years since Congress voted to break the cable television industry's stranglehold on set-top boxes -- the devices that consumers need to receive digital programming and change channels.So why are you still paying $5 or more a...
Michael DeAgoniaWith new patches out this week, this is not a beta to adopt wholesale, but you should look at it if you value the Macintosh GUI and/or need high speed Web browsing. It also cements Safari’s role as a...
FE Report Thai Airways International has unilaterally terminated a contract to operate Chittagong's international airport following Bangladeshi authorities' repeated failure to hand over management of the airport, according to a report received in Dhaka Friday. Thai's board on Thursday resolved...
FE ReportAl-Arafah Islami Bank Limited went online with Ababil, an Islamic Shariah compliant and centralised banking solutions, developed by Millennium Information Solution Ltd recently.A total of 22 branches out of 46 have been brought under software by the implementation team....
FE ReportAutomated trading of the ICB AMCL First Mutual Fund in Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) will start from June 20.In this connection an agreement was signed recently between Central Depository Bangladesh Limited (CDBL) and ICB...
FE Report The Chittagong Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCCI) has unanimously nominated its director Muhammed Amirul Haque as director of the Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI). The CCCI, earlier, in its board meeting held at...
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