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  • Mahmudullah leads Bangladesh fightback against NZ
  • Date: Wednesday, February 17, 2010
  • Mahmudullah claimed his maiden Test century as Bangladesh made a spirited fightback in the one-off Test against New Zealand in Hamilton. Resuming on 87-1, Mahmudullah's 115 and an aggressive 87 from Shakib Al Hasan helped Bangladesh reach 408 in reply to ...
  • Sachin Tendulkar hits century despite fog in first Test
  • Date: Tuesday, January 19, 2010
  • Bangladesh closed 184 adrift on 59-3 after a truncated second day of the first Test with India in Chittagong. Less than 25 overs were possible as foggy conditions left the light unfit but there was time for Sachin Tendulkar to record his 44th Test century...
  • Dubai set for England-Pakistan Twenty20 internationals
  • Date: Saturday, January 9, 2010
  • England are set to face Pakistan in two Twenty20 internationals in Dubai ahead of their winter tour to Bangladesh. The matches will take place at Dubai Sports City and provide an extra chance for England to gel before the ICC World Twenty20 in West Indies...
  • Bangladesh NGO head gets UK award
  • Date: Sunday, January 3, 2010
  • The founder of one of the world's largest non governmental organisations, the Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee, has been honoured in the UK. Fazle Hasan Abed - who holds dual British and Bangladesh citizenship - will be knighted by Queen Elizabeth i...
  • Bangladesh ferry death roll rises to 72
  • Date: Monday, November 30, 2009
  • The number of people dead after a ferry capsized in Bangladesh has risen to 72 with the recovery of more bodies, officials say. Rescuers found the bodies floating on the Tetulia river where the overcrowded ferry capsized on Friday, a police official said....
  • Bangladesh officers lose appeal
  • Date: Saturday, November 21, 2009
  • Five ex-army officers in Bangladesh have lost an appeal against their convictions for the murder of the country's independence leader in 1975. The men, who had been convicted of killing Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the father of current Prime Minister Sheikh Ha...
  • Flintoff 'on track' for comeback
  • Date: Tuesday, November 17, 2009
  • All-rounder Andrew Flintoff says he is recovering well from knee surgery but concedes he is likely to miss England's tour to Bangladesh early next year. Flintoff, 31, retired from Tests last summer but still hopes to represent his country in limited-overs...
  • EPR convicts' poll hopes over
  • Date: Monday, December 1, 2008
  • The High Court (HC) yesterday upheld the constitutional provision for disqualifying a person from contesting parliamentary elections if they are sentenced to not less than a two-year term under the Emergency Power Rules (EPR). This would imply that som...
  • BNP list finalised, yet aspirants interviewed
  • Date: Friday, November 28, 2008
  • Interviewing BNP ticket aspirants yesterday was merely a formality as the party had already chosen its candidates for the next parliamentary election ignoring the traditional system of interviewing nomination hopefuls. Insiders said the party last nigh...
  • Relatives of convicts too vie for BNP ticket
  • Date: Thursday, November 27, 2008
  • The two-day time for collecting and submitting nomination papers to get BNP ticket for the December 29 parliamentary election ended yesterday amid huge enthusiasm of aspirant leaders and their supporters. Around 3,186 forms were sold from the party hea...
  • AL gambles on seven new faces in Dhaka
  • Date: Wednesday, November 26, 2008
  • Awami League (AL) has picked seven new faces for constituencies in the capital mainly on grassroots recommendations backed by its President Sheikh Hasina. Of its 15 nominees for as many Dhaka city seats, four are graft suspects or accused of patronisin...
  • AL’s yes to JS polls, no to upazila schedule
  • Date: Tuesday, November 25, 2008
  • The Awami League (AL) last night demanded scrapping of the upazila election schedule but formally accepted the fresh parliamentary polls schedule. “The upazila polls schedule has to be cancelled and the Election Commission must set a date after t...
  • JS elections on Dec 29, upazila on Jan 22
  • Date: Monday, November 24, 2008
  • CEC announces fresh schedules after hectic 3-day parley with AL, BNP; downplays fear of misusing EC’s power to cancel candidature Sakhawat Liton The long-awaited parliamentary election will now be held on December 29 and upazila on January 22, an...
  • 97pc feel polls to be free, fair
  • Date: Friday, November 21, 2008
  • An overwhelming 96 percent of people want to vote in the next parliamentary election and 86 percent feel that holding the polls on December 18 is very important for the nation, The Daily Star-Nielsen Election Opinion Poll 2008 revealed. A large number ...
  • JS elections on Dec 18
  • Date: Thursday, November 20, 2008
  • The caretaker government last night declared again that the ninth parliamentary election will be held on the original scheduled date of December 18, after its frantic two-day negotiations with BNP-led 4-party alliance on the question of poll deferment had...
  • Govt talks in vain as BNP, AL won't budge
  • Date: Wednesday, November 19, 2008
  • The government's renewed scramble for reaching an all party consensus about the parliamentary poll date failed to produce any result yesterday as BNP stuck to its demand for postponing the poll at least until mid-January next year while Awami League-led a...
  • Maritime Boundary-Bangladesh
  • Date: Monday, November 17, 2008
  • Experts of Bangladesh and Myanmar began talks in Dhaka Sunday on the critical issue of drawing their maritime boundary through the Bay of Bengal, but to no breakthrough so far, as the two sides stuck to their guns on methodology of the delimitation(The Ne...
  • Demarcation ruling on Nov 2 EC appeals for lift of stay
  • Date: Friday, October 31, 2008
  • The Election Commission has appealed to the Supreme Court to overturn a stay on the redrawing of parliamentary constituencies, while the High Court on Thursday concluded hearing of petitions challenging the EC's gazette on the demarcations. Appellate Div...
  • Aug 21 case goes to trial
  • Date: Thursday, October 30, 2008
  • A Dhaka court yesterday finally framed charges against detained former BNP lawmaker Abdus Salam Pintu, Harkatul Jihad (Huji) chief Mufti Abdul Hannan and 20 others in two cases filed for grenade attacks on an Awami League (AL) rally in August 2004. Jud...
  • Cabinet committee sits today as admin limps
  • Date: Tuesday, October 28, 2008
  • The cabinet committee on administrative reforms and good governance affairs sits today to discuss the findings and recommendations of a government committee formed to review the functioning of bureaucracy.( The New Age BD) Chief adviser Fakhruddin Ahme...
  • Fuel prices slashed by 10-13pc
  • Date: Monday, October 27, 2008
  • The government has slashed petroleum prices by 10 to 13 percent following the recent drastic price fall in the global market. In an announcement yesterday, chief adviser's special assistant for energy M Tamim said prices of per litre diesel and kerosen...
  • soften stance on joining polls
  • Date: Friday, October 24, 2008
  • The major political parties have apparently softened their positions on joining the December 18 polls though some disagreements remained unresolved in the latest dialogues between the parties and the military-backed government.( The New Age BD ) Comple...
  • Toxic ship being scrapped despite ban and case in High Court
  • Date: Wednesday, October 22, 2008
  • The toxic ship blacklisted by Green Peace, the global environment watchdog, is being broken up for scrap metal on the Sitakundu coast before the end of the legal battleand in complete disregard of the danger to the health and lives of the breakers and loc...
  • I stick to colours like black and white
  • Date: Monday, October 20, 2008
  • After a bollywood-deprived first day at the Delhi fashion week, the second day saw Raima Sen walking the ramp for Small Shop by Jason and Anshu. Dressed in a simple black tee and jeans, we asked the Sen girl, how glamorous is her style statement? &ldqu...
  • Countdown to moon mission begins
  • Date: Monday, October 20, 2008
  • Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is all set to launch Chandrayaan-1, the country's first unmanned moon mission, with the beginning of 49-hour countdown early on Monday. "The countdown for the launch of Chandrayaan-1, which began this morn...
  • Come to Bihar for Nano project, says Lalu
  • Date: Thursday, October 16, 2008
  • Railway minister Lalu Prasad on Thursday offered land for Tata Motors Nano project in Bihar saying that farmers in Gujarat's Sanand where the car is slated to roll out from were being "harassed". "Sanand farmers are being harassed. If at...
  • Bengal lacks work culture for Nano-like project: Modi
  • Date: Tuesday, October 14, 2008
  • Two letters written by Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi, one to West Bengal CM Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee and another to Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee, have added fuel to the ongoing controversy over Tata Motors' exit from Singur. The lette...
  • EC announces assembly poll dates for five states
  • Date: Tuesday, October 14, 2008
  • Skipping a decision on assembly polls in Jammu and Kashmir, the Election Commission on Tuesday announced one-day poll in Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Delhi and Mizoram while Naxalite-infested Chhattisgarh will have two-phased elections between November 14 a...
  • Cisco makes push to become a truly global company
  • Date: Monday, October 13, 2008
  • When Cisco Systems Chief Executive John Chambers dispatched top lieutenant Wim Elfrink to India nearly two years ago, the executive vice president's mother-in-law drew the only logical conclusion. "What did you do to deserve this?" she asked ...
  • Airlines take luxury to new highs in tough times
  • Date: Friday, October 10, 2008
  • Invigorate yourself with a shower and spa at 40,000 feet. Socialise in a lounge while indulging in the finest drinks and appetisers onboard. And unwind yourself in the spacious private suites complete with Givenchy-designed beds and Ferragamo toiletry kit...
  • Tata Motors to make cheap Nano in Gujarat
  • Date: Wednesday, October 8, 2008
  • Tata Motors Ltd will make its ultra low-cost Nano car in Gujarat, Chairman Ratan Tata said on Tuesday, days after India's top vehicle maker pulled out of West Bengal because of violent protests. The plant to be built at Sanand, near Ahmedabad, will be ...
  • Dhaka to press for road up to China, sea boundary
  • Date: Tuesday, October 7, 2008
  • Dhaka would focus on linking Bangladesh to China through Myanmar and settling the maritime delimitation during bilateral talks with Myanmar's Vice Senior General Maung Aye, who arrives today on a three-day visit. However, the longstanding issue of repatri...
  • Indian immigrants in Australia celebrate Durga Puja with gusto
  • Date: Tuesday, October 7, 2008
  • Thousands of Bengali immigrants and other members of the Indian diaspora ushered in the Durga Puja celebrations with much fanfare and gusto here. Colourful pandals (marquees) adorned with spring flowers and intricately carved deities, women draped in d...
  • Hope for Singur project as Tata meets Bengal CM today
  • Date: Friday, October 3, 2008
  • Will he or won’t he? None other than Tata Group chairman Ratan Tata has the answer to this month-long guessing game that has kept the government and ancillary units on tenterhooks since Tata Motors suspended operations at the Nano factory in Singur ...
  • 37 arrested in raid on 'rave party' in Pushkar
  • Date: Monday, September 29, 2008
  • Ajmer police on Saturday night arrested 37 people, including 25 foreigners, during a raid at a 'trance party' (a party where trance music is played and drugs are anintegral part) at a farmhouse, about 8 km from here. Police seized 300gm of brown sugar, ca...
  • Falling global commodity prices fail to benefit local consumers
  • Date: Friday, September 26, 2008
  • Consumers have not been benefited by the falling commodity prices as the retailers have not made adjustments with the wholesale rates, said a government report released Thursday.(The Financial Express ) The quarterly 'Food situation report' (April-June...
  • As in Bangladesh, so in Georgia
  • Date: Saturday, September 13, 2008
  • By Premen Addy Bangladesh 1971, Georgia 2008: Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose (The more things change, the more they remain the same). The US postured that the territorial integrity of its clients -- Yahya Khan's Pakistan and Mikh...
  • Ex-Bangladesh PM Khaleda Zia might step out of prison soon
  • Date: Saturday, September 6, 2008
  • Dhaka, September 5:: Detained former Bangladesh Prime Minister Khaleda Zia, languishing in prison for over a year on graft charges, may be freed on bail by next week, her lawyers have claimed. However, she will have to go through legal procedures for h...
  • Aussies sweep Bangladesh
  • Date: Saturday, September 6, 2008
  • Australia completed a 3-0 clean sweep of its one-day series against Bangladesh, winning the third and final match by 73 runs at Marrara Stadium in Darwin this afternoon. The home side, having won the toss and chosen to bat, managed a modest 5 for 198 f...