Shane Watson marked his comeback from injury with a dashing 122 from 111 balls Wednesday as Australia set the West Indies a target of 330 to win the third limited-overs international and keep the five-match series alive.
Day: February 6, 2013
Keira Knightley doesn’t want a big wedding
Jack Ryan actress Keira Knightley isn’t a fan of lavish ceremonies at her wedding with all-star guest lists and instead she will be having a more private and intimate affair when she finally weds her Klaxons fiance James Righton, reports…
60 held, 53 injured countrywide
At least 60 Chhatra Shibir activists were held and 53 people including 10 cops injured in different parts of the country during Wednesday’s dawn-to-dusk hartal. Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami is observing hartal in protest against the verdict of its leader Abdul Quader…
‘Let us be hanged then’
Students at Chittagong University of Engineering and Technology (CUET) have demonstrated demanding death penalty for Jamaat-e-Islami’s Assistant General Secretary Abdul Quader Molla.
4 more Bangladeshis among 22 dead in UAE crash
The United Arab Emirates says four more Bangladeshi expatriate workers have been identified among the 22 killed in Monday’s road crash in that country. It was previously reported that there were 16 Bangladeshis among the 22 victims of the road…
BGB for heightened security: Tuku
Members of the paramilitary Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) have been deployed to reinforce security in the wake of heightened threats of creating chaos in the country, State Minister for Home Shamsul Haque Tuku has said.
Govt to appeal on Molla
The government will appeal against the verdict sentencing Jamaat-e-Islami’s Assistant Secretary General Abdul Quader Molla to life in jail within the 30-day deadline, an official said Wednesday.
Changes to 87 seats proposed
The Election Commission has proposed geographical changes to 87 parliamentary constituencies out of 300 for the 10th national elections in a draft, said EC Secretariat’s Joint Secretary Biswas Lutfur Rahman.
Traditional healders lead way to fighting malaria
Traditional healers in Benin possess sophisticated knowledge regarding the treatment of malaria with medicinal plants, and strategies should be developed to exploit this and promote the plants’ conservation, says a study.