Australia opener David Warner has been fined 15% of his match fee for accusing South Africa wicketkeeper AB de Villiers of ball-tampering.
Day: February 27, 2014
BNP demands reelection to captured polling stations
Accusing the ruling party of capturing the polling stations across the country like ‘char grabbing’ in the second phase of the upazila polls, BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Thursday demanded reelections to the grabbed voting centres.…
Phil Jagielka out of England v Denmark friendly with injury
Everton defender Phil Jagielka has been ruled out of England’s friendly against Denmark on 5 March with a hamstring injury.
Polls boycotted sensing defeat: PM’s Adviser HT Imam
Prime Minister’s adviser HT Imam on Thursday said that many BNP-supported candidates boycotted the second phase of upazila parishad polls sensing their defeat. “The election boycott by BNP-backed candidates raises curiosity and question. Actually, they boycotted the polls sensing their…
Smell of forest pine can limit climate change – researchers
By Matt McGrath New research suggests a strong link between the powerful smell of pine trees and climate change.
Chairman candidates boycott 15 Upazila polls in 9 dists
Some 15 chairman candidates, mostly BNP-backed ones, boycotted the upazila elections in Khustia, Cox’s Bazar, Feni, Barisal, Bhola, Chandpur, Noakhali, Munshiganj and Jessore districts on Thursday on various allegations. In Noakhali, the Election Commission suspended polling in Sadar upazila following…
North American scientists track incoming Fukushima plume
By Jonathan Amos The likely scale of the radioactive plume of water from Fukushima due to hit the west coast of North America should be known in the next two months.
1 killed in violence as polls end in 115 Upazilas
The counting of votes after the second phase elections in 115 upazila parishads of the country’s 52 districts began on Thursday afternoon. The voting that began at 8am closed at 4pm amid stray incidents of violence which left a Shibir…
Book reading enhances knowledge, removes ignorance’
Reading of books always enhances knowledge through removing ignorance and immorality from the mindset of everybody to enlighten the society as well as the nation as a whole.
Excellent flowering predicts bumper litchi production in N’dists
Bumper production of the juiciest, tasty and fleshy fruit of litchi is likely this season following excellent flowering amid favourable climatic condition so far in the northern districts, officials and experts said today.
Mango trees sprout buds in Rajshahi,Chapainawabgonj
As the winter season says goodbye, hundreds and thousands of mango trees have started sprouting buds in Rajshahi region, traditionally known as the hub of the delicious fruit.
Stringent actions for preventing corruption underscored
Speakers at a meeting in Rangpur have underscored the need for taking stringent actions for preventing corruption through launching social movement involving common people to build a corruption-free Bangladesh.
Idols vandalised in Satkhira temple
Unidentified miscreants vandalised two idols of a Hindu god and a goddess in a temple at North Shibnagar in Sadar upazila early Thursday.
Farmer murdered in Jamalpur
A farmer was allegedly killed by his rivals over a trivial matter at Patalia village in the municipality area on Thursday.
Drug addict husband kills wife in Sylhet
A drug addicted man allegedly killed his wife by slitting her throat at Sultanpur village in Goainghat upazila early Thursday.
Tk10 lakh valuables looted from Tungipara house
Robbers looted gold ornaments, cash and other valuables worth Tk10 lakh from a house at Patgati village in Tungipara upazila early Wednesday.
3 Sunamganj BNP leaders expelled
Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) central committee has expelled three local leaders of Sunamganj for contesting the upazila election defying the party decision.
1 held with 6 gold bars in Satkhira
Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) arrested an alleged smuggler in possession of six gold bars weighing 60 tolas from Keragachhi border area in Kolaroa upazila on Wednesday morning.
Jamaat leader held in Jessore
Police in a drive arrested a local leader of Jamaat-e-Islami in the district town on Wednesday afternoon.
Bombs hurt 5 in Meherpur polling station
Five supporters of BNP were injured as some crude bombs hurled allegedly by local activists of the ruling Awami League exploded at a polling centre in Gangni upazila on Thursday.
Kazi Zafar protests renaming of Bhashani Novo Theatre
Former Prime Minister Kazi Zafar Ahmed on Thursday called for a strong movement with the spirit of self-sacrifice by taking lessons from the late Moulana Abdul Hamid Khan Bhashani to safeguard the independence and sovereignty of Bangladesh. Talking as the…
Israeli airstrike on Hezbollah positions
Jerusalem — Israel has opened a new front in its attempts to halt weapons smuggling to Hezbollah, striking one of the group’s positions inside Lebanon for the first time since the sides fought a war eight years ago. This week’s…
HRW asks Saudi Arabia: End summary deportation of Somalis, Yemenis
More than 12,000 Somalis have been deported since 1 January 2014 from Saudi Arabia back to conflict-ridden Somalia, according to Human Rights Watch. In the absence of any protection screening and referral mechanism prior to departure, Saudi Arabia risks violating…
Leaders of the ruling party should work for the masses
It is found that senior leaders Awami League have little work except criticising the BNP using nasty words. AL central leader Tofail Ahmed has said BNP have participated in the Upazila election after rubbing nose on the ground. But people…
3 Sunamganj BNP leaders expelled
Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) central committee has expelled three local leaders of Sunamganj for contesting the upazila election defying the party decision. The expelled leaders are Sunamganj district BNP vice-president Wakifur Rahman Gilman, Mollapara union BNP president Nurul Haque and…
3 killed in Khulna truck-car collision
Khulna –Three people, including a female university admission seeker, were killed and another was injured when a truck and a private car collided head-on at Akmal More in Arong Ghat area of the city on Thursday morning. The deceased were…
42 injured in Thakurgaon BGB-voter clashes
At least 42 people, including security personnel, were injured when voterts clashed with army and BGB personnel in polling stations during Upazila elections at Thakurgaon’s Baliadangi. Three Border Guard Bangladesh personnel injured in the clashes were admitted to Thakurgaon Sadar…
Polls festival of take-over polling centres: BNP
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) has alleged that the Upazila polls have been reduced to a ‘festival’ of taking over poll centres’ by supporters of the ruling party. “Our apprehensions over the last few days have come true. It has…
7 BNP candidates boycott UZ polls in Barisal, Bhola, Chandpur
Dhaka – Seven BNP-backed candidates boycotted their election in Sadar upazila of Barisal, Char Fasson and Burhanuddin upazila of Bhola, and Faridganj upazila of Chandpur districts on Thursday on various allegations. In Barisal Sadar upazila, three candidates – BNP-supported chairman,…
China: Statues get face masks to battle smog
Face masks have appeared on statues around Beijing’s Peking University in an apparent bid to protect them from the smog engulfing the city. With no end in sight for China’s pollution crisis, one student with a sense of humour used…