Top-ranked Serena Williams is too wiped out to play in the Fed Cup against France on April 19-20, U.S. captain Mary Joe Fernandez said Wednesday.
Day: April 10, 2014
Spanish press trying to sabotage Neymar ahead of World Cup: Scolari
Brazil manager Luiz Felipe Scolari believes there is a conspiracy afoot! The 2002 World Cup winner is certain that the Spanish press are deliberately trying to unsettle Brazil and Barcelona star Neymar ahead of this summer’s tournament in his home…
Actress Katherine Heigl sues US pharmacy for $6m
Actress Katherine Heigl has sued a chain of US pharmacies for $6m (£3.6m) in damages.
TV presenter Peaches Geldof: Body released for funeral
The body of Peaches Geldof has been released to her family to allow for funeral arrangements to be made.
UK plans to curb wind turbines onshore to push up electricity bills
Plans to restrict wind farms to seas around Britain will need much larger subsidies from consumers, experts say.
Possible new signal in search in missing plane search
A plane searching for missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 has detected a possible new signal in the southern Indian Ocean, Australian officials say.
Putin warns Europe of gas shortages over Ukraine debts
Russian President Vladimir Putin has warned European leaders that Ukraine’s delays in paying for Russian gas have created a “critical situation”.
Afghanistan elections 2014: And thus spoke the people
Given the security and political environment (including the weather and rains) within and outside Afghanistan, the recently held electionto usher in their next president is perhaps the most significant democratic poll in the history of the country.
J&K: ‘Law’ of political inheritance
Winston Churchill once said: “Politics is not a game, it is earnest business.
Training on Tilapia fish production in Jamalpur
A day-long training on ‘Tilapia Fish Fries Nursing’ aimed at boosting fish production in the country was held at Islampur upazila on Wednesday.
1200 kg jatka seized, 4 launches fined in Barisal
About 1200 kilograms of jatka (small hilsha fish fries) were seized and four passenger launches fined for carrying the banned item during an anti-jatka catching drive of a mobile court in Tetulia river here last night.
Bed-planting method crops farming gains popularity in Rajshahi region
By dint of much interest among the farmers and others concerned, acreage of crop farming especially wheat in bed-planting method has started gaining popularity in the region including its vast barind tract for the last couple of years.
Jamaat man chopped to death in Sirajganj
A local activist of Jamaat-e-Islami was chopped to death by unidentified miscreants at Chardhuli village in Belkuchi upazila on Wednesday night.
Man gets life for violating his daughter in Gazipur
A court here on Wednesday sentenced a young man to life term imprisonment for violating his daughter in 2013.
One held with 22 kg hemp in Ashulia
Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested an alleged drug peddler in possession of 22 kilograms of hemp from Bhadail area in Ashulia on Wednesday night.
Tk3 lakh valuables looted from Sylhet house
Robbers looted gold ornaments, cash and other valuables worth Tk3 lakh from a house in Alaibahar village of the city early Thursday.
Shibir man injured in Satkhira police firing
A local activist of Islami Chhatra Shibir sustained bullet wounds in a police firing during a clash at Sakhipur village in Debhata upazila on Thursday morning.
2 JCD leaders injured in attack in Jessore
Two local leaders of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) were injured when a group of miscreants attacked them at Kashipur Bazar in Jhikargachha upazila of Jessore district on Wednesday night.
One to die for killing wife in Manikganj
A court here on Wednesday sentenced a man to death for killing his wife for dowry in 2010.
Bike crash kills one in Jessore
A motorcyclist was killed and his two co-riders were injured as the vehicle they were riding rammed into a roadside tree at Goga Bazar in Sharsha upazila on Thursday morning.
Lightning kills 2 in 2 dists
Two people were killed in separate incidents of lightning strike in Chhatak upazila of Sunamganj and Rajnagar upazila of Moulvibazar districts on Wednesday.
Firearms, Phensidyl recovered in C’nawabganj
Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) seized two pistols, nine rounds of bullet, four magazines, 70 bottles of Indian Phensidyl syrup and a motorcycle from Kiranganj border area in Shibganj upazila on Wednesday night.
Jamaat leader held in Jhenidah
Police arrested a leader of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami from the Upazila Parishad office gate in Kotchandpur upazila on Wednesday afternoon on charges of attacking police and carrying out subversive activities.
Challenge to Titanic sinking theory
By Paul Rincon The ocean liner sank on its maiden voyage 102 years ago, with the loss of more than 1,500 lives.
BBC was ‘complacent’ over failed £100m IT project
The Digital Media Initiative (DMI) was intended to move the BBC away from using and storing video tape.
ABM Musa: A beacon for conscience-keepers
Mostafa Kamal Majumder The demise of Veteran journalist ABM Musa on Wednesday cast a pall of gloom in the journalist community of Bangladesh as among the conscious section of the people across the country. He had been suffering from various…
Upazila Vice-chairman arrested in Jhenidah
Kotchandpur police have arrested newly elected Kotchandpur upazila vice chairman and secretary of local Jamaat Islami Bangladesh from upazila parishod on Wednesday. The arrestee was identified as Moabia Hossain of Kotchandpur thana. Kotchandpur upazila nirbahi officer (UNO) Deb Prasad Pal…
‘Tarique, Coco to be brought back’
Government is initiating steps to bring back home BNP Senior Vice-chairman Tarique Rahman and his younger brother Arafat Rahman Coco for trial as they have been indicted on money laundering charges. This has been stated by Law Minister Anisul Huq on…
Japan assures support for consolidation of peace, dev in CHT
Japanese Ambassador in Dhaka Shiro Sadoshima on Wednesday visited Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) and assured his support for consolidation of peace and development in the CHT region. The envoy visited small-scale irrigation and water management project carried out by Khagrachhari…
ACC launches probe against Ruhul Amin Hawlader
The Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) has launched a probe into the allegation of illegal wealth accumulation by Jatiya Party secretary general ABM Ruhul Amin Hawlader. The Commission at its regular meeting on Wednesday decided to conduct probe into graft allegation…