South Africa captain Graeme Smith (R) and teammates celebrate with the ICC World Test Mace after usurping England as the number one Test side following their victory in the Lord’s Test in London on Monday Vernon Philander took five wickets as South Africa replaced England as the world’s number one Test side with a 51-run [...]
The High Court on Sunday issued a rule upon the government to explain why the joint forces Immunity Act 2003 legitimising Operation Clean Heart should not be declared unconstitutional and illegal. As per the court direction, the government will have to come up with a reply in six weeks. Joint forces led by army had [...]
Investigation agency of International Crimes Tribunals submitted the final report on the allegations against Abul Kalam Azad alias Bachchu Razakar to the prosecution on Sunday in connection with the crimes against humanity committed during the 1971 Liberation War. Investigation Officer Noor Hossain handed over the probe report to the prosecution team around 11:00am, Shahidur Rahman, [...]
Detectives arrested three youths along with three mobile bombs at two parts in the capital Saturday night in connection with a bomb explosion case in Agargaon on July 17. Ayesha Siddique, assistant programme officer of Bangladesh Computer Council (BCC) was injured when a bomb exploded in her handbag in Agargaon on the day. Police suspect [...]
The government has decided to export rice to boost up the market price of the staple food and ensure fair price for the marginal farmers, Finance Minister AMA Muhith said on Sunday. The govt took the decision as Bangladesh now turned into a rice-surplus country and the prices of rice have been falling, Muhith briefed [...]
China’s world number one Yi Siling won the first gold of the London Olympics in the women’s 10m air rifle competition at London’s Royal Artillery Barracks on Saturday. In a tense contest watched by International Olympic Committee president Jacques Rogge, Poland’s Sylwia Bogacka took silver after a fierce battle for the top spot while Yu [...]
Gautam Gambhir has said India need to improve their bowling in the last ten overs of an ODI if they want to win consistently. India conceded 90 and 97 to Sri Lanka’s lower-middle order from overs 41 to 50 in the first and third games of this series, and needed the batsmen to provide buffer [...]
Kumar Sangakkara has been ruled out of cricket for four to six weeks after a fracturing his finger during the third ODI against India in Colombo. The injury has put doubts on Sangakkara’s participation in the inaugural season of the Sri Lanka Premier League that starts on August 11, apart from missing the remaining two [...]
Australia A 362 for 4 dec and 141 for 6 (Smith 78, Wainwright 2-23) lead Derbyshire 269 for 3 dec (Palladino 106, Khawaja 56*) by 234 runs Australia A endured a more testing second day to their tour of England, as Derbyshire nightwatchman Antonio Palladino reached a maiden first-class century and the visiting batsmen then [...]
Middlesex 58 for 5 (Rushworth 3-22) and 185 need a further 60 runs to beat Durham 102 and 200 (Borthwick 41*, Finn 4-80) At the end of a second enthralling day this match was more evenly poised than had seemed likely before the weather intervened this afternoon. Paradoxically, a change in conditions, which at first [...]