Mashrafe's sudden return

Mashrafe Bin Mortaza made a sudden return to the capital yesterday to visit his ailing mother.The Bangladesh vice-captain who left Dhaka for Kolkata on Thursday evening reached Mumbai the same night to shoot a commercial for Pepsi as part of promotion for the upcoming Twenty20 World Cup in England. Prior to flying home the paceman also attended...

Power trips a day after record generation

Power generation saw a new record, 4,148MW, on Friday against the demand for 4,550MW, thanks to an increased gas supply to power plants at appropriate pressure.The generation however fell to 3,845MW yesterday against a demand for 4,600MW as erratic gas pressure tripped the Tongi 80MW power plant and reduced generation elsewhere. Tongi plant resumed generation yesterday evening.During the...

Hasina gives up role as BCL guardian

Orders sternest action against extortion, tender manipulation, criminal activities Staff CorrespondentAwami League (AL) President Sheikh Hasina will no more be the organisational chief of her party's student wing Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL), which recently got involved in internal clashes at several educational institutions.The...

Arsenal 2-0 Man City

Fabregas and Adebayor proved too much for City to handle Emmanuel Adebayor returned from injury to score twice as Arsenal turned on the style to overcome Manchester City. Cesc Fabregas, also back from a long spell out, delivered a superb free-kick for the Togo striker to head his first....

Fulham 0-1 Liverpool

Benayoun's goal keeps Liverpool in the hunt for a first league title since 1990 Liverpool moved top of the Premier League with a dramatic injury-time winner from Yossi Benayoun at Fulham. The Reds, now above Manchester United by two points having played two games more, struck...

Roman police find sewer children

The children were found in sewers close to railway stations Italian police have found more than 100 immigrants, including 24 Afghan children, living in the sewer system beneath railway stations in Rome. The children range in age from 10 to 15 years and are now being looked after by the city's...

Jade Goody: One in a million

BUCKHURST HILL, England — I’ve been to many funerals but none like this before: an intimate service for family and friends but one that was slickly choreographed for those who never met her, as well as the world’s media. Jade Goody had the ability to touch the hearts of people from all walks of life. Some media commentators have said...

At least 30 die in Pakistan violence

At least 30 people in Pakistan lost their lives Saturday in two separate suicide attacks and a suspected U.S. missile strike, according to local security officials. ...

Israeli police return fire, kill Palestinian woman

A Palestinian woman opened fire Saturday on Israeli border police in southern Israel before they shot and killed her, an Israeli spokesman said. Moshe Fintzy, a border police spokesman, said the woman approached the entrance of the border guards' base and was not allowed to enter. She then opened fire, and the border police responded, Fintzy said. The incident occurred near Beer Sheva, in...

3 officers slain responding to call, Pittsburgh police chief says

Three Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, police officers became the first department fatalities since 1995 Saturday morning while responding to a domestic dispute call, Police Chief Nathan Harper said. ...

American U.N. official freed in Pakistan

An American U.N. worker kidnapped in Pakistan more than two months ago has been freed, officials said. John Solecki -- abducted near the Afghan border on February 2 -- heads the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees office in Quetta, the southwestern Pakistan city and provincial capital of Balochistan. "I and all of my UNHCR colleagues worldwide are extremely relieved to learn of the safe...

Injury-hit Serena beaten in Miami final

An injury-hampered Serena Williams slumped to a straight sets defeat to Victoria Azarenka of Belarus in the final of the WTA Tier One tournament at Key Biscayne in Florida. ...

Bangladesh anti-graft chief quits

Sheikh Hasina had accused the commission of abuse of power The head of the Anti-Corruption Commission in Bangladesh has tendered his resignation, officials say. Hasan Masood Chowdhury, appointed by an army-backed interim government in January 2007, cited "personal reasons". Over a...

Google sees voice search as core

Analysts believe accurate voice search could boost Google's business Google has said it sees voice search as a major opportunity for the company in building a presence on the mobile web. The company's vice president of engineering made the comments during a wide-ranging discussion at...

BJP sets out India poll manifesto

Mr Advani is the BJP's candidate for prime minister India's main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has released its election manifesto which includes a number of key financial pledges. It says it will retrieve Indian money illegally gained and stashed abroad and will also raise the...

Israeli FM questioned over fraud

Mr Lieberman was a controversial choice for foreign minister Israel's new Foreign Minister, Avigdor Lieberman, has been questioned by police for at least seven hours over corruption allegations. Police said Mr Lieberman was questioned under caution on suspicion of "bribery, money-laundering...

Priyanka's father-in-law hanged himself: Police sources

Rajendra Vadra, father of Robert Vadra, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra's husband, was found dead at a guest house in Yusuf Sarai area on Priyanka Vadra, Rahul Gandhi and Sonia Gandhi at the cremation of Priyanka's father-in-law in New Delhi. (PTI Photo)More Pictures Friday. A source requesting anonymity claimed that it was suspected to be a case...

New York gunman kills 13, commits suicide

BINGHAMTON: A lone killer armed with at least two handguns massacred 13 people at a citizenship center in New York state on Friday before New York state police surround the building in Binghamton where a gunman held dozens hostage. (AFP Photo)More Pictures apparently shooting himself, police said.The slayings took place on the main floor...

'Mr. Poopy Pants' and fees frustrate flyers

There was a time when airline travel was a special treat, the kind of occasion that inspired passengers to dress up. ...

RBS chairman: More job losses coming, Goodwin reconsiders pension

British banking giant RBS has revealed it expects to make more job cuts and that former chief executive Fred Goodwin is considering taking a voluntary cut in his pension. ...

Europe faces greater terror threat than U.S.

Europe is more vulnerable to terrorist attack than the United States, U.S. President Barack Obama said Friday as he arrived in France for a two-day NATO Summit marking the military alliance's 60th anniversary. ...

Dane in running for NATO top job

The Danish prime minister has told his party he is a candidate for NATO's top job, a spokeswoman for the party told Danish TV on Friday. ...

Civilian died in Afghan crossfire, NATO says

NATO-led troops killed 12 insurgents in a firefight Friday in Afghanistan, and a civilian caught in the crossfire was apparently killed by militants, NATO's International Security Assistance Force said. ...