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For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Bangladesh Sun.com http://www.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/10/id/ba01aa42514dc37d/ en-us Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:34:32 -0500 Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:34:32 -0500 30 England skipper Alastair Cook scored an unbeaten century on his debut as Test captain and Kevin Pietersen hit 99 to help England reach an imposing 374-3 at stumps on day one of the first Test against Bangladesh in Chittagong. http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/611401/cs/1/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 08:20:02 -0500 ANI http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/611401/cs/1/ The Indira Gandhi Cultural Centre (IGCC) has opened in Dhaka with a display of art works by 27 renowned Bangladeshi artists. http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/611145/cs/1/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 23:20:02 -0500 IANS http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/611145/cs/1/ KUTUPALONG, Bangladesh — Dildar Begum has no country, no job, no food and she is fast running out of hope. Her husband is imprisoned in a Bangladeshi jail while she lives in a slum with her... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/33066732/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 12:20:39 -0500 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/33066732/ By JULHAS ALAMASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER KUTUPALONG, Bangladesh -- Dildar Begum has no country, no job, no food and she is fast running out of hope. Her husband is imprisoned in a Bangladeshi jail wh... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/33067035/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 12:19:33 -0500 Seattle Post-Intelligencer http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/33067035/ WFP Agrees To Cooperate With Probe Of Its Operations In Somalia The World Food Program (WFP) "said Thursday it will cooperate with any independent probe into its food operations in Somalia, after a http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/33065927/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 12:13:29 -0500 Medical News Today http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/33065927/ Kevin Pietersen doesn't do humble pie as a rule, but on this trip it's been forced down his gullet by the shovel-full. He was once able to give the impression that his game had no weaknesses (other th... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/33064450/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 09:55:50 -0500 Cricinfo http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/33064450/ Chittagong, Bangladesh - Alastair Cook celebrated his first day as Test captain with a superb 158 not out to put England in a commanding position in the opening Test against Bangladesh on Friday. K... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/33062051/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 08:06:14 -0500 IOL http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/33062051/ Smokescreen of the day The England management have developed a self-gratifying obsession with team secrecy. Every question pertaining to selection in the week leading up to the match was greeted with ... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/33059845/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 06:50:09 -0500 Cricinfo http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/33059845/ Alastair Cook has celebrated his first day as Test captain with a superb 158 not out to put England in a commanding position in the opening Test against Bangladesh in Chittagong. Kevin Pietersen was ... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/33059710/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 06:45:31 -0500 ABC Australia http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/33059710/ Alastair Cook scored a century on his debut as Test captain and Kevin Pietersen hit 99 as England made 374-3 in the first Test against Bangladesh.Cook led from the front with a supreme 158 not out whi... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/33058903/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 06:37:03 -0500 BBC http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/33058903/ CHITTAGONG, Bangladesh (Reuters) - Skipper Alastair Cook hit an unbeaten half-century to help England reach 104-1 at lunch on the opening day of the first test against Bangladesh in Chittagong on Frid... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/33053569/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 02:13:41 -0500 International Herald Tribune http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/33053569/ Shakib takes a rest after just two overs as he throws the ball to off-spinner Naeem Islam. Cook aims another big heave to leg but completely misses the ball. The skipper adds a couple of twos - he has... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/33049481/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 23:25:28 -0500 BBC http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/33049481/ Shakib takes a rest after just two overs as he throws the ball to off-spinner Naeem Islam. Cook aims another big heave to leg but completely misses the ball. The skipper adds a couple of twos - he has... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/33048991/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 23:25:22 -0500 BBC http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/33048991/ CHITTAGONG, Bangladesh (Reuters) - Bangladesh won the toss and opted to field first in the first test against England at the Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chittagong, Bangladesh on Friday. England... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/33049483/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 23:23:20 -0500 International Herald Tribune http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/33049483/ Bangladesh: 1 Tamim Iqbal, 2 Imrul Kayes, 3 Junaid Siddique, 4 Aftab Ahmed, Mahmudullah, 6 Shakib Al Hasan (capt), 7 Mushfiqur Rahim (wk), 8 Naeem Islam, 9 Abdur Razzak, 10 Rubel Hossain, 11 Shadahat ... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/33049487/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:54:06 -0500 Sportal http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/33049487/ NEW DELHI: Dhaka has agreed in principle to allow border fencing within 150 yards from the zero line between India and Bangladesh, provided it is necessitated by “humanitarian concerns and geogra... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/33044702/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:09:50 -0500 Times of India http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/33044702/ A Dhaka court yesterday fixed April 11 for hearing on charge framing against detained former state minister for home affairs Lutfozzaman Babar in a tax evasion case. Judge Nasiruddin Mahmud of the Spe... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/33038138/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:10:34 -0500 The Daily Star http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/33038138/ Police yesterday recovered the body of an unidentified woman from a slum at Nobin Bagh in the city's Meradia area. The victim, aged around 25, was wearing salwar and kameez. The body was sent to the D... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/33038137/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:10:33 -0500 The Daily Star http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/33038137/ An Ansar member was killed when an oil-laden lorry hit him in front of the Shahjalal International Airport in the city yesterday afternoon. The victim was identified as Mohammad Moholal Miah, 28. He w... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/33038139/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:10:33 -0500 The Daily Star http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/33038139/ London - England pace bowler Graham Onions will miss the two-Test series against Bangladesh because of a back injury, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) said on Thursday. Onions sustained th... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/33034821/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:56:56 -0500 IOL http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/33034821/ The government is working to set up modern computer lab with internet connections at around 1,400 educational institutions as part of building a digital Bangladesh. State Minister for Science, Informa... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/33034921/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:45:13 -0500 The Daily Star http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/33034921/ The High Court (HC) yesterday directed former BNP state minister for education ANM Ehsanul Haq Milon to surrender before the trial court in Chandpur within eight weeks in connection with a mobile phon... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/33034922/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:45:12 -0500 The Daily Star http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/33034922/ Sammilita Sangskritik Jote, a platform for cultural organisations, will start countrywide cultural movement tomorrow to make people united in the demand for trial of war criminals.As part of the movem... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/33034923/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:45:12 -0500 The Daily Star http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/33034923/ Islami Chhatra Shibir men, who have been detained on charge of killing a Rajshahi University student, are delivering statements "spontaneously" about the involvement of Jamaat-e-Islami leaders, State ... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/33034928/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:45:11 -0500 The Daily Star http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/33034928/ The foundation stone of the new 22-storey administrative building of Chittagong City Corporation (CCC) was laid yesterday.CCC Mayor ABM Mohiuddin Chowdhury laid the foundation stone of the proposed bu... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/33034929/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:45:11 -0500 The Daily Star http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/33034929/ A Dhaka court yesterday asked Bashundhara Group Chairman Ahmed Akbar Sobhan and other defendants in a Tk 200 crore defamation case to submit a statement by April 22.Chairman and Managing Director of M... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/33034930/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:45:11 -0500 The Daily Star http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/33034930/ Qatari Minister for State and International Cooperation Dr Khaled Bin Mohammad Al Atiyah calls on Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at Gonobhaban in the city yesterday. Photo: PID http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/33034925/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:45:10 -0500 The Daily Star http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/33034925/ Chief of Army Staff Gen Md Abdul Mubeen will leave Dhaka for India on Sunday on a five-day goodwill visit at the invitation of his Indian counterpart Gen Dipok Kapoor.Gen Mubeen's wife and four army o... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/33034926/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:45:10 -0500 The Daily Star http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/33034926/ The High Court (HC) yesterday directed the government to allow Faisal Morshed Khan, son of former BNP foreign minister M Morshed Khan, to go abroad for his business purpose.The HC bench of Justice Sye... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/33034927/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:45:10 -0500 The Daily Star http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/33034927/ Flooded farmlands at Bolorampur village near Barapukuria Coalmine in Phulbari upazila of Dinajpur district have turned into uncultivable area following land subsidence due to geographical faults cause... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/33034940/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:45:10 -0500 The Daily Star http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/33034940/ English in Action (EIA), a joint venture of the Bangladesh and the UK governments to help develop better English communicative skills, was launched at a city hotel yesterday. The project has been laun... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/33034931/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:45:09 -0500 The Daily Star http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/33034931/ Food and Disaster Management Minister Abdur Razzaque yesterday asked the project implementation officers to ensure transparency in their activities, saying that they can help boost the rural economy b... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/33034932/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:45:09 -0500 The Daily Star http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/33034932/ President Zillur Rahman yesterday asked the authorities of the private universities to ensure quality of education instead of running them as 'commercial institutions'.He made the remarks when a three... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/33034936/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:45:09 -0500 The Daily Star http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/33034936/ Several hundred farmers besieged the sub-station of Rural Electrification Board-1 (Reb-1) at Handial Union under Chatmohar upazila on Wednesday night as erratic power supply damaged scores of shallow ... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/33034939/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:45:09 -0500 The Daily Star http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/33034939/ Thakurgaon Jubo League General Secretary Abdul Majid alias Apel was temporarily expelled from the party on Wednesday on charge of occupying the house of Sadar Upazila Chairman Sultanul Ferdous on Marc... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/33034941/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:45:09 -0500 The Daily Star http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/33034941/ Authorities of Shaheed Shamsuzzoha Hall of Rajshahi University aided by police seize knife, iron rods, about 1,000 books on jihad and huge leaflets from Shibir-controlled rooms yesterday. Photo: STAR http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/33034942/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:45:09 -0500 The Daily Star http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/33034942/ Khagrachhari municipal mayor Mohammad Joynal Abedin was suspended for the second time yesterday on charges of misappropriation of government fund and criminal activities.Senior joint secretary of LGRD... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/33034946/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:45:09 -0500 The Daily Star http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/33034946/ Sheltech Chairman Kutubuddin Ahmed, Channel i Managing Director Faridur Reza Sagar and Sheltech Managing Director Dr Taufiq M Seraj hand over a crest to Prof Siddika Kabir, noted culinary artist and n... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/33034935/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:45:08 -0500 The Daily Star http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/33034935/ The first and second year Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) final examinations 2009 under Bangladesh Open University (BOU) will begin today.A total of 86,340 examinees will sit for the examinations i... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/33034937/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:45:08 -0500 The Daily Star http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/33034937/ The High Court (HC) yesterday deferred until March 15 the hearing on a writ petition filed by BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia challenging the legality of a government notice asking her to leave the Canton... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/33034938/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:45:08 -0500 The Daily Star http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/33034938/ The lash day of two-day dawn-to-dusk hartal called by Samo Odhikar Andolan (SOA), a platform of Bangalee settlers and its student front Parbatya Bangali Chhattra Parisahd (PBCP) yesterday passed off p... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/33034943/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:45:08 -0500 The Daily Star http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/33034943/ Teachers and students of Birshreshtha Hamidur Rahman College joined by local people formed a human chain on Kaliganj-Jibon Nagar highway at Khalishpur Bazar in Moheshpur upazila yesterday demanding ar... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/33034944/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:45:08 -0500 The Daily Star http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/33034944/ Robbers injured Kabirhat upazila BNP finance secretary Abdul Hannan and his father and looted valuables worth about Tk five lakh from their house at Lemua Munshi Bari in Narottampur union of Kabirhat ... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/33034945/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:45:08 -0500 The Daily Star http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/33034945/ A farmer of Birganj upazila has been beaten to death as he allegedly failed to pay the irrigation water bill. A case was filed with Birganj police station yesterday in this regard. Police said victim ... http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/33034947/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:45:07 -0500 The Daily Star http://story.bangladeshsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/ba01aa42514dc37d/id/33034947/