Title contenders Abahani, Mohammedan and Sheikh Russel sailed past their respective opponents in away matches of the Bangladesh League in different venues across the country yesterday.
Rarely does a centurion get overshadowed in a match of middling scores. But though Thilan Samaraweera finished with an accomplished unbeaten 105, the headlines were stolen by Thissara Perera, who celebrated his third cap with a power-packed 15-ball 36. From needing 54 off 39 balls when he arrived at the crease, Sri Lanka romped home with two overs to spare, as India's quest for yorkers merely resulted in one too many no-balls and full tosses. Chanaka Welegedara's five-wicket haul had killed India's batting momentum at crucial times, and with the dew playing such a factor in the evening, 279 was not quite enough.
A first-half strike from Jibon Singh took India to the semifinals of Bangabandhu SAFF Championship with a lone-goal win over a spirited Nepal in a Group A encounter at the Bangabandhu National Stadium yesterday.
Three scientists who created the technology behind digital photography and helped link the world through fiber-optic networks shared the 2009 Nobel Prize in physics Tuesday. Charles K. Kao was cited for his breakthrough involving the transmission of light in fiber optics while Willard S. Boyle and George E. Smith were honored for inventing an imaging semiconductor circuit known as the CCD sensor.
Australian-American researcher Elizabeth Blackburn and Carol Greider and Jack Szostak of the United States won the Nobel Medicine Prize on Monday for identifying a key molecular switch in cellular ageing.
A sublime Tamim Iqbal stood tall with a superb 154 runs knock to overshadow Charles Coventry's record equaling century to guide Bangladesh wrap up the Grameenphone Cup five-match ODI series with one match to spare when the visitors clinched the tie by four wickets in the fourth match at Bulawayo on Sunday.
Led by Tamim Iqbal's magnificent 154, Bangladesh clinched the fourth ODI of GrameenPhone Cup against Zimbabwe by four wickets at the Queens Sports Club in Bulawayo on Sunday.
Mohammed Ashraful hit a sublime century as Bangladesh launched their Zimbabwe safari with an empathic eight-wicket win on the heels of their outstanding Caribbean clean sweep.
Newly appointed state minister for home Shamsul Haque Tuku has said the government is waging a war against terrorism and militancy, which it will win.
A spirited Bangladesh wrapped up their first one-day international series against West Indies.
