Weekend
RU classes, examinations suspended till
Dec 31
The academic committee of Rajshahi University at an emergency meeting on Sunday suspended all the classes and scheduled examinations till December 31 due to agitation by controversially-appointed class III and IV employees...[ + ]
1.69 cases of fistula of per 1,000 married women: experts
Fistula cases stand at 1.69 in every 1000 married women mostly because of prolonged obstructed labour which is preventable, said medical experts at an experience sharing meeting at IDB Bhaban in Dhaka on Sunday. There were 81,000 fistula cases in 2007 in the country while approximately 1,00,000 women are affected every year in the sub-Saharan Africa and south Asian countries, they said...[ + ]
De Villiers hundred seals record win
AB de Villiers erased a lingering hoodoo for South Africa as they sealed their most satisfying win with a record-breaking chase of 4 for 414 that buried Australia. Since coming back into the international arena in the early 1990s, South Africa have had the most trouble with Australia and finally conquered them, with de Villiers fighting to 106 and Jacques Kallis and the debutant JP Duminy producing nerveless half-centuries...[ + ]
Dhaka give Barisal a severe jolt
Title contenders Barisal received a severe jolt in their title aspirations as Dhaka bundled them out for a paltry 125 on the first day of the ninth round of the Ispahani Mirzapore Tea National Cricket League at the Fatullah Stadium on Sunday. In the other matches of the day, Khulna piled up 255 in their first innings against Rajshahi and Chittagong scored 278 for five against Sylhet at the Sylhet Stadium...[ + ]
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