• All too one-sided
  • Time to rein in Chhatra League troublemakers
  • Encounter with an advanced capitalist economy
  • Reasonable rail fare
  • Disequilibrium in balance of payments
  • Syria will drag down turkey
  • Screening of 10 movies on war begins at 17 points
  • Abahani clinch title in thrilling finale
  • Rumee experiments with emotions
  • Dilshan, Sangakkara lift gloom with tons
  • Remittance topped $12.84b in FY 2012
  • Experts for growth, poverty reduction-focused trade policy
  • Chemically-treated mangoes flood city markets
  • 'Tajuddin’s resignation was a loss to country'
  • Iran, US flex muscles in case of conflict
  • Suu Kyi defiant in ‘Burma’ row
  • Bangladesh loan cut-off correct: new WB chief
  • Headcount to identify Rohingyas outside camps in the offing
  • No heavy vehicles allowed unless road fit
  • Water-borne diseases break out in Sylhet as water recedes
  • NSI not named in charge sheet at Babar’s directive
  • AL to induct young leaders: Ashraf
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Abahani clinch title in thrilling finale

Abahani Limited players celebrate with the trophy after clinching the Bangladesh Premier League title at the Bangabandhu National Stadium on Tuesday. — Sourav Loskar
Abahani Limited came from behind twice to salvage a 2-2 draw in a thrilling last match against Muktijoddha Sangsad KC, securing their fourth Bangladesh Premier League title in five seasons on Tuesday. Needing only a draw at the rain-soaked Bangabandhu National... Full story

Dilshan, Sangakkara lift gloom with tons

Sri Lankan batsman Kumar Sangakkara (R) cuts the ball during the fourth day of the second Test match against Pakistan at the Sinhalese Sports Club Ground in Colombo on Tuesday. — AFP photo
Sri Lanka’s Tillakaratne Dilshan and Kumar Sangakkara smashed successive centuries against Pakistan to light up the rain-hit second Test in Colombo on Tuesday. The hosts, replying to Pakistan’s first innings total... Full story

Abahani coach dedicates title to Hejazi

Abahani Limited’s coach Ali Akbar hailed the competitive spirit of opponents Muktijoddha Sangsad KC after his side secured the Bangladesh Premier League title with an exciting 2-2 draw... Full story

Muktijoddha’s Mamunul named best local player

Bangladesh Sports Press Association named Muktijoddha Sangsad KC skipper Mamunul Islam as the best local player in the just concluded Bangladesh Premier League on Tuesday. Full story

Murray, Ferrer set-up quarter-final clash

Andy Murray on Tuesday reached a fifth successive Wimbledon quarter-final where he will meet Spanish bulldozer David Ferrer who has made the last eight for the first time at the 10th attempt. Full story

Afridi to front polio fight

Dashing cricketer Shahid Afridi is to front efforts to eradicate polio from Pakistan, going head-to-head with militants who have banned vaccinations in an Al-Qaeda-linked stronghold on the Afghan border. Full story

Pakistan gets Champions League invite

Pakistan’s cricket board has received an invitation from India for October’s Twenty20 Champions League, in a step towards reviving cricket ties between the arch-rivals which have been suspended since 2008. Full story

Pakistan committee summons Kamran

A Pakistani cricket committee has summoned wicket-keeper batsman Kamran Akmal in a bid to clear him from suspicion of match-fixing and revive his derailed career, an official said Tuesday. Full story

Premier Div Hockey

Bangladesh Sporting Club posted their second win in the Green Delta Green Delta Insurance Premier Division Hockey League when they blanked Mariners Youngs Club by 2-0 goals... Full story

Federer salutes Wimbledon old boys club

Roger Federer saluted the Wimbledon old boys club on Monday when five men aged over 30 featured in the fourth round, the highest number since 1975. Federer, who turns 31 in August, defeated... Full story

France players’ bonus frozen as quartet face probe

Bonuses owed to the France team for having made the quarter-finals of the recently-concluded European Championships have been frozen, the French football federation announced on Tuesday. Full story

Pearce explains Beckham absence as Giggs included

British Olympic football coach Stuart Pearce said no manager ‘picks on sentiment’ as he explained why David Beckham had been left out of his squad for the London 2012 Games. Full story

Rafael gets new United deal

Manchester United defender Fabio da Silva has signed a season-long loan with Premier League rivals Queens Park Rangers, on the same day it was announced twin brother Rafael signed a... Full story

PSG sign Lavezzi

Paris Saint-Germain have completed the signing of Argentine international Ezequiel Lavezzi from Napoli on a four-year deal after he completed a medical on Monday, the French giants have announced. Full story

Lewandowski still eyeing Premiership

Poland star Robert Lewandowski is still eyeing a move from German champions Borussia Dortmund to England’s Premier League, but remains tied to the Bundesliga for now, the striker’s agent... Full story

Spaniards throw giant fiesta for Euro heroes

Spain national team players celebrate their Euro 2012 triumph on an open top bus during a parade in downtown Madrid on Monday. — Reuters photo
Spain’s triumphant Euro 2012 heroes parted a red-and-yellow sea of fans in central Madrid on Monday in a giant, deafening national fiesta that swept aside all thoughts of economic crisis. An open-top double-decker bus ferried the team like a small boat... Full story

Beaten but unbowed, Italy return home

Italy’s footballers were welcomed back by a small group of just a few dozen fans on Monday after defeat by Spain in the Euro 2012 final but said they were already looking forward to the World Cup in 2014. Full story

Clijsters bids farewell to Wimbledon ‘Disneyland’

Four-time Grand Slam title winner Kim Clijsters said goodbye to Wimbledon for the final time on Monday, taking away a lifetime of memories from a tournament she likened to Disneyland. Full story

Villas-Boas named Tottenham manager

Andre Villas-Boas has signed a three-year contract as manager of Tottenham Hotspur, the Premier League club said on Tuesday. The Portuguese replaces Harry Redknapp who was... Full story

SOCCERLINE

Torres hails magical Kiev night Fernando Torres hailed a ‘magical evening’ in Kiev after Spain thumped Italy 4-0 in the final of Euro 2012 and he scored a goal to land the tournament’s golden boot award. Full story


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