BRISBANE, July 6 (AP): A development tour of South Africa has become the first casualty of Australian cricketers' pay dispute with the sport's national governing body, and the Ashes series beginning in November could also be at risk.
The Australian Cricketers' Association on Thursday said the Australia A tour will not go ahead, the first time [...]

SHERPUR, July 6 (UNB): Border Security Force (BSB) of India beat Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) by 7-0 goals in a friendly football match held at the Dalu Govt High School ground in Meghalaya of India, near Sherpur Border on Wednesday.
The high officials of the both border forces handed over trophies to Indian team captain Constable [...]

TOKYO, July 06 (AP): Troops were working Thursday to rescue families left stranded by flooding in southern Japan. Two people were reported dead and 11 others were unaccounted for in flooding that wrecked homes, roads and rice terraces.
Heavy rain warnings were in effect for much of the southern island of Kyushu after Typhoon Nanmadol swept [...]

MOSUL, July 07 (AP): "Don't stop!" the Iraqi special forces lieutenant yelled as a wave of fleeing civilians trudged past his position in Mosul's Old City in the scorching heat. "Don't pretend you're tired! Keep going!" Nearby, dozens of women and children, their hands raised, dropped their bags for security forces to search. Keeping the [...]

BOGRA, July 6: Over 500 net artisans across twelve upazilas of Bogra district have become self-reliant evolving the job from last few years taking short term loan facilities from Ekti Bari Ekti Khamar.
The artisans are passing busy time from the last month to prepare demanded nets as the rainy season has begun in the country. [...]

PABNA, July 6: Incessant raining in last four days brought immense sufferings to the residents of the Pabna municipality as the rainwater logged everywhere in the municipality area due to the lack of proper drainage system.
Due to the lack of drainage system rainwater logged at Shalgaria, Shibrampur, Dilalpur, Chatiyani, Housepara, Awrangajeb Area and most of [...]

While several parts of Bangladesh are already under grip of floods, more areas are likely to be inundated by flood water.
Sarder Udoy Raihan, an official of Flood Forecasting and warning Centre (FFWC), said, "As major rivers are in rising trend, different parts of country might be flooded during the next few days."
"Northeastern parts of the [...]

BEIJING, July 05: The number of Chinese tourists who visit Russia has surged in recent years, thanks to the popularity of "red tourism" among China's older generations and closer ties between the two nations, industry insiders said.
"Russia is a fast-rising attraction for Chinese tourists in recent years. In the first four months of this year, [...]

Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) High Performance (HP) Squad got off to a good start in the Australia tour beating Northern Territory Invitational Eleven by one wicket in the first match of the five-match one-day series at the Marrara Cricket Ground-1 in Darwin on Wednesday, reports UNB.
Sent in to bat first, hosts Northern Territory Eleven scored [...]

The build-up to this season's Bangladesh Premier League for Khulna Titans will be similar to his stint with Mumbai Indians earlier this year, said Mahela Jayawardene who was officially introduced as the franchise's head coach in Dhaka on Wednesday. He said that his initial challenge will be to form a culture in the dressing room [...]