DHAKA: Eight Bangladeshi villagers were injured after border guards from Bangladesh and India traded gunfire over the weekend, a Bangladeshi commander said Monday.

DHAKA: Eight Bangladeshi villagers were injured after border guards from Bangladesh and India traded gunfire over the weekend, a Bangladeshi commander said Monday.
Maj. Kohinoor Alam, a border guard official of Bangladesh, said the skirmish occurred Sunday after Indian border security forces opened fire on Bangladeshi villagers along northeastern Jaintapur frontier.
He said the injured were being treated for bullet wounds, but none of them are in serious condition.
Alam said the Indian guards fired as the Bangladeshi villagers tried to prevent dozens of Indian villagers from fishing in a pond inside Bangladesh territory. Bangladeshi guards responded with fire.

Bangladesh and India share a 2,500-mile (4,000 kilometer) porous border. Clashes between the border guards of the two neighbors are common, often over villagers crossing over into each other’s territory for farming or fishing.
The latest clash occurred three days after heads of both border forces held talks in New Delhi, India and agreed to scale down violence.

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CHITTAGONG : England bagged three wickets in six overs to close in on a big victory in the opening Test against Bangladesh on Monday.

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CHITTAGONG : England bagged three wickets in six overs to close in on a big victory in the opening Test against Bangladesh on Monday.
Paceman Tim Bresnan struck twice in the afternoon session and off-spinner Graeme Swann once as Bangladesh struggled to reach 125-5 in their second innings, chasing an unlikely 513-run target at tea on the penultimate day.
Bangladesh’s highest fourth-innings total is 413, against Sri Lanka in Dhaka in 2008.
Junaid Siddique (38 not out) and Aftab Ahmed (26) steadied the Bangladeshi innings with a 54-run stand for the third wicket before Bresnan grabbed two wickets in his three overs.
The England paceman had Ahmed caught behind then bowled Mohammad Mahmudullah for five runs to reduce the hosts to 105-4.
Swann, who bowled Tamim Iqbal in the morning session, got his second wicket when he removed skipper Shakib Al Hasan, judged leg-before while attempting to sweep. TV replays, however, suggested the ball came off the gloves.
The England spinner has so far captured seven wickets, including five in the first innings.
Tamim, top-scorer in the first innings with 86, contributed only 14 this time before being bowled in Swann’s second over.
Kayes fell in the last over of the morning session, caught by wicket-keeper Matt Prior off paceman Steven Finn after making 23 with four boundaries.
England batted for 50 minutes in the morning, adding 78 runs to their overnight total of 131-5 before declaring their second innings closed at 209-7.
Left-arm spinner Shakib bagged both the wickets, removing Prior (seven) and Swann (32) to finish with 4-62.
Swann hit three fours in his brisk 25-ball knock, while middle-order batsman Ian Bell cracked one six and four boundaries in a 55-ball 39 not out. They put on 65 for the eighth wicket.
Bangladesh were bowled out for 296 in their first innings in reply to England’s mammoth 599-6 declared.

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CHITTAGONG : Alastair Cook hammered a career-best 173 to consolidate England’s position in the opening Test against Bangladesh on Saturday.

The England skipper cracked two sixes and 16 fours in his 283-ball knock as the tourists reached an imposing 487-4 in their first innings at lunch on the second day after resuming at 374-3.

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All-rounder Paul Collingwood closed in on his 10th Test century, racing to an unbeaten 86 at the break. Ian Bell was the other not-out batsman on 37.

Cook looked set to complete his maiden Test double-century before falling to off-spinner Mohammad Mahmudullah in the day’s 13th over, offering an easy return catch while attempting to pull a long-hop.

The left-handed opener, leading England for the first time in Tests, could add only 15 to his overnight score of 158. His previous best in Tests was 160 against the West Indies at home last year.

But there was no respite for Bangladesh as Collingwood and Bell continued to gather runs comfortably on an easy-paced pitch. The pair have so far put on 75 for the unfinished fifth wicket.

Collingwood, who was unbeaten on 32 on Friday, smashed the morning’s first six when he hoisted left-arm spinner Shakib Al Hasan over long-on and then completed his half-century with two runs off Mahmudullah.

Collingwood, who added 93 for the fourth wicket with Cook, has so far hit one six and six fours in his 20th Test half-century.

The second and final Test starts in Dhaka on March 20.

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DHAKA: England Vs Bangladesh Live Streaming, England captain Alastair Cook won the toss Tuesday and put Bangladesh in to bat first in the second limited-overs international at Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium.
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England replaced pacer Ryan Sidebottom with offspinner James Tredwell in the only change to the lineup that won the first match Sunday.

Bangladesh introduced rookie Suhrawardi Shuvo to replace batsman Zunaid Siddique and brought in paceman Rubel Hossain, omitting Mashrafee Mortaza.

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Dubai’s Police Chief Lt. Gen. Dahi Khalfan Tamim claimed that all the suspects of the Hamas commander al-Mabnouh’s murder are in Israel.
He also blamed that the Israeli government is unwilling to arrest the murderers. The Hamas commander was killed on 20th January in one of the Dubai’s hotel. Fake Australian and British passports were used.

Russia is willing to back sanctions against Iran so long as they are targeted and do not affect the civilian poupulation, President Dimitri Medvedev said at a news conference with his French counterpart Nicolas Sarkozy.
Speaking in Paris, Medvedev said he hoped that negotiations with Iran would come to an agreement without sanctions. But if we don’t get there, Russia is ready, with its partners, I have already said it, to have sanctions introduced, he said. These sanctions must be carefully weighed and must be sanctions that are intelligent ones. They must not be directed against the civilian population. He said that if sanctions were to be applied, they could not be punitive to the point of preventing further dialogue with the Iranian regime, which says its nuclear programme is purely for peaceful purposes. Significantly, Medvedev did not mention Iran in his opening comments, while the question was the first point that Sarkozy made in his. Asked about negotiations under way with the United States to cut nuclear weapons stockpiles, Medvedev said talks were advancing well and that negotiators were down to the fine print, with most substantive issues agreed.

Clashes erupted in Hassan and Shimoga cities of India’s southern Karnataka state following publication of a controversial translated article of Bangladeshi writer Taslima Nasreen in a leading Kannada daily.
Tension broke in Hassan when unidentified miscreants pelted stones on commercial establishments during a procession. As per media reports, several vehicles and shops were set ablaze. About 1500 people took to streets earlier on Monday to express anguish over the Kannada translation of Nasreen’s article on burqa (veil) tradition. The clashes took a communal turn when activists of several Hindu radical organisations also took to streets and started pelting stones on each other. Reportedly, situation was more serious in Shimoga district where protestors burnt about a dozen two wheelers, two tractors, two auto-rickshaws and pelted stones. Media reports say that one person was killed when police opened fire to quell the rioters in Shimoga. Another person succumbed to injuries sustained in stone pelting. Several people were critically injured and were hospitalised in both the districts following protests by Muslims over publication of Nasreen’s article. Concerned state authorities have imposed prohibitory orders in the both the districts to control the situation. Several vehicles including state transport corporation busses were damaged when protestors in the procession turned violent. Nasreen’s articles have sparked controversies earlier as well. Many radical Muslims hate this renowned writer for her critical opinion on religion that she has termed as an oppressive force. Nasreen fled Bangladesh for the first time in 1994 when a court said she had ‘deliberately and maliciously’ hurt Muslims’ religious feelings in her Bengali-language novel ‘Lajja’ meaning shame.

England Lions crashed to 96 all out against Pakistan in the first one-dayer against Pakistan A in Dubai Sports City.

Lions were beaten by 83 runs as with the opener Craig Kieswetter called up into England side for Bangladesh tour, team were flattened to reach to their target of 180 runs. England’s Test batsman Ian Bell resisted hard in the middle, composed an unbeaten 46 off 89 balls as two other batsman, Gale (17) and Steven Davies (21), made double figures as Raza Hasan snapped (three for 16) and left arm spin bowler Abdur Rehman inspired Pakistan with his (4 for 25).

Earlier Lions capain Andrew Gale asked Pakistan to bat first to restrict them at 179 in 47.5 overs with Mohammad Hafeez smacked 51 off off 80 balls with the help of five-four.

Pakistan however kept on loosing wicket in regular interval of time but with couple of cameo from Aamir Sajjad (39 off 60 balls) and Rehman (20 off 34 balls) help the team to pile up a respective total. Yorkshire spinner David Wainwright impressed with figures of 3 for 26 from his 10 overs, while Sajid Mahmood and Chris Woakes took two wickets apiece.

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Cain Velasquez Vs Minotauro Nogueira, We’ll make some UFC 110 predictions on the main event between Cain Velasquez and Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira.

The winner of tonight’s fight between Cain Velasquez and Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira may very well be the next in line to challenge Brock Lesnar for the heavyweight title, and we’ll do our best to make winning UFC 110 predictions in this exciting main event brawl.

Before we make our UFC 110 predictions, the first thing we need to bring up is a rumor that has been floating around the internet the last few hours or so.  Word “on the street” is that Cain Velasquez is taking this fight against Nogueira despite the fact that he has some sort of neck injury that is causing him pain.  Regardless, it appears that Velasquez feels that he is capable of fighting through the supposed injury in an effort to move himself into the upper echelon of UFC heavyweights.

BoDog Sportsbook has the UFC 110 odds ready to go and it’s Nogueira who is currently a tiny favorite over Cain Velasquez.  This line has fluctuated quite a bit with line movements both ways, but it appears that “Big Nog” will enter the UFC 110 main event as the favorite on the betting odds unless something drastic happens in the next few hours.

Velasquez is another talented Arizona State wrestler who has made the crossover into mixed martial arts.  He simply smothers people on the ground and his endless cardio has made him one of the premier contenders in the UFC heavyweight division.  Velasquez has some issues to work out in his standup, but his endless punches keep his opponents backing up.

Nogueira is the former Pride and UFC heavyweight champion, and it’s never wise to count out experienced and accomplished veterans in your predictions.  The Brazilian is a ground master and has 20 submission victories to his credit.  Nogueira also has solid striking that combines some power with his ability to take strikes.

The UFC 110 betting predictions in the main event have to be to play the odds on Nogueira.  The injury concerns us, as does Velasquez’s step up in competition.  “Big Nog” is healthy, has the experience, and knows how to counter Velasquez’s best weapon (wrestling).

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