West Indies opener Lendl Simmons believes newly appointed Test captain Denesh Ramdin will readily adapt to the challenges of his new role.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina burst into tears while recollecting emotional memories of her return to Bangladesh after six-long year in exile.

Rafa Nadal overcame a first-set thrashing by Andy Murray to reach the semi-finals of the Italian Open with a 1-6, 6-3, 7-5 victory that kept him on course to meet rival Novak Djokovic in Sunday's climax.

Manchester City and Paris St Germain, two of the newly rich clubs in European soccer, have been fined up to 60 million euros ($82.23 million) and had their squads capped for next season's Champions League after breaching Uefa's financial rules.

Basic law and administration training for the newly elected upazila representatives and government officials will begin on Sunday.

The United Nations Development Programme’s (UNDP) regional director for Asia and the Pacific Haoliang Xu arrives in Dhaka on Saturday on a five-day visit.

In his last address to the nation, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Saturday said he had always tried to do his best in serving the country and that he was leaving India "a far stronger country in every respect than it was a decade ago".

A fire broke out on Saturday in part of a mine where nearly 300 miners were killed in Turkey's worst ever industrial disaster, hindering efforts to find up to three remaining workers believed to be still underground, the country's energy minister said.