Says her son Joy

Staff Correspondent

Permanent damage in Sheikh Hasina's left ear will compel the former prime minister to use a hearing aid for the rest of her life, her son Sajib Wazed Joy said Saturday.

A group of Jahangirnagar University students have decided to declare head of drama and dramatics Md Sanwar Hossain persona non grata on campus, and bar all entry to the university's drama department on Sunday, reports bdnews24.com

REUTERS, NEW DELHI - Police officers trawled slums and criminal hideouts in New Delhi on Sunday rounding up suspects, after serial bombings in the city a day earlier killed at least 20 people and wounded nearly 100.

REUTERS, Moscow- A Russian Boeing 737-500 airliner crashed near the Ural mountains on Sunday, killing all 88 passengers and crew on board -- 21 of them foreign nationals.

Star winger 'likely to be involved' against Villarreal

Sky Sports

Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson has revealed that Cristiano Ronaldo could make a surprise return to action against Villarreal in the UEFA Champions League next week.

AFP, LIVERPOOL, England - Ryan Babel ended Liverpool's four-year wait for a league victory against Manchester United as Rafa Benitez's team fought back from a goal down to win 2-1 at Anfield on Saturday.

AFP, LONDON  - Liverpool finally got the better of Manchester United as Ryan Babel's late goal clinched a 2-1 win over the defending Premier League champions on Saturday.

AFP, MADRID - Real Madrid are 40 million euros better off after selling Robinho to Manchester City, but his loss leaves the Spanish champions short of firepower in their quest for a third successive title.

The Independent

Luiz Felipe Scolari yesterday told Steve Clarke that he was making a mistake in leaving Chelsea to join West Ham United. The Brazilian believes his contacts could have secured his assistant manager a much better job. Chelsea are demanding over £1m in compensation for the man who has resigned to become Gianfranco Zola's No 2.

Barrister Rafiqul Haque is an eminent lawyer and when he comments on law and legal aspects he does so with the authority of a lifetime of experiences and knowledge behind him. Recently he said, he worked to release some big politicians charged with corruption by the Emergency Government to establish the rule of law. Doubtless he means well but his comments reflect one particular perspective and other perspectives need to be taken into consideration too. The other perspective is how does one define the rule of law and what constitutes rule of law.

AFP, WASHINGTON  - US President George W. Bush announced on Saturday restrictions on imported gasoline had been suspended in response to Hurricane Ike which had forced companies to abandon oil refineries along the Texas coast.

AFP, ROME - Failing Italian airline Alitalia cannot guarantee any flights after Sunday because of lack of fuel, unions quoted special administrator Augusto Fantozzi as saying Saturday.

NY Times

As Lehman Brothers teetered Friday evening, Federal Reserve officials summoned the heads of major Wall Street firms to a meeting in Lower Manhattan and insisted they rescue the stricken investment bank and develop plans to stabilize the financial markets.

AP, NEW YORK -- Walgreen Co. made an offer late Friday to buy Longs Drug Stores Corp. for $2.8 billion, hoping to unseat a rival offer from CVS Caremark Corp. that Longs had already accepted.

AP, NEW YORK  -- Delphi Corp. and its former parent General Motors Corp. said Friday they have reached a new deal on the automaker's role in Delphi's bankruptcy that puts the supplier on track to exit Chapter 11 by the end of the year.

REUTERS, SAN FRANCISCO- US mobile phone companies have begun to see substantial returns from delivering data and not just voice, fueled by greater openness on their networks, industry leaders said on Wednesday.

Times Online

A freight train collided with a rush-hour commuter train in Los Angeles on Friday evening, killing at least 17 people and injuring scores of others, many of them critically.

Millions have fled areas near gulf

NY Times

As the sun rose over the Texas Gulf Coast, Hurricane Ike continued to whipsaw its way through Houston after lashing Galveston, leaving at least three million customers without power, streets under water and authorities poised to evaluate the extent of the damage once the storm made its way through.

AFP, POTI, Georgia - Russian troops pulled out of encampments in western Georgia on Saturday as the shooting of a Georgian policeman underlined tensions over the EU-brokered disengagement plan.

AFP, WELLINGTON - A pilot has successfully landed an aircraft in Antarctica using night-vision goggles, a feat hailed Saturday as historic and could lead to year-round flights to the frozen continent.