

Sunday 11 January '09
Lloyds TSB Bank has agreed to pay a 350-million dollar penalty to settle a probe that it illegally handled financial...Thursday 1 January '09
BANGLADESH put on one of their best batting performances before suffering a 107-run defeat in the opening Test against Sri Lanka today...Wednesday
31 December '08Muttiah Muralitharan took three wickets to strengthen Sri Lanka’s chances of winning the opening Test against Bangladesh...Tuesday
30 December '08Some 600,000 British workers will lose their jobs in 2009 and a million could go before the worst is over...Saturday
27 December '08A Chris Gayle blast in a special “eliminator over” broke the deadlock between the West Indies and New Zealand...Friday
26 December '08China will use the yuan in transactions with neighbouring economies on a trial basis...Friday
26 December '08China has started filling tanks at its largest oil reserve, taking advantage of tumbling world crude prices...Tuesday
23 December '08The number of people unemployed throughout the world could rise by up to 25 million by 2010 because of the global financial and economic crisis...Tuesday
23 December '08West Indies captain Chris Gayle made a timely return to the century ranks on Monday to ensure a final day showdown in the second cricket Test...Sunday
21 December '08Internet and telephone communications between Europe, the Middle East and Asia were severely disrupted after three undersea cables...Sunday
14 December '08The West Indies won third day honours in the rain-hit first cricket Test, taking New Zealand’s last six wickets for 139 runs to dismiss the hosts for 365.Wednesday
10 December '08Yahoo’s board of directors is moving closer to choosing a new chief executive and the former head of Vodafone Group PLC is among those being considered, The Wall Street Journal reported.Monday
8 December '08The European Union launches its first-ever naval operation on Monday, with six warships and three surveillance planes patrolling pirate...Friday
5 December '08Bad behaviour by Australian parliamentarians led to suggestions on Thursday that they should be breath-tested for drunkenness before voting on legislation.Tuesday
2 December '08World number five Nikolay Davydenko (picture right) of Russia leads a strong field for the season-opening ATP Chennai Open from January 5-11, organisers said.Thursday
27 November '08President George W Bush’s mother, former first lady Barbara Bush, was taken to a Houston hospital to undergo tests after feeling some pain...Thursday
27 November '08The political strife that shut down Thailand’s main international airport could devastate the kingdom’s massive tourism industry...Thursday
27 November '08Australia on Wednesday granted a German doctor and his family permanent residency...Thursday
27 November '08Junaid Siddique and Mushfiqur Rahim hit half-centuries to lead a spirited Bangladesh batting effort on the first day of the second and final Test against South Africa...Wednesday
26 November '08Liverpool will look to the return of talismanic skipper Steven Gerrard to help guide them into the knockout stages of the Champions League as they seek a victory over Marseille here on Wednesday.Wednesday
26 November '08Liverpool will look to the return of talismanic skipper Steven Gerrard to help guide them into the knockout stages of the Champions League as they seek a victory over Marseille here.Monday
24 November '08Fernando Verdasco won the Davis Cup for Spain here on Sunday, beating Argentina’s Jose Acasuso 6-3, 6-7 (3), 4-6, 6-3, 6-1 to give his country a third title after 2000 and 2004 and deny the hosts a first.Monday
24 November '08US President George W Bush, bidding farewell to the international stage has offered a sweeping defence of free markets...Monday
24 November '08Italy's Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi brushed aside international outrage from earlier this month...Monday
24 November '08US President George W Bush believes the Iraq war was a success and is “very pleased” with what is happening there...