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Australia put teenage quick Beardman on standby for England ODIs

LONDON, SEPT 17: Australia have placed Mahli Beardman, a 19-year-old paceman with just six overs in senior professional cricket behind ...

Tom Sermanni named interim coach of Australia's Matildas

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Football Australia on Tuesday named Tom Sermanni as interim Matildas coach, replacing Tony Gustavsson who left the side following a ...

Alcaraz gives Spain Davis delight as Australia, United States and Germany also qualify

PARIS, SEPT 14: France crashed out of the Davis Cup Friday when world No.3 Carlos Alcaraz beat Ugo Humbert 6-3, ...

Spanish star Juan Mata eager to kickstart career in Australia

SYDNEY, SEPT 14: Former Chelsea and Manchester United midfielder Juan Mata brushed off concerns about his fitness on Saturday, saying ...

Livingstone levels T20 series for England against Australia

CARDIFF, SEPT 14: Liam Livingstone said he is thriving on extra responsibility up the order after his 87 levelled England's ...

Head, Zampa star as Australia beat England in 1st T20

SOUTHAMPTON, SEPT 12: Travis Head made a valuable 59 and leg-spinner Adam Zampa took two cheap wickets as Australia beat ...

Head, Zampa star as Australia beat England in 1st T20

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Travis Head made a valuable 59 and leg-spinner Adam Zampa took two cheap wickets as Australia beat England by 28 ...

Australian envoy meets Fakhrul, talks polls

Acting High Commissioner of Australia in Dhaka, Nardia Simpson, on Wednesday met BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir and ...

Australia 'extremely disappointed' with Indonesia draw in World Cup qualifier

JAKARTA, SEPT 11: Australia football head coach Graham Arnold said his side were "extremely disappointed" after their goal-drought continued into ...

Australian hockey star Craig banned after Olympic cocaine bust

Australian hockey player Tom Craig has been banned for 12 months following his arrest during the Paris Olympics last month ...

Australian High Commissioner meets Mirza Fakhrul

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Australian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Nardia Simpson met with BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Wednesday (September 11) ...

Australia plans social media minimum age limit

SYDNEY, Sept 10: Australia plans to set a minimum age limit for children to use social media citing concerns about ...

Inglis's century sets-up Australia's T20 series win over Scotland

EDINBURGH, SEPT 7: Josh Inglis's record-breaking century laid the platform for Australia's 70 run-hammering of Scotland in Edinburgh on Friday ...

England captain Buttler ruled out of Australia T20 series

LONDON, SEPT 6: England captain Jos Buttler has been ruled out of the upcoming Twenty20 series against Australia, with Phil ...

Coal generates less than 50pc of Australian electricity for first time

SYDNEY, Sep 4: Coal generated less than 50 percent of Australia's electricity in the last week of August, dropping to ...

Australia's Raygun 'sorry' about Olympic backlash

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Australia's "Raygun" has apologised for the backlash that her widely ridiculed Paris Olympics performance brought to the broader breakdancing community.Rachael ...

Australia, Canada contribute Tk 10cr to BRAC for flood response

Australia and Canada, under the Strategic Partnership Arrangement (SPA) with BRAC, have contributed Tk 10 crore towards flood response and ...

Australia to donate 1b AUS$ for flood victims in BD: Envoy

Acting Australian High Commissioner to Bangla-desh Nardia Simpson on Thursday said Australia would donate AUS$ 1 billion to a charity ...

Indonesia, Australia sign ‘historic’ defence pact

MAGELANG, Aug 29: Indonesia and Australia signed a new defence agreement Thursday, pledging closer cooperation to counter security threats in ...

Australia to cap foreign student numbers at 270,000

SYDNEY, Aug 27: Australia plans to cap foreign student numbers from next year, the government said Tuesday, curbing a multi-billion ...

Australian envoy welcomes Prof Yunus's commitment to human rights

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Acting Australian High Commissioner Nardia Simpson has praised a recent statement by Chief Adviser Prof Dr. Muhammad Yunus, which reaffirmed ...

Acting Australian envoy welcomes CA’s statement on national unity

Acting Australian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Nardia Simpson on Monday said she welcomed the recent statement by interim government Chief ...

Australian employees now have the right to ignore work emails, calls after hours

SYDNEY, Aug 26: Australian employees can now ignore those and other intrusions into home life thanks to a new "right ...

Australia registers record high winter temperature

SYDNEY, Aug 26: Australia registered a record-high winter temperature Monday, with the mercury hitting 41.6 degrees Celsius (106.7 degrees Fahrenheit) ...

Australia greenlights world's largest solar hub

SYDNEY, Aug 21: Australia on Wednesday approved plans for a massive solar and battery farm that would export energy to ...

Australia fears Aus$3 bn hit from China slowdown

SYDNEY, Aug 19: Australia warned Monday that the "softness" of China's economy and tumbling iron ore prices could leave a ...

Bangladesh HP's tour of Australia 2024

Tigers become runners up of Top End T20 series

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Bangladesh High Performance (HP) team conceded a 32-run defeat against the Adelaide Strikers in the final of the Top End ...

Australian Olympic Committee slams 'vexatious' Raygun claims

SYDNEY, AUG 15: The Australian Olympic Committee on Thursday decried what it said was a "vexatious, misleading and bullying" petition ...

Australia hold off Belgium for Olympic women's basketball bronze

PARIS, AUG 11: Australia out-duelled Belgium down the stretch to win Paris Olympics women's basketball bronze on Sunday, beating the ...

Australian government urged to ban gambling ads

SYDNEY, Aug 11: An alliance of leading Australians has demanded the government impose a total ban on gambling ads in ...