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Kroos missile secures last-gasp Germany win
08:34 AM, 24 Jun 2018 SundayA stoppage-time goal from Toni Kroos gave holders Germany a dramatic 2-1 win over Sweden on Saturday to reignite their hopes of qualifying for the World Cup last 16. Having lost their opening game to Mexico, the Germans looked to be heading for a draw until Kroos curled in a superb strike...
JS polls schedule in October: EC secy
08:54 PM, 23 Jun 2018 SaturdaySecretary of Election Commission (EC) secretariat Helal Uddin Ahmed on Saturday said the schedule of 11th Jatiya Sangsad election will be announced in late October...
Lukaku, Hazard score brace in Belgian rout
08:42 PM, 23 Jun 2018 SaturdayTwo goals each for Romelu Lukaku and Eden Hazard and one for Michy Batshuayi swept Belgium to a 5-2 victory over Tunisia on Saturday that put them in command of World Cup Group G and underlined their status as one of the tournament favourites...
Root causes of Rohingya crisis must be addressed: UN
07:39 PM, 23 Jun 2018 SaturdayUnited Nations Under-Secretary-General and Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide Adama Dieng here on Saturday commended the commitment demonstrated by the Bangladesh government in supporting the Rohingyas and highlighted that the root causes of the Rohingya crisis in Myanmar must be addressed...
Messi on a mission as Argentina train with renewed hope
07:28 PM, 23 Jun 2018 SaturdayLionel Messi and Argentina hit the training ground on Saturday with renewed hope of qualifying for the World Cup last 16...
Govt distributes over 259.79cr free textbooks in 2010-18
06:42 PM, 23 Jun 2018 SaturdayThe government distributed 259 crore, 79 lakh, 22 thousand and 902 textbooks free of cost among the pre-primary and secondary level students from the academic year 2010 to 2018...
UN Under-Secretary-General due Sunday
03:49 PM, 23 Jun 2018 SaturdayUN Under-Secretary-General (SG) for Peacekeeping Operations Jean-Pierre Lacroix and 4 other high officials will visit here on Sunday as part of four Asian countries tour...
Scoring against Argentina isn’t that difficult, says ‘Lionel Musa’
03:30 PM, 23 Jun 2018 SaturdayAhmed Musa is ready to inspire Nigeria to victory over Argentina in their final World Cup group game, having apparently been described as ‘Lionel Musa’ in South America...
Ex-S. Korean premier Kim Jong-pil dies
02:15 PM, 23 Jun 2018 SaturdayKim Jong-pil, the founder of South Korea’s spy agency whose political skills helped him also serve twice as prime minister, first under his dictator boss and later under a man his agency kidnapped, has died. He was 92...
Chechnya leader grants Salah honorary citizenship
01:51 PM, 23 Jun 2018 SaturdayChechnya leader Ramzan Kadyrov granted honorary citizenship on Friday to striker Mohamed Salah at a banquet held to say goodbye to Egypt’s World Cup squad...
PM inaugurates AL’s new office building
12:47 PM, 23 Jun 2018 SaturdayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina inaugurated the newly constructed head office building of Bangladesh Awami League at city’s Bangabandhu Avenue at Gulistan here on Saturday, coinciding the 69th founding anniversary of the party...
Messi is not a leader like Ronaldo: Petit
12:37 PM, 23 Jun 2018 SaturdayLionel Messi does not have the same leadership qualities as Cristiano Ronaldo, according to former Barcelona player Emmanuel Petit...
Trump says North Korea still ‘extraordinary threat’
12:04 PM, 23 Jun 2018 SaturdayUS President Donald Trump on Friday cited "an unusual and extraordinary threat" from North Korea's nuclear arsenal to extend sanctions on Kim Jong-un's regime, despite touting the success of a historic summit earlier this month...
PM pays homage to Bangabandhu
10:58 AM, 23 Jun 2018 SaturdayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday paid glowing tributes to Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman marking the 69th founding anniversary of the Awami League...
Road accidents kill 52 across Bangladesh
08:40 AM, 23 Jun 2018 SaturdayAt least 52 people were killed and 150 others were injured in separate road accidents across the country over the past 24 hours during the return journey from Eid holidays. Bangladesh Jatri Kalyan Samity (Bangladesh passengers’ welfare association) disclosed the report on Saturday...
Coutinho, Neymar strike late to give Brazil win
08:12 PM, 22 Jun 2018 FridayBrazil got two goals in stoppage time to give them a deserved 2-0 win over Costa Rica in a tense World Cup Group E encounter on Friday. Philippe Coutinho stabbed home from six metres out in the 91st minute and then Neymar volleyed a second six minutes later to get...
AL picks three mayoral candidates in city elections
08:09 PM, 22 Jun 2018 FridayAwami League on Friday picked up party’s three mayoral candidates, Badruddin Ahmed Kamran for Sylhet, AHM Kharuzzaman Liton for Rajshahi and Sadique Abdullah, for Barisal City Corporation elections...
Neymar, Salah, Messi, messy, messy!
05:52 PM, 22 Jun 2018 FridayWith nagging injuries, heavy marking from opponents and some simply uninspired play, the top stars of the 2018 World Cup have struggled to deliver on the impossible expectations they carried into the tournament, with one prominent Portuguese exception...
AL’s 69th founding anniversary today
05:35 PM, 22 Jun 2018 FridayBangladesh Awami League (AL), one of the country’s oldest political parties, will celebrate its 69th founding anniversary on Saturday amid holding different programmes...
Quader rules out dialogue with BNP
04:14 PM, 22 Jun 2018 FridayAwami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader on Friday ruled out any possibility of holding dialogue with BNP ahead of the next parliament election....