The ISIS in Iraq is influencing Pakistani militants, with at least one group declaring allegiance to the insurgents, a Pakistani security analyst has said, reports Reuters. Muhammad Amir Rana said in Dawn Sunday that the Pakistani militant group Tehreek-i-Khilafat's declaration...
KABUL, July 14 (AFP):- The audit of Afghanistan's disputed presidential poll will take three weeks, the head of the country's election commission said on Sunday after the two rival candidates agreed to the vote-checking. "In order for this audit to...
Sudan's Bashir: 163 troops 'martyred' KHARTOUM, July 14: Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir, giving a rare battlefield toll, says 163 members of the controversial Rapid Support Forces have been killed in Darfur and South Kordofan. Bashir "referred to the martyrdom of...
RIO DE JANEIRO, July 13 (AFP): Brazilians bitter about their team's disastrous World Cup celebrated Argentina's defeat to Germany in the final Sunday by dancing and launching fireworks, relieved that their arch-rivals failed to triumph on their soil. In Brasilia...
BERLIN, July 14 (AFP): Germany erupted in ecstasy Sunday, with fans dancing the night away, after the World Cup final win against Argentina that handed the country its historic fourth title. Fireworks exploded across Berlin as delirious supporters cheering the...
RIO DE JANEIRO, July 13 (AFP): Lionel Messi, who lost out on the World Cup title after Argentina's 1-0 loss to Germany in Sunday's final, was named the Golden Boot player of the tournament. The Barcelona legend and four time...
RIO DE JANEIRO, July 13 (AFP): Colombia's young striker James Rodriguez claimed the World Cup's top scorer honours with six goals. Despite his country going out at the quarter-final stage the 23-year-old's haul was never matched. Among his half dozen...
RIO DE JANEIRO, July 13 (AFP): Germany's Manuel Neuer won the World Cup Golden Glove award for the tournament's best goalkeeper after helping his side to a 1-0 victory over Argentina in Sunday's final. The 28-year-old Bayern Munich player was...
COLOMBO, July 14 (AFP): Star Sri Lankan batsman Mahela Jayawardene said Monday he would retire from Test cricket after the series against Pakistan in August, drawing the curtain on an almost two decade-long Test career. Jayawardene, 37, who has been...
GALLE, Sri Lanka, July 14 (AFP): Hashim Amla will make history on Wednesday when he takes the field as South Africa's first permanent non-white skipper, helming a team in transition after the retirements of Test greats Graeme Smith and Jacques...
RIO DE JANEIRO, July 14, 2014 (AFP) : Brazil's football confederation will not renew the contract of national coach Luiz Felipe Scolari, local media reported on Monday, after the five-time World Cup winners were mauled by Germany in a humiliating...
GAZA CITY: The death toll from Israel's week-long campaign in Gaza rose Tuesday to 194, as two Palestinians were killed in renewed strikes after an Egyptian truce bid failed. Emergency services spokesman Ashraf al-Qudra said a 24-year-old man was killed...
Team BJMC beat Sheikh Russell KC 2-1 A double strike by Guinean Ismael Bangoura enabled Team BJMC to earn a 2-1 victory over holders Sheikh Russell KC in the Nitol-Tata Bangladesh Premier Football League at the Bangabandhu National Stadium. Bangoura...
The free-kick came in stoppage time of extra time and the ball looped high over the bar. It was miserable confirmation that there would be no coronation for Lionel Messi in the Maracana. In truth, Messi's big moment had come...
For Germany and Argentina, it was a tough journey to the iconic Maracana stadium, with a long qualification process and six games in Brazil required to reach the Final, according to website fifa.com. For England fan Hugh Thompson, the passage...
BUENOS AIRES, July 14 (AFP): Argentines reacted with tears, cheers and violence after the dream of a third World Cup title slipped through their fingers Sunday, as clashes between hooligans and police ended a massive street party. Tens of thousands...
SAO PAULO/RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters): A tongue-in-cheek "Brazilian 2014 Calendar" making the rounds on Facebook jokes that, because of the soccer World Cup, an unusually late Carnival, other holidays and a presidential election, real work will only be possible during...
RIO DE JANEIRO, July 14 (AP): Once the World Cup and its travelling circus leaves town, four gleaming stadiums that cost $1.6 billion and hosted massive crowds will echo noisily as their owners struggle to find a use for them...
RIO DE JANEIRO, July 14 (AFP): Wonderful goals, gripping drama, shock results, new heroes, old villains: the World Cup played out like the gripping blockbuster tournament its organisers always dreamed it would be. Long before the curtain came down on...
RIO DE JANEIRO, July 14 (AFP): Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff on Sunday symbolically handed over the World Cup to Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin, whose country will host the 2018 tournament. The two leaders were joined by FIFA president Sepp Blatter...
Tens of thousands of German football fans are giving a hero's welcome to the World Cup-winning team in Berlin. The main celebrations were at the Brandenburg Gate, where players displayed the cup on a large stage while performing an impromptu...
RIO de JANEIRO (AP) : Lionel Messi's final act in the 2014 World Cup was lifting a free kick high over the bar, wasting Argentina's last chance to equalise in the final against Germany. It was far from fitting finish...
Deep in the forests of southern Guinea, the first victims fell ill with high fevers. People assumed it was the perennial killer malaria and had no reason to fear touching the bodies, as is the custom in traditional funerals. Some...
FE Report | 2014-07-15 00:00:00
Merchant bankers have requested the securities regulator's to clarify whether the regulatory directive earlier issued to reduce margin loan ratio will be applicable only for disbursement of fresh credits or previous ones, officials said. The Bangladesh Merchant Bankers Association (BMBA)...
The ACC has finally prosecuted Rana Plaza owner Sohel Rana in the case filed over irregularities in the construction of the building that collapsed last year, killing thousands. Spokesperson Pranab Kumar Bhattacharya said on Tuesday the national anti-graft agency approved...
FE Report | 2014-07-15 00:00:00
The stocks market returned to the green Monday, breaking a nine-session losing streak as continuous wane created some stimulus of undervaluation, luring some witty participants to take position. Brokers said that indices lost substantially in last nine trading days, a...
Health experts underscored the need for banning marketing of all artificial baby foods including tinned milk in the country to save the infants from the hazards they face. They said if the infants up to six months are breastfed instead...
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