Maradona's other great WC goal BRASïLIA, July 4: Argentina's World Cup quarter-final against Belgium on Saturday will rekindle memories of a brilliant goal scored by Diego Maradona that is one of the finest to have graced the tournament. It is...
BRASïLIA, July 4 (AFP): Argentina will once again turn to Lionel Messi for inspiration when they tackle star-studded Belgium in Brasilia on Saturday in a World Cup quarter-final haunted by ghosts of yesteryear. Victory would take Argentina into the last...
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) : Since Day 1, when Brazil put three past Croatia, the World Cup has enjoyed a goal deluge as sustained as an Amazon forest downpour. The target to beat is 171, from France in 1998. That...
CUIABA, Brazil (AP) : It was an odd place to find three international footballers on the eve of a crucial World Cup game, inside a small hair salon located on the forecourt of a gas station on the outskirts of...
RIO DE JANEIRO, July 4 (Reuters): Argentina are playing far below their best, are over-reliant on Lionel Messi and must improve if they are to beat Belgium in their World Cup quarter-finals, according to Diego Maradona. "We still haven't got...
Defender Roy Miller will miss Costa Rica's historic World Cup quarterfinal with the Netherlands today( Saturday) because of a left foot injury, according to his federation. Miller, a reserve defender on the national team, almost certainly would've certainly started against...
RIO DE JANEIRO, July 4 (Reuters): Dutch forward Arjen Robben is at the height of his game and would be a nightmare for any team at the World Cup, Costa Rica coach Jorge Luis Pinto said on Thursday ahead of...
RIO DE JANEIRO, July 4 (AFP): Football's powerful governing body came under renewed scrutiny after a Brazilian police chief said Thursday a FIFA member provided thousands of World Cup tickets sold illegally at games for millions of dollars. Police commissioner...
Ziaur Rahman | 2014-07-05 00:00:00
The country produced a record of 144,616 bales of cotton in the just concluded fiscal year (FY), 2013-14, marking a growth of 12 per cent as against the previous fiscal. In fiscal 2012-13, the total cotton production was about 129,000...
FE Report | 2014-07-05 00:00:00
The government's efforts to rein in price hike of the commodities, consumed in a large volume in the holy month of Ramadan, went into vain, as prices of most of these items have increased notably. Prices of brinjal, potato, onion,...
Pan Pacific Sonargaon Hotel organised a Children's Iftar & Dinner Party at its grand ballroom in the city on Thursday . More than five hundred invited children from different children welfare institutions attended the Iftar party, according to a press...
Biman Bangladesh Airlines' desperate move to resume its Dhaka-New York-Dhaka flight by hiring crew and aircraft from a category-1 country looks to be futile as the Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh (CAAB) falls far short of attaining the category-1 status,...
LONDON, July 4: Oil prices fell further Friday on easing concerns over supply disruptions, offsetting firm demand for crude in the United States and China, traders said. Brent North Sea crude for delivery in August dipped 13 cents to stand...
TOKYO, July 4: Sharp said Friday it was considering an overhaul of its sluggish European business after a major daily said the Japanese electronics giant would pull the plug on its home appliance unit on the continent. Shares in the...
Ismail Hossain | 2014-07-05 00:00:00
Disappointment has gripped the country's printers as the government has invited international printing houses for the fifth consecutive year to print textbooks for 2015 whereas almost half of the local printers remain idle during the peak season. The government has...
Foreign products, especially manufactured goods, are gradually being replaced in the country with locally produced items, thanks to the country's strong manufacturing base and the government's policy support to grow local industries, reports BSS. Once upon a time, foreign products...
JHALAKATHI, July 4 (BSS): Industries Minister Amir Hossain Amu Friday said the present government has taken various pragmatic steps to expand fish production in the country. "The government is working sincerely to increase the growth of fishes so that Bangladesh...
RANGPUR, July 4 (BSS): Expanded use of organic fertilisers substantially improves soil health ensuring sustainable crop productivity reducing use of chemical fertilizers and pesticides, experts at a farmers' filed day said here Thursday. They put special emphasis on enhancing production...
SHANGHAI, July 4 (AFP): China designated a clearing bank in Seoul for yuan transactions in South Korea on Friday, coinciding with a visit by President Xi Jinping, as Beijing promotes greater use of its currency overseas. China's central bank has...
Taiwan's HTC swings back to profit in Q2 TAIPEI, July 4: Taiwan's struggling smartphone maker HTC said it has swung back to profit in the April-June quarter thanks to a boost from sales of a new flagship handset, but analysts...
BNP standing committee member Rafiqul Islam Miah alleged on Friday that the government is trying to restore a controversial provision of the press law in a bid to hide its corruption and misrule, reports UNB. Addressing a discussion at the...
CHITTAGONG, July 4 (BSS): Air and sound pollutions in the port city have reached intolerable level making city dwellers suffer from different complicated diseases. Air pollution caused by black emission of smokes from unfit vehicles and dusts from open space...
LALMONIRHAT, July 4 (UNB): The Election Commission (EC) has filed a case against Jatiya Party (JP) chairman HM Ershad for not submitting the return of election expenses within the stipulated time. District returning officer of the January-5 national election and...
Police arrested three suspected members of banned Islamic outfit Hizb ut-Tahrir Bangladesh from the city's Badda area on Friday, reports UNB. The arrested were identified as Nayon, 25, an MBA student of Presidency University, Razan, 25, a last year student...
A local Swechchashebak League leader has allegedly captured a heritage building in Shankhari Bazar in Old Dhaka, which also houses a temple, reports bdnews24.com. Locals say Debashish Biswas, the president of Dhaka Metropolitan Swechchashebak League (South), threatened the residents out...
RANGAMATI, July 4 (UNB): Six organisations of Bangalee settlers on Friday noon withdrew their 36-hour road-waterway blockade enforced in the district protesting the tour of a team of International Commission on Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) Affairs to the hill region....
Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) activists of Dhaka University unit engaged in a skirmish with shop employees at Nilkhet in the city on Friday, reports UNB. Witnesses said Sir AF Rahman Hall unit BCL vice-president Omar Faruque cashed out Tk 500...
Senior Awami League (AL) leader Suranjit Sengupta has advised Awami League (AL) leaders to organize the party besides doing development works for the Country, reports BSS. "To rule a country with some sincere ministers is not everything for a party....
Md Shah Jahan | 2014-07-05 00:00:00
The first ever law regulating brick production has come into force since July 1 without much preparation and any effort to familiarise it with both the brick makers and officials related to enforcement, sources said. Officials of the Department of...
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