Sushma Swaraj speaks to Mamata

Ahead of her visit to Dhaka, Indian foreign minister Sushma Swaraj has spoken with West Bengal’s Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. The two leaders discussed issues...

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Samaras penalty sends Greece through, breaks Ivorian hearts

A stoppage time penalty from Giorgos Samaras gave Greece a dramatic 2-1 victory over Ivory Coast in their final Group C match on Tuesday and...

Colombia fans blow kisses before the 2014 World Cup Group C soccer match between Japan and Colombia at the Pantanal arena in Cuiaba June 24, 2014. Photo: Reuters

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Colombia thrash Japan to top group

Colombia striker Jackson Martinez scored twice as they thrashed Japan 4-1 to maintain their 100 percent record and claim top spot in Group C on...

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Godin strikes late to send Uruguay through

Uruguay captain Diego Godin scored with an 81st-minute header to secure a 1-0 win over Italy in World Cup Group D on Tuesday and send...

Mario Balotelli (C) of Italy competes for the ball against Cristian Rodriguez (L) and Egidio Arevalo Rios (R) of Uruguay during the 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil Group D match between Italy and Uruguay at Estadio das Dunas in Natal, Brazil on Tuesday.

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Italy struggling

Italy were struggling against Uruguay at halftime drawing 0-0 in their tense final World Cup Group D match on Tuesday.There were few clear chances in...

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Commentary / Obama’s Middle East policy is dangerously wrong, not helping the moderates

The past months have established a low point in American foreign policy: the bloodbath by a group more extremist than al Qaeda – the Islamic...

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Verdict deferred

Verdict in Jamaat Ameer Maulana Matiur Rahman Nizami’s war crimes case has been deferred. The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT)-1 on Tuesday made the announcement of...

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An ugly cruelty of playing ‘Zia card’

Shahidul Islam Shahid :With the two top politicians-Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and former premier Begum Khaleda Zia-making allegation against each other of ‘possibility of complicity’...

Efforts were in progress to salvage the Dhaka-bound passenger bus from Bogra which fell into a river in Kalihati, Tangail on Tuesday afternoon.

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Bus runs off the bridge

At least three passengers were killed and 40 others injured as a Dhaka-bound bus from Bogra bus fell into a river breaking the fence of...

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Sushma due tonight

Mokarram Hossain :Indian External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj arrives in Dhaka tonight on a three-day visit from June 25-27 during which she is expected to...

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