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Serena to meet Venus in US Open quarters, Bouchard out

Serena Williams, chasing a calendar Grand Slam, advanced to a dramatic US Open quarter-final showdown with sister Venus on Sunday while a concussion forced Canada’s Eugenie Bouchard out of the tournament. World number one Serena served well in moving within three match victories of a 2015 sweep of major titles by defeating US 19th seed Madison Keys 6-3, 6-3. Serena, ...

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I could never play my brother: Djokovic

Novak Djokovic tipped his hat to Serena and Venus Williams ahead of their 27th career meeting but admitted Sunday he would find it impossible to play his own brother. Novak Djokovic,  tipped,  Venus Williams, younger brothers The world number one has two tennis-playing younger brothers — 24-year-old Marko and Djorde, who’s 20. Both play on the sport’s lower-level tours, which ...

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Rooney hopes for ‘special’ Wembley moment

Having matched Bobby Charlton’s England goal-scoring record against San Marino, Wayne Rooney plans to set a new mark in front of a home crowd against Switzerland at Wembley on Tuesday. Rooney’s penalty opener in Saturday’s 6-0 win in San Marino, which secured a place at Euro 2016, was his 49th international goal and left him needing one more to become ...

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Samsung brings exciting ‘Super Six’ offer

Samsung brings Eid Ul Adha ‘Super Six’ offers including free Galaxy Tab 3, rice cooker, upto BDT 25,000 off, instant cash discounts upto BDT 10,000 on different models of refrigerator, TV, oven and washing machines of Samsung. The refrigerators of Samsung FSR & SBS models are offering free Galaxy Tab 3, free Rice Cooker has been offered with Samsung RT33 ...

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Bangladesh turn the largest importer of Denim fabrics

“After China, Bangladesh is the largest manufacturers of apparel products and reputed international brands source from here,” said Lisa of Changzhou Runlai Textile Co. Ltd. “The country has enormous potentials to become leader in world jeans market with many good factories and buying houses.” Lisa said considering all the aspects and growth pattern, Bangladesh is China’s largest destination for denim ...

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RAHETID starts its journey in Dhaka

Royal Ascetical Hospital Education Training Institute Dhaka has started its journey in Bangladesh.  Rt Hon Desmond Swayne, the UK’s Minister for International Development inaugurated this hospital formally on 23rd August in Gulshan, Dhaka. Ministers, political leaders and activist from both the UK and Bangladesh were present at the event. Among other guests who were present at the inaugural ceremony included ...

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Cameron urged to act over refugees or risk UK being ‘pariah state’

Bangla Mirro Desk : David Cameron must allow more refugees into the country or Britain risks becoming a pariah state that will be ashamed of its inaction in Europe’s migration crisis, his opponents have said. Their comments came as s hocking photographs of a dead Syrian child washed up on a beach were published by the Independent. Earlier, Mr Cameron ...

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‘National living wage’ dodgers face higher penalties

Bangla Mirror Desk : Employers who fail to pay the new “national living wage” face increased fines under a crackdown on non-compliance announced by David Cameron. The prime minister said the new pay policy would only work if it were “properly enforced” and that the government would be funding a new unit at HM Revenue & Customs to crack down ...

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Zero-hours contracts rising alarmingly

Bangla Mirror Desk : THE number of workers on zero-hours contracts has increased by almost a fifth to 744,000, new figures show. People on a zero-hours contract in their main job represented 2.4% of all those in employment in April-June, compared with the same period a year ago, the Office for National Statistics said. The new figure will fuel fresh ...

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Disused spaces in Whitechapel to be transformed for businesses

Ambitious plans have been launched today by Tower Hamlets Council to open up empty or underused space in Whitechapel. The council’s Enterprising Whitechapel intiative will identify currently empty or underused buildings in Whitechapel and bring them back to productive use by providing workspace for small to medium sized enterprises (SMEs). This is part of the Whitechapel Vision regeneration project. Support ...

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