Julian Alvarez sent defending champion Argentina into the World Cup semifinals with a long-range strike in the 112th minute against Switzerland, while another goal by Lautaro Martinez with seconds left in extra time only served to make the 3-1 victory look a whole lot easier than it was Saturday night. Alexis Mac Allister also scored off a corner kick from ...

Jude Bellingham was England’s hero once more by scoring twice as the Three Lions came from behind to end Norway’s historic run and reach the World Cup semi-finals with a 2-1 win after extra-time on Saturday, July 11. In their first ever quarter-final, Andreas Schjelderup fired Norway into a shock lead in the searing Miami heat. But Bellingham, who also ...

A 26-year-old man was arrested Friday on suspicion of murder in the killing of Ann Widdecombe, a former British member of Parliament and reality TV contestant, police said. Widdecombe, 78, was found dead Thursday in her Haytor Vale home on the edge of Dartmoor National Park in southwest England after sustaining what police said were “serious injuries.” The killing was ...

Londoners are being put off using buses because of concerns about anti-social behaviour, according to the Conservative Party. Passenger data from Transport for London (TfL) shows bus demand in the capital fell 1.5% last year and is down 22.8% from its peak in 2015. According to a TfL study, the most cited incidents on the bus network included youth and ...

Bank Asia PLC has launched Bank Asia ZEN, the upgraded version of its mobile banking app, said in a press release. The app was unveiled at Bank Asia Tower on July 8 by the bank’s Managing Director, Sohail R K Hussain, in the presence of members of the senior management team. Previously known as Bank Asia Smart App, the platform ...

The Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) has issued special emergency directives at the field level to tackle the country’s flood situation and ensure emergency healthcare services in the affected areas. The directives were sent on Saturday to all divisional health directors, civil surgeons and upazila health officials across the country through a letter signed by Abu Hossain Md Moinul ...

Bangladesh avoided a series whitewash by defeating Zimbabwe by seven wickets in the third and final ODI in Harare on Saturday, although the hosts secured the three-match series 2-1. Bangladesh ended their disappointing ODI series on a positive note, beating Zimbabwe by seven wickets in the third and final match to avoid a clean sweep. Chasing a modest target of ...

The current Supreme Leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, has spoken for the first time since the funeral of his father and former Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. A written statement from him was read out on Iranian state TV on Saturday (July 11). Mojtaba said in a written statement that the killing of his father’s killers and the people killed in the ...

Gowainghat Correspondent : A Bangladeshi youth was shot dead allegedly by members of the Khasi community near the Lakhat border along the Sylhet-Meghalaya frontier early Friday. The deceased was identified as Minhaj Uddin, 25, son of Kamar Uddin of Bhadeshwar village under West Jaflong Union in Gowainghat upazila of Sylhet. The incident took place around 3:00am in the border area ...

Speaker of the Jatiya Sangsad Hafiz Uddin Ahmad on Saturday said the glorious role of the East Bengal Regiment in the 1971 Liberation War remains an inseparable chapter of the nation’s history. “The sacrifice and valor of the regiment in defending the country’s independence and sovereignty must be presented to future generations, and this history should remain above politics,” he ...