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Ronaldo wins appeal

Real Madrid’s Cristiano Ronaldo celebrates after scoring a goal against Cordoba during their Spanish first division match at Santiago Bernabeu stadium in Madrid August 25, 2014. Photo: Reuters The Spanish league on Friday cancelled a yellow card awarded against Real Madrid superstar Cristiano Ronaldo for diving, ending a threatened one-match suspension, his club said. The Portuguese attacker got the card ...

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Emery-inspired Sevilla well set for Barca visit

Sevilla coach Unai Emery is one of the more eccentric characters in La Liga but the Andalusian club’s success this season suggests there is plenty of method in the Basque-born 43-year-old’s apparent madness.  Prowling the touchline during games, Emery’s frantic arm gestures, wild eyes and bellowed commands clearly inspire his players rather than distract them. Sevilla are fifth in La ...

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Obama-Castro talks expected as Americas summit resumesar

President Barack Obama and Cuba’s Raul Castro are due to hold their first formal meeting in another historic step towards ending decades of hostility. The talks, on the sidelines of the Summit of the Americas, will be the first top-level negotiations between Cuba and the US in more than 50 years. As the 35-nation summit in Panama entered its second ...

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Nearly 150 dolphins feared dead after beaching in Japan

Rescuers were forced to abandon efforts to save around 150 melon-headed whales that stranded on a beach in Japan yesterday, after frantically trying all day to save them. As darkness fell, local officials in Hokota, about 100 kilometres (60 miles) northeast of Tokyo, said they had been able to save only three of the 149 animals that had beached and ...

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Man hacked to death by brothers in Moulvibazar

A man was hacked to death by his paternal brothers in Borolekha upazila on Saturday morning. The dead was identified as–Nepal Kar, 18. Police arrested two in this connection. Local people said, Nepal and his two brothers locked into an altercation at Gramtala area around 6am. At one stage, two brothers hacked Nepal with sharp weapons, leaving him critically injured. ...

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Sylhet-Chhatak train service suspended for 3 months,

The passenger train service between Sylhet city and Chhatak has remained suspended for more than three months, causing immense suffering to the local commuters. Kazi Shahidur Rahman, station master at Sylhet railway station said.The train service was put on hold for security reason on January 5, when the BNP-led 20-party alliance enforced an indefinite transport blockade around the countryThe railway ...

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Sylhet malls, boutique houses showcase traditional wears

Boutique houses and shopping malls in the Sylhet city are now passing busy time showcasing traditional Bangali fashion wares ahead of upcoming Pahela Baishakh, (first day of the Bangla New Year), the largest non-communal festival of the country. On visiting various shopping malls and boutique houses here, this correspondent found vibrant and different designs of traditional Bangali dresses are being ...

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36th founding anniv of The New Nation observed in Sylhet

The 36th founding anniversary of the premier daily of the country The New Nation was observed in Sylhet on Wednesday. On the occasion a discussion meeting was held at a local hotel in the city with Sylhet Bureau Chief  SA Shofiee  in the chair   .  Opposition Whip of the Parliament Selim Uddin was present as Chief Guest while former senior ...

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United primed to resume Manchester top-dog role

Manchester United, buoyed by five successive Premier League victories, head into Sunday’s derby against Manchester City a place and a point above their rivals and believing they are poised to restore red ascendancy in the city. Champions City have won the last four league meetings against United, including a 1-0 victory at the Etihad Stadium in November, but their hopes ...

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Obama again backs India’s UNSC bid

President Barack Obama has reiterated United States’ support for India’s membership of a reformed United Nation Security Council as he considers it a foreign policy priority to continue to strengthen India-US relationship. “What the President said was that he said in the context of a reformed Security Council that the President would support the inclusion of India in that process,” ...

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