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Champions League: Leicester City thrash Club Bruges 3-0 in first ever match among Europe’s elite

Dhaka, Sept. 15 (NsNewsWire/Reauters) –Leicester City enjoyed the easiest possible introduction to Champions League football as two Riyad Mahrez goals helped them brush off the limited Group G challenge of Club Bruges 3-0 at the Jan Breydel Stadium on Wednesday. The win was Leicester’s first in any European competition for 55 years and last season’s […]

Barmy Army not going to Bangladesh

Dhaka, Sept. 15 (NsNewsWire/ESPNCricinfo) –The Barmy Army, a group of travelling England fans, has said it will not be following the team on tour in Bangladesh owing to prevailing security concerns. A statement on the group’s website said that while the BCB had taken an interest in improving security for fans, the “measures do not […]

Zimbabwe players protest unpaid fees, uncertainty around contracts

Dhaka, Sept. 15 (NsnewsWire/ESPNcricinfo) –Zimbabwe’s Harare-based players have refused to train in protest over unpaid match fees, which date back to July last year. The players were due to begin preparations for a series against Pakistan A, which starts at the end of the month, followed by fixtures against Sri Lanka, but have instead insisted […]

Typhoon Meranti lands in east China

Dhaka, Sept. 15 (NsNewsWire/Xinhua) — Typhoon Meranti made landfall in Xiang’an district of Xiamen City, east China’s Fujian Province, at 3:05 a.m. Thursday, with gales up to 48 meters per second. The world’s strongest typhoon so far this year has also been monitored as the strongest one hitting southern Fujian Province since the local meteorological […]

Xinhua Insight: China to launch Tiangong-2 space lab on Sept. 15

Dhaka, Sept. 15 (NsNewsWire/Xinhua) — China will launch its Tiangong-2 space lab from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwestern China’s Gobi desert at 10:04 p.m. Thursday as part of an increasingly ambitious space program that aims for a manned space station by around 2022. Engineers have begun injecting propellant into the Long March-2F T2 […]

Half voters think Hillary Clinton gives false health information: poll

Dhaka, Sept. 15 (NsNewsWire/Xinhua) — As Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign was scrambling to quell speculations about the U.S. Democratic candidate’s health, a survey released on Wednesday found half of registered voters believe that Clinton gave false information about her health to the public. Only 29 percent of voters think Clinton has given accurate information on […]

EU sets up Brexit “task force”, reiterates positions on Britain’s market access

Dhaka, Sept. 15 (NsnewsWire/Xinhua) — European Commission said on Wednesday it has decided to set up a Brexit “task force” (Article 50 Task Force) to carry out negotiations with Britain and restated London could have no access to Europe’s single market if it restricts the free movement of people and goods after Brexit. The Article […]

Obama vows to lift Myanmar sanctions as Suu Kyi visits

Dhaka, Sept. 15 (NsNewsWire/AFP) – President Barack Obama moved to restore trade benefits to Myanmar, saying broader sanctions would soon be scrapped as he hosted the country’s de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi at the White House Wednesday. Welcoming her for the first time since her historic election victory last year, Obama announced a […]

China warns Taiwan not to allow Dalai Lama to visit

Dhaka, Sept. 14 (NsnewsWire/Reuters) – China on Wednesday warned Taiwan against allowing exiled Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama to visit, after a high-profile Taiwan legislator invited him to the self-ruled island that Beijing claims as its own. China regards the 80-year-old monk as a separatist. Taiwan’s former president, Ma Ying-jeou, who favoured close economic […]