Sorry, England! It's not the World Cup, but the footballers who are coming home.

At least 17 per 10,000 babies in the country have Autism Spectrum Disorder, finds a new survey.

Following denial throughout the day, police yesterday evening admitted arresting a quota reform leader from the capital's Shantinagar.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday said it is not possible to reform the freedom fighters' quota in public jobs due to a High Court verdict.

Ecstatic Croatia coach Zlatko Dalic is confident tiredness will not be an issue for his side when they face France in the World Cup final despite once again coming through extra time to beat England on Wednesday.

Traffic from Banasree, Badda, Rampura, and Hatirjheel used to converge on Pragati Sarani near Rampura TV station and it was a messy affair. Commuters previously feared the intersection but now a cheap U-loop has made a huge difference.

Croatia set up a dream final with France as they came from a goal down to beat England 2-1 in a nail-biting semifinal at the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow yesterday.

The Dhaka University authorities yesterday claimed they never said “outsiders were prohibited on campus”.

Five alleged drug traders were killed in “gunfights” between law enforcers and criminals in four districts early yesterday.

France won the match, but not the hearts. The first semifinal between the two best sides of the World Cup failed to live up to its Battle Royale billing. It was a good match but could have been great had France not played negative football. There was no reason for France to play defensively.

Should France go on to win the World Cup on Sunday, they would have peaked perfectly after starting the tournament in Russia slowly but gaining momentum when it mattered most.

A Dhaka court yesterday sentenced Hall-Mark Group Chairman Jasmine Islam to three years' rigorous imprisonment in a case filed over her failure to submit her wealth statement to the ACC within the given time.

Liberation War Affairs Minister AKM Mozammel Haque yesterday said there is no scope for bringing changes to the 30 percent freedom fighters' quota in public jobs because of a Supreme Court order.

The quota system in Bangladesh civil service is extremely complex and cannot be implemented ensuring proportionate representation of all sections of the society, according to two former top bureaucrats of the country.

Amid public outcry over Dhaka University's decision to ban outsiders on the campus, Vice Chancellor Prof Md Akhtaruzzaman yesterday said they would set up checkpoints at all the entrances to implement the decision.

BCL men have attacked quota reformists at least 13 times in the last three months, injuring around 68 students of four universities. But neither police nor the university authorities took action against any of the attackers.

Two nations who have been waiting years to put right the bitter memories of World Cup semifinal defeats will face each other on Wednesday in Moscow with the chance to finally go one step further.

France, Belgium face off. The two best teams of this World Cup lock horns tonight. A dream match that has every potential to live up to its billing as a Battle Royale.

Rescuers freed the last four of 12 Thai boys and their soccer coach from deep inside a flooded cave yesterday, a successful end to an extraordinarily perilous mission that gripped the world for more than two weeks.

The youngsters, aged between 11 and 16, and their 25-year-old coach enter the Tham Luang cave in northern Thailand during heavy rains after football practice.