Heartbroken and humiliated, Germany will be haunted by South Korea for years.

The makeshift media centre inside the vast Spartak Stadium could barely accommodate the huge influx of travelling journalists ahead of Brazil's Group E fixture against Serbia in the World Cup on Wednesday. With a capacity of just over 500, by all means it registers as a standard media centre with all the required facilities.

The much-awaited Gazipur city election is over, the “we-knew-it-from-before” polls results are upon us, the “impartiality” of the police and the “neutrality” of the civil administration have once again been demonstrated, the never-too-late-to-follow “certificate” of the Election Commission has been delivered and, of course, our democracy now stands “strengthened”.

It was a moment of pride when Parimal Kumar Das got his autistic son's SSC results this year, but memories of being turned down by other schools flashed through his mind.

A brilliant strike by Adnan Januzaj lit up an otherwise insipid clash as Belgium beat England 1-0 to secure top spot in World Cup Group G in Kaliningrad yesterday.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday said the budget for the upcoming fiscal 2018-19 was placed keeping the welfare of the people in mind, something the budgets of non-Awami League governments did not consider, BSS reports.

They were one of the three suspect heavyweights going into the final matchday of the group stages, but five-time champions Brazil moved to the round of 16 with flying colours, defeating Serbia 2-0 at the Spartak Stadium in Moscow yesterday.

Myanmar's military chief and other top brass have been accused by Amnesty International of crimes against humanity for overseeing a "systematic" attack against Rohingyas, according to a report by the rights group yesterday calling for prosecution at the International Criminal Court.

Dhaka is set to welcome five high-profile dignitaries, including the UN Secretary General António Guterres, next week. The dignitaries will visit Rohingya refugee camps, attend a session on sustainable development agenda and discuss the country's socio-economic achievements with government high officials.

Lionel Messi lives on in the World Cup, at least for another match in Russia.

Bringing allegations of massive irregularities in the Gazipur city polls, the BNP yesterday rejected the election results and demanded re-election.

The Gazipur City Corporation election saw an unusual voters' turnout rate -- extremely high in some centres while extremely low in some others -- raising serious questions.

Eyes all over the globe are glued to television sets and online streams with the World Cup in full swing, but for those ardent fans who follow their club teams round the season year after year, there is a special meaning to every match and performance in Russia.

Germany crashed out of the World Cup yesterday after a stoppage-time VAR-assisted goal from Younggwon Kim and a late second by Son Heungmin earned South Korea a famous 2-0 win.

Winners won matches and losers the hearts in the early hours Tuesday.

Gabriel Jesus started for Brazil in the first two World Cup games against Switzerland and Costa Rica but the 21-year-old Manchester City

The goals finally dried up at this thrilling World Cup on Tuesday when a flat France and dull Denmark played a mutually beneficial 0-0 draw at the Luzhniki Stadium which allowed the French to finish top of Group C and the Danes to qualify in second spot.

The Election Commission has claimed that yesterday's Gazipur City Corporation polls were held in a free, fair and credible manner.

The BNP yesterday alleged that ruling party men captured over 100 polling centres of the Gazipur city elections and stuffed ballot boxes, while the Awami League trashed the allegation and asked the party to come up with evidence.

The ruling Awami League mayoral candidate in Gazipur City Corporation was leading his rival BNP candidate in a high-voltage election, marred by many incidents of irregularities and heavy showdown of ruling party men in and around polling stations.