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May 1, 2016, 2:01 pm
Bangladeshi business leader urged India to create tax-friendly environment to boost imports from Bangladeshi goods to India. This, he further said will take the prevailing excellent bilateral friendship and relations between the two neighboring countries to newer height. President of Rangpur Chamber
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May 1, 2016, 1:34 pm
The American priest and poet Daniel Berrigan -- famous for leading defiant protests against the Vietnam War -- has died in New York aged 94. Father Berrigan emerged as a radical Catholic voice against the war in the 1960s and won
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Relatively unknown Chinese manufacturers have been dominating Bangladesh's mobile phone device and accessories market.   Chinese smartphone brands like Huawei, ZTE and OPPO also becoming increasingly popular in recent years, according to
The government-formed search committee is set to recommend the names of selected candidates for appointment as deputy governors of Bangladesh Bank (BB) by mid-May. "We'll submit our recommendations with the list of selected candidates by May 15 to the government for
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A primary schoolteacher was held in Abhaynagar upazila  of Jessore on Saturday night for allegedly abusing a schoolgirl sexually. The arrestee was identified as Asutosh, a teacher of Diabari Govt Primary School in the upazila. Locals said the teacher touched the private organs of the girl. She raised screaming during the incident. Outraged by the incident, locals encircled the school and staged demonstrations demanding
The finance ministry has rejected a proposal for slapping an additional 10 per cent duty on the import of rice as a price support to local farmers. Officials said the National Board of Revenue (NBR) recently sent to Finance Minister AMA Muhith a situation paper containing the demand from the local millers for increasing the import duty on rice. "As I heard,
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A teacher of Ahsanullah University of Science and Technology (AUST) has been suspended following allegations of sexual harassment of two
Kirsten Wild saw off Britain's double junior world road race champion Lucy Garner and Lizzie Armitstead to win the women's Tour de Yorkshire on Saturday. World champion Armitstead formed part of a three-rider breakaway, but the pack recovered late on for Dutch rider Wild, 33, to clinch a sprint finish. Wiggle High5's Garner, 21, was second - the first of five British riders in the top 10, with Floortje Mackaij third. Wild will collect £15,000 for winning the one-day women's race - more ...
HONOLULU, April 27: Hawaii officials say they have reached a milestone in controlling the state's dengue fever outbreak, 30 days after the last known infected person was contagious.   "As we celebrate this milestone today, I think it's critical that everyone understand this is not the end," said Virginia Pressler, director of the state Department of Health.   Hawaii welcomes 200,000 visitors per day, and the state's residents travel to places where dengue fever and the Zika virus - spread by the same mosquitoes ...
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Washington, Apr 30: President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama are celebrating International Jazz Day a day early with
MYMENSINGH, Apr 30 (BSS): Awami League (AL) presidium member and Agriculture Minister Begum Matia Chowdhury said here today that none can stall the forward march of Bangladesh under capable, farsighted and visionary leadership of Prime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina. "The country has been marching ahead under Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's leadership defeating all the conspiracies of the BNP-Jamaat combine," the Minister said adding that the golden Bangla as dreamt of by Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman would surely ...
Campaign for Popular Education (CAMPE) organised a 'Youth Conference' at Bangabandhu International Conference Centre in the city on Saturday as part of its silver jubilee celebrations with exchange of opinions between students and established personalities about education of the country. Around 150 students from different schools, colleges and universities participated at the conference. Chairman of National Human Rights Commission Prof Dr Mizanur Rahman, Chairman of Palli Karma-Sahayak Foundation (PKSF) Dr Qazi Kholiquzzaman Ahmed, Executive Director of CAMPE Rasheda K Choudhury, Secretary of ...

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