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UN urged to take BD peacekeepers at commanding level
UNB, Dhaka :Bangladesh has requested the United Nations (UN) to recruit Bangladeshi peacekeepers at ‘policy and commanding-level’ posts in the coming days.State Minister for Foreign...
‘Death rates from TB, malaria lowest in BD’
UNB, Dhaka :Bangladesh has seen a substantial decline in tuberculosis (TB) and malaria death rates in the South Asia during 2000 to 2013, reducing their...
Pilots' fate not known / Rebels shoot down 2 Ukrainian fighter jets
The Guardian :Pro-Russia rebels have shot down two Ukrainian fighter jets in eastern Ukraine just days after the downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17, a...
Public confidence in S Asian justice system eroding: Mozena
UNB, Dhaka :US Ambassador in Dhaka Dan W Mozena on Wednesday said justice traditionally has relied largely on confessions by perpetrators in Bangladesh and throughout...
Land grabbers active
When the government is paying maximum attention to recover Khash land from the clutches of land grabbers, a section of them is still active to...
No link to Russian govt in plane downing: US
AP, Washington :Senior US intelligence officials said on Tuesday that Russia was responsible for “creating the conditions” that led to the shooting down of Malaysia...
Attack on Shamim / Hannan Firoz sent to jail
Court Correspondent :A Dhaka court yesterday sent Dr MA Hannan Feroz, incumbent Chairman of Stamford University’s Trustee Board to jail on completion of a two-day...
Khaleda performs Umrah
UNB, Dhaka :BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia, now in SaudiArabia, performed Umrah at the holy Kaba Sharif in Makkah in the early hours of Wednesday.Khaleda along...