Indian minister’s wife found dead in Delhi hotel
BBC Online :The wife of Indian minister Shashi Tharoor, found dead in a Delhi hotel room on Friday, died a “sudden and unnatural death”, an...
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Thai protesters defiant
Reuters, Bangkok :Anti-government protesters marched defiantly through Thailand’s capital on Saturday, with one group entering a police compound, undeterred by a grenade explosion the day...
Polls in some UZs in Feb: EC
bdnews24.com :The Election Commission has said several Upazila Parishads (UP) will go to polls in February as their terms are coming to an end.Bangladesh has...
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Hats off to Ronaldo We congratulate Portuguese star Ronaldo for his winning the ‘footballer of the year’ award walking past Argentine Lionel Messi, French star...
How good the ‘prison system’ is?
David Grobgeld :A new report from the Swedish Prison and Probation Service claims that 46 percent of Sweden’s inmates are mentally ill, that 70 percent...
Fighting poverty
Kathleen Parker :As we evaluate the efficacy of the War on Poverty, a single, unquantifiable factor stubbornly demands attention: luck.When it comes to the fortunes...
Stop violence against minorities
Mohammad Siddiqur Rahman :We are overwhelmingly shocked to have observed the violent incidents that have been taking place one after another across the country. Recent...
Reduce city’s over dependence on underground water
EXPERTS’ findings showed that the groundwater level in the city is falling at a rate of 9.21 feet per year creating new threat to the...
Closer business ties with Myanmar
NEWS reports said senior trade officials of Bangladesh and Myanmar have agreed to raise the two-way trade between the two countries to US$500 million annually...