Bomb attacks kill 59 in Iraq
Reuters, Baghdad : Bombs hit Iraq’s capital Baghdad and a village near the northern town of Baquba on Wednesday, killing at least 59 people, police...
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BRCS blankets for destitutes
Bangladesh Red Crescent Society (BRCS) has started distributing warm clothes including blankets among the destitute people across the country. The BRCS has sents 42,800 blankets...
Myanmar military ‘using rape as weapon’
BBC Online : Myanmar’s military has continued to use rape as a weapon of war even after a nominally civilian government was elected in 2010,...
Eid-e-Miladunnabi celebrated
BSS, Dhaka : Tens of thousands of Muslims on Tuesday celebrated the holy Eid-e-Miladinnabi joining colourful street marches amid festivity and sought eternal blessings for...
GDP growth may slow down to 5.7pc
UNB, Dhaka : The World Bank (WB) forecast on Bangladesh’s economic growth made in October last year remained unchanged as it says the GDP growth...
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A sharp contradiction When I compare January of 1972 with January of 2014, the difference is so vast that I feel deep anguish. At that...
John Kerry’s bicycle diplomacy in the Middle East
Doyle McManusPeace negotiations, a wise U.S. diplomat once said, are like riding a bicycle: No matter how slow you’re moving, it’s best to keep going...
Interpretation of our sacred Constitution
A. Mannan The road map of our democracy, must encompass our demography be interwoven with its characteristics and diversities and enshrined with the spirit of...
How the poor get washed away
Tim Hanstad and Roy ProstermanWHEN Typhoon Haiyan struck the Philippines in November, killing more than 6,000 people and leaving more than four million homeless, one...