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...

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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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Once a mighty river Kaliganga now looks like a desert as unscrupulous sand traders occupied a large portion of the river and its banks on the pretext of sand trading. This photo was taken from Manikganj recently.

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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Sudden rise in import of food grains

A NEWS report in a local daily on Sunday said that the imports of rice has phenomenally increased over the last six months compared to...

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Reviving the tea industry

THE tea industry must have a new lease of life to expand both in acreage and also in per acre output to increase the total...

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Md Humayun Kabir Patwary, Chairman of the Executive Committee of Takaful Islami Insurance Limited presiding over the 135th EC meeting held at its head office recently.

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