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He has also announced the formation of a new committee with him as president and Reza Kibria as general secretary. The two held the same posts in the previous committee. Dr Kamal made the announcement in a statement on Tuesday. A 101-member central committee was formed in April of last year with […]

The Tigers’ skipper has been subjected to a flurry of criticism for his performances in the World Cup in 2019, prompting calls for his retirement in some quarters. Speaking at a press conference in Sylhet  on Saturday ahead of the Tigers’ first ODI against Zimbabwe, Mashrafe straigth-batted questions about his […]

Two ‘agents’ were also detained in the process, said police.  The refugees were rescued from Inani Borokhal area near the shores of Jaliyapalong Union in Ukhiya Upazila on Tuesday morning, said SI Siddhartha Saha of Inani police outpost. They include 10 women and a four-month-old child.  Police identified the agents […]

It came after Bangladesh High Commissioner to India Muhammad Imran paid a courtesy call on the minister at his office in New Delhi on Friday.  During the meeting, Imran discussed Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s upcoming visit to Bangladesh to attend the birth centenary celebrations of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman set […]

For a month of 10-hour days, Dr Amina Abdulkadir Isack, 27, tended to anaemic mothers, children with malaria and pregnant women as a volunteer in central Somalia, where record floods had left thousands of people in dire need of help the government could scarcely provide. But only days after coming […]

As part of the shake-up, Housing and Public Works Minister SM Rezaul Karim has been moved to the Fisheries and Livestock Ministry. State Minister for Fisheries and Livestock Ashraf Ali Khan Khasru has been assigned to the Housing and Public Works Ministry. He will be replaced by Sharif Ahmed, who […]

The shootout on Saturday between Afghan and American soldiers resulted in deaths on both sides but casualty details on the Afghan side were not shared. The firefight broke after a combined US and Afghan force completed a “key-leader engagement” at the administrative headquarters of Nangarhar province’s Shirzad district, a spokesman […]

The facility was jointly launched by the university’s trustees, faculties, management and alumni on Sunday. The university encourages its students to stay physically active in order to cope with the rapidly changing world with merit. A Matin Chowdhury, chairman of IUB’s Board of Trustees, Javed Hosein, chairman of IUB’s finance […]

But Bloomberg’s wealth financed a huge array of campaign expenditures, many of them unusual or unheard-of for candidates of normal means, including millions of dollars in polling before Bloomberg even entered the race; $1.5 million for office space; about $700,000 for rental apartments for campaign staff; and nearly as much […]

<![CDATA[ ]]> <![CDATA[ /**/ ]]> <![CDATA[ /**/ ]]>   >>  Reuters Published: 28 Jan 2020 05:58 PM BdST Updated: 28 Jan 2020 05:58 PM BdST The current US government is the worst in the history of America, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said in a speech broadcast live on state TV […]