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Dhaka, Delhi seal LBA deal

Bangladesh and India yesterday exchanged letters of ratification of the Land Boundary Agreement 1974, resolving the long standing issue. Implementation of the deal will end sufferings of residents of 162 enclaves. Foreign Secretary M Shahidul Haque and his Indian counterpart Dr S Jaishankar signed and exchanged the protocol of exchange at the Prime Minister’s Office in Dhaka. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her Indian counterpart Narendra Modi witnessed the signing and exchange, along with West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. With this, the process of implementing the agreement, which was ratified by Bangladesh in 1974, will start to settle the citizenship issue of about 51,000 residents in 162 enclaves. The day’s…

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Bangabandhu an icon of democracy, tweets Modi

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi yesterday described Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman as an ‘icon…

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News

Heat wave affects many children in Bogra

As a heat wave is sweeping through Bogra region with the temperature ranging between 35 and 39 degrees Celsius, many children have fallen ill and hospitalised for treatment. The number of child patients is rising every day at the Bogra Shaheed Ziaur Rahman Medical College Hospital, Mohammad Ali Government…

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Metro

City streets witness huge gridlock

The city dwellers yesterday experienced huge traffic jam across the city due to movement of VVIPs (very very important persons). Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) controlled traffic on some routes, including Airport Road, Mirpur-Gabtali, Farmgate, Shahbagh, Panthapath and its adjacent link roads, to ensure…

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Editorial

The possibility of the fall of 'Berlin Wall' between Dhaka and Delhi

India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi is now in Dhaka. Though this is his first visit to Bangladesh, it is a historic one. It might rekindle the flame of friendship between the two countries after a long term lapse. 43 years ago India's the-then Prime Minister came to visit Dhaka after its liberation…

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Op-ed

Analysing Modi’s trip to Dhaka and what lies beyond

Food and fruits seem to be the flavor of the week in India. There is a controversy about fast food, eggs and beef on the one hand and about security men deployed to guard mangoes and litchis at a Chief Minister’s official residence in one of the northern states here. At the political level,…

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Miscellaneous

Caution urged against use of lead paints

Discussants yesterday urged caution against the use of lead paints, as it has an adverse effect on human beings, especially on children and pregnant women, reports UNB. Environment and Social Development Organisation (ESDO) organized a discussion titled ‘Eliminate Lead Paint: Protect Children’s…

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Business

Turning hobby into income source

Breeding of cats has become a source of income in Bangladesh. It's a different sector of business centring around breeding, grooming and selling of cats, one of the most popular pets among urban residents. The first documented ancestors of the Persian cat were imported from Khorasan, Persia, to…

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Worldwide

US calls for cyber reform

AFP, WASHINGTON: The White Housze on Friday urged Congress to come out of the "dark ages" and pass new cyber security rules, using a massive security breach to press its case for reform. President Barack Obama's allies seized on news of that data on four million government employees had…

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Dhakalive

Group art show ‘Wings of Imagination’ begins at AFD

A group art exhibition titled ‘Wings of Imagination’ has begun at La Galerie of Alliance Française de Dhaka (AFD) on Friday in the city’s Dhanmondi area. Noted artist Mizanur Rahim, Dean Faculty of Fine and Performing Arts, Shanto Mariam University of Creative Technology, Sadya…

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Sports

Fatullah ready to host much anticipated Test

The enthusiasm for the much anticipated series between Bangladesh and India stacked up as the arrival of the Indian team approached closer. The series which includes a one-off Test and three-match ODI series is believed to be heated given the incident of the past game between the two teams in the World…

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Nationwide

Maize growers worried over falling prices

Despite a bumper production of maize in six upazilas of Jhenidah the farmers of the areas have been frustrated by drastic fall in prices in the local markets. Montaz Ali, a maize farmer of Voiroba village in Moheshpur upazila, said growers earned good profit from the production of the corn in the past…

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Bangladesh-Myanmar tussle hits migrants

Unwanted by Bangladesh and unwelcome in Myanmar, hundreds of stick-thin migrants found adrift at sea as a transnational trafficking route collapsed are now living in tents on a frontier scrubland, reports AFP from Maungdaw, Myanmar. After weeks crammed together on a boat bound for Malaysia -- a treacherous…

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