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Spirited Bangladesh ready to take on new-look India

Bangladesh are out to prove their mettle in the longer version cricket as they face off India in the much anticipated one-off Test at Khan Shaheb Osman Ali Stadium in Fatullah today. The Bangladesh’s cricket has been on the rise after their lion-hearted performance in the World Cup. The hosts handed Pakistan a 3-0 drub and drew a Test following the World Cup that raised the profile of the team and earned a more respect from the oppositions than what they have been used to getting earlier. “India are definitely a strong side. Playing good cricket against a team like India will provide the evidence about our ability in this format,” said Bangladesh’s Test captain Mushfiqur Rahim. “So we are looking forward a good…

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Fugitive Hasan Ali gets death penalty

The International Crimes Tribunal-1 (ICT-1) yesterday awarded the death penalty to absconding Syed Md Hasan Ali, alias Hachhen, for committing genocide and murders during the 1971 War of Liberation. Ali was tried in absentia. In a unique judgement, the ICT-1 ordered that he be either hanged by the neck…

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River devours dyke, threatens villagers

Arable land, homesteads and roads in Lalua union have been submerged by saline water following collapse of the Ramnabad River protection embankment recently. Hundreds of families have since been living in panic as tidal water has submerged their houses after the embankment caved in near Charipara village. …

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Metro

Fake currency racket busted; 6 arrested

Within just three days after signing of an agreement between India and Bangladesh to combat circulation of fake currency notes, members of Detective Branch (DB) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) busted a gang of currency forgers and arrested its six members in Mirpur area of the capital on Monday…

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Editorial

Narendra Modi's $2 billion loan to Bangladesh

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has come up with a clever and unexpected move of extending a new $2 billion line of credit to Bangladesh. It will make China sit up and ponder deeper over its chequebook diplomacy. It will also send a message to smaller neighbours like Maldives which is playing a teasing…

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Op-ed

Metamorphosis point in Bangladesh : A country on the move

My visit to Bangladesh only confirmed my feelings about this emerging nation and the inflection point that it is experiencing with chaos and hope, uncertainty and confidence There is something unprecedented going on here. My first interaction with the Bangladesh of 2014, happens on the plane to Dhaka.…

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Miscellaneous

Foreign minister for improved connectivity in region

Observing that connectivity is the buzzword for regional and sub-regional cooperation these days, Foreign Minister AH Mahmood Ali yesterday laid emphasis on both physical and people-to-people connectivity, reports UNB. “While we’re focusing on enhancing physical connectivity across the region,…

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Business

Bangladesh economy marches ahead: Kamal

Bangladesh keeps on marching ahead as the country’s economy is now at the 44th position globally with a GDP size of $ 205.3 billion as per the GDP based on current prices of 2015, reports UNB. Planning Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal said this in the ECNEC meeting about the recent position of Bangladesh…

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Worldwide

British MPs vote on EU referendum bill

AFP, LONDON: Arguments over whether Britain should stay in the European Union took centre stage in parliament yesterday as lawmakers held their first debate on legislation underpinning an in-or-out referendum. Opening the day-long session in the lower House of Commons, Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond…

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Dhakalive

‘Nepal–Resilience and Reasons’ concludes tomorrow

‘Nepal–Resilience and Reasons’–a photography exhibition by Abir Abdullah, highlighting and portraying the sheer devastation and utter destruction that the recent Nepal earthquakes brought, will conclude tomorrow. Beginning on June 5 at Gallery Chitrak in the capital’s Dhanmondi…

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Sports

Bangladesh to play to their potential

Bangladesh are keen to make a statement in the longer version cricket by proving that their cricket are on the rise after a lion-hearted show in the World Cup as they take on India in the one-off Test at Khan Shaheb Osman Ali Stadium today. The home side handed Pakistan a 3-0 drub and drew a Test following…

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Dredging affects 200 families

Bagerhat: Around 200 families of Hurka union in Rampal upazila have been suffering since long as their houses, ponds and shrimp enclosures have been covered with silt after the government initiated dredging work of the Mongla-Ghasiakhali channel for restoring its navigability, reports UNB. The report…

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Modi better salesman than me: Manmohan

Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh yesterday said his successor Narendra Modi was ahead of him as far as communication is concerned, report agencies. Addressing the Congress chief ministers' meeting, Manmohan Singh said: "I have to acknowledge that my successor has been a more adept…

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