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Another feather in the cap

A ruthless Bangladesh recorded its fifth straight ODI series victory at home, crushing Zimbabwe by 58 runs in the second match yesterday at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in the capital. Unlike the first match, Bangladesh had to toil hard to seal the deal as Elton Chigumbura and Sikandar offered a staunch resistance in fifth wicket partnership. Fast bowler Al-Amin Hossain dismissed both of them in consecutive overs in his second spell to ruin the hopes of Zimbabwe. It was Bangladesh’s fourth straight victory at home in this year after they had successfully got the better of three top ranked teams- Pakistan, India and South Africa. Opener Imrul Kayes lifted Bangladesh to 241 for nine Zimbabwe, hitting 76 in his comeback. Zimbabwe…

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Suu Kyi heads for landslide win

Decked out in the trademark red of Myanmar’s opposition, hundreds gathered at its Yangon headquarters…

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Students attend classes under open sky

Students of Pangasia Government Primary School in Dumki upazila have been attending classes under the open sky for safety reason. The authorities have declared the school building abandoned for its dilapidated condition, forcing the some 150 students to attend classes in open space. Officials of upazila…

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Ctg WASA mulling hike in water prices

Even though the Chittagong Water Supply and Sewerage Authority (CWASA) has not yet raised water supply and is unable to fulfill demand on that front, it is mulling hiking water prices from January 1, 2016. The decision has been taken in the 30th Board meeting of CWASA held on November 7. With the five…

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Editorial

The changing dimensions of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict

Recent weeks have witnessed violent clashes and protests both in Israel and the occupied Palestinian territories over the continued occupation that has lasted almost half a century. Israel’s response to this has also been swift and brutal. Since October 1, Israeli forces and settlers have killed…

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Op-ed

Opportunities created by mobile banking

During the last several years banking services have undergone several changes. There have been excellent gain in capital base, income and return on equity, encouraging upward trend of foreign exchange reserve, inward remittance flow is nothing but appreciable in comparison to the earlier record as per…

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Miscellaneous

UAE offers to set up hospital in Ctg

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) wants to establish a world-class hospital in Rangunia upazila of Chittagong, said its Ambassador yesterday. UAE Ambassador Dr Saeed bin Hajar Al Shehi conveyed the message during his meeting with Health Minister Mohammad Nasim at the latter’ s Secretariat office,…

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Business

Inspections find 80pc RMG factories safe

The work environments, structures and aspects of fire and electrical safety of the readymade garments (RMG) industry of the country are 80 per cent “safe”, according to an inspection survey conducted by the Bangladesh government. The Department of Inspection of Factories and Establishments…

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Worldwide

EU urged to move faster

AFP, BRUSSELS: Union interior ministers faced renewed pressure to deliver on their promises for tackling the migration crisis on Monday as they met to prepare the ground for a crucial summit with African leaders. Dimitris Avramopolous, the EU migration commissioner, urged them to act quickly on pledges…

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Six-day photo exhibition ends at Nat�l Museum today

To celebrate the 40th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Bangladesh and China, China Radio International, Idachu Limited China and the Embassy of the People’s Republic of China in Bangladesh jointly organised a six-day photography exhibition titled ‘China-Bangladesh…

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Sports

Kayes revels in ODI comeback

It could have been a fairytale comeback should Imrul Kayes scored the century in his one-day international comeback. He looked visibly distraught when he smashed a full toss of Sean Williams to long-off where Graeme Cremer took the catch to end his confident 76 runs knock. It was the first time after…

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5 Indians jailed in gold smuggling case

A court on Sunday sentenced five Indian nationals to three years rigorous imprisonment in a gold smuggling case that was filed in 2014. The convicts are - Bijoy Kumar, Kamal, Ram Kumar Golabmal, Rohit Ashok and Rakesh Laxman, inhabitants of from Nagpur and Ahmedabad. The court also fined them Tk 10,000…

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TIB against taking soft loans from Green Climate Fund

Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) yesterday expressed concern over the interest expressed by the government to obtain soft loans from the Green Climate Fund (GCF), instead of receiving grants, even though there is such a consensus among developed nations. On Sunday, finance minister AMA Muhith…

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