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AL, BNP renew row

Tension mounts up just days ahead of the third anniversary of the 10th parliamentary election as arch rivals Awami League (AL) and the BNP have again announced programmes over the anniversary of January 5 polls that was boycotted by the BNP. On the one hand, central leaders of the ruling AL have claimed that the country would have been ruled by a military-backed government without holding of the 10th parliamentary poll. That is why they will observe January 5 as “Victory Day for Democracy”. However, BNP leaders say that they will observe the January 5 in befitting manner by holding processions and rallies across the country while their arch rival AL leaders say that BNP would not be allowed to create anarchy in the country on the…

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Tigers at home, will Bangladesh now roar abroad as well?

Bangladesh’s upward spiral in the international cricket continued in 2016 after they got their…

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News

PM to open dot bangla domain today

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will formally inaugurate the much-sought dot bangla (.bangla) domain on Saturday noon at a simple ceremony at her official residence Ganobhaban, reports UNB. State Minister for Posts and Telecommunications Tarana Halim and other high officials of the Posts and Telecommu-nications…

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Metro

No safety measure at under construction flyover sites

The movement of pedestrians beneath under-construction flyovers, especially the Moghbazar-Mouchak one, in the capital has become riskier as incidents of the fall of construction materials like rods and brick chips have become rampant for lack of safety measures. Even, the construction workers have to…

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Editorial

Decline in remittance

Latest statistics show that while the number of Bangladeshi workers working overseas is increasing there is a steady decline in the remittance flow. It is perhaps the first time in recent memory that Bangladesh has experienced a decline in remittances. There are several factors that can potentially…

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Op-ed

Malaria in Bangladesh tea estate perspective

Malaria has always been major public health problem in Bangladesh. In the 50s malaria was widespread in the western and northern parts of the country. During the 60s the malaria eradication programme was very successful to reduce the malaria burden except in some border districts in the northern and…

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Business

Rise in manufacturing sector’s contribution to GDP stressed

The Least Developed Countries (LDCs) Report 2016, prepared by The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), has placed Bangladesh below other developing countries in terms of the manufacturing sector's contribution to GDP, said Towfiqul Islam Khan, a research fellow of the Centre…

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Worldwide

Syria truce begins, but clashes erupt near Damascus

AFP, DAMASCUS: A nationwide ceasefire was holding across most of Syria on Friday but clashes near Damascus underlined the fragility of the deal brokered by Turkey and Russia. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said government and rebel forces were fighting in the Wadi Barada area,…

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Dhakalive

Mohakal to stage ‘Nilakhyan’ at BSA today

Popular theatre troupe Mohakal Natya Sampraday will stage yet another show their much-acclaimed play ‘Nilakhyan’ today at the Experimental Theatre Hall of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy (BSA) in the capital’s Segun Bagicha. Based on the National Poet Kazi Nazrul Islam’s short…

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Sports

Abahani finish unbeaten champs

Abahani Limited officially celebrated the championship of the JB Bangladesh Premier League football yesterday when they defeated Rahmatganj by 3-1 in their last match at the Bangabandhu National Stadium. Abahani, who have already rejoiced their fifth times professional league victory when they guaranteed…

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Nationwide

Bumper potato yield likely as farming target exceeds

A super bumper potato production is likely as the farmers have exceeded the fixed cultivation target by 8.52 per cent in Rangpur agriculture region this season, reports BSS.According to the Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) sources, a target of producing 18.38 lakh tons of potato has been fixed…

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Biman hits headlines in 2016 for wrong reasons

Two big incidents involving Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina -- the delay in the landing of a flight carrying her at Dhaka airport and the emergency landing of another flight carrying her in Turkmenistan -- dented the already damaged image of Biman Bangladesh Airlines in the outgoing year, reports UNB.…

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Supplement

Reaching Education 2030: Can the 7th Five-Year Plan lay the ground?

In September 2015, the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) for 2030 with a pledge to “transform our world” was adopted by world leaders at the United Nations. Earlier in May 2015, the World Education Forum 2015 in Incheon, Korea, set the ambitious Education 2030 agenda, to ensure “inclusive…

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