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Only Teesta issue does not reflect depth of ties

Only Teesta issue does not 
reflect depth of ties
Foreign minister Abul Hassan Mahmood Ali appears to have contradicted his ministerial colleague and top government officials by saying that, given the depth of relationship between Bangladesh and India, it does not matter if a certain issue is addressed or not. “The height the Bangladesh-India relationship has reached…it is now an overall concept. In this, it does not matter which one is done and which is not done,” he told a press conference, when asked about the importance the Teesta water-sharing agreement will get, when the Prime Ministers of Bangladesh and India discuss the issue related to the waters of common rivers. “What you have to see is the main trajectory…Where is it going? I think… I don’t…

Work to fight terrorism, militancy

Work to fight terrorism, militancy

President Abdul Hamid yesterday called upon global leaders to work together to fight social disparities, human inequalities and the vices of militancy and terrorism to make the world a safe place for living, reports UNB. "Let’s join hands together to fight all sorts of social disparities,…
City goes under knee-deep water

City goes under knee-deep water

Due to a light downpour from 2:30pm to 5pm yesterday, many areas particularly the low-lying ones have submerged under knee-deep water causes misery for the city residents of port city Chittagong. The Chittagong Patenga Met Office recorded 31.4 mm rainfall in the last 24-hour till 6pm, said Masud Rana,…
Garbage disposal

Garbage disposal

Indiscriminate dumping of garbage here and there is polluting the environment of Barisal city, according to a report in this newspaper on Monday.   Although the dumping of garbage has been attributed to the strike by garbage collectors and workers of the Barisal City Corporation (BCC), the condition…
Myanmar and its neighbours

Myanmar and its neighbours

The South Asian nations have had a love-hate relationship with their eastern neighbour Myanmar (erstwhile Burma) for centuries. Despite extensive trade and cultural exchanges between Burma and the eastern territories of British India in the nineteenth century and the early part of the last century,…
Youth hacked dead
in Mymensingh

Youth hacked dead in Mymensingh

Alleged drug traders hacked a youth to death at Usthi Board Bazar in Gafargoan upazila of Mymensingh on Monday evening. The victim was identified as Emdadul Haque, 29, of village Sanjeeb in Gafargoan. Quoting local people and family members, Chand Mia, officer-in-charge of Pagla police station in Gafargoan…
Fresh MoU on ‘border haats’ likely during PM’s Delhi visit

Fresh MoU on ‘border haats’ likely during PM’s Delhi visit

A fresh memorandum of understanding (MoU) on the expansion of popular ‘border haats’ along the Bangladesh-India border is on the anvil. The MoU is scheduled to be signed during Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s visit to New Delhi from April 8 to 10. The additional secretary of the commerce…
Trump-Xi meeting watched for clues of future relationship

Trump-Xi meeting watched for clues of future relationship

Beijing: Chinese President Xi Jinping probably won't give President Donald Trump a round of golf during their first face-to-face meeting this week, but he may find it worthwhile to ensure his American counterpart does not feel like he's leaving empty-handed, reports AP. Some view the informal…
‘Koinna’, ‘Crutcher Colonel’ to be staged on opening day today

‘Koinna’, ‘Crutcher Colonel’ to be staged on opening day today

This April 11 marks the 94th birth anniversary of late eminent educationist, Language Movement veteran, lifetime chairman of Padatik Natya Sangsad and Ekushey Padak winner Syed Badruddin Hossain. On the occasion of celebrating the veteran’s birth anniversary, like the previous years, Padatik Natya…
Abahani, MSC form balanced teams

Abahani, MSC form balanced teams

The bulk of the clubs comparatively formed their ‘balanced’ team for the upcoming Dhaka Premier League by the traditional system of the players’ transfer. Abahani Limited and Mohammedan Sports Club, dubbed as the traditional superpowers in Club Cricket of Bangladesh, this year formed…
Stress on ensuring data  
collection of households

Stress on ensuring data collection of households

Speakers at a function here on Monday underscored the need for ensuring a proper data collection of households to develop a national database in this regard in the country, reports BSS. They put emphasis on the issue while addressing a briefing meeting of district census standing committee organized…
Passport offices run with officials facing corruption charges

Passport offices run with officials facing corruption charges

Several high-ranking officials of the Department of Immigration and Passport (DIP) are facing corruption charges. But they continue to hold important positions. The accused include the chiefs of some area offices, sources in the DIP and the home ministry said. The government appointed a military officer…
Sisi's visit to the US: The hopes and the reality

Sisi's visit to the US: The hopes and the reality

On Monday, President Trump will welcome Egyptian President General Abdel Fattah el-Sisi to the White House - the first time an Egyptian president will have visited Washington since Hosni Mubarak's visit in 2010.  Although Egypt's state media is widely optimistic about the prospects of the…
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