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No deal ignoring our interests: PM

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday said the ruling Awami League will never compromise with the country’s interests while signing any deal with any country, reports UNB. “We’ll do everything maintaining the friendly relations...there’ll be no harm to our country,” she said. The Prime Minister said this while speaking at a programme marking the distribution of allotment letters of plots of Police Officers’ Housing Society among 25 police officials at her office. Sheikh Hasina is scheduled to leave Dhaka for New Delhi on Friday morning on a four-day official visit when some crucial deals are expected to be signed between Bangladesh and India. Foreign Minister AH Mahmood Ali on Tuesday said there are possibilities…

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Bangladesh 3 notches up

Improvements in life expectancy, education and standard of living have helped Bangladesh to jump three…

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News

IPU received complaints of human rights violation of 459 MPs in 2016

The IPU Committee on the Human Rights of Parliamentarians received cases of violation of human rights of 459 parliamentarians in 2016 from 42 countries across the world, reports UNB. The committee reviewed 147 of the cases at the five-day IPU Assembly that concluded in Dhaka yesterday. It also decided…

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Metro

RCC Mayor joins office again

Mosaddek Hossain Bulbul, Mayor of Rajshahi City Corporation (RCC) rejoined his office yesterday. However, on Tuesday the HC stayed his suspension order from mayoral post. He went to “Nagar Bhaban” by riding a battery-powered auto -richshaw yesterday at around 11:20 and took charge…

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Editorial

Adieu Mashrafe Mortaza

Mashrafe Mortaza’s retirement from T-20 internationals–who virtually means his retirement from all forms of international cricket– has saddened cricket lovers all over the country. With his great ability with both the bat and ball he had that rare gift of being a game changer and repeatedly…

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Op-ed

The enduring legacy of Bangabandhu

The name of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman has been analogous to the existence of our dear Motherland Bangladesh. The gradual feeling in my mind created by the study of his commitment through his whole political career, I am provoked to make a comment that without Jinnah, Nehru and even Mahatma Gandhi,…

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Business

HAAB seeks permission to buy trolley bags for pilgrims

Even though registration of Hajj pilgrims is yet to be completed, leaders of the Hajj Agencies Association of Bangladesh (HAAB) want permission to buy trolley bags for the pilgrims. It is alleged that the HAAB leaders had earned an additional profit of Tk. 10 crore by selling 102,000 poor quality travel…

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Worldwide

EU Parliament adopts Brexit ‘red lines’

STRASBOURG: The European Parliament on Wednesday overwhelmingly adopted its "red lines" for tough Brexit negotiations, insisting Britain first agree divorce terms before striking a new trade deal, reports AFP. The parliament, which will have the final say on any Brexit deal, became the first…

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Dhakalive

‘Boishakh in the Land of Tiger’ begins at AFD tomorrow

A solo pattachitra exhibition titled ‘Boishakh in the Land of Tiger’ (Bagh-er Deshe Baishakh) by patua Nazir Hossain is set to begin tomorrow at Galerie Zoom of Alliance Française de Dhaka (AFD) in the capital’s Dhanmondi area. The inaugural ceremony of the exhibition…

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Sports

Mahbub thinks it’s not easier task to fill the void of Mashrafe

Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) vice president Mahbubul Anam defended Mashrafe’s decision to retire from T20, stating that it will not be very easier task for Bangladesh team to fill the void of Mashrafe’s place. Bangladesh limited-overs captain Mashrafe Bin Mortaza on Tuesday announced…

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Nationwide

‘No space for terrorist, militancy in country’

Minister for Home Affairs Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal said, there is no space for terrorist and militancy in the country, reports BSS. The law enforcing agencies could combat terrorist and militancy with strong hand with the help of the people. The people of the country want peace and progress of the country…

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Steps sought to reverse trends of inequalities

The 136th Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) assembly concluded yesterday, with the commitment to address gender, socio-economic and political inequality, which they termed as particularly important dimensions of multifaceted problems. Nations participating in the five-day-long meeting in Dhaka also renewed…

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Panorama

Is there really a race for the Arctic?

Erica Dingman is a senior fellow at the World Policy Institute and director of Arctic in Context. The "race" is on. The Arctic is open for business. Thus runs the decade-old narrative on the Arctic, depicting it as a new open frontier replete with riches up for grabs. This assumption…

The perfume that harnesses the monsoon

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