Expats in S’pore to get NID cards this month

Bangaldeshi expatriates living in Singapore are going to get National Identity (NID) cards this month, as the Election Commission (EC) has made final preparations for it. EC sources said a team of the commission completed the feasibility study for issuing NID cards to about 1,000 Bangladeshi expatriates in Singapore in March. The commission said now they would send another team to Singapore after Eid-ul-Fitr to complete the tasks so that the Bangladeshi expatriates living there can get the NID. The EC will carry out the work by its technical team with the assistance of the Bangladeshi embassy in Singapore. If everything goes well, the Bangladeshi expatriates living there will get the NID cards. Commission sources last week said they want to…

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Bangladesh take on hosts England in lucky ground

High on confidence following their two contrasting but effective performance in the first two matches,…

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Khaleda spends quality time with relatives in Eid

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia spent around two hours with her relatives and took food they cooked for her on the Eid-ul-Fitr day on Wednesday. Seven relatives of the BNP chief went to meet her at cabin No-621 of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) around 1pm with some cooked food, new…

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Metro

Eid-ul-Fitr celebrated amid huge enthusiasm in cities

Holy Eid-ul-Fitr, the greatest religious festivity of the Muslims, was celebrated amid huge enthusiasm, cheerfulness, religious fervour and solemnity everywhere in Rajshahi, Barishal and Rangpur cities on Wednesday. Our Correspondent adds from RAJSHAHI: Hundreds of devotees offered their Eid-prayers…

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Editorial

Deaths from road accidents during Eid

Death news of scores of people is coming from highways of the country in these Eid days and this proves that drivers on the highways are still not behaving responsibly. This is also indicative of the fact that highway police on the country’s different highways are failing to control rash driving.…

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Op-ed

Bodies will die, but spirits are immortal

It’s men like Mahbubul Alam who give honour and respectability to the nation in which they are born. It’s people like Mahbubul Alam who bring respect, honour and admiration to the press corps. Usually ethical people achieve this status without any deliberate design or master plan.…

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Business

Sundarbans has Tk 18,816cr carbon reserve

There is a reserve of 5.6 crore tonnes of carbon in the Bangladesh part of the Sundarbans, says a survey of the Forest Department. This carbon worth Tk 18,816 crore could be extracted without causing any harm to the world’s largest mangrove forest, experts said calling for taking steps to collect…

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Worldwide

Syria flare-up leaves 83 fighters dead: Monito

Fierce clashes between government forces and jihadists have left 83 combatants dead in northwestern Syria in the past 24 hours, a Britain-based war monitor said yesterday. The clashes on the edge of the jihadist-controlled Idlib region have killed 44 government loyalists and 39 jihadists and Islamist…

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Google Doodle celebrates Lucky Akhand’s birthday

Search engine giant Google is celebrating the 63rd birth anniversary of renowned Bangladeshi singer-composer Lucky Akhand. It posted a doodle on its Bangladeshi homepage showing Akhand, donning a cap, playing guitar and singing. Doodles are alterations made to the Google logo to celebrate holidays,…

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Sports

New Zealand survive Tigers’ scare

New Zealand survived a dramatic late fightback by Bangladesh to pull off a nervy two-wicket win in their World Cup clash at the Oval on Wednesday. Man-of-the-match Ross Taylor scored a 91-ball 82 before a clatter of wickets gave Bangladesh the chance to pull off a shock win. It needed a 20-run eighth-wicket…

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Bangladesh, Finland to work together on climate change

Bangladesh and Finland on Tuesday agreed to work together on the climate change issue. The consensus came at a meeting between Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and Finland President Sauli Niinisto at the President's official residence in Helsinki. The Prime Minister who is in Finland on a four-day visit…

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