DINAJPUR: Prof Anjuman Akhter, Principal, Dinajpur Govt Mahila College led a human chain in front of the college protesting assault of student Khyrun Nesa Mou yesterday.

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Dhaka University family formed a human chain on Mal Chattar premises of the university on Tuesday with a call to stop genocide in Myanmar.

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Abbas to form a single, binational state

LARGELY concealed by the verbal dispute between the US and North Korea, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas issued an ominous warning in his address to the United Nations as hopes are running out for an independent Palestinian state; the Palestinian leader said he may have no choice but to seek a ...

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Yami Gautam successfully experiments with her ramp look

We have seen Yami pull off some really different looks in her appearances during the promotion of Kaabil early this year. Yami walked the ramp for International Jewellery Week 2017 where she was seen in a completely unique avatar. Yami successfully experimented with her look as she wore an orange ...

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Tamim Iqbal starts practice

Sports Reporter :Dashing opener Tamim Iqbal started practice at Potchefstroom in South Africa on Monday. Earlier, Tamim Iqbal got injury in his foot while he was batting on the first day (Thursday) of the three-day warm-up match between Bangladesh and Cricket South Africa Invitation XI at Benoni in South Africa. ...

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N Korea bolsters defenses after flight by US bombers as rhetoric escalates

Seoul/Beijing (Reuters) :North Korea has boosted defenses on its east coast, a South Korean lawmaker said on Tuesday, after the North said U.S. President Donald Trump had declared war and that it would shoot down U.S. bombers flying near the peninsula.Tensions have escalated since North Korea conducted its sixth and ...

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Erdogan warns of armed action over Kurdish referendum

Al Jazeera News :Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has denounced the Kurdish independence referendum, and will not rule out a potential military action to stop efforts to usurp his country's territory.The warning came as people in the Iraqi autonomous region voted on Monday in an independence referendum, amid rising tensions ...

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Kenya`s Gladys Cherono celebrates after winning the women's race of the 44th Berlin marathon in Berlin, Germany on Sunday.

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After recovery Sheikh Runa wants to return in play direction

Promising play director Sheikh Runa has been passing days on bed at hospital now. On September 8 while returning to Dhaka from Sirajganj she was critically injured in a road mishap. Among 12 out of 14 persons of that microbus were killed in that accident. Fortunately Runa was saved. Now ...

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Angela Merkel wins Fourth Term

ANGELA Merkel creates history by winning election fourth time. Her Christian Democratic Union/Christian Social Union (CDU/CSU) had maintained a double-digit lead over the Social Democratic Party (SPD) led by Martin Schulz in opinion polling since the 2013 election. Merkel's conservative bloc won 32.5 percent of the vote, making them the ...

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Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha administering oath of office to two newly appointed members of Bangladesh Public Service Commission Nurjahan Begum and Kazi Salahuddin Akbar at the Supreme Court Judges Lounge on Monday.

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Abe announces snap election amid worries over N Korea crisis

Reuters, Tokyo :Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said he would dissolve parliament's lower house on Thursday for a snap election, as he seeks a fresh mandate to overcome "a national crisis".Abe, in power for five years, said he needed a mandate to shift some revenues from a planned future tax ...

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Despite repeated global condemnation plight of Rohingyas worsens

THE inflow of Rohingya refugees from violence-torn Rakhine State in Myanmar slowed for the last few days owing to bad weather but thousands have started entering Bangladesh once more. According to news sources, at least 10,000 refugees have arrived in Bangladesh so far since last Saturday. Moreover, Amnesty International has ...

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Shane Warne accused of hitting porn star

Former cricketer Shane Warne has been accused of hitting a porn star as a row escalated at a nightclub in Mayfair.Valerie Fox took to Twitter to share pictures of her alleged injuries - including a bruised eye - after the incident."Proud of yourself? Hitting a woman? Vile creature," she tweeted.The ...

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Member of FIFA Mahfuza Akter Kiron handing over the prize to a winner of the AFC Under-16 Women's Championship at Chonburi in Thailand recently.

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Khurshid Alam to get Lifetime Achievement Award

Entertainment Report :Legendary singer Khurshid Alam will get the Lifetime Achievement Award in this year’s Channel i Music Award. The award giving ceremony will be held on September 29 at Bangabandhu International Conference Center in the city’s Agargaon area. Awards in sixteen categories concerning music will be given in this ...