Iqbal Sobhan Chowdhury, the Information Adviser to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, world-class all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan and prominent singer Fahmida Nabi inaugurating the Creme De La Creme (Best of the Best), a Japanese concept base Hotel, by cutting a cake inside the Café in the city's Gulshan on Saturday.

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Coaching centres are open defying govt order

MANY coaching centres in the capital have continued their activities ignoring a government order to keep them closed from March 29 till the end of the Higher Secondary Certificate and equivalent examinations, to prevent question paper leaks during the Tests. The HSC examinations will start from today. The government order ...

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Chicago Fire defender Brandon Vincent (right) celebrates with forward Alan Gordon (second right) after scoring against the Portland Timbers during the second half of an MLS soccer match in Bridgeview on Saturday.

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Mayor of Dhaka South City Corporation Sayeed Khokon along with leaders of Bangladesh Awami League organised a Doa Mahfil and placed wreaths at the grave of Dhaka's first mayor Mohammad Hanif on his 74th birthday at Azimpur Graveyard yesterday .

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Anti-India protests erupt in Kashmir as troops kill 8 rebels

AP, Srinagar :Deadly protests against Indian rule erupted in several parts of Indian-controlled Kashmir on Sunday following the killings of at least eight rebels in fighting with government forces, officials said.The new round of anti-India protests and clashes, leading to the killing of at least one civilian, has come as ...

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Jacqueline Fernandez wishes Baaghi 2 team all the best

Actress Jacqueline Fernandez took to social media to give a shoutout to Baaghi 2 team. Sajid Nadiadwala’s Baaghi 2 starring Tiger Shroff and Disha Patani in lead releases worldwide today. Jacqueline Fernandez marked the film’s release by giving a shoutout to the Baaghi 2 team on social media. Jacqueline Fernandez ...

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Runa Laila delighted to include her name in Wikipedia

Entertainment Report :Wikipedia has recently names of 30 Bangalis for their activities and contributions. Internationally renowned Bangladeshi singer Runa Laila’s name took place in that list. For this reason, Runa is very much delighted.While talking in this regard she told this correspondent, “At first, I could not believe my name ...

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Election Commission has to stop gun-toting activities in election

FROM the photos printed in more than one newspaper, the actual identity of the two BCL men carrying guns openly during the by-polls of a ward in Chittagong on last Thursday are now clear to many. Several city residents said two of the gun-toting BCL men were Mahmudur Rashid Babu ...

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Rakul Preet Singh slammed by Sri Reddy and Maadhavi Latha

While women of Tollywood are telling their casting couch horror stories, Rakul Preet is in constant denial about it. Speaking at an event to condemn the abusive language of a popular regional news channel about actresses, she said that she never had such experiences so far in Telugu film industry ...

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BNP Vice-Chairman Abdullah Al Noman speaking at a discussion on `Unconditional Release of BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia and Necessity of Acceptable Election` organised by Ziaur Rahman Samajkalyan Parishad at the Jatiya Press Club on Saturday.

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Manarat Under-19 Football team, the champions of the Inter-School & College Football Competition with the chief guest General Secretary of Bangladesh Football Federation Md Abu Nayeem Shohag, the other guests and teachers of Manarat International School & College pose with the trophy at Manarat International School & College Ground in the city's Gulshan on Saturday. Manarat International School & College arranged the three-day long football meet for different ages of students.

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UN Chief calls for Gaza violence probe

AP, United Nations :UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called Friday for an independent investigation into deadly clashes in Gaza between Palestinians and Israeli troops, while Security Council members urged restraint on both sides.The council didn't decide on any action or joint message after an emergency meeting Friday evening. Kuwait convened it ...

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Real economic progress can't be judged by UN indexes

Bangladesh has recently celebrated a state-sponsored daylong event as it crossed the first step towards development by changing its nomenclature to a developing country from the position of a least developed country.  In the previous decades several countries have crossed the steps -from LDC to developing and medium income to ...

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I did my first film to experience something new, not to start a career: Taapsee Pannu

Actor Taapsee Pannu, who has worked in almost three dozen films in three languages in just eight years, reveals that she didn't even want to be an actor, initially, when she signed her first film."I didn't even plan Bollywood! I did my first film just to experience something new, and ...

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England 290-8 at stumps on day one

AP, Christchurch :Jonny Bairstow made an unbeaten 97 and Mark Wood 52 in a 95-run eighth-wicket partnership which lifted England to 290-8 at stumps Friday on the first day of the second cricket test against New Zealand.The pair helped mask the deficiencies of an England batting lineup which earlier had ...

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US withdrawing from Syria `very soon`:Trump

AFP, Richfield :US President Donald Trump insisted Thursday that US forces would pull out of Syria "very soon" and lamented what he said was Washington's waste of $7 trillion in Middle East wars.In a populist address to industrial workers in Ohio, Trump said US forces were close to securing all ...