2 drug traders killed in gunfight

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EU sanctions not enough, human miseries of refugees must end urgently

THE EU Council passed sanctions on Monday against seven Myanmar military officials for their sinister roles in the mass killing and displacement of Rohingya civilians. Seven military men, all high ranking officials, have been made responsible for "serious human rights violations, for obstructing the provision of humanitarian assistance to civilians ...

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I developed a crush on Priyanshu Chatterjee while working in Tum Bin: Amrita Prakash

At the age of four, when kids would just play and have fun, Amrita Prakash's parents wanted her to enjoy a different perspective; so, they got her into acting, shares the actor who played Rajni in Vivah (2006). Part of showbiz for two decades, Amrita first faced the camera for ...

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Urvashi's belly dance in sexy abs!

Through social media, we get to know about the mood of friends or relatives at almost every moment. Life of celebrities is not different from that. Most of them posted their social life on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram. And because of this, celebrities are always live in surveillance from a ...

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Manjur Ahmed, Managing Director of Bangladesh Development Bank Limited with other directors of the bank, greeting its newly appointed Director Kazi Tariqul Islam with a bouquet at the bank's head office in the city on Sunday. Shahabuddin Ahmed, Md Ekhlasur Rahman, Mushtaque Ahmed, Md. Abu Hanif Khan, Dr AK Obaidur Rob, Syed Aftear Hussain Pear and Salma Nasreen ndc, Directors of the bank were also present.

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Prime Bank gets new EC Chairman

Business Desk :The Board of Directors of Prime Bank Limited in a recent meeting unanimously elected Md. Shirajul Islam Mollah, M.P as the Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Board.He is a Sponsor Director of the bank. As a renowned businessman, Mollah is the Managing Director of China-Bangla Ceramic ...

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Duterte faces outrage for calling 'God stupid'

AFP, Manila  :Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte faced growing outrage on Tuesday in his largely Catholic nation after calling God "stupid", the latest furore he has sparked with an unfiltered broadside.Duterte took aim at the biblical creation story during a speech, raising the question of why God would create Adam and ...

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Mattis becomes first US defense chief to visit China under Trump

Reuters, Beijing :U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis on Tuesday became the first Pentagon chief to visit China since 2014, starting a three-day trip with a goal of improving security dialogue with Beijing despite increasingly fraught Sino-U.S. relations.Mattis, a former Marine general, has been highly critical of China's muscular military moves ...

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With Neymar tears, might emotional frailty prove Brazil's undoing?

AFP, Sochi :Brazil's inability to keep their emotions in check contributed to their spectacular implosion at the 2014 World Cup, so the worry is that once again the pressure might prove too much for the 'Selecao' in Russia.The enduring image of the 2-0 win over Costa Rica that kick-started their ...

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Ronaldo misses penalty, Portugal draw 1-1 with Iran

AP, Saransk :Cristiano Ronaldo's missed penalty cost Portugal first place in its World Cup group.It could have been worse if not for Ricardo Quaresma, who started for the first time in the tournament and scored his maiden World Cup goal with a shot that had about as much flare as ...

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An Iranan supporter ahead of kick-off

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Participants at a workforce training programme organised recently by Bangladesh Hi-Tech Park Authority in the seminar room of Information and Communication Technology Division in the city's Agargaon.

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Administration is openly obstructing free election: Election Commission sitting duck

WHEN this write-up reaches to you, polls-time may start in Gazipur City Corporation (GCC) where all-out preparedness has been accomplished to hold election amid arrest spree of pro-BNP men by police without showing pending cases or no case at all. The High Court on Monday issued a rule directing against ...

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Desperate Australia in must-win World Cup clash against Peru

AFP, Kazan :Australia's long-suffering fans are bracing for another World Cup anti-climax Tuesday when the Socceroos face a Peru side desperate for a victory that may send their opponents home.Pipped 2-1 in the final minutes by France and left agonizing over their failure to win a thrilling 1-1 draw against ...

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I pray they let me in: Asylum seekers face long wait at border

Al Jazeera News :Nogales, Mexico - Guadalupe and her two-year-old daughter have been waiting at the port of entry to the US in Nogales, Mexico for days.The 22-year-old fled her home state of Sinaloa, Mexico more than two weeks ago after she found out the father of her daughter was ...

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Motorized vehicles, rickshaws and also pedestrians struggle through the stagnated rain water as most of the city streets went under rain water yesterday. The snap was taken from the city's Shahjahanpur area.