West Indies players celebrate the dismissal of Pakistan Iram Javed during the first Twenty20 in Karachi, Pakistan onThursday. West Indies women team beat Pakistan by 71 runs to take 1-0 lead in the three-match series.

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Effective diplomatic steps needed to end Rohingya crisis

IT'S not yet sure when the repatriation of hundreds of thousands of Rohingyas would start though over one year has elapsed after signing an agreement for their repatriation. Pointing the issue, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday said Bangladesh and Myanmar have already signed agreements for sending back Rohingyas but ...

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The Summer-Resort 2019 edition of Lakme Fashion Week will see promising partnerships create a blueprint for the future of fashion

Weekend Plus Desk :esigner Anita Dongre was invited to the recently concluded World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, to participate in a panel discussion titled ‘3 Trillion Reasons to Help the World Spend Better’ on January 22. Dongre, who helms one of India’s most successful fashion houses, discussed how everyone ...

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Southampton's Oriol Romeu (right) and Crystal Palace's Andros Townsend clash during their English Premier League soccer match at St Mary's Stadium in Southampton, England on Wednesday.

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Malaysia enthrones new King after historic abdication

AFP,  Kuala Lumpur :Malaysia on Thursday enthroned a new king, Sultan Abdullah Sultan Ahmad Shah, after the last monarch abdicated in a historic first following his reported marriage to a Russian ex-beauty queen.In a ceremony steeped in pomp and centuries of tradition, the sports-loving sultan, dressed in aqua blue formal ...

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Purported hackers stole US evidence in Russia probe

Reuters, Washington :US Special Counsel Robert Mueller's office said on Wednesday that self-proclaimed hackers in Russia stole evidence in an attempt to tarnish its investigation of a firm charged with funding a Russian propaganda campaign to interfere in the 2016 US election.

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Shraddha thanked all her fans who spread the word for little Summaya

Shraddha Kapoor took to her Twitter handle to thank all the helping hands those have come forward to help the 13-year-old girl Summaya who has diagnosed with the third stage of Tuberculosis. The actress recently visited the little girl in the hospital and fulfilled her wish to meet the star ...

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Rashed Khan Menon, MP, among others, at a discussion organised on the occasion of historic Salanga Day by Bangladesh Gana Azadi League at the Jatiya Press Club on Thursday.

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An exciting moment of the football match of the Bangladesh Premier League between Brothers Union Limited and Dhaka Mohammedan Sporting Club Limited at Rafiquddin Bhuiyan Stadium in Mymensingh on Wednesday. Brothers beat Mohammedan by a solitary goal.

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BB can't avoid responsibility about large-scale money siphoning

SOME $5.9 billion was siphoned out of Bangladesh in 2015 through trade mis-invoicing, and Bangladesh ranked second in South Asia in terms of illicit outflows of money, the Global Financial Integrity (GFI) said in a report. The Washington-based research and advisory organisation came out with the findings by analysing data ...

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`China, Russia biggest risks to US`

Reuters, Washington :China and Russia pose the biggest risks to the United States, and are more aligned than they have been in decades as they target the 2020 presidential election and American institutions to expand their global reach, U.S. intelligence officials told senators on Tuesday.The spy chiefs broke with President ...

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President Abdul Hamid administering oath to the newly elected Speaker and Deputy Speaker of the eleventh Parliament Dr Shirin Sharmin Chowdhury and Fazle Rabbi Mian respectively at the office of the Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban on Wednesday.

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Shanu pens novel for Ekushey Book Fair

Sheikh Arif Bulbon :Viewers’ choice actress Shanarei Devi Shanu has dreamt to step forward as a writer like her father AK Sheram. As a result, Shanu’s first poetry book titled Nil Foring Kabbyo was published in 2017 in Ekushey Book Fair. Shanu created hype among the readers by her first ...

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Ensure exemplary punishment to the child abusers

AN unidentified girl, 11, died on Monday at Chattogram Medical College Hospital. She could not utter a single word during her treatment for five days, but the bruises on her body and tears rolling down her cheeks bore the testament of the unspeakable horror she had gone through. Locals found ...

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BCIC gets new Chairman

Business Desk :Additional Secretary of the Government Md. Haiul Quaium has joined as Chairman of Bangladesh Chemical Industries Corporation (BCIC). Prior, he joined as Director (Finance) at BCIC, said a press release.Haiul Quaium has done significant work as Director (Commercial) of BCIC. He was BCS (Admin) in 1985 batch. Previously ...

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GOPALGANJ : Gopalganj District Police brought out a rally on the occasion of Police Service Week on Monday.