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Asifuzzaman Chowdhury, Director of United Commercial Bank (UCB) Limited, inaugurating its 191st branch at Shantirhat in Chattogram recently. Mohammed Shawkat Jamil, Managing Director of the bank and local elites were also present.

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Tk 234cr realised in 4 days

Chattogram Bureau  :The enthusiastic taxpayers are rushing to the divisional Income Tax Fair-2019 now is being held at  GEC convention centre  in the city   under Chattogram Income Tax Zone  for the 4th day on Sunday since November 14 last.A total of 26807 eligible tax payers submitted their return forms and ...

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Be a president of all Sri Lankan, not only for the Sinhalese

A significant change has been made in Sri Lankan politics while former wartime defence chief Gotabaya Rajapaksa won a presidential election on Saturday defeating his rival Sajith Premadasa with a huge margin of vote. We do congratulate Mr Rajapaksa for this victory. Media reports said that Mr Rajapaksa was the ...

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Kareena Kapoor’s latest alluring picture

Kareena Kapoor Khan needs no introduction when it comes to fashion and style. She can pull off any sartorial style with utmost grace and elegance. The actress is currently gearing up for her upcoming film Good Newwz starring opposite Akshay Kumar. The makers of the film have released the much-awaited ...

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Toma again in Cacoly’s movie

Sheikh Arif Bulbon :Now-a-days, Toma Mirza is a talented film actress who got the National Film Award for first time for acting in Shahneoyaj Cacoly-directed Nodijon. This time Toma is acting in yet another film of the same director. Toma will appear in Cacoly’s upcoming film titled From Bangladesh. Toma ...

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Ronaldo scores 99th Portugal goal as holders seal Euro 2020 spot

AFP, Paris :Cristiano Ronaldo scored his 99th international goal as reigning champions Portugal secured their place at the Euro 2020 finals on Sunday with a 2-0 victory away to Luxembourg, while France ended their qualifying campaign with victory.Bruno Fernandes struck the opening goal on 39 minutes before Ronaldo tapped in ...

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China calls on US to 'stop flexing muscles' in South China Sea

Agencies, Bangkok :China on Monday called on the United States to stop flexing its muscles in the South China Sea and to avoid adding "new uncertainties" over Taiwan, during high-level talks that highlighted the tension between the world's two major powers.The remarks by Chinese Defence Minister Wei Fenghe to US ...

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China confirms aircraft carrier sailed through Taiwan Strait

AFP, Beijing :China confirmed on Monday that its first domestically built aircraft carrier had sailed through the Taiwan Strait for "routine" training and tests after Taipei accused Beijing of intimidation around upcoming elections.The ship, which has yet to be named, is Beijing's second carrier and will add massive firepower to ...

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‘Women shouldn't feel like second-class citizens,’ says Indra Nooyi

PTI, Washington :Women must not see themselves as second class citizens and know that they too have arrived on the scene, Indian American business executive and former CEO of PepsiCo Indra Nooyi said on Sunday."It does not matter where you are born and what your heritage is. I think the ...

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No medicine should be marketed without testing

THE people of Bangladesh have no way to know about the quality of medicine as the controlling authority has the capacity to test less than 10 per cent of the drugs sold in the country. The government-run drug testing laboratories in the country do not have the ability to test ...

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Thiem dethrones Zverev to set up London final against Tsitsipas

Dominic Thiem beat defending champion Alexander Zverev on Saturday to join Roger Federer's conqueror Stefanos Tsitsipas in the final of the ATP Finals in London.The Austrian fifth seed saw off the big-serving German 7-5, 6-3 after Greece's Tsitsipas, making his debut at the tournament, had earlier beaten Federer 6-3, 6-4.Thiem ...

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It feels surreal to act with Thalapathy: Soundarya Nandakumar

Singer and actress Soundarya Nandakumar, who is known for her work in the TV soap Pagal Nilavu and the viral short film Yours Shamefully, has been roped in for Lokesh Kanagaraj’s #Thalapathy64. Ask the actress how she landed the role, and she says, “They had approached me after seeing my ...

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Johnson's Conservatives have highest support since 2017: Polls

Reuters, London :British Prime Minister Boris Johnson's Conservative Party have the highest level of support since 2017, according to opinion polls published on Saturday.The Dec. 12 election was called to end three years of disagreement over Brexit that has sapped investors' faith in the stability of the world's fifth largest ...

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Taiwan President chooses running mate who Chinese paper wanted arrested

Reuters, Taipei :Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen has named as her running mate for 2020 elections a former premier who angered Beijing so badly last year with his support for the island's formal independence that a major Chinese paper called for his arrest.Self-ruled and democratic Taiwan is claimed by China as ...

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Jatiyatabadi Ainjibi Forum, a platform of pro-BNP lawyers, on Sunday observed a 'foot march' program on the Supreme Court premises demanding BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia's immediate release from jail. Advocate Khandker Mahbub Hossain, Convener of the Jatiyatabadi Ainjibi Forum, Member Secretary of the Forum Adv Fazlur Rahman, Co-Conveners Adv Mir Mohammad Nasir Uddin, Adv Zainul Abedin, Barrister A M Mahbub Uddin Khokan, Adv Masud Ahmed Talukder and Barrister Kayser Kamal, among others, were present on the occasion.