Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina addresses the inaugural ceremony of the newly constructed establishments for DGFI through video conference from Ganobhaban on Thursday.

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More the merrier

MEDIA reports on Wednesday advanced suggestion to set up a separate ministry or a department to regulate the commodity market as existing government regulatory bodies are failing to hold it under check. It has raised the question on the usefulness of about a dozen regulatory bodies, besides 12 companies and ...

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Shapovalov nears 2020 finish knowing he belongs in top 10

Canadian Denis Shapovalov has slipped out of the men's top 10 rankings with some recent early defeats, but the 21-year-old is about to finish the 2020 season confident that he belongs in the top echelon of the sport.The left-hander reached the quarter-finals of the US Open, where he lost in ...

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Clarke resigns as EFA chairman

Greg Clarke has resigned as English Football Association (EFA) chairman hours after referring to players from the BAME community as "coloured" during questions from members of parliament on Tuesday."We can confirm that Greg Clarke has stepped down from his role as our chairman," the FA said in a statement."Peter McCormick ...

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S Korea appealed for Biden's `summit-level` interests in North Korea talks

Reuters, Seoul  :South Korea's foreign minister said on Tuesday she had raised the need for U.S. President-elect Joe Biden's administration to pay "summit-level" attention to reopen denuclearisation talks with North Korea during meetings in the United States this week.Kang Kyung-wha met a number of Biden allies in Washington, including Democratic ...

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Maha becoming dependable in acting

Sheikh Arif Bulbon :Confidence on promising TV actress Nayma Alam Maha, who has been also studying BBA in a private university in the capital, is being increased day by day due to her acting skill. For this reason, Maha has been engaged with acting in several numbers of drama serials ...

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Britney loses court bid to suspend her father’s control over her estate

Popular singer Britney Spears has officially lost her bid to remove her father as conservator of her estate. A UK court rejected the singer’s case against her father, Jamie Spears who has been handling his daughter’s legal conservator for 12 years, due to concerns about her mental health, reported by ...

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The issue is racial hatred and Myanmar election has no relevance to Rohingya crisis

FOLLOWING new election in Myanmar the UK government has called upon the country's leadership to address the security, safety and dignified return of the Rohingya refugees - over 1 million now in refugee camps in Bangladesh across the border. The UK Minister for South Asia and the Common Wealth Affairs ...

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Nagorik Oikya brings out a walkathon in front of the Jatiya Press Club on Tuesday marking Shaheed Noor Hossain Day.

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Maradona to be discharged within two days, says doctor

Argentine soccer star Diego Maradona is recovering well from a brain operation and post-surgery complications and should be discharged over the next couple of days, his personal physician said on Monday. "Diego wants to go home and we are evaluating his discharge," Leopoldo Luque told reporters outside the hospital where the ...

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People wait outside a hospital to be tested for COVID-19 test in Kathmandu.

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Tanha pairs up with Irfan Sajjad in drama

Sheikh Arif Bulbon :Basically Tanha Tasnia is a film actress. When she likes any story, she agrees to work in TV dramas sometimes. She worked with popular heroes like Zahid Hasan, Shajal, Apurba, among others in TV dramas. But she did not get the scope to pair up with Irfan ...

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24th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival Farooki made Official Competition Jury

Entertainment Report :Popular Bangladeshi film director Mostafa Sarwar Farooki has become one of the five Official Competition Jury members at the 24th edition of Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival (PÖFF) set to take place from November 13 to 29 in Estonia. Farooki shared the news recently on his official Facebook ...

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City Mayors have no time to go around the capital city to see how shameful is the condition

THE experts at a webinar on 'Town Planning for Public Health' while observing World Town Planning Day 2020 on Sunday blamed various factors including air, water and noise pollution, poor waste management, grabbing of natural water-bodies and rising temperature of the cities for the increase in incidence of various communicable ...

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Lily Zhang continues to shine at ITTF World Cup

Last year's semifinalist Lily Zhang of the United States continued her shining performance at the ITTF Women's World Cup by dispatching fifth-seeded Feng Tianwei to advance to last eight here on Monday.Playing from the group stage at this year's World Cup, Zhang lost to Margaryta Pesotska of Ukraine in her ...

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Hong Kong pro-democracy legislators threaten mass resignations

Reuters, Hong Kong :Hong Kong pro-democracy legislators threatened mass resignations on Monday amid reports Beijing plans to disqualify four opposition lawmakers who had been accused by the ruling camp of potentially unlawful filibustering in the legislature.Earlier on Monday, local news site HK01 reported, citing unnamed sources, that Beijing might make ...