Revised Schedule for the Lunchtime shows of Bangladesh dance Troupe 0

High Commission for Bangladesh Canberra 11 February 2008 Press Release Further to the press release issued by the High Commission for Bangladesh on 31 January 2008, this is to inform that there have been slight changes in the schedule of

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Shibir, BCL men clash openly with lethal arms

Clashes between the activists of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) and Islami Chhatra Shibir over a trifling matter overnight left at least 40 students injured in Dhaka Polytechnic Institute yesterday. Male students had to leave hostels by 5:00pm following orders from

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Sorry, says the man who took children

A welfare officer whose work was taking children from families has changed his mind in the past decade about a government apology and now says it is due, writes Andrew West. LAST Thursday morning, as Harry Kitching woke in his

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Of food and fuel

Jyoti Rahman examines how agro-fuel demand is raising food prices worldwide Politically, Bangladesh stands at a cross-road in 2008, with credible elections and sustained democracy being a realistically attainable choice. Yet, it is an economic issue that can overshadow all

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Jamaat controversy roils Ekushey Book Fair

Reazul Bashar bdnews24.com Correspondent Dhaka, Feb 7 (bdnews24.com)—The Ekushey Book Fair Thursday hit some buzz of controversy over the selling of books written by Jamaat-e-Islami leaders. From a press conference, Sammilita Sangskritik Jote, a cultural outfit, criticised Bangla Academy for

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Hon. Chief Justice of Australia hails the ongoing judicial reform measures in Bangladesh

Press Release : Bangladesh High Commission, Canberra, Australia Hon. Chief Justice of Australia hails the ongoing judicial reform measures in Bangladesh The Hon. Chief Justice of Australia Justice Gleeson hails the ongoing reform measures taken by the Supreme Court of

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Jet could fly Australia to Europe in five hours

British engineers unveiled plans Tuesday for a hypersonic jet which could fly from Europe to Australia in less than five hours. The A2 plane, designed by engineering company Reaction Engines based in Oxfordshire, southern England, could carry 300 passengers at

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In memory of a friend by Fazle Rashid

Saif Uddin Ahmed Manik (Mainka to his close friends of whom I can claim to be one) is dead. Death is inevitable. The inexorable march goes on, it does not discriminate. I had a hunch that there is something seriously

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