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Shahadat six-for stuns South Africa: Bangladesh 192 125/4 (48.0 ov) lead by 147 runs with 6 wickets remaining
Shahadat Hossain was the bowling hero as Bangladesh gained a valuable 22-run lead but Dale Steyn produced another superb new-ball spell as South Africa fought back before tea on the second day. Steyn picked up all three wickets to fall
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Lawachhera Forest: Eco damage feared from Chevron's seismic survey
US oil company Chevron Bangladesh starts a three-dimensional seismic survey on eco-sensitive Lawachhera Reserve Forest next month for better understanding the reserves of the nearby Moulvibazar gas field amid concerns expressed by environmentalists. Environmentalists fear the three-dimensional survey might inflict
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Spreading the Word: Int'l Mother Language Day – Trisha Barua
(1st published date: 2/22/07) Did you know that this past Wednesday was the International Mother Language Day? Odds are you weren’t even aware that something like this existed. The United States is a country that consists of many people with
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Boosting up bureaucrats for adopting e-Governance
Governance capacity building initiatives are being taken to mobilise services and functions of the government bodies. Bangladesh government will get an opportunity to realise the omnipotence of e-Governance as well as officials of it will be able to develop their
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For the pain and suffering, we apologise
WITH just 361 words, the Federal Parliament will today seek to heal the hurt caused by past decades of state-sponsored ill-treatment of all indigenous Australians – not just those forcibly removed as children from their families. More than 10 years
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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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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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Special Assistants to the Chief Adviser: Do their appointments meet the provisions of the Constitution?
There has been a debate on the constitutional legality of appointment of Special Assistants to the Chief Adviser with the rank and status of the State Minister giving responsibilities of some ministries of the government. There are two sides of
Read MoreFour brothers and a sister 0
This is a story from faraway Zimbabwe, from its Dzivarasekwa district to be precise. A group, which calls itself "the Four Brothers and a Sister" flags down vehicles on the road, pretending that they are traffic officers checking out safety
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Nizami, Mojahid face murder charge
A freedom fighter (FF) yesterday filed a murder case against Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Motiur Rahman Nizami, Secretary General Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mojahid, five of their party men and three non-Bangalees for the massacre of 345 people during the Liberation War. Mohammad
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Azam Chy now says he did not file case against Hasina
Industrialist Azam J Chowdhury yesterday told the press that he did not file any case "directly" against former prime minister and Awami League chief Sheikh Hasina. "What I did [say in the case] has been distorted and has not come
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Original Source nybangla | Link and news posted by Kamrul Ahsan Khan
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The Australian Govt pledges $6.5m to Bangladeshi cyclone victims
The Australian Government will provide $6.5 million to help Bangladeshi communities affected by last year’s Cyclone Sidr. The assistance comes in response to calls to the international community for recovery support. More than 3,000 people died when the cyclone ripped
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4 DU teachers finally freed: Conviction and release dent legal process
Political leaders, legal experts, and civil society members yesterday said conviction of three Dhaka University (DU) teachers and their release on presidential clemency have undermined credibility of the legal process and showed the government’s inept handling of the issue. They
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Original source daily nayadigonta | News and link posted by Kamrul Ahsan Khan
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