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Dhaka, Dec 13 – Railway Minister Nurul Islam Sujan yesterday said that 104 railway stations have been closed in the country due to manpower crisis. Read More »

The United Nations human rights office voiced concern on Friday that India’s new citizenship law is “fundamentally discriminatory in nature” by excluding Muslims and called for it to be reviewed. Violent clashes erupted in Delhi between police and thousands of university students on Friday protesting the enactment of the contentious new law. Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist government has ... Read More »

Focus on jobs, gender, fragility, climate, and good governance Stockholm, December 13, 2019 — A global coalition of development partners announced today their commitment to maintain momentum in the fight against extreme poverty, with $82 billion for the International Development Association (IDA), the World Bank’s fund for the poorest. The financing, which includes more than $53 billion for Africa, will ... Read More »

Dhaka- Bangladeshi pair Shuvo Khandakar and Brishty Khatun were eliminated from the mixed double events on the 4th day of the Yonex-Sunrise Bangladesh International Challenge Badminton Tournament at Shaheed Tajuddin Ahmed Indoor Stadium here on Friday. The Bangladeshi pair lost to the Thai partners P Thangsrirapipan and S Minkochuya by 21-18, 21-14 sets in their quarterfinal match. Earlier, Bangladeshi pair ... Read More »

Dhaka — National all-rounder Mahmudullah Riyad will finally make an appearance in the next match of Chattogram Challengers in the ongoing Bangabandhu Bangladesh Premier League (BPL). He missed the first two games of his side. In a statement on Friday, Challengers said the all-rounder met all fitness requirements and was fully fit to play. In his absence, Emrit led the ... Read More »

Dhaka  — Sports journalist Arnab Majumder Dipayan died on Friday afternoon at the age of 27. Read More »

Dhaka — Hitting 42 off 17 balls and scalping five wickets, Sri Lankan all-rounder Thisara Perera helped Dhaka Platoon register their maiden victory of the ongoing Bangabandhu Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) against Cumilla Warriors by 20 runs on Friday at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium. Platoon set a challenging target of 181 runs while batting first after losing the toss. In ... Read More »

San Francisco has opened its first safe parking area for people who are living in vehicles, with an aim to remove homeless people from the streets amid a rising homelessness crisis in the western coastal U.S. city. Read More »

Immigration through Tamabil customs station in Gowainghat upazila here came to a sudden halt on Friday morning after a curfew was imposed in India’s Meghalaya state following escalation of tension there over the National Citizenship Bill. Read More »

Rajshahi Royals registered their second consecutive win in the ongoing Bangabandhu Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) on Friday beating Sylhet Thunder by eight wickets at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium. Read More »

Four British-Bangladeshi women representing the Labour Party have been elected to parliament despite another debacle for the party in the general election. Read More »

Culture Desk Emerging presenter Samia Afrin has on-boarded with Bangladesh Premier League with post-game show at Maasranga Television. The programme titled ‘PowerPlay’ gives insightful reviews after every match of Bangabandhu BPL in the participation of cricket experts. Read More »

The nation is set to observe the Martyred Intellectuals’ Day tomorrow in a befitting manner. Read More »

Tulip Siddiq, granddaughter of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and niece of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, has been reelected Member of Parliament (MP) in the UK general election 2019 as a candidate of Labour Party. Read More »

Forty-four new dengue patients were admitted to different hospitals across the country in the last 24 hours till 8am on Friday. Read More »

The Embassy of Switzerland has celebrated the longstanding friendship between Switzerland and Bangladesh through a function titled “Swiss Night” with food, friends and music together. Read More »

Manila, Xinhua/Unb, Dec 13 – At least six people, including four children, were killed in a crash involving multiple vehicles in Mindanao in the southern Philippines early Friday, police said. Read More »

Dhaka, Dec 13 – The lethal Fall Armyworms that arrived in Bangladesh in 2018 after ravaging cornfields of the Sub-Saharan Africa, have attacked cornfields in the district of Chuadanga, and are spreading fast compared to last year, causing worries to farmers. Read More »

London, Dec 12 – Boris Johnson has said the forecast general election result would deliver a “powerful new mandate” to a “one-nation Conservative government”, reports BBC. Read More »

Dhaka, Dec 12 – In the backdrop of violence in India’s state of Assam spilling over to Bangladesh Assistant High Commission in Guwahati, Bangladesh has protested an attack on the convoy of the Assistant High Commissioner and vandalization of signposts and requested extra security for its Mission. Read More »

Dhaka, Dec 12 – Expressing its grievances over the Appellate Division order rejecting Khaleda Zia’s bail in Zia Charitable Trust graft case, BNP on Thursday announced a countrywide demonstration programme for Sunday demanding her release. Read More »

For any dream to be given any chance to come true, the dreamer must first wake up. Bangladesh needs to wake up to the flaws within the education system and work towards accomplishing Bangabandhu’s dream of a Sonar Bangla Sir Frank Peters If, as they say, ‘ignorance is bliss’, Supreme Court justices Md. Imman Ali and Md. Sheikh Hassan Arif ... Read More »

Danielle Nierenberg If you browse the food shelves at a bookstore or local library, you’ll probably find an important selection of cookbooks, memoirs, and journalistic investigations into our food system. Maybe you’ll recognize the names of the authors. One thing stands out: Many of these books are geared toward adults — and we need to include children in the conversation ... Read More »