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There seems little chance of any understanding between Bangladesh’s two main political forces emerging ahead of the scheduled January 5 elections. The ruling Awami League is locked in a fierce confrontation with the Opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party on the streets, with ugly clashes...

Toufique Imrose Khalidi: As the grid connectivity finally gets going, Bangladesh is about to get 500 MW power by November – 250 MW from Indian government companies and 250 MW from private companies. Can we expect more in the near future? Farooq Abdullah: One good thing is that these...

The next significant step on the language question came in the aftermath of the report submitted by the Basic Principles Committee to the constituent assembly on 28 September 1950. The report was unequivocal in stating that Urdu would be the state language of Pakistan. The BPC report...

Former President Iajuddin Ahmed passed away at Bumrungrad International Hospital in Bangkok on Monday morning. He was 81. He breathed his last at 10:40am, his son Imtiaz Ahmed Babu told The Daily Star. The eminent educationist left behind his wife and only son to mourn his death. On...

President Barack Obama handily defeated Gov. Mitt Romney and won himself a second term on Tuesday after a bitter and historically expensive race that was primarily fought in just a handful of battleground states. Obama beat Romney after nabbing almost every one of the 12 crucial battleground...

a podcast project of leading Indian daily newspaper The Times of India on Friday, June 1, 2012 claimed that the United States' is on the process of stationing its naval base within the Bay of Bengal and US Seventh Fleet is scheduled to be moving towards Bangladesh maritime area within next...

Parliament passes atomic energy bill Thu, May 31st, 2012 11:23 pm BdST Dhaka, May 31 (bdnews24.com) –Parliament passed Bangladesh Atomic Energy Control Bill on Thursday with provision to fine the foreign operators of nuclear plants in case of any accident. Amidst walkout by only...

The Fall of Granada, Spain and 1st April - APRIL FOOL In Spain, after centuries of Muslim rule*, the Moors were overwhelmed by the Christian Army. However, the Moors were fortified in their homes. The Christian armies wanted to get rid of the Muslims somehow. They told the Muslims that...

Mashrafe Mortaza And Boom Boom's Dhaka Gladiators defeated Brad Hodge's Barisal Burners to lift the first BPL trophy. The event was lit with the inclusion of Shahid Afridi and Saeed Ajmal in the Dhaka side who came into the semi-finals without the services of the duo. Ahmed Shehzad was the first...

about the murder of journalist sagar-runi seikh hasina : we can't protect one's bedroom.they have been murdered in bedroom,so what can we do? she also said : It's not journalists duty to investigate their only duty is just news publishing and nothing.

History Of Hyderabad : The Nizam state of Hyderabad India was formed by the Asif Jahi Dynasty in the 18th century by Mir Qamar uddin siddiqi when he was appointed as a governor by the Mughal Empire to rule the region under their guidance. However after the death of the powerful and legendary...