Israel protest UN ban on exhibition

    AP, United Nations Israel protested Monday at the U.N.’s decision to ban panels on Jerusalem and Arab Israelis from an exhibition at the United Nations on various aspects of the country and the heritage of the Jewish people. Israel’s U.N. Ambassador Danny Danon initially complained that three panels with photos and text had been barred…

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      Planes collide while taxiing at Jakarta airport

      AP, Jakarta Two passenger aircraft collided on the runway of an airport in the Indonesian capital, forcing its temporary closure. No injuries were reported. The accident on Monday evening occurred at a military airport that also handles civilian flights to ease congestion at Jakarta’s main commercial airport. Batik Air said in a statement that its…

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        Afghan warlord changes his conditions for peace with Kabul

        AP, Kabul A notorious Afghan warlord who lives in hiding has dropped a key condition for ending his war of more than 40 years with Kabul, an associate said Tuesday. According to Amin Karim, an official of the Hezb-i-Islami Party, the party’s leader, Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, is no longer demanding that all foreign troops leave Afghanistan….

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          US says Iran forces pulling back in Syria; others say no

          AP, Washington The Obama administration is making the case that Iran is drawing down its elite fighting force from Syria in an effort to allay fears that Tehran is using its powerful Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps in Syria to strengthen its influence across the Middle East. Yet the Iranian government said Monday it has dispatched…

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            Two killed in road accident in Gazipur

            BSS Two persons were killed in two separate road accidents in the district on Monday night. Police recovered the dead bodies and sent those to Tazuddin Medical College Hospital morgue for autopsy. Police source said an unknown person was killed when a speedy vehicle ran over him in Maleker Bari area on Monday night. It…

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              Huge current net seized in Munshiganj

              BSS A mobile court comprising Fisheries Department, RAB and police seized 30 lakh meters of banned current net from a factory in Nayagaon area of the town on Monday. Acting on a tip off, the court, led by Executive Magistrate Asif Anam Siddique, conducted a drive to ‘Tasfia Fishing Net’ factory and seized the banned…

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                Woman held with phensidyl

                BSS Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB)-5 yesterday arrested a woman with 348 bottles of phensidyl at Telkupi Lambatola village under Shahbajpur union in Shibganj upazila of Chapainawabganj district. The arrested woman is Sagori Khatun, 20, wife of Abdus Salam of the aforesaid area. RAB said, acting on a tip off, an operation team of…

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                  Khulna minor boy dies after fall from nagordola

                  UNB A minor boy was killed as he slipped from a nagordola (amusement ride) in Khulna Trade Fair at the Circuit House ground of the city on Monday night. Shafiqul Islam, officer-in-charge of Sadar Police Station, said Md Rakib, 10, son of Ismail Hossain of Charmai area and class II student of a local madrasah…

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                    Wall collapse kills tea worker in Sylhet

                    UNB A tea worker was killed and his wife injured as a wall collapsed during heavy rains at a tea garden in Champara area of Kamalganj upazila early Tuesday. The deceased was identified as Ajit Nayek, 45, Local union parishad chairman Soleman Miah said the wall of Ajit’s house at the tea garden collapsed following…

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                      Obesity: A curse that will strike within 2025

                      Md. Taqi Yasir  The Lancet gave a new study about the meals and the system of the western world of their diets that is nowadays influencing our different generations vicariously. The food habits are all based on the calorie and also high cholesterols and saturated fatty elements. These are causing the people around the world…

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