Leicester’s Fairy Tale

    Samiul Bashar Samin The English Premier League has been dubbed as one of the most competitive football leagues in the world. And rightly so too. It would be surreal to think that one day a football team that has been so incredibly low profile would be on its way to win the Premiere League. And…

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      Dark Clouds and Silver Linings

      By Sheersho Zaman Last week the world was once again faced with demons that it would much rather forget. The Brussels bombings showed people once again the dark side of humanity. It reminded the world once more just how evil man kind can be to serve their own agenda. Not only Brussels, but areas of…

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        Cortana Does it All

        Marilyn Thipthorpe Skype has just decided to make your life a whole lot easier. The famous video chatting app is taking its features to a whole new level with its intelligence or rather artificial intelligence assistance. At a recent conference the Skype Group Program Manager, Lilian Rincon, showed off a prototype app of the new…

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          New Use for Old Flash Drives

          Marilyn Thipthorpe  Do you throw away or keep misplacing or are just plain confused about what to do with your old pen/flash drives. Don’t be, we have a solution for it and it comes with a cause. Recently at the South by Southwest Festival a booth was showcased with a board covered with cartoonists’ drawings…

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            Anti-Independence miscreants must be removed: Shahjahan Khan

            Mazaharul Islam Minister for Shipping, Shahjahan Khan commented, “All miscreants who help Pakistan in harming Bangladesh are enemies of the state. The spirit of the Liberation War must be strengthened and these miscreants must be removed. He made such comments during a discussion meeting organized by the ‘Sramik-Kormochari-Peshajibi-Muktijoddha Somonnoy Parishad’ at the National Press Club…

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              Sewall seeks BD’s help to implement CVE action plan

                UNB, Dhaka   Visiting US Under Secretary of State for Civilian Security, Democracy, and Human Rights Sarah Sewall on Thursday sought Bangladesh’s cooperation to implement the Plan of Action to Prevent Violent Extremism proposed by UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon. She came up with the call during a meeting with State Minister for Foreign…

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                7 militants including 2 murderers identified

                Biplab Biswas: DB identified 7 militants who are accused of murdering Avijit Roy, the founder of ‘Muktomona’ blog. 2 of them are his murderers. Intelligence sources confirmed that all of them are members of ‘Ansarullah Bangla Team’. They also have links with militant organizations like JMB and Huji. They are frequently changing their positions so…

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                  143 doctors of BSMMU permanently stop getting paid

                  Riku Amir The monthly salary of 143 doctors of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) have been cancelled permanently. According to sources, these doctors have not been paid their salary of March while other doctors and employees of (BSMMU) received their payment. When they met the Vice Chancellor, Professor Dr. Kamrul Hasan Khan to get…

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