No coalition if Jamaat rubs shoulders: Dr Kamal

    UNB: Gano Forum President Dr Kamal Hossain has said his party will not join in any greater national unity if Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami remains with it. He came up with the announcement at a press conference at the Jatiya Press Club on Tuesday, reports UNB. Asked whether they will go for forging the national unity with…

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      Employees of newspapers, agencies get 45% dearness allowance

      BDNews24: The government has announced that journalists and other employees of newspapers and news agencies will receive 45 percent dearness allowance, effective retrospectively from Mar 1. The announcement was made about seven and a half months after the formation of the ninth wage board, according to a notice issued by the information ministry on Tuesday….

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        Russia suspected in mysterious attacks on US diplomats in Cuba and China: report

        The Hill: Intelligence officials probing mysterious attacks that have caused brain injuries to diplomats in Cuba and China now reportedly suspect Russia is the prime perpetrator. The intelligence community arrived at the conclusion after examining intercepted communications collected during an extensive and ongoing investigation including the FBI, CIA and other agencies, according to NBC News….

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          Shahidul denied bail, again

          Hossen Sohel: A Dhaka court yesterday rejected a bail petition filed by internationally-acclaimed photographer Shahidul Alam in a case lodged on charge of spreading propaganda and false information against the government, reports The Daily Star. Judge KM Imrul Kayes of Metropolitan Sessions Judge’s Court of Dhaka passed the order after Barrister Sara Hossain moved a…

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            Furious Padma threatens Naria

            Desk Report: This Padma is not the river they know. At Naria of Shariatpur, 20km from the Padma Bridge construction site, it has changed abruptly for sure. Once relatively calm and quiet in the area, it turned into an all-devouring river in just a few years. People there are on edge as the Padma changed…

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              Australian cartoonist under fire for Serena sketch

              AFP: An Australian cartoonist has come under withering criticism for portraying tennis superstar Serena Williams using — what Harry Potter author JK Rowling described as — “racist and sexist tropes” Mark Knight’s caricature, published in Melbourne’s Herald Sun newspaper on Monday, shows a butch and fat-lipped Williams jumping up and down on her broken racquet…

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                I cannot believe!

                Hope Hope/Seven Billion Today An Egyptian man has been arrested because he ate breakfast with a Saudi Arabian woman. Can you believe this has happened? I can’t! Worst things happen in the world! Police are wasting their time and effort and money to arrest a man for simply eating a breakfast! To me, it does…

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