Polls on time despite all conspiracies: Quader

    Abrar Hussain of DOT Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader has said that the elections will be held on time “despite all conspiracies”. “No evil force can foil the upcoming elections,” the Road Transport and Bridges Minister said after paying homage at the Shaheed Muktijuddha Mausoleum in Feni, reported The Daily Star. “We will continue…

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      Mexican volcano Popocatepetl erupts with 2km column of ash

      Russia Today The active volcano Popocatepetl, located in Central Mexico, has exploded Saturday evening, sending ash two kilometers into the air with the cloud of smoke moving in a northeast direction. Videos from the eruption show a powerful explosion and traces of magma flowing out of the crater. Possible ash fall is expected in areas…

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        Top 10 countries the super-rich call home

        Russia Today Aggregate global wealth grew by $14 trillion, hitting an enormous figure of $317 trillion over the 12 months through the end of October, according to latest Global Wealth Report, revealed by Credit Suisse’s Research Institute. The growth rate of nearly 4.6 percent was reportedly lower than last year, but higher than the average…

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          Bangladesh missions abroad celebrate Victory Day

          UNB Bangladesh missions abroad on Sunday celebrated the 48th Victory Day paying homage to the 1971 Liberation War martyrs and Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. Bangladesh was born as an independent country on December 16 in 1971 after the Pakistani occupation forces surrendered after a nine-month bloody war. The new nation emerged…

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            BNP leader Moyeen Khan comes under attack during campaign in Narsingdi

            Sayeed Muhammad of DOT BNP candidate and former minister Abdul Moyeen Khan came under attack while electioneering amid the celebrations of Victory Day in Narsingdi. Moyeen, a BNP Standing Committee member, blamed the ruling Awami League for the attack, which occurred in the district’s Panchdona Bazar area around 12:30pm yesterday. However, local Awami League leaders…

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              Shamsher Mobin quits for Nurul Islam Nahid

              Sayeed Muhammad of DOT BNP candidate and former minister Abdul Moyeen Khan came under attack while electioneering amid the celebrations of Victory Day in Narsingdi. Moyeen, a BNP Standing Committee member, blamed the ruling Awami League for the attack, which occurred in the district’s Panchdona Bazar area around 12:30pm yesterday. However, local Awami League leaders…

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                Queen appoints Australia’s next governor general,

                A retired Australian forces chief known for his weekly boxing sessions with Indigenous youngsters in Sydney has been appointed as the Queen’s next representative in the country, a move the country’s opposition Labor party says it hopes will be the last appointment to the position by Buckingham Palace. AP

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                  French minister pays respects at desecrated Jewish cemetery

                  French Interior minister Christophe Castaner on Friday paid his respects at a Jewish cemetery near Strasbourg, days after 37 of its tombstones and a monument to Holocaust victims were defaced with Nazi symbols. Castaner said the “abject” desecration could have been conducted by a far right group, but did not elaborate as an investigation was…

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                    Father of Strasbourg attacker said his son backed Daesh

                    The man described as the father of the 29-year-old suspect in this week’s deadly Christmas market attack in Strasbourg says his son subscribed to the beliefs of the Daesh group.The interview with Abdelkrim Chekatt by the state-run France 2 television channel was shown Saturday night, two days after the son was killed in a confrontation…

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                      Turkish army ‘neutralizes’ 10 PKK terrorists in N. Iraq

                      Turkish military “neutralized” 10 PKK terrorists in airstrikes carried out in northern Iraq, the Turkish Defense Ministry said on Sunday. Turkish authorities often use the word “neutralized” in their statements to imply the terrorists in question either surrendered or were killed or captured. In a Twitter post, the ministry said the airstrikes were carried out…

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