AL to focus on women, young voters: Quader

    Sofian Khan Obaidul Quader, road transport and bridges minister for Bangladesh Government said that for the upcoming national election, Awami League is mostly focusing on the women and young voters. Asking the party’s leaders to take preparations, the minister on tuesday said this while addressing a discussion organised by DSCC (Dhaka South City Corporation). The…

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      Bangladesh Joining the Nuclear Club as the 32th Country  

      Ummul Wara Sweety Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will be inaugurating the construction project for the core reactor of the Rooppur Power Plant by first concrete pouring, tomorrow. This will initiatiate the main construction of this massive project in Pabna, informed Ministry of Science & Technology. Authorities aim to produce its first unit of 1,200 megawatt…

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        Rohingya refugees forced into sex work

        Tanzim Taqrim Rohingya girls exploited and sold for sex. They described being taken advantage after escaping Myanmar. They are kept in hotels and treated like slaves. Moreover, they are being beaten and threatened with a knife if they refuse to work. These girls are being sold by Rohingya men but eventually these girls don’t derive…

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          Mexico’s New Anti-Gentrification Saint

          Tanzim Taqrim Mexico’s new Anti- Gentrification saint is a hipster and an apocalyptic virgin. Locals pray to Santa Mari La Juaricua for protection of their homes. Sandra Valenzuela is a local who moved to this area 3 years ago and she found the statue in the old apartment she bought. Sandra named the saint after…

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            Supreme Court declines to ban Padmavati, Chief Ministers Rebuke

            Sofian Khan The supreme court has turned down a request to ban the Sanjay Leela Bhansali film, “Padmavati”. Upon a third time request, the court restated that the national censor board is prerequisite to make the decision of whether the movie is suitable for screening or not.As Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) is working…

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              Brazilian Inmates beauty pageant

              Tanzim Taqrim A local NGO and a church helped provide the dresses and supplies for prison beauty pageant. Families reunited to support their queens. The event aims to boost self-esteem. Recreation activities are seen to raise self-esteem and lower loneliness in inmates. Five months earlier about a quarter of the 450 inmates signed up. They…

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                Hafiz Saeed wants UN to remove him from terrorist list

                Sayeed Muhammad Recently released Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD) chief Hafiz Saeed has filed a petition in the United Nations (UN) for delisting his name from the its list of designated terrorists. In December 2008, Saeed was put on the list by the UN Security Council for his alleged role in the 2008 Mumbai attacks, reports The Express…

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                  Principal of Maple Leaf School Called to High Court

                  SM Nur Mohammad Principal of Maple Leaf School has been called to be present in front of the High Court, on 12 December. In order to justify his stance for not repositioning his school from a residential area of Dhanmondi. Bench of Judge Md. Ashraful Islam & Judge KM Kamrul Kader ordered this after taking…

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