Boris Johnson and wife announce divorce

    AP: Former British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson and his wife have announced that they are divorcing. Johnson and Marina Wheeler said in a joint statement Friday that they separated “several months ago” after 25 years of marriage and have now decided to divorce. The couple said divorce proceedings are now underway. “As friends we will…

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      Fashion Myths Busted

      Minnie Potter 1. Sequins are only for night-time. You can always wear sequins, be it a day or night. 2. Showing skin makes you lose sophistication. No it does not. With the right dress and the right cut that makes you comfortable, you can feel and seem sophisticated. 3. Long dresses are meant for tall…

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        Economic development in Bangladesh and the focus on achieving the Millennium development goals; What Challenges arises and what initiatives have been complemented

        Prof. Md. Ali Ashraf MP Bangladesh achieved independence in December 1971 and parliamentarians of the newly independent Country met on 10th April, 1972 for drafting a constitution. The first general election was held on 7th April, 1973. Military rule, however has twice interrupted the process of parliamentary democracy. Politics of Bangladesh maintained in a framework…

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          Driver’s ill competition and pedestrian’s mentality

          Dr. Md. Tajul Islam, Professor, National Institute of Mental Health : Many premature deaths have been caused by the ill competition between the drivers. These drivers have to be held responsible. Their recklessness has caused many to their deaths. They are arrogant and not willing to listen to anybody. But whatever they do, they are the…

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            South Sudan embraces old enemy Sudan, now rocked by protests

            Reuters: Embattled Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir is receiving words of support from some unlikely places as he faces deadly protests calling for him to step down. South Sudan won independence from Sudan in 2011 following decades of brutal fighting marked by the mass abduction and enslavement of children, scorched earth ethnic cleansing and famines. Yet…

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              BNP pushing politics towards crime den: PM

              BSS Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday came down heavily on BNP and its election partners for giving nominations to the persons convicted for corruption, militancy and war crimes saying it seemed that they would like to take the country’s politics to the ‘crime world’. “It’s a misfortune for the people of Bangladesh as a political…

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                Zimbabwe pastor’s bail hearing postponed as hundreds await trial

                Reuters: Zimbabwean activist pastor Evan Mawarire faced more time in jail after a court delayed his bail application on Wednesday, as hundreds of others arrested during a brutal crackdown on protesters awaited trial. President Emmerson Mnangagwa had promised a day earlier to investigate the security services’ actions against anti-government protesters and called for a “national…

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                  TNT picks up young Shakespeare series

                  Tara Sattar For those who are a big fan, TNT has finally accepted and ordered a drama to be made on the life of William Shakespeare. The drama will be a ten episode series named “Will”. The approval came two years after the pilot was commissioned by TNT.The Turner-owned cable also ordered another drama “Civil”…

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