UAE sheikh failed in bid to buy Liverpool Football Club

    MEMO: Abu Dhabi’s Sheikh Khaled Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, cousin of Manchester City owner and Arab billionaire Sheikh Mansour Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, failed in a £2 billion ($2.55 billion) proposal to buy UK’s Liverpool Football Club, the Daily Mail reported late yesterday. The Emirati sheikh held talks with representatives of Liverpool’s owners from late…

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      No, Republicans don’t have to vote for Democrats to rein in Trump

      Nathan Wurtzel, Veteran GOP political consultant /New York Post In late summer and September, an epidemic of self-identified (and mostly no-longer active) Republican political consultants and ostensibly Republican pundits declared their intention to “save the Republican Party” by voting straight-ticket Democratic this November. This action, they say, will hold President Trump and his enablers to…

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        FBCCI for three-fold increase in trade with Malaysia

        UNB, Dhaka President of the Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI) Abdul Matlub Ahmed has urged the newly elected BMCCI leaders to work towards enhancing trade with Malaysia by three fold over the next two years. He made the call when the Board of Directors of the Bangladesh-Malaysia Chamber of Commerce and…

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          Locate your Lost phone and Lock it

            You have to Sign in first to the Android Device Manager website at www.google.com/android/devicemanager then ensure that your current mobile device is selected. From this site, one can see the near location of that device. You can also lock the phone, erase data, or ring the device. Your phone will ring for up to…

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            Making better humans

            Samiul Bashar Samin For centuries, human hereditary improvement was a problem in social, not biological, engineering: how to persuade or coerce people into marrying to benefit the population as a whole. The obvious analogy was to agriculture and animal husbandry. In Plato’s Republic, Socrates says that only the best citizens would be allowed to mate,…

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              Can Rohingyas return home?

              Noman Mosharef Whether the displaced Rohingyas can ever return home is a burning question since the exodus began in 1978. It is not only them who want to go back to their own land, but also the international community is largely concerned about their repatriation. More than 600,000 Rohingyas have entered Bangladesh since a fresh…

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                Discontent in JaPa: its charter may see reform

                Hossen Sohel of DOT Jatiya Party Co-Chairman GM Quader has hinted at bringing reforms to the party’s constitution, reports bdnews24.com. The changes may address issues including the overarching powers of party chairman HM Ershad and the procedure of inducting members into its policy-making presidium, he said. The reform proposals will be discussed with Jatiya Party…

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                  Sundarbans wildlife gets extended sanctuary

                  Sayeed Muhammad: Aiming to facilitate its smoother natural existence, the biodiversity boundary has been expanded in the Sundarbans, the world’s largest mangrove forest, with experts hoping the move to help boost all types of forest resources including wildlife, fisheries, and trees. The ‘sanctuary’ designated areas now add up to 317,950 hectares, over double the 139,699…

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