Gold worth 3 crores taka found in blanket at Shahjalal airport

    Nayon Sarkar Customs recovered 58 gold bars worth 3 crores taka hidden in a blanket from the luggage of a migrant worker who arrived at Shahajal International airport from Bahrain yesterday morning. Assistant commissioner of Dhaka Customs House and chief of the preventive team, Saidul Islam told media that his team on information interrogated Md…

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      Politics in Pakistan may finally have grown up

      Adnan Rehmat, Pakistan-based journalist, researcher and analyst with interests in politics, media, development and science/Arab News And so it has come to pass; a radically altered political landscape in Pakistan, a new party in power, a new government in the making and a new charismatic leader – Imran Khan – for whom the triumph at…

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        Twitter warns direct messages were exposed

        BBC: Twitter has told an undisclosed number of users their private messages may have been leaked to third-parties for more than a year. The software “bug”, which has since been fixed, involved direct messages between users and businesses that offer customer services via Twitter. Affected users are being notified via a message that appeared when opening…

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          BCL committee announcement not on Saturday

          Banglanews24: The committee of Awami League’s student wing Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) is not going to be announced soon, though the 29th national conference was held, said General Secretary of BCL SM Jakir Hossain. SM Jakir Hossain came up with this announcement at the closing ceremony of the council session held in Institution of Engineers in…

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            Common weed killer linked to bee deaths

            EurekAlert: The world’s most widely used weed killer may also be indirectly killing bees. New research from The University of Texas at Austin shows that honey bees exposed to glyphosate, the active ingredient in Roundup, lose some of the beneficial bacteria in their guts and are more susceptible to infection and death from harmful bacteria….

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              Militants take shelter in N dists

              Desk Report: In the face of crackdown by law enforcement agencies, listed militant kingpins and their associates have left major cities and taken shelter in country’s northern region, detective sources said, reports the Daily Sun. Different areas of northern districts have become safe haven for activists of banned militant outfits. Most of the runaway activists…

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                Manga Review: Terra Formars

                Theprogressiveowl Imagine if the king of scavengers was 6 and a half feet tall, bipedal, and had a bone to pick with humanity. It’s said you can’t judge a book by its cover, but I freely admit I picked up テラフォーマーズ(Terra Formars(“Terra for Mars” get it?)) based solely on the cover art – and I…

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                  No plan to raise age limit for govt jobs

                  Mohammad Abu Bakar Siddique The government has no plan to increase the existing age limit for entry into public services to 35 years at this moment, according to the response of Public Administration Minister Syed Ashraful Islam to a question raised by an independent MP in the ongoing parliamentary session. Public Administration state minister Ismat…

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                    The Marching Spirit of Patriotism

                      Dr. Forqan Uddin Ahmed Deputy Director General & Commandant (PRL) Bangladesh Ansar VDP Academy, Shafipur, Gazipur   March is the month of achieving independence. Bangladesh became independent in 1971 after a long struggle against oppressions, killing, disparity, conspiracies and limitless injustice. The Bangalees raised their voice and protested vehemently by the leadership of Nation’s…

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