Tripura CM phones Sheikh Hasina, seeks cooperation

    Abrar Hussain Tri-pura’s newly elected Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb phoned Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday and sought Bangladesh’s cooperation for Tripura’s development. Biplab Kumar made the phone call before he took oath as the first BJP Chief Minister in the Indian North East state, according to PM’s Press Secretary Ihsanul Karim. In response, Prime Minister…

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      Pig hearts can function for months in baboons

      CNN A new paper details how genetically modified pig hearts transplanted into baboons could support life and function for up to 195 days. The finding, published in the journal Nature on Wednesday, takes scientists a small step closer to the possibility of using donor animal organs for human patients in need of a heart transplant….

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        Back to school for French kids without their phones

        AFP: Texting under the table should be a thing of the past when French children return to class Monday following a nationwide ban on mobile phones in schools. The ban, a campaign pledge of President Emmanuel Macron’s, was brought in under a law passed in July which also banishes tablets and smart watches from French…

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          2 bikers crushed under truck

          Two motorcyclists were killed as a truck crashed into their vehicle at Bailyachhari in Matiranga upazila on Sunday morning. The deceased were identified as Joyonto Tripura,22, and Sukhendra Tripura,45. Police said a rod-laden truck hit the motorbike from the opposite direction in the area around 10:30am, leaving Joyonto and Sukhendra dead on the spot. Police…

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            Voters cast ballots; BNP claims vote rigging!

            Dr. Mamtazuddin Patwari, Professor of History, BOU : Awami League-backed candidate Jahangir Alam defeated his BNP counterpart Hasan Uddin Sarkar by bagging more than double the votes the latter got in the Gazipur city polls. Hasan told the journalists that their aim was not to grab the power; rather they wanted to unveil the real character…

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              5 JMB men held in Habiganj

              Sayeed Muhammad Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) have detained five suspected members of the banned militant outfit Jama’atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) from Narayanpur Digholbadh area in Habiganj district.The detainees have been identified as Hazi Abdul Kuddus, Abul Kashem, Abdur Nur, Nazrul Islam, and Ruhul Amin, all aged between 45 and 28.The elite force’s Senior…

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