The hunt is on for all girl band members

    Desk Report: Sunsilk rolls out ‘Sunsilk Divas’, the first ever music talent hunt, to form the first all-girl band of Bangladesh. This musical reality show has already been started registration, reports Asan Age. The top 4 performers in Sunsilk Divas will form the band, and the band will get 2 album deals and a 2-year…

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      Driver, 2 helpers of Jabal-e-Noor denied bail

      Desk Report: A Dhaka court yesterday denied bail to a driver and two helpers of Jabal-e-Noor Paribahan in a case filed over the death of two students of Shaheed Ramiz Uddin Cantonment College in a road accident on Airport Road on July 29, reports the daily star. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Golam Nabi passed the order…

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        Italy expects financial market attack in August: govt. official

        Reuters: Speculators will probably attack Italian financial markets this month but the country has the resources to defend itself, a senior and highly influential government official said in a newspaper interview on Sunday. Giancarlo Giorgetti, undersecretary in the prime minister’s office and a leading light in the far-right League party, said thin summer trading volumes…

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          Full output depends on related projects: monitoring meet

          Desk Report: Project officials in a monitoring committee meeting said that the mega project to address water-stagnation would not be successful if related projects did not get approval and were not finished in time, reports New Age. Chittagong Development Authority organised the meeting titled ‘canal re-excavation, extension, renovation and development to solve water-stagnation in Chittagong…

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            B’desh gets World Down Syndrome Day Award

            BSS: Chairman of Down Syndrome Society of Bangladesh Sardar A. Razzaque has been given the World Down Syndrome Day Award for his contributions to creating awareness about the genetic disorder. Sardar Razzaque received the award from President of Down Syndrome International, UK Venessa dos Santos at a gala function in the 13th World Down Syndrome…

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              5 Patuakhali men sentenced to death for war crimes

              M Humayun Kabir: The International Crimes Tribunal has sentenced five Patuakhali men to death for committing crimes against humanity during the Liberation War in 1971. A three-member panel of judges led by Justice Shahinur Islam announced the verdict yesterday, reports bdnews24.com. The convicts, who were in court to hear the verdict, are Md Esahaque Shikder,…

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                Saudi gifts 200 tones dates to Bangladesh

                Banglanews24: Saudi Arabia has given Bangladesh 200 tons of dates as gifts. Sayed Al-Gatani, deputy counselor of the Saudi Embassy in Bangladesh, handed over the gift to Disaster Management and Relief Secretary Shah Kamal at the Secretariat. Saudi Arabia gifts dates to Bangladesh every year before Ramadan.­ “Contribution is delayed this year due to production…

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                  8 more university students denied bail

                  Kabir Humayun: A Dhaka court yesterday rejected the bail petitions of eight more private university students in two cases filed over vandalism and attacks on police during the student movement demanding road safety. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Pranab Kumar passed the order denying bail petitions for them, reports UNB. The eight students of East West University…

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                    Landmark Caspian Sea deal signed by 5 coastal nations

                    Abrar Hussain: Russian President Vladimir Putin met his Iranian counterpart Hassan Rouhani on Sunday at the small Kazakh coastal city of Aktau to sign a legal convention regarding the Caspian Sea. After more than 20 years of intense diplomatic efforts, the five coastal Caspian nations – Russia, Iran, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan – agreed upon…

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