Oppositions banned from ‘Venezuela Election 2018’

    Abdullah Al Naveed Venezuela’s President, Nicolas Maduro, says the nation’s main opposition parties are prohibited from partaking in next year’s presidential election as they boycotted Sunday’s mayoral vote. Justice First, Popular Will and Democratic Action parties boycotted the mayoral vote since according to them the voting system was biased and it only served what they…

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      Heart disease, stroke among top killers in India

      Tech Explorist: India has witnessed an alarming rise in the occurrence of heart disease, stroke, diabetes and cancers in the past 25 years, a series of new studies published on Wednesday in The Lancet and its associated journals have revealed. Detailed estimates of cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, chronic respiratory diseases, cancer, and suicide show that their…

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        Verdict on five Netrokona war crimes suspects soon

        BDnews24: The three-member bench of the International Crimes Tribunal-1 led by Justice Md Shahinur Islam issued the order after hearing arguments and depositions from both sides on Monday. Public Prosecutor Mukhlesur Rahman Badal, accompanied by lawyer Sabina Yasmin Munni, represented the state during the petition in the court while Gazi MH Tamim represented the defendants….

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          BTRC moves fast to break monopoly of telcos

          DOT Desk: The decision to start the implementation of the criterion of significant market power (SMP) will be finalised at an upcoming meeting of the regulatory body. At the meeting, the top mobile phone operators of the country are likely to be designated ‘SMPs’. Earlier, the Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) finalised a set of…

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            Who is going to benefit from fair elections, AL or BNP?

            Dr Zafrullah Chowdhury, Founder of Gonoshasthaya Kendra, Political Analyst: The country’s politics is now in the court of the government and it will be a mistake to turn it into a one-horse-race. Most of the political parties demand army deployment for the sake of a free, fair and impartial election. It is not necessary to…

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              Valentine’s

              Syed Nasir Ershad Valentine’s Day is a time to celebrate romance and love and kissy-face fealty. But the origins of this festival of candy and cupids are actually dark, bloody — and a bit muddled.Though no one has pinpointed the exact origin of the holiday, one good place to start is ancient Rome, where men…

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