No place for militancy in Islam: Home Minister

    BSS, Pirojpur Home-Minister Asaduzzaman Khan on Saturday categorically said Islam is a religion of peace and there is no place for militancy in Islam. “An ill force is hatching conspiracy to foil the country’s development and to help rising militancy by misinterpreting Islam among common people,” he came up with the observation while addressing annual…

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      B’desh lifts ban on Nepali yarn import via land port

      DOT Desk: Bangladesh has decided to lift the ban on import of yarn from Nepal via the Banglabandha land port after nearly 17 years, following repeated requests from the land locked country, reports The Daily Observer. The National Board of Revenue of Bangladesh on December 28, decided to lift the ban on import of acrylic…

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        Derailment snaps Sylhet’s rail link

        UNB: Rail communications between Sylhet and the rest of the country snapped following the derailment of four bogies of the Surma Mail atShibbarihere on Wednesday noon. The accident took place while the train was entering the outer signal area of Sylhet Railway Station around 1:30 pm, said Station Officer Md Shajahan.

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          New Use for Old Flash Drives

          Marilyn Thipthorpe  Do you throw away or keep misplacing or are just plain confused about what to do with your old pen/flash drives. Don’t be, we have a solution for it and it comes with a cause. Recently at the South by Southwest Festival a booth was showcased with a board covered with cartoonists’ drawings…

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            Nizam Ahmed

            With the demise of Financial Express Editor Moazzem Hossain, Bangladesh has lost a great professional journalist, who served the country’s print media for about four decades. Before he fell ill and was taken to Singapore for treatment more than a month ago, he had been glued to his desk toiling more than 16 hours a…

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