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The visitors, 1-0 up in the two-Test series, extended their overall lead to 472 without losing a wicket in the final session. Bangladesh had their only chance to get a wicket in the last session when Dilshan on 51 edged...

CA happy at smooth power handover

Source: The Daily Star (Bangladesh)

Dhāka :: Bangladesh | about 17 hours ago | No category

It will be a great achievement for the countrymen, he told reporters after paying a farewell call on President Iajuddin Ahmed at Bangabhaban. The head of the outgoing caretaker government expressed the feelings of fulfillment of national tasks a day...

Stern action for post-poll violence

Source: The Daily Star (Bangladesh)

Dhāka :: Bangladesh | about 17 hours ago | Conflict & Tragedy

The role of opposition in the parliament is a must to strengthen democracy and make the House effective, he said urging the BNP-led four-party coalition to accept 'people's verdict' in the December 29 election. He also asked the party activists...

BNP to boycott cabinet's oath as Jamaat not invited

Source: The Daily Star (Bangladesh)

Dhāka :: Bangladesh | about 15 hours ago | No category

Some BNP insiders said another reason for the party's possible absence in the ceremony today is that its presence there might be regarded as its acceptance of archrival Awami League's (AL) landslide victory in the recent election. A close aide...

I'll wait to return to Bengal, my home: Taslima

Source: NewKerala

Dhāka :: Bangladesh | about 17 hours ago | No category

But wherever she lives, Bengal will remain her home, said the writer who had to leave Bangladesh and then India because of protests by Islamic fundamentalists over her feminist writings. "I am grateful to those countries who have offered shelter...

EC with power to sentence stands firm on poll expenses

Source: BDNews24

Dhāka :: Bangladesh | about 16 hours ago | Political News

Dhaka, Jan 5 (bdnews24.com) The Election Commission, backed by the power to award jail terms, is taking a firm stance on the submission of poll expense returns by candidates in the just-concluded national election. The EC will notify the...

Uphold rights of overseas workers: Iftekhar to new govt

Source: BDNews24

Dhāka :: Bangladesh | about 17 hours ago | No category

Dhaka, Jan 5 (bdnews24.com)-The new government must ensure rights of 1.7 million Bangladeshi workers abroad years who have earned the state $17 billion in the past two years, said foreign affairs and expatriate welfare adviser Iftekhar Ahmed Chowdhury on Monday....

Hasina condemns Israeli attack on Gaza

Source: BDNews24

Dhāka :: Bangladesh | 1 day ago | Conflict & Tragedy

Dhaka, January 5 (bdnews24.com)-Bangladesh's prime minister-designate Sheikh Hasina has joined other world leaders in condemning Israel's continuing attack on Gaza. The newly elected leader of parliament condemned Israel's all-out military aggression in the Gaza Strip on Monday morning as...

Oli wants AL govt to scrap CG system

Source: The Daily Star (Bangladesh)

Dhāka :: Bangladesh | 1 day ago | No category

The new government under the leadership of Sheikh Hasina should repeal the system. If we politicians do not trust each other how can we expect people to trust us," Oli Ahmed said at a reception, organised to celebrate his victory...

Sri Lanka consolidate in second Bangladesh Test

Source: News 24

Dhāka :: Bangladesh | 1 day ago | Sports News

Sri Lanka lost two quick wickets before reaching 95-2 in their second innings at lunch on the third day of the second Test against Bangladesh here on Monday. The visitors, who made 384 in their first innings before bowling out...