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Bangladesh need 191 runs to win the 100th test

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MNA Sports Desk: Bangladesh need 191 runs to win the historic 100th test against Sri Lanka as Suranga Lakmal and Dilruwan Perera showed grit to defy Bangladesh bowlers at Colombo Test. The duo added 50 runs on Sunday morning, taking their ninth wicket partnership to 80, but a misunderstanding between them saw the stand broken with Perera falling victim to a run out. Earlier, Sri Lanka resumed their second innings on day five with a lead of 139 runs with two wickets in hand in the second and last Test of Joy Bangla Cup series at P Sara Oval. Overnight ...

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India received highest tourists from Bangladesh in last month

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MNA Business Desk: India got the highest number of tourists in the last month February from Bangladesh among 15 source countries. The percentage share of Foreign Tourist Arrivals (FTAs) in India during February 2017 among the top 15 source countries was highest from Bangladesh (17.46 percent) followed by the UK (12.20 percent), the USA (11.83 percent), Russian (4.29 percent), Canada (4.26 percent), France (3.25 percent), Germany (3.11 percent), China (2.96 percent), Sri Lanka (2.91 percent), Australia (2.62 percent), Malaysia (2.55 percent), Japan (2.26 percent), Thailand (1.83 percent), Afghanistan (1.73 percent) and Nepal (1.50 percent), reported news agency. The Ministry of ...

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Four historic places in Dhaka to visit right now

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MNA Feature Desk: Dhaka is the capital of Bangladesh, a residence of about 17 million populations and growing every day. But if you want to have a visit in Dhaka you will get a huge number of historical places to ride on. Here I am going to introduce four among them. Lalbagh Fort This famous historic place is situated on the northeast side of Dhaka, Bangladesh. This was built during the Mughal rule, on seventeenth century. Lalbagh fort is believed to be an incomplete Mughal fort structure which was started in 1678 AD by the Mughal Subahdar Muhammad Azam Shah. ...

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Aishwarya Rai Bachchan’s father passed away

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MNA Editorial Desk: Bollywood actress Aishwarya Rai Bachchan’s father passed away in Mumbai on Saturday. Krishnaraj Rai was hospitalized few weeks ago due to health-related issues, friends and family confirmed to media. Earlier, the actress cut her Dubai trip short and returned to Dubai as soon as her father was hospitalized. Her husband, Abhishek Bachchan, also rushed back from New York to be by his ailing father-in-law’s side. Aishwarya’s father-in-law, Bollywood legend Amitabh Bachchan had earlier excused himself from attending The Luxor African Film Festival in Egypt – due to Krishnaraj’s illness He was expected to be there on March ...

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Mega Projects: New Dimension of Structural Development

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MNA Editorial Desk: The government has identified some mega projects as fast track projects and directed the authorities concerned to implement them with highest priority. Over the past 40 years since independence, Bangladesh has increased its real per capita income more than 130 percent, cut poverty by sixth percent, and is well set to achieve sustainable development goals. In recognition of long term development, the government under t6he leadership of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina adopted the Vision 2021. The vision 2021 and the associated Perspective Plan 2010-2021 have set solid development targets for Bangladesh by the end of 2021. Bangladesh ...

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Blast Inside Ashkona RAB Camp Left ‘Suicide Bomber’ Dead

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MNA Editorial Desk: A blast inside a makeshift camp of the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) at Ashkona of Dhaka left a ‘suicide bomber’ dead. Inspector General (IG) of Police AKM Shahidul Hoque and RAB spokesperson Mufti Mahmud Khan assumes that militants are involved in this attack. This alarming attack was carried out only a day after raids on two militant hideouts at Sitakunda of Chittagong. Immediately after the attack airports, maritime ports and prisons across Bangladesh was ordered to increase security. Middle East-based radical group Islamic State claimed credit for several previous militant attacks in Bangladesh.  In the case of ...

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Bombs found from Khilgaon check post attacker body

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MNA National Desk: Three bombs and a suicide vest have been recovered from the bag of the man who tried to attack on the check post of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) in the city’s Khilgaon area. Earlier in the day, RAB gunned down the attacker when he was trying to attack their check post in Shekher Jaiga area of the city’s Khilgaon around 4:30am. The attacker riding a motorcycle made the attack on the RAB-3 check post with explosives which also left two members of the elite force injured. It seems that three bullets hit the person’s chest and exited ...

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Bank employee hacked to death by former husband

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MNA National Desk: A woman has been allegedly hacked to death by her former husband in broad day light at street in the city’s Central Road area on Thursday morning. Ariful Nesa Arifa, who worked at the Purana Paltan Branch of Jamuna Bank, was attacked with a sharp weapon by her former husband Robin, family source said. Both Arifa and Robin hailed from Jamalpur and got married four years ago. But the conjugal life ended six months ago. Since then, she lived on the Central Road with her mother. Nonetheless, after giving repeated threats to life, Robin finally attacked her ...

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Bangabandhu’s 98th birthday being celebrated countrywide

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MNA National Desk: The 98th birthday of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman is being celebrated across the country today (Friday) with due respect. The day that is being observed as the National Children’s Day is also a public holiday. Meanwhile, President Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina have issued separate messages marking the day. Besides, the ruling Awami League, its associate bodies and different socio-cultural and political organizations chalked out elaborate programs to mark the day in a befitting manner across the country. On March 17 in 1920, the architect of the nation was born in ...

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CTTC, SWAT, RAB joint drive killed 4 JMB militants in Sitakunda

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MNA Editorial Desk: Four people including a woman were killed and three police members were injured as a team of police’s counter-terrorism unit started another drive in a suspected militant hideout in Sitakunda upazila of Chittagong on Thursday morning. Starting at about 6:00am, the drive, Assault 16, ended at about 10:00am. The law enforcers also rescued around twenty residents from the house who were trapped inside during the raid. It was a joint team of Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime (CTTC), SWAT and Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) members cordoned off the two-storied building Chhayanir suspected it as a militants’ hideout ...

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DU counter demonstration against Home Economics students

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MNA National Desk: Dhaka University students today started protests against the illogical demand of the affiliate institute of Home Economics students. Dhaka University students went on a sit-in near the vice-chancellor’s residence this morning in protest. The students said the protests at the New Market thoroughfare are causing public sufferings. Around 500 students also held a human chain to protest inside their campus, several hundred yards away from the Home Economics students’ demonstration. Meanwhile, traders of Gausia and Dhanmondi Hawkers’ Market have taken out a procession and demonstrated against the Home Economics students. The students have blocked the New Market ...

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Chandimal century, lower order lift Sri Lanka to 338

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MNA Sports Desk: Sri Lanka finally bowled out for 338, having added an even 100 to a precarious overnight 238 for 7 with the support of lower order. Chandimal fell shortly after pushing the score past 300, but Sri Lanka’s last-wicket pair of Lakshan Sandakan and Suranga Lakmal frustrated Bangladesh further with by adding 35 runs. When the day began, Chandimal was unbeaten on 86 and had added an unbroken 43 for the eighth wicket with his captain Rangana Herath, who was on 18 off 63 balls. Chandimal had only struck four boundaries on the first day – three in ...

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At least 25 killed in Syria courthouse bomb attack

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MNA International Desk: A suicide bomber attacked a courthouse in the centre of the Syrian capital on Wednesday, killing at least 25 people and wounding others, state media reported. Security forces had cordoned off the area and roads leading to it were blocked as ambulances and firefighters rushed to the building. The courthouse contains both an Islamic religious tribunal charged with personal matters, and a criminal court. The bombing comes on the sixth anniversary of the Syrian conflict, which began with anti-government demonstrations in March 2011. Last Saturday, a twin bombing in the capital killed 74 people and was claimed ...

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BCL unit of DU Bangabandhu Hall to arrange “Jonmoutshob-2017”

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MNA Feature Desk: The 98th birth anniversary of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the founding leader of Bangladesh, will be celebrated across the country with due respects on 17 March (Friday). To celebrate this day, Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) unit of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Hall of Dhaka University has arranged an event titled “Jonmoutshob-2017”. Special prayers and doa will be offered at the residential hall for the ‘Greatest Bengali of All Time’. Later, a discussion meeting and fabulous cultural function will be held at 4pm at the hall premises. Besides, DU has also chalked out elaborate programmers. As part of ...

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Police raided 2 militant dens at Sitakunda upazila

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MNA National Desk: Police found two militant dens at Sitakunda upazila in Chittagong on Wednesday. Sitakunda police raided a house in Madhyam Mahadebpur village in the upazila. Sensing the presence of police, the militants staying at the house hurled three grenades at them, prompting them to swing into action around 3 pm. Later, the police team entered the house and took into custody a couple named Jashim and his wife Arjina and their two-month-old baby. The team also raided another militant hideout in Premtala area, one kilometer away from the Mahadebpur house in the upazila. Law enforcement members also recovered ...

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Sri Lanka stood at 238/7 on first day of second test

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MNA Sports Desk: Sri Lanka stood 238/7 at the end of a prematurely called off first day in Colombo in the second Test against Bangladesh. This second Test in Colombo will be 100th Test for Bangladesh and could very well prove to be the added boost that the team needs to get back into the series and find the leveler. Prior to the game, a big change was made already in the aftermath of Bangladesh’s 259 run loss in Galle in the opening Test. Dinesh Chandimal rode his luck to score an unbeaten half-century for Sri Lanka. The home side ...

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ICC chairman Shashank Manohar resigns

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MNA Editorial Desk: India’s Shashank Manohar has resigned as chairman of the International Cricket Council (ICC) due to personal reasons, the governing body said on Wednesday. “The ICC has confirmed it has received an email from Chairman Shashank Manohar tendering his resignation,” the governing body said in a brief statement. “The ICC Board will assess the situation and next steps before making a further announcement.” However, according to highly-placed sources Manohar has decided to quit as BCCI seems to have gained enough ground to block the constitutional and financial reforms that were set to be passed by the ICC at ...

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Police detained a Pir over Dinajpur Pir murder

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MNA National Desk: Police have detained a Pir, from Kurigram’s Bhurungamari Upazila in connection with the murder of another Pir in Bochaganj of Dinajpur. The arrestee Eshaq Ali, 57, was picked up from his house at Dakkhin Pathordubi of the upazila around 3am Wednesday. Earlier on Monday evening, the religious group leader Farhad Hossain Chowdhury, 55, son of Aminul Islam Chowdhury of Doula village, and one of his female disciples Rupali Begum, 20, daughter of Hoser Ali of Madhabpur village, were shot to death and slaughtered by miscreants at a ‘shrine’. Farhad Hossain’s relatives said he was involved with the ...

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EU court allows employers to ban Islamic headscarf at work

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MNA International Desk: The European Union’s highest court has allowed companies to ban staff from wearing Islamic headscarves at work, but only as part of a general policy barring all religious and political symbols. The ruling arrives on the eve of elections in Netherland, where Muslim immigration has been a controversial issue and in France; where the race to succeed President François Hollande remains wide open. The European Court of Justice (ECJ) in Luxembourg ruled the garments could be banned, however, adding that if the company has no policy barring religious symbols then customers cannot simply demand workers remove their ...

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Sea exploration deal signed between Bangladesh and Posco Daewoo

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MNA Business Desk: Bangladesh has signed a deal with the South Korean company Posco Daewoo Corporation for the exploration of mineral resources in the deep seas. The two sides signed the agreement for DS Block-12 on Tuesday at the Petrobangla head office in Dhaka. According to the deal, Daewoo will have to sell 60-85% of the gas produced from DS 12 at $6.50 per 1000 cubic feet, and 65-90% of the oil produced from the block in accordance with the model product-sharing contract pricing formula and international market price at the time when the oil will be sold. Daewoo is ...

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5th convocation of Eastern University held at ICCB

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MNA Educations Desk: The fifth convocation of Eastern University (EU) was held at Basundhara Convention Centre in the capital yesterday. High Commissioner of Canada Benoit-Pierre Larmee on Sunday termed the graduating students of Eastern University (EU) as the future of Bangladesh and the torchbearers for positive change. EU conferred degrees to 1,901 graduating students of four different faculties. Certificates were also distributed among the graduates. Of them, two students received Chancellor’s Gold Medal, three Chairman’s Gold Medal and four Vice Chancellor’s Gold Medal. The convocation speaker congratulated the young graduates and wished them a happy, prosperous and long life. On ...

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Six full-fledged BTV centres to be built in divisional cities

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MNA Culture & Entertainment Desk: The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) on Tuesday approved the establishment of six full-fledged BTV centres in six divisional cities of the country involving an estimated cost of Tk 13.91 billion. The approval came from the ECNEC meeting held at the NEC conference room with ECNEC chairperson and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in the chair, reported news agency. Planning minister AHM Mustafa Kamal said initially there was a proposal for setting up five full-fledged centres in the divisional cities of Rangpur, Rajshahi, Khulna, Sylhet and Barisal Division. Later, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina ...

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Woman burnt as headphones caught fire on flight

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MNA Science & Tech Desk: A woman suffered burns to her face and hands after her headphones caught fire during a flight to Australia. The passenger was listening to music on her own battery-operated headphones as she dozed on the flight from Beijing to Melbourne on February 19 when there was a loud explosion. Flight attendants rushed to help and poured a bucket of water on the headphones, but the battery and its cover were both melted and stuck to the floor. The transport safety bureau, which did not identify which airline was involved, assessed that the lithium-ion batteries in ...

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Recitation program of Muktobak ‘Shopnoghuri Dilam Chari-8’

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MNA Culture & Entertainment Desk: The 8th phase of bi-monthly recitation program arranged by Muktobak was held on 14 March evening at Shawkat Osman Auditorium of Central Public Library in Shahabag. At the first part of the program titled ‘Nabo Hariter Gaan’ – fresher artists Aditi Amritaraj, Raihan Haidar Ranjan, Trishna Pal, Eram Mahfuj, Md. Asadujjaman, Omia Omanita and Ashraf Ali Sarkar Likhon recited their melodious poems on love, language, personal feelings, independence, liberation war and so on. In the second part ‘Anusurjer Gaan’ – eminent artiste Ashraful Alam participated in a conversation over the selection of recital elements (poems), ...

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Sheikh Hasina to visit India from 7 to 10 April

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MNA Editorial Desk: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will pay a state visit to India in April, seven years after her last visit in January 2010, reports news agency. Bangladesh and India on Tuesday issued a joint statement saying Hasina would visit New Delhi from 7 to 10 April. The Bangladesh premier last visited India in January 2010 which was reciprocated by her Indian counterpart in June 2015. “The upcoming visit is expected to further expand the cordial and cooperative relationship between India and Bangladesh and build on the strong ties of friendship and trust between the two leaders,” reads a ...

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2 weeks more to finalize lower court judges’ conduct rules

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MNA National Desk: The Supreme Court on Tuesday extended the time by two weeks for issuing a gazette notification for the government on the disciplinary and conduct rules for lower court judges. A SC bench, led by chief justice SK Sinha, passed the order following a time-petition filed by attorney general Mahbubey Alam, reported news agency. The lower judiciary was officially separated in November 2007 but the disciplinary rules for lower court judges are yet to be formulated. The law ministry on 7 May 2015 sent the draft of the rules to the Supreme Court which is similar to the ...

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11 cases hearing postponed after Khaleda’s sudden sickness

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MNA National Desk: A Dhaka court has postponed the hearing of 11 cases of sedition and inciting violence against BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia after sudden sickness. “She has suddenly fallen ill, so we have petitioned for more time,” Khaleda Zia’s representative Advocate Sanaullah Miah told to media. Dhaka Metropolitan Sessions Judge Kamrul Hossain Mollah granted the petition, postponing the hearings to Mar 28. The court also asked Khaleda to appear before it on 28 March in 11 cases including a sedition case, otherwise the court will cancel her bail. Of the 11 cases, eight cases of inciting violence were filed ...

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