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New Zealand legend Martin Crowe passes away

CrowePioneering cricketer Martin Crowe, widely acknowledged as New Zealand’s greatest batsman who laid the foundations for Twenty20 cricket, was hailed a “hero” Thursday after he died of cancer aged 53. Diagnosed in September 2014 with terminal double-hit lymphoma, a rare form of blood cancer, he passed away in Auckland surrounded by family. “It is with heavy hearts that the family of Martin Crowe, MBE, advise his death,” his family said. crowThe batsman’s cousin, Hollywood star Russell Crowe, who was in frequent contact dur...

New book on BD women’s journey against sexual violence

Jean Lebel, President of Canada’s International Development Research Centre (IDRC), was joined by co-editor Hameeda Hossain, a human rights activist and researcher, to launch Of the Nation Born: the Bangladesh Papers. The book charts women’s journeys toward justice, accountability, and dignity in Bangladesh after being subjected to sexual violence during and after the 1971 liberation war. A scene from Birangona: Women of WarThe formal release of the book took place with a ribbon-cutting ceremony o...

JU Public Ad Dept 1st reunion on Saturday

The first reunion of the Public Administration Department of Jahangirnagar University (JU) will be held on Saturday at the campus marking the 10th years founding anniversary of the department. A press release signed by its convener also the assistant professor of the dept. Jebunnessa confirmed this. ju 22juThe press release also said, the department has arranged a seminar titled on “Governance and Administration in Bangladesh” marking the celebration at Jahir Raihan Auditorium at the campus. JU VC Prof Farzana Islam will inaugur...

Digital Lifestyle dawns on Barisal Youth

With the growing use of internet in the country, people up and down the country are increasingly using internet as a tool to step into the world of digital lifestyle. While it is welcome news for the ongoing digitalization, it has been observed that due to lack of awareness on the proper and effective use of internet, many of us are failing to capitalize on its full potential. Leading mobile phone operator has come forward to address this missing link by undertaking a Corporate Responsibility (CR) titled Internet4U. Recently a couple of sessions under this

BBIN will be game changer: Foreign Minister

Foreign Minister Abul Hassan Mahmood Ali on Tuesday said that the newly formed Bangladesh-Bhutan-India-Nepal (BBIN) sub-regional coordinative architecture will be a game changer for the South Asian region. Speaking at the inauguration of the three-day Raisina Dialogue here, a global conclave on geo-politics and geo-economics, Ali said that Bangladesh, because of its geo-strategic location, was indispensable when it came to a south Asian connectivity architecture. nmn1“In this connection, the BBIN will be a game changer,” he sai...

BD-US trade rises 8.5pc to $ 7b in 2015 – embassy

Trade between Bangladesh and the United States rose 8.5 percent to almost $7 billion in 2015, a U.S. embassy official said on Tuesday. Exports from Bangladesh accounted for $6 billion of the total, and 90 percent of that was clothing, said Andrea Brouillette-Rodriguez, counselor at the embassy, told a news conference ahead of a trade show beginning on Thursday. She said the United States accounted for a US-bdquarter of all Bangladesh's exports. U.S. investment in Bangladesh rose to about $2 billion in 2015 from $1.5 billion the y...
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