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Reviving jute industry

Political leaders and economists are unanimous about the high potential of jute after a long moribund state it was in. The process of reviving the jute industry has already begun. It received a shot in the arm when genome sequencing of both varieties of jute was successfully carried out under...

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'Junked' image of stock market

The Bangladesh stock market has lots of abnormalities, the unusual rise in the prices of junk shares being one. The non-performing stocks or junk shares are placed in the 'Z' category for trading on the bourses. The companies that fail to pay dividends to their shareholders or hold annual general...

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Choice for ending terminal life

In a landmark judgement, the Indian Supreme Court has allowed passive euthanasia. This form of euthanasia is the making of a will by a person when s/he is capable of making an informed decision in advance on ending life in order not to suffer excruciating pains during terminal illness or...

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Mushfiqur pulls off a stunning victory

BANGLADESH put up a master class performance against Sri Lanka as Mushfiqur Rahim produced a great T20 innings, an audacious 72 off 35 balls that was built upon terrific work from openers Liton Das and Tamim Iqbal.Arriving at the crease with 115 needed in 63 deliveries, Mushfiqur began his mission...

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International Women's Day

ACCORDING to Global Gender Gap Report 2017 of the World Economic Forum, the world is over 200 years away from gender parity. But the good news is that women across the world are making positive strides with growing global movement taking its roots. Every year the world observes the day...

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Wishing early recovery of Omar Sunny

I was saddened to read about the news of hospitalisation of our popular film actor Omar Sunny. He had four blocks in his heart's arteries. Later doctors decided to have vascular ring surgery on his blocked arteries. He is now recovering from the surgery and we hope that he would...

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