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Overseas employment lights hope

A steady rebound in Bangladesh's overseas labour employment raises hope for the jobs figure to shoot over the one-million mark at the yearend, enhancing economy-boosting remittance.More than 100,000 Bangladeshi workers found jobs abroad this past January -- in a crescendo over three months. Around as many went abroad in each...

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Narine allround show clinches BPL trophy for Comilla

Comilla Victorians clinched the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL), thanks to Sunil Narine who put up a stellar allround performance to help the side win the nerve-wrecking final by one run against Fortune Barishal at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium Friday, reports BSS.Narine firstly blasted a 23 ball-57 before claiming two wickets...

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Trade body seeks waiver

Courier operators seek abolition of what they call absurd compensation fee against each booked parcel from the Mailing Operator and Courier Service Rules-2013.The Courier Service Association of Bangladesh recently demanded annulment after meeting the chairman of the Mailing Operator and Courier Service Licensing Authority.According to the rules, mailing operator and...

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Positivity rate dips below 10pc in BD

The country reported 24 more Covid-linked deaths with 2,584 fresh cases, the lowest in five months, in the last 24-hour period ending at 8:00am on Friday amid a downtrend trend in cases. The daily positivity rate declined to 9.31 per cent from Thursday's 10.24 after testing 27,692 samples during the...

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A large number of book lovers

A large number of book lovers flock to the Amar Ekushey Book Fair at Suhrawardy Udyan in the city on Friday, a weekly holiday. — FE photo

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38 get death in 2008 Gujarat serial blasts case

New Delhi, Feb 18 (UNB): A special anti-terrorism court in the western Indian state of Gujarat on Friday sentenced to death as many as 38 people in a 13-year-old serial bomb blasts case.This is by far the highest number of death sentences given by any Indian court in one go.The...

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Global cases near 421m as 10.5b shots given

The overall number of Covid cases is fast approaching 421 million as Omicron infections keep rising across the globe, report agencies.According to Worldometers tally, the total case count mounted to 420,804,374 while the death toll from the virus reached 5,883,969 Friday evening.More than 10.5 billion doses have been administered across...

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Russian troop build-up biggest since WW2: US

Russia's build-up of military personnel threatening Ukraine probably totals up to 190,000, the US ambassador to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe said in a statement to an OSCE meeting on the Ukraine crisis on Friday, report agencieas."We assess that Russia probably has massed between 169,000-190,000 personnel in...

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France announces troop withdrawal from Mali after 9-year campaign

France announced on Thursday that it would pull out its troops from the West African nation of Mali, bringing to a bitter end a nine-year military mission that has failed to quash a terrorist threat in the increasingly unstable region and has undermined France's once dominant standing in many of...

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