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A global ambassador
It is a matter of happiness to see Dr. Mohammed Yunus sitting beside the queen of Spain. He is such a great inspiration for the youngsters of this country. He is an icon to us.
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Cricket and Kashmir
Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf travelled to New Delhi to watch an ODI match. He left no stone unturned to raise and discuss the Kashmir dispute with Indian leaders.
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Comments on F-16
I find O. H. Kabir's comments regarding the procurement of F-16 to upgrade Bangladesh's Air Force quite pointless.
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Local rock musicians
Mr. Mahfuzul Haque attacked the new generation of Bangladeshi rock musicians for possessing the same qualities that he praises when it comes to the older generation.
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Welcome, donkey!
According to a recent press report an organisation in the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) area is going to import 20 donkeys to Bangladesh from a neighbouring country.
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Electronic traffic light
Its good to read that electronic traffic signal lights are being installed at different points in Dhaka city under the WB project.
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Nababarsha celebrations
This year we celebrated our Bangla Nababarsha in a very ecstatic and colourful fashion. According to reports, 1412 Nababarsha celebrations were more overwhelming and spontaneous than recent years.
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Hartal
Recently, Tareq Rahman, the joint secretary general of the BNP, had survived an accident where the wire of a lift in a hotel in Khulna snapped and fell about 11 feet.
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BDR- BSF encounters
We intently hoped that the director general-level border talks between BDR and BSF would be able to defuse the tension prevailing along the frontier.
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BTV cooking course
I wonder if anyone, as fortunate as me, had seen the cooking course aired on BTV World on Friday, 15 April 2005. The step by step procedure of cooking four favourite recipes was shown live.
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Women teachers
There are a few (negligible number) women teachers working in Non-Government rural secondary schools.
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What about the owner?
Thanks to the online version of The Daily Star, people abroad can read about the developments in our beloved country.
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Our embassies
As a Bangladeshi expatriate in Paris I read with great amusement the news item on the Internet version of The Daily Star, titled "Uphold culture, Heritage in foreign lands, PM urges expatriates".
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"69"-- too ordinary
As it takes all kinds of people to make the world, it certainly takes all kinds of serials to provide complete entertainment. But no one wants to rear up murderers in the society.
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Higher education not for all
"Shobar jonno shikkha", (education for all) but "uccho shikka" (higher education) is not for every one! Education may be a basic right, but higher education is not a must.
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