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Robi-10 Minute School wins Int’l Education Award

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The largest digital school of the country, Robi-10 Minute School (www.robi10minuteschool.com), has recently won the prestigious International Education Award (IEA) for being the â€œBest E-learning Platform of the yearâ€. The award was given at the IEA Summit held in Goa, India, said a press release from Robi.The award from India duly recognizes the contribution of Robi-10 ...

SC likely to hear Khaleda’s bail petition Thursday

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The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court is likely to hear on Thursday bail pleas filed by BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia in the Zia Charitable Trust corruption case.On November 28, the six-member Appellate Division bench, led by Chief Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain, deferred the hearing on the bail petition in the case until December 5.It ...

Decolonisation: Bangladesh lauds UN role

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Bangladesh has lauded the commendable role played by the UN over the last seven and half decades in changing the map of the planet through the wave of decolonisation.â€œHaving ruled by the colonial masters for almost two centuries, Bangladesh deeply feels the pain of peoples under foreign occupation and colonial subjugation,â€ said Abdul Majid Khan ...

Tamim wants a break from Afghanistan Test, tri-series

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Bangladesh opener Tamim Iqbal wants to skip the first two international events of the Tigers through which their home season will start.He requested the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) not to consider him in the solitary Test against Afghanistan and then the tri-series involving Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Zimbabwe.Afghanistan will arrive in Dhaka on August 31 and ...

Despite up session, Dow suffers 5th straight weekly loss

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Wall Street stocks finished another down week on a positive note on Friday, climbing ahead of a holiday weekend despite lingering anxiety over the US-China trade conflict.The Dow Jones Industrial Average climbed 0.4 percent to 25,585.69. But this was not enough to prevent the index from falling for the fifth straight week, its longest such ...

Experienced Bangladesh out to change perceptions

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"Bangladesh head to the cricket World Cup to change perceptions about their potential to compete despite having consistently unched above their weight in recent 50-over tournaments."The Tigers registered their best finish at the 50-over World Cup at the 2015 tournament in Australia and New Zealand when they reached the quarter-finals, having defeated England in the ...

England desperate to justify World Cup favourites tag

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World Cup hosts England will kick-start the tournament with everything seemingly in place to finally win a trophy that has eluded them for the competitionâ€™s entire 44-year history.Captain Eoin Morgan, no slouch with the bat himself, can call on a clutch of experienced matchwinners in a star-studded batting line-up featuring Jos Buttler and Ben Stokes, ...

Buddha Purnima today

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Buddha Purnima, the biggest religious festival of the Buddhist community, is being celebrated across the country today (Saturday).Buddha Purnima marks Gautama Buddhaâ€™s birth, enlightenment and death. On this day in 563 BC, Buddha was born as Siddhartha Gautama in Kopilabostu at the foothill of the Himalayas.He attained supreme enlightenment at the age of 35 and ...