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Home-goers defy sufferings on highways to celebrate Eid tomorrow M Abul Kalam Azad and Akram Hosen: Kids elated as the train is about to leave the platform, taking them far from the madding crowd of the capital yesterday, two days before Eid-ul-Azha. The photo was taken at the Airport Railway Station. Photo: Star They struggled for a spot in buses, trains and launches. The journey was agonising but there was happiness in their faces as they were going home to celebrate Eid with their families and friends. A large number of city dwellers left the city yesterday as Eid is only a day away. The religious festival of the Muslims will be observed across the country tomorrow with due religious fervour, solemnity and the spirit of sacrifice. This year Eid virtually coincided with Durga Puja,...

News Desk: Tanners have cut the minimum purchase prices of rawhides for what they said were a lack of demand from international buyers, a weakening dollar and a huge stock from the previous year. They will buy cowhides at Tk 70-75 per square foot in the capital and Tk 60-65 elsewhere the country. M Abu Taher, president of Bangladesh Finished Leather and Footwear Exporters Association, announced the rates at a press conference in the capital. Leaders of Bangladesh Tanners Association (BTA) and Bangladesh Hide and Skin Merchants Association (BHSMA) were present. Tannery owners last year had bought salted cowhides at Tk 85-95 per sft in Dhaka city and Tk 75-80 elsewhere. This year, the price of goat hide has been set at Tk 30-35 per sft in the capital and that of Baqra at Tk 25-30, while ...

News Desk: Several hundred people brought out a procession from Dhaka’s Baitul Mukarram mosque demanding capital punishment of Latif Siddique for his comments on hajj, Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) and Tablighi Jamaat. Under the banner of Sammilito Olama Mashayekh Parishad, they brought out the procession from the north gate of the national mosque to Dainik Bangla intersection after Juma prayer around 1:30pm, our correspondent reports from the spot. Supporters of Bangladesh Madrasa Chhatra Songram Parishad, Sammilito Islami Dalsamuho, and Jamaat-e-Ulama Islam Bangladesh joined in from adjoining areas. Later, they were holding a rally on the mosque premises and chanting slogans to press home their demand till at 2:27pm when this report was filed. Additional policemen were deployed in the area ...

  BBC News: Nearly half of new recruits turn out to be duds within 18 months, according to one study, while two-thirds of hiring managers admit they've often chosen the wrong people. And the main reason for failure is not because applicants didn't have the requisite skills, but because their personalities clashed with the company's culture. So these days employers are resorting to big data analytics and other new methods to help make the fraught process of hiring and firing more scientific and effective. For job hunters, this means success is now as much to do with your online data trail as your finely crafted CV. GAME FOR A JOB? While the internet has certainly made it easier to match jobseekers with vacancies, a number of firms are moving beyond automatic keyword matching to f...

10 surprising things that put you in a bad mood Ever wonder about those moody days when you don't feel your best? Or when you're easily irritated? Any of these everyday things might be the culprit... Obvious things can put you in a bad mood, but what if your grump is being caused by something you wouldn't expect? Bad mood trigger 1: Food intolerance Food intolerances are responsible for a wide range of physical conditions including nausea and abdominal pain, but they can also affect your mood, causing irritability, mood swings, lack of focus, aggression, nervousness or hyperactivity. If you suffer from regular mood swings, try keeping a food diary – noting what you eat as well as any changes in mood – to see if you can identify a link. Could the way your bedroom is decorated make you m...

Shirshobindu Desk: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said Abdul Latif Siddique will be removed from the cabinet and all the posts of Awami Lague for his comments on hajj, Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) and Tablighi Jamaat. “He will be dropped from the cabinet and party posts as hurting the religious sentiment of people by anybody is not acceptable,” AL Central Organising Secretary Mesbah Uddin Ahmed Siraj quoted the prime minister as saying. The premier was talking to Awami League leaders at Sylhet Osmani International Airport on her way to Dhaka after returning from London attending the 69th UN General Assembly in the USA. While talking to reporters, Mesbah Uddin said Sheikh Hasina mentioned that she have performed hajj for herself and for her father, mother and many other relatives also. “...

© Microsoft The next version of Microsoft's flagship operating system will be called Windows 10, as the company skips version 9 to emphasize advances it is making toward a world centered on mobile devices and Internet services. The current version, Windows 8, has been widely derided for forcing radical behavioral changes. Microsoft is restoring some of the more traditional ways of doing things and promises that Windows 10 will be familiar for users regardless of which version of Windows they are now using. For instance, the start menu in Windows 10 will appear similar to what's found in Windows 7, but tiles opening to the side will resemble what's found in Windows 8. Joe Belfiore, a Microsoft executive who oversees Windows design and evolution, said Windows 10 will offer “the familiarit...

PM decides to drop Latif Siddique from cabinet Expulsion from AL likely, party sources say Abdul Latif Siddique, telecommunications and information technology minister, addresses a discussion at Jackson Heights in New York on Sunday. Photo: TV grab The prime minister has decided to drop Abdul Latif Siddique from the cabinet over his comments in New York on her son Sajeeb Wazed Joy, hajj and Tablighi Jamaat, sources said. Aggrieved by the posts, telecommunications and information technology minister's comments made during a discussion at Jackson Heights Sunday, the PM took the decision in London today, a senior official at the Prime Minister's Office told The Daily Star seeking anonymity. PM, who will return to Dhaka Friday concluding her official US tour after attending the 69th UN ...

The Bangladesh origin man came to recruit jihadists 6 months ago, say detectives News Desk: Detectives bring Samiun Rahman alias Ibn Hamdan before media at their headquarters after arresting him from Kamalapur in Dhaka. Saimun, a Bangladesh origin British citizen, who fought against Assad government in Syria six months after he came here to recruit jihadists for Syrian militant groups, detectives say. Photo: Palash Khan A Bangladesh origin British citizen, who fought against the Assad government in Syria, has been held at Kamalapur in Dhaka today, six months after he flew in to recruit jihadists for Syrian militant groups, detectives say. Samiun Rahman alias Ibn Hamdan was arrested following information gleaned from some people arrested recently over alleged links with militancy, sai...

  Anne, 86, and her husband Francis, 89, decided that life in a care home was not an option because of their fear they would end up bedridden without the strength to insist on euthanasia. Photo is taken from the Daily Mail Online. An elderly husband and wife have announced their plans to die in the world's first 'couple' euthanasia - despite neither of them being terminally ill, reports the Daily Mail Online. Instead the pair fear loneliness if the other one dies first from natural causes. Identified only by their first names, Francis, 89, and Anne, 86, they have the support of their three adult children who say they would be unable to care for either parent if they became widowed. The children have even gone so far as to find a practitioner willing to carry out the double killi...