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3Dec By Sumon AdminNo Comments
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Bangladesh 14th most corrupt country

Failure to fulfil promises to curb corruption brings it 2 notches down shirshobindu.com In a slide of performance, Bangladesh has been ranked 14th in the global graft index, according to a Transparency International report. The country scored only 25 out of 100 points, Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) said while unveiling its in the Corruption Perception Index (CPI) for 2014 at a press conference at Jatiya Press Club in Dhaka today. Last year, Bangladesh was ranked 16 on the index. North Korea and Somalia jointly ranked top corrupt countries scoring eight points, according to the report of the Berlin-based corruption monitor. Denmark appeared as the least corrupt country, scoring 92, followed by New Zealand and Finland, which scored 91 and 89 respectively. In the list...
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Baira leaders for stopping human trafficking through Bay
1Dec By Sumon AdminNo Comments
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Baira leaders for stopping human trafficking through Bay

shirshobindu.com The leaders of Bangladesh Association of International Recruiting Agencies (Baira) today urged the government to immediately stop human trafficking from the country through the Bay of Bengal. They also called for arresting the traffickers. The Baira leaders came up with the demand at a press conference at its Eskaton Garden office this afternoon following recent incidents of rescuing people who were being trafficked to other countries through the Bay of Bengal. “The members of Bangladesh Navy, Border Guard Bangladesh and Coast Guard should patrol the adjacent areas to the territorial sea to nab them,” Baira President Md Abul Bashar told the reporters. They also urged the government to instruct the lawmen to conduct joint raids at Chittagong and Cox’s Bazar to arres...
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Latif’s charge framing hearing begins Dec 7
30Nov By Sumon AdminNo Comments
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Latif’s charge framing hearing begins Dec 7

shirshobindu.com This Nov 25 Star photo shows Abdul Latif Siddique being escorted to a Dhaka court after his surrender at Dhanmondi Police Station. The controversial former minister was sent to jail with a number of cases filed against him on charges of hurting religious sentiments. A Dhaka Court today fixed December 7 for starting hearing on charge framing against sacked minister Abdul Latif Siddique in the case filed against him for hurting religious sentiment of Muslims. Metropolitan Magistrate Ashaduzzaman Nur also directed the prison authorities to produce the former post and telecommunications minister before it on that day. Latif, who drew flaks at home and abroad for his scathing remarks on hajj and Tabligh Jamaat about two months ago, surrendered at Dhanmondi Model Police S...
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At what age do we lose financial intelligence?
30Nov By Sumon AdminNo Comments
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At what age do we lose financial intelligence?

Professors at Harvard University say people's ability to make "good financial decisions" declines after mid-50s For most people in their 60s and 70s, the idea that they are too old to manage their own money seems entirely ridiculous. However, a set of controversial scientific findings by university professors in America have made their way to Britain and are expected to ruffle feathers among older generations. The research, from Harvard University, suggests people’s ability to make good financial decisions peaks at age 53 and then starts to decline. Nest, the government-run occupational pension scheme for British workers, is so concerned by the findings that it has called upon the industry to develop financial products which let people plan their pensions in their 50s, saying th...
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US advocates inclusive democracy in Bangladesh
29Nov By Sumon AdminNo Comments
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US advocates inclusive democracy in Bangladesh

 US advocates strong and inclusive democracy in Bangladesh, United States’ Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs Nisha Desai Biswal said today. "We do believe Bangladesh’s strength is democracy and for that we are partnering with Bangladesh on that aspect," she said in a pre-departure press conference at American Club in Dhaka this afternoon. Asked about the US’s latest position on January 5 elections, Biswal said it is the people of Bangladesh who determine the timetable of the polls. "We support political dialogue... we expect responsibilities from all political parties to face political events with responsibly and peacefully,” she added. Biswal arrived in Dhaka on November 27 for a three-day visit to Bangladesh. During her visit, she met with governmen...
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At least 120 dead in Nigeria mosque suicide attack
29Nov By Sumon AdminNo Comments
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At least 120 dead in Nigeria mosque suicide attack

Agence France-Presse (AFP) © Muhammed Giginyu/AP Photo People gather at the site of a bomb explosion in Kano, Nigeria on Friday.At least 120 people were killed and 270 others wounded on Friday when two suicide bombers blew themselves up and gunmen opened fire during weekly prayers at the mosque of one of Nigeria's top Islamic leaders.The attack at the Grand Mosque in Kano, the biggest city in the mainly Muslim north of the country, came just as Friday prayers had started. The mosque is attached to the palace of the Emir of Kano Muhammad Sanusi II, Nigeria's second most senior Muslim cleric, who last week urged civilians to take up arms against Boko Haram. The blasts came after a bomb attack was foiled against a mosque in the northeastern city of Maiduguri earlier on Friday, five days a...
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Latif Siddique grant jailed after surrender (video)
25Nov By Sumon AdminNo Comments
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Latif Siddique grant jailed after surrender (video)

A Dhaka court today sent sacked minister Abdul Latif Siddique to prison on surrender before a police station in a case filed for his comments demeaning hajj. Latif Siddique surrendered at Dhanmondi Model Police Station around 1:30pm, Mohammad Jahangir, a sub-inspector of the police station, told The Daily Star Online. He was produced before Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Atiqur Rahman’s court around 2:30pm, reports our correspondent from the spot. Latif Siddique told the magistrate that he did not appoint a lawyer to defend him. After a short hearing of the case filed by pro-BNP lawyer Abed Raza over hurting Muslims’ religious sentiments, the magistrate ordered police to lock up Latif Siddique in jail. Lawyer Abed Raza claimed Latif Siddique hurt the religious sentiment of all Muslim...
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Jubo Dal leader ‘masterminded’ RU teacher killing: Rab
23Nov By Sumon AdminNo Comments
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Jubo Dal leader ‘masterminded’ RU teacher killing: Rab

Jubo Dal leader ‘masterminded’ RU teacher killing: Rab 8 others, including Jamaat activists, held in Rajshahi, Gazipur, Bogra File photo of Rajshahi University Sociology teacher Shafiul Islam Elite force Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) today claimed to have arrested six including a former Jubo Dal leader of Rajshahi who allegedly masterminded the murder of Rajshahi University teacher Shafiul Islam. Four of the six were arrested form different areas in Rajshahi and Gazipur, according to Rab. The alleged mastermind, Ariful Islam Manik, was a former organising secretary Katakhali municipality unit of Jatiyatabadi Jubo Dal, the you wing of BNP, Maksudul Alam deputy director of Rab media wing told The Daily Star Online. Further detail in this regard was expected to be made public at a press...
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Malaysian officers charged with Bangladeshi murder
21Nov By Sumon AdminNo Comments
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Malaysian officers charged with Bangladeshi murder

 A Malaysian court today charged two local immigration officers in connection with murdering a Bangladeshi detainee, reports native media house The Star. Md Aminnudin Yasin and Zuhairul Effendy Zualkafli, immigration officers at Kangar in a provincial capital Perlis, allegedly killed Abu Bakar Siddiqe, 45, in custody. The Star quoted another news agency Bernama to state that Abu Bakar Siddique was murdered in the pantry at level 2 of the immigration premises at Kompleks KDN between 10:00pm and 11:00pm on October 29. The charge under Section 302 of the Penal Code, read with Section 34, carries the mandatory death sentence upon conviction. Malaysian Magistrate Nik Mohd Tarmizi Nik Mohd Shukri set December 12 for re-mention. Deputy Public Prosecutor Badius Zaman Ahmad appeared for the...
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Feeling tired? This is the reason why…
20Nov By Sumon AdminNo Comments
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Feeling tired? This is the reason why…

Huffington Post UK © Provided by Huffington Post woman awake in bedThe majority of Brits are troubled by sleep deprivation, but it seems women are suffering more than men.According to a new survey, women need at least at 15 days more sleep each year than they get. Men are 10 days short of sleep on average. In the survey of 2,000 adults, on average people said they needed seven and a half hours sleep per night. Women said they usually get six hours 21 minutes per night, but want seven hours 23 minutes. They have an average sleep deficit of one hour two minutes, which adds up to 15 days 17 hours annually. Men said they get six hours three mins sleep on average, but believe they need six hours 40 mins to feel rested. Their sleep deficit is 40 minutes per night, adding up to a shortfall o...
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