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FEATURE

Uttara Club picnic, 2012

By Mahbub Husain Khan
Uttara Club picnic, 2012

Weather conditions, school vacations, and the need for recreation make the winter months a busy one

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A Tale of Two Islands

Bali and Phuket are both terrific tropical paradises. But which you choose for your holiday home (if you can still afford one) depends on how you want to live your life By Hannah Beech
A Tale of Two Islands

THE SHAMAN INHALED THE INCENSE smoke and flicked flower petals into the tropical air. My husband and

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Picnic fare

Picnic fare

The picnic fare on this page reflects accurately the snacks and meals that may be eaten in the open

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Op-ed

No end in sight

As prospects for negotiations fade, calls for military intervention get louder in Syria
No end in sight

WHEN the uprising started in Syria ten months ago, protesters were adamantly opposed to taking up ar

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Blocked by a sect war

The Bengalore-Mysore expressway has run aground and turned into a fight between the state's two major communties, the Lingayats and the Vokkaligas, writes Sowmya Aji

A ring of villages surrounding Bangalore city has become a

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Lone Wulff

The president tries to ride out a home-loan scandal, writes Kabir Ahmed
Lone Wulff

THE German news media do not agree about much. But they have been almost at one in attacking Christi

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EDITORIAL

Let cops act

Criminal activities like robbery and extortion have been the exclusive

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Upgrading city corporation to city government

The State Minister for LGRD and Cooperatives said on Wednesday

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Learning to love mathematics

Britain is about to fall in love with maths. Well, that’s the dream. One of the government’s top advisers on further education has just said that maths should be compulsory for all students until 18 or 19 – no matter what else they are studying, writes Al
Learning to love mathematics

Britain is about to fall in love with maths. Well, that’s the dream. One of the government’s top adv

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LETTERS TO EDITORIAL

Revive wetlands to save city

Criminal practices in grabbing water bodies and agricultural land is

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Fornt Page

Monetary policy not realistic: Experts

Economists and business leaders on Friday termed the monetary policy announced on Thursday was not that much realistic and said it would be difficult to bring down inflation below single digit and curb government bank borrowing with it, reports UNB.
They also said the central bank's stance to slash credit flow to private sector would hurt investment which will subsequently shrink employment opportunities and scale down growth. The central bank has set a target to bring private sector credit growth to 16 percent for the January-June period from previous 18 percent.
The credit growth in private sector was 18 percent in December, 2011 while 25.8 percent in the last fiscal year.
The experts also said the government expenditure in the remaining months of...  read more>>

Maj Zia may be arrested any time

Intelligence sources say Maj Ziaul Huq, the key plotter to  read more>>

Pictorial

PictorialGRABBING OF WATER BODIES: Land sharks in connivance with influential quarters grabbing  read more>>

Opposition bracing for big showdown

Khaleda to lead mass procession tomorrow

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Quader promises Padma bridge construction

JESSORE, Jan 27: Communication Minister Obaidul Quader today expressed their  read more>>

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BACK PAGE
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METROPOLIS
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BUSINESS
Exports to Europe post modest growth
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SPORTS
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HOME
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INTERNATIONAL
Voyage to heart of Islam opens at British Museum
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