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FEATURE

Rip Van Winkle

By Diedrich Knickerbocker

[From The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon. 1820]

By Woden, God

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Rip Van Winkle

By Diedrich Knickerbocker

[From The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon. 1820]

By Woden, God

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Wolf: The lives of Jack London

By James L. Haley
Wolf: The lives of Jack London

CHILD LABOURER, deckhand, gold prospector, hobo, and then forever a writer. And what a writer. Jack

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The Wounds of Victory

Mitt Romney prevails but is in trouble with women, Latinos and Midwesterners, writes Donald Trump

THE REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL primary campaign is over. The result was

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Pawar's myopic plan

Maharashtra is the only state without a draft for the 11th five-year plan, writes Shunil Shetty

Maharashtra is the only state which has still not drafted

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What Germany offers the world

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An 1884 law created the dual-board system of

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EDITORIAL
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Bitter taste of ‘democracy’

Democracy is a rule of the people, by the people

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Bitter taste of ‘democracy’

Democracy is a rule of the people, by the people

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Editorial-II

Diminishing maternal mortality

Maternal mortality as also infant mortality are substantially decreasing in

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Fornt Page

FBCCI against black money whitening

Azad seeks Muhith's initiative to avert confrontational politics

President of the Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Comm-erce and Industry (FBCCI) AK Azad on Thursday sought a provision for imposing penalty with regular tax rate on whitening un-disclosed income, reports UNB.
He also said the businesses do not favour the government decision allowing the investors to invest black money in stocks by paying tax at 10 percent.
"We're urging the government to withdraw the proposal because it'll surely discourage honest taxpayers and hurt them… it won't be a good example for future either," the apex trade body president told at a pre-budget discussion at Sonargaon Hotel in the capital.
He said those who have undisclosed money can be brought under income tax net through imposing proper penalty.
On Tuesday, Finance Minister AMA Muhith...  read more>>

Myopic ministries upset diplomacy

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Pictorial

PictorialMembers of the law enforcing agency preventing BNP leaders from bringing out  read more>>

Hartal passes off amid stray incidents

Law enforcers including Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) in riot gears  read more>>

Movement will continue: BNP

Khokon sent to jail: Rizvi gets bail

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BACK PAGE
Hartal forces ICT to defer war crime trial
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Rail link with Ishwardi restored
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METROPOLIS
President for changing country through telecommunication, IT
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Govt to procure six ships from China
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International Museum Day today
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BUSINESS
Financial institutions need to be more
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Greece names technocrat cabinet to prepare for new vote
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Two new varieties of rice introduced at Muktagacha
MYMENSINGH, May 17: The introduction of two new foreign varieties   read more>>

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SPORTS
Chelsea, Bayern bid for glory in final
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WI show grit after Anderson strikes
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HOME
Inter-school debate competition continues
Our CorrespondentGAIBANDHA, May 17: Inter-school debate competition 'Bitarka Bikash' has   read more>>
Call for bringing all kids under pry edn
Our CorrespondentKURIGRAM, May 17: Discussants at a workshop have called   read more>>
'Awareness and preparedness can prevent avian influenza'
KAWNIA, May 17: Experts at a daylong training course here   read more>>

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INTERNATIONAL
N Korea resumes work on nuclear reactor
Seoul, May 17: North Korea has resumed construction work on   read more>>
Plans to strike Iran 'ready', says US envoy
JERUSALEM, May 17: US plans for a possible military strike   read more>>
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LONDON, May 17: Prince William and his wife Catherine will   read more>>

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