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Sorail Upazila chairman election BNP-backed candidate Mohammad Abdur Rahman symbol Cup and Saucer getting 39134 votes was elected unofficially. His nearest rival Awami League rebel candidate Osman Uddin Ahmed Khaled with Motorcycle symbol got 18740 votes.     Source: – http://d30fl32nd2baj9.cloudfront.net/incoming/2014/02/28/upazila_candidate_list_2nd-part-111.pdf/BINARY/upazila_Candidate_List_2nd%20part%20111.pdf BD NEWS24.COM Read More »

BLOOD donation is not only a national duty but a great humanitarian deed that can save human lives. It also strengthens bonds of mutual love and harmony among members of society. A blood donor can save up to three human lives each time he/she donates blood. Donating blood on a regular basis helps keep the levels of iron in the ... Read More »

A woman takes a picture with a Nokia Lumia 1520 phone as her friend smiles at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain. The global wireless show that wrapped up in Barcelona Thursday showed smartphone makers using software trickery to offset their camera weaknesses: inferior image sensors and lack of optical zoom lens. — AP Inset: Risto Siilasmaa, Nokia chairman ... Read More »

Muslim women in Belgium gain right to wear hijab in public office. A leading Islamic academy in the city of Ghent, Belgium, has celebrated its 25th anniversary, marking a quarter century of success in teaching the Holy Qur’an and Islamic education. Ghent is located 60 km from Brussels, with about 25,000 Muslims living there. The Islamic Development and Research Academy ... Read More »

Akbar Rezaie, 27, attended private robotics classes and learned to develop and assemble customized TEHRAN — An Iranian schoolteacher has innovated an amusing way of encouraging young children to learn to say their daily prayers — robotics. Akbar Rezaie, 27, attended private robotics classes and learned to develop and assemble customized humanoid robots. He teaches the Qur’an to boys and girls ... Read More »

AGENCE FRANCE PRESSE AGRA, India: A pet parrot in India has been credited with helping catch the man who murdered its owner, a relative said Thursday. The owner, a 55-year-old woman, was stabbed to death and her jewelry stolen at her home in the northern city of Agra on Feb. 20. The woman’s relatives grew suspicious when her caged bird ... Read More »

REUTERS NEW YORK: Boeing Co. has unveiled a smartphone that appears to come straight from a James Bond spy movie. In addition to encrypting calls, any attempt to open the casing of the Boeing Black Smartphone deletes all data and renders the device inoperable. The secure phone marks an extension of the communications arm of the Chicago-based aerospace and defense ... Read More »

ECSTATIC: Umar Akmal celebrates after scoring a century as his teammate Saeed Ajmal, right, smiles during the Asia Cup ODI cricket tournament against Afghanistan in Fatullah on Thursday. (AP) DHAKA: Umar Akmal hit a fighting hundred to help Pakistan overcome early wobbles against Afghanistan to win their crucial Asia Cup match by 72 runs in Dhaka on Thursday. Pakistan owed ... Read More »

An Indian soldier has shot dead five of his colleagues before killing himself in Indian-administered Kashmir, military officials say. The incident took place on Wednesday night at a military camp about 20km (12 miles) north of the city of Srinagar. An investigation was underway to determine the cause of the incident, officials said. Kashmir is divided into Indian and Pakistan-administered ... Read More »

Ukraine's security forces have been put on alert after government buildings in the Russian-majority Crimea region were seized by armed men. The Russian flag had been raised over both buildings in the capital, Simferopol. The men have not yet made any demands or issued any statements. The seizure of the buildings comes a day after confrontations between pro-Russian separatists and ... Read More »

Some of 1,427 Gold-Rush era US gold coins are displayed at Professional Coin Grading Service in Santa Ana, Calif. — AP Dan Whitcomb LOS ANGELES — A trove of rare Gold Rush-era coins unearthed in California last year by a couple as they walked their dog may be the greatest buried treasure ever found in the United States, worth more than ... Read More »

Indian cricket captain Virat Kohli celebrates after scoring a century during the second match of the Asia Cup one-day cricket tournament against Bangladesh at the Khan Shaheb Osman Ali Stadium in Fatullah, Dhaka, Wednesday. — AFP FATULLAH, Bangladesh — Virat Kohli won the battle of the captains as reigning World Cup champion India defeated host Bangladesh by six wickets in the ... Read More »

WHITE WEDDING: Veena Malik and Asad Bashir Khan WASHINGTON: Pakistani actress Veena Malik fulfilled her childhood dream of having a fairytale white wedding. After getting hurriedly married to Asad Bashir Khan Khattak in Dubai in a traditional nikaah ceremony; Veena turned a Victorian bride in white for her wedding reception in the midst of blue waters in Washington DC.  After ... Read More »

RIMA AL-MUKHTAR The human body is composed of approximately 60 percent water, according to statistics published in medical physiology texts, such as Arthur guyton’s “Textbook of Medical Physiology.” At birth, the human body may be comprised of up to 75 percent water, but this percentage decreases as we age and with obesity, which can decrease the percentage of the body ... Read More »

IN DEFENSE OF VACCINATION: (From right) IDB President Ahmed Mohammed Ali, OIC Secretary-General Iyad Madni, International Islamic Fiqh Academy Chairman Sheikh Saleh bin Abdullah and Abbas Shuman, representative of the grand mufti of Al-Azhar, at the IGA meeting. (AN photo by Fouzia Khan) The Islamic Advisory Group (IAG) held its first meeting Wednesday on polio eradication at the Organization of ... Read More »