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Lightning strike kills 13 in mosque
Thirteen people were killed and 20 others critically injured in lightning strike when they were offering prayers at a makeshift mosque in Dharmapasha of Sunamganj on Friday night. The lightning struck a group of locals... Full story
Illegal power sources light most makeshift shops
Makeshift shops in Dhaka, other cities and big towns keep using electricity through illegal connections for several hours every evening causing an increase in its demand during peak hours, hawkers and power distribution agency officials said. Full story
People start heading home for Eid
People started leaving the capital on Thursday evening for outlying areas to celebrate Eid-ul-Fitr with their families. Eid holidays, with the addition of National Mourning Day, Shab-e-Qadr and weekends, begin on August 15. Full story
Traders, hawkers clash in city
At least 10 people, including two policemen, were injured in clashes between businessmen and hawkers in the capital’s Bangabandhu Avenue area on Friday afternoon. Motaleb Bhuiyan, 35, assistant sub-inspector of Paltan police, who sustained... Full story
Mohiuddin wants to bury hatchet
The city unit president of the Awami League ABM Mohiuddin Chowdhury has initiated a move to resolve differences with the rival faction which has long been organising party programmes separately. Full story
METRO
Boutiques draw shoppers with local fabric, fancy cuts
With the great festivities round the corner frenzied shoppers of the capital city pour into the malls and markets for their final bout of buy. Local boutiques, old and big ones as well as the new ones busy in securing a stronger foothold, are entertaining... Full story
BUSINESS
SCBs lag behind in SME loan disbursement in Jan-June
The state-owned commercial banks distributed only 37.40 per cent of their annual target of loan disbursement to small and medium enterprises in the first half of this year because of a liquidity crisis and lack... Full story
INTERNATIONAL
Rebels pull back in Aleppo, UN says no one will win
Syrian forces have pushed rebels back from a strategic district of Aleppo, but skirmishes continued in the city and the United Nations said the conflict engulfing Syria would have no winner. Full story
SPORTS
‘Tell all, I am a living legend’
It had everything in it – the wit, the fun, the acting. Usain Bolt made his every single comment worth of a report for the world media. But the one comment that was going to make the best report was not a part of his press conference. The long, entertaining... Full story
EDITORIAL
Govt, BGMEA should ensure workers’ payment
It is really awkward that wage labourers in many factories, particularly in... Full story
OP-ED
Sheikh Mujib and Bangladesh
The people of Bangladesh had dreamt of a free land for long. Many individuals had sought to materialise this dream in the past. Many had spoken about it during the first forty years of the last century. That plan was once again drawn during the partition... Full story
TIMEOUT
Ananta initiates another big budget movie
Noted film actor MA Jalil Ananta has already created a buzz in the industry through his big budget romantic action movies. He is producing and playing the lead in his upcoming project Most Welcome targeting the upcoming Eid. Like his previous... Full story
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