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Murder case filed against Limon, family
The man who had apparently led the attack on Limon Hossain, a college student maimed by Rapid Action Battalion, and his mother filed a murder case against Limon’s parents, brother and relatives on Thursday. Ibrahim Howlader, known as an informer of the RAB, filed... Full story
Grameen Bank Ordinance amended
President Zillur Rahman has promulgated the Grameen Bank (Amendment) Ordinance 2012, which contains a provision for the formation of a ‘selection committee’ to appoint the managing director of the world-famous... Full story
Doctor stabbed to death in city
An assistant professor of National Institute of Diseases of the Chest and Hospital was stabbed to death by assailants in his flat at Mohakhali in Dhaka early Thursday. The victim, Narayan Chandra Datta Nitai, 47, an executive councillor of the Bangladesh Medical Association and... Full story
BNP waits for full 13th amendment judgement
The full judgement of the Supreme Court that declared the 13th amendment of the constitution illegal being not published yet is a major impediment to the Bangladesh Nationalist Party’s working out a framework for... Full story
CEC asks parties to make ‘decision’ about next polls quickly
The chief election commissioner, Kazi Rakibuddin Ahmad, on Thursday urged all political parties to make a ‘decision’ (on the next general elections) in time so that the commission can make the necessary... Full story
METRO
BB requests NBR to exempt tax for savings up to Tk 5 lakh
The Bangladesh Bank has proposed that the National Board of Revenue should exempt the tax on the profit and interest of bank deposits of up to Tk 5 lakh, instead of Tk 1 lakh, for depositors without tax identification numbers (TIN). The BB’s governor... Full story
INTERNATIONAL
Army recaptures Aleppo heart as fighting rages
The Syrian army recaptured three Christian neighbourhoods in the historic heart of Aleppo from rebels Thursday but fierce clashes continued in other parts of the main northern city, residents said. Loyalists forces also battled rebels in Damascus... Full story
SPORTS
Pujara boosts India with comeback ton
Cheteshwar Pujara celebrated his comeback with a maiden century to help India post 307-5 on opening day of the first Test against New Zealand in Hyderabad on Thursday. The 24-year-old, who played his last Test in January 2011, cracked a solid 119 not out in... Full story
EDITORIAL
The public needs to take RAB challenge
Limon Hossain, an innocent college student, lost one of the legs in... Full story
OP-ED
The Higgs boson
A stir was caused in the world of Physics, and amongst the public at large, by the announcement by CERN in July, 2012 that the Higgs boson, which had been postulated to exist 40 years ago, had been experimentally detected. The detection of the... Full story
Selim Al-Deen theatre fest begins
An eight-day theatre festival celebrating iconic playwright Selim Al Deen’s 63rd birth anniversary, which falls on August 18, will begin tomorrow at Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy, said the organisers at a press conference held at the Dhaka Reporters’... Full story
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