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FBCCI wants laws to ban hartal

The Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry on Thursday decided to meet with prime minister and opposition leader with a demand for enacting a law banning general strikes... Full story

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Power, gas crises, bureaucracy hinder Japanese investment

Japan’s deputy prime minister Katsuya Okada on Thursday said the problems of electricity, gas and administrative procedures were creating ‘impediments’ to Japanese investment in Bangladesh. Japanese investment in Bangladesh is ‘increasing’, but the... Full story

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Teachers call off protests, students continue

Jahangirnagar University teachers and students pushing for the vice-chancellor’s removal for a few months became divided as the teachers rallying under the banner of Shikkhak Samaj called off... Full story

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Former chief of RAB 7 arrested

The police arrested former commanding officer of RAB 7 from a flat of a house Siddheshwari in Dhaka early Thursday in connection with the looting of Tk. 2 crore from a shrine in Chittagong in November 2011. Full story

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SQ Chy trial begins

International Crimes Tribunal 1 on Thursday began the trial of the case against the detained Bangladesh Nationalist Party lawmaker Salauddin Quader Chowdhury with the prosecution making its opening statement. Full story

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Kamal to go to CJ for transfer of case if Asif Nazrul kept standing again

Senior jurist Kamal Hossain on Thursday told a High Court bench that he would approach the chief justice for transfer of the writ petition against professor Asif Nazrul to another court if the latter... Full story

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Govt influencing judiciary, says Moudud

The Bangladesh Nationalist Party standing committee member, Moudud Ahmed, on Thursday said the government had influenced the judiciary and denied the accused their right to seek bail in... Full story

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Owners, masters responsible: probe report

All three committees formed to probe the March13 launch capsize in the River Meghna, have held the masters and drivers of both, the cargo ship and the launch, responsible for the accident that left 147 people dead. Full story

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ICT to decide on May 28

The International Crimes Tribunal-1on Thursday set May 28 for delivering its order whether or not detained Jamaat amir Matiur Rahman Nizami would be indicted for genocide and crimes... Full story

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BNP’s Khokon gets bail

BNP’s one of the joint secretaries general and a lawyer Mahbub Uddin Khokon has secured anticipatory bail from High Court in a case filed over violence during April 29 countrywide general strike. Full story

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Nepal to form national unity government

Nepal’s Maoist prime minister Baburam Bhattarai will disband his cabinet and form a new national unity government in a bid to end the country’s political deadlock, an aide said on Thursday. Full story

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Arrest warrant against AL MP

A Khulna court on Thursday issued an order to arrest Khulna-1 MP Nani Gopal Mandal and five other local Awami League leaders on charge of sexual harassment of a woman and attempt to kill her in... Full story

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3 Bangladeshis killed in Saudi road mishap

Three Bangladeshi migrant workers were killed and five others injured in a road accident at Jeddah in Saudi Arabia on Wednesday. The dead were Sanu Mia, son of Kala Mia, Mortoza Ali, son of Morshed Ali and... Full story

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Attack on Nigerian market kills 34

Gunmen armed with explosives killed at least 34 people in north-eastern Nigeria when they attacked a cattle market and burned it to the ground, residents and officials said on Thursday. Full story

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