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ACC moves to detect graft in customs dept of NBR

The Anti-Corruption Commission has moved to detect irregularities and graft in the customs department of the National Board of Revenue, as part of the initiative to stop organisational corruptions. Full story

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Govt to launch survey to identify people with disabilities

Social Services Department will soon start a survey to identify people with disabilities for the first time to establish their number in the country. Social Services Department on Monday launched a five-day training... Full story

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Body formed to probe police attack on Feni asstt commissioner

The home affairs ministry on Monday formed a three-member committee to investigate the attack by police officers on Feni sadar upazila assistant commissioner (land) Nazrul Islam. Full story

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Stalker jailed in Sirajganj

A mobile court in Sirajganj on Monday convicted a man and sentenced him to six months imprisonment for harassing a schoolgirl. The convict was Dulal Gosh, 45. The police said local people caught Dulal... Full story

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Embargo stays on Bar Council polls

The Supreme Court has upheld the High Court injunction on Bangladesh Bar Council elections and ordered disposal of the ruling in 15 days on a priority basis. An Appellate Division bench led by Justice... Full story

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Days are over for hartal: Muhith

The finance minister, AMA Muhith, has said that the ‘days are over for hartal’ in the country as the present power of economy will devour the right of hartal. ‘I firmly believe that the days are over for hartal,’ he said... Full story

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Ahsanullah’s 8th death anniv observed

Ministers and Awami League leaders have demanded immediate and exemplary punishment for the killers of prominent Awami league and trade union leader Ahsanullah Master MP. Full story

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Former DGFI official cross-examined

A Chittagong court on Monday cross-examined prosecution witness retired colonel AKM Rezaur Rahman, a former detachment officer of DGFI in Chittagong, in two cases related to the recovery of 10-truck... Full story

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Krishok Samiti to demonstrate May 20

Bangladesh Krishok Samiti declared an agitation programme of sit-ins and blockades throughout the country on May 20 to press home their demands which include the re-fixing of the price of paddy at Tk 850... Full story

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Baul allegedly tortured by husband

Baul singer Shefali Sarkar urged the government to give exemplary punishment to her husband Giasuddin Sarkar for the years of torture she has endured since their marriage in 2006. Full story

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Nazrul, Atiqur elected BAAIGM president, secy gen

Mohammad Nazrul Islam and professor ASM Atiqur Rahman have been elected president and secretary general of the Executive Committee of Bangladesh Association for the Aged and Institute of Geriatric Medicine. Full story

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BERC to host regional conference on energy security on May 9-10

Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission will host a two-day regional conference on Energy Security and Regional Cooperation : Role of Regulators in Dhaka from May 9. BERC chairman Syed Yusuf... Full story

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Two die in city

A construction worker died after falling from a building at Uttar Madarteck while a police constable died after cardiac arrest at Demra in the capital on Monday. At Khilgaon, a construction worker died after... Full story

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Journalists demand immediate arrest of attackers

Journalists in Jessore on Monday demanded immediate arrest of the men who attacked seven journalists and at least eight BNP activists during a dawn to dusk general strike at Nawapara industrial town on... Full story

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