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Over 100 injured as RMG unrest flares at Ashulia

Police fired rubber bullets and used water cannons to disperse hundreds of garment workers staging violent demonstrations for wage increase at Ashulia in Savar for the third consecutive day on Wednesday. Over a hundred people were injured as the... Full story

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Rohingyas entering Bangladesh

Security forces detained 110 Rohingyas at Teknaf on Wednesday as the Myanmar citizens fleeing sectarian violence in Rakhine province continued crossing the border into Bangladesh amid international calls to open up the border to refugees. Full story

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Santos to supply higher price gas from Sunday

Santos Sangu Field Ltd from next Sunday will start supplying 20 million cubic feet of gas daily to a power station of the Power Development Board in Chittagong from the newly drilled Sangu-11 well... Full story

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PMO asks for monitoring bank accounts of former ACC chairman

The prime minister’s office has directed the banking division of the ministry of finance to take measures to stop alleged money laundering attempt by former Anti-Corruption Commission chairman... Full story

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Govt asks RMG owners to keep factories open, hold talks with workers

The government on Wednesday asked garment factory owners to open their units and hold meetings with workers at respective factory gates this morning to address the issue of labour unrest at Ashulia in Savar. Full story

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Muhith ‘fed up with wicked share market’

Finance minister AMA Muhith again said he was fed up with the ‘wicked’ share market. He, however, promised giving ‘medicine’ to cure the wicked bourse by December indicating the process for demutualisation. Full story

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President asks law ministry to take action

The president asked the law ministry to take necessary action regarding the application of a Supreme Court lawyer who sought the removal of High Court judge AHM Shamsuddin... Full story

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Germans inflict more pain on Dutch

Germany are on the verge of the Euro 2012 quarter-finals following their 2-1 win over Holland on Wednesday as Mario Gomez scored twice, while the Dutch are heading for a first-round exit. World Cup finalists Holland will bow out on Sunday unless they... Full story

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Russia accuses US of arming Syria rebels

Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov on Wednesday accused the United States of supplying weapons to Syria’s rebels, worsening the conflict engulfing Moscow’s allied regime in Damascus. Russia was supplying ‘anti-air defence systems’ to Damascus in a deal that ‘in no way violates... Full story

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Ghazal king Mehdi Hassan passes away

Tributes have been paid to Pakistani singing legend Mehdi Hassan who has died of multiple organ failure aged 84. The singer, hugely popular in India as well, was admitted to the Agha Khan... Full story

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ICG apprehends electoral stalemate in Bangladesh

The Brussels based International Crisis Group apprehends that a new electoral stalemate threatens to erode Bangladesh’s democratic foundations. The ICG, known for preventing and resolving deadly... Full story

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Army to be split into eastern, western commands: AK Khandker

The government would split Bangladesh Army command and control into Eastern Command and Western Command, the minister in charge of defence ministry... Full story

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Jail authorities ordered to give Ghulam Azam the books he wants

The International Crimes Tribunal-1 on Wednesday asked the prison authorities to comply with its month-old order that former Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami chief Ghulam Azam be given four... Full story

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WB keen to invest more in nutrition sector

World Bank is interested to invest more in the nutrition sector of the South Asian countries to improve nutrition status, said World Bank officials on Wednesday. But they want specific projects on nutrition... Full story

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Khaleda expresses ‘no confidence’ in Justice Shamsuddin

BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia on Wednesday submitted a petition expressing ‘no confidence’ in Justice AHM Shamsuddin Choudhury, who is scheduled today to hear the rule issued in a civil case... Full story

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Independent MP walks out after not being allowed to continue speech

The lone independent lawmaker, Fazlul Azim, on Wednesday walked out of the House in protest against the chair’s decision not to allow him to talk on a ‘point of order’ to draw attention to the issue of the Rohingya refugees. Full story

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PM says police action, speedy trial for anarchy in the name of hartals

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said on Wednesday that she had instructed the police to take action against anarchy in the name of hartal under the speedy trial act. Full story

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RHD store keeper remanded

A Dhaka court on Wednesday remanded a government employee for two days in police custody in connection with the gufight between two factions of the Awami League over a large tender in the... Full story

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Iraq attacks kill 72

A wave of apparently coordinated bombings and shootings rocked Iraq during a major Shia religious commemoration on Wednesday, killing at least 72 people and wounding more than 250, many of them pilgrims. Full story

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Arson case Hearing of charge on June 20

A Dhaka court on Wednesday posted for June 20 the hearing of the framing of charges against 46 senior leaders of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party-led opposition alliance, including acting BNP’s secretary general... Full story

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Hackers arrested in Ctg

Rapid Action Battalion (RAB-7) arrested two people at GEC intersection in Chittagong on Tuesday night on charges of hacking into an account and illicitly drawing money from it. Full story

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BSMMU outdoor facility moving

The Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University is going to move its outdoor unit to the northern side of the Cabin Block building. Authorities say the relocation at a separate building will make the facility ... Full story

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