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HC asks police to complete investigation in 4 weeks

The High Court asked police to complete the investigations within 4 weeks of the killings of six college students at Aminbazar on July 18, 2011. The bench of Justice Farid Ahmed and Justice Zafar Ahmed passed the order... Full story

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HC summons Amar Desh editor, Sangsad reporter

The High Court on Sunday asked the editor of Amar Desh and Sangsad Reporter to appear before it on July 12 to show cause why they would not be punished for publishing a ‘false, fictitious, fabricated, spurious and... Full story

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Case lodged, no one arrested

Police in Jessore are yet to arrest the killers of the journalist, Jamal Uddin, 48 hours after his murder. Jamal, 35, Kashipur correspondent for the Jessore based Daily Gramer Kagoj, was hacked to death by an armed gang on Friday night. Full story

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2 more bodies recovered

The rescue workers in Sylhet on Sunday afternoon traced two more corpses trapped underneath the trucks that plunged into a water body after a bridge over it collapsed. Full story

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Mujib’s unfinished autobiography hits stands today

The University Press Limited will come up with an unfinished autobiography of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman on Monday. The English version of ‘Ausamapta Atmajiboni’ has been titled ‘The ... Full story

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CRAB team to unearth mystery behind Sagar-Runi murder

CRAB team to unearth mystery behind Sagar-Runi murder Crime Reporters Association of Bangladesh has formed a seven-member team to unearth the mystery behind the murder of journalist couple Sagar and Runi. The investigating team was formed, headed by senior member of the CRAB... Full story

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5 climate projects get nod

The government has approved five project involving Tk 50 crore to cope with the adverse impacts of global climate change. The Climate Change Trustee Board under the ministry of environment and... Full story

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Bail to 11 Ctg BNP men extended till June 20

A Chittagong court on Sunday extended bail until June 20 to 11 leaders and activists of the BNP and its associate bodies in a vehicle torching case. Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Abdur Rahman passed the... Full story

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ICT-1 adjourns hearing of Saydee’s case for three days

The International Crimes Tribunal-1 on Sunday adjourned till Wednesday the hearing of the case against the detained nyeb-e-amir of the Jamaat-e-Islami, Delwar Hossain Sayedee, due to his illness. Full story

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2 killed in lightning strike

Two cousins were killed in lightning strike at Karua-Fatehpur village in Baliadangi upazila of Thakurgaon on Sunday. The deceased were Abdul Karim, 42, son of Kamijuddin of the village, and... Full story

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Labour rights bodies oppose shutdown of RMG factories at Ashulia

The leaders of Garments Sramik Sangram Parishod, a combine of the garment labour rights bodies, on Sunday vehemently criticised the decision of shutting down factories located at Ashulia in Savar and termed the decision illegal and oppressive. Full story

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SC stays HC’s Tejgaon industrial plots order on Shafik Rehman, Quamrul

The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Sunday stayed till July 12 a proceeding of the High Court against Jai Jai Din’s former editor, Shafik Rehman, in connection with alleged irregularities... Full story

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Fakhrul calls for forming all party action councils across country

The Bangladesh Nationalist Party acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Sunday called for constituting an All Party Action Council across the country to force the government to concede to the opposition’s... Full story

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Kurigram DC out of danger, 6 more held

The Kurigram deputy commissioner Mohammad Habibur Rahman returned to his station Sunday night after treatment at Rangpur Medical College Hospital. Meanwhile, six more people were arrested... Full story

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Japanese co to have agro-processing plant in Ctg

City Network Incorporated, a Japanese house, is going to set up an agro-processing plant in Chittagong, a high official of the company told a meeting in the Chittagong city on Sunday. Full story

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JS body for quick completion of road renovation works

A parliamentary watchdog on Sunday urged the authorities concerned to take steps to immediately complete the renovation works on roads and thus help assuage the public sufferings. Full story

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Khaleda to perform Umrah today

The BNP chairperson, Khaleda Zia, now in Saudi Arabia, will perform Umrah today. Quoting BNP information and research affairs assistant secretary Sharif Shah... Full story

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Human chain for end to Rohingya influx in Cox’s Bazar

A human chain was formed in Cox’s Bazar town on Sunday demanding immediate step to prevent Rohingya refugees from entering the district from strife-torn Myanmar. Full story

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Students lay siege to PSTU VC office

Students of Pabna Science and Technology University on Sunday laid a siege to its vice- chancellor’s office demanding his removal. Activists of Bangladesh Chhatra League, aided by general students, cordoned... Full story

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2 men lynched in Faridpur

Angry people said to have caught and thrashed six men, two of whom died later, as they were making off with other gang members after committing an alleged robbery at a village in Faridpur early Sunday. Full story

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BSC signs deal with Chinese to buy six ships

Bangladesh Shipping Corporation (BSC) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with China National Machinery Import and Export Corporation for buying six new vessels. Full story

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46 Jamaat men on police remand

Forty-six activists of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami and its associated body Islami Chhatra Shibir were remanded into police custody on Sunday for three days by a Dhaka court order. Full story

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Hartal observed in Rangpur

The half-day hartal enforced on Sunday by the front organisations of BNP ended without any major law and order disruption. Motor vehicles remained off the road while shops, markets and big... Full story

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