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2 workers killed in Ansar firing in Kushtia

Two people were killed when Ansars opened fire on the workers of Akij Bidi Factory staging demonstrations for pay hike at Daulatpur in Kushtia on Sunday. The incident also left 30 workers injured. Full story

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BERC public hearing on PDB price hike proposal today

The Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission holds a public hearing today on a power board proposal for increasing the bulk rate of electricity by 50 per cent with effect from July 1. Full story

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Rain halts life in Ctg again

A second spell of monsoon downpour hit Chittagong early Sunday flooding many areas and halting life in the port city. The city’s Chawkbazar, Bakolia, Chandgaon, Panchlaish, Agrabad, Halishahar, Muradpur and... Full story

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Drug lords Amin Huda, Ahsanul jailed for 79 years

A Dhaka court on Sunday sentenced businessman Amin Huda and his partner Ahsanul Haque Hasan to 79 years in prison each for manufacturing and selling banned drug Yaba. Dhaka Speedy Trial Tribunal judge Mohammad ... Full story

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Protesters hold token hunger strike today

Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology teachers, students and employees observed token hunger strike on the campus today to push for their demand for the removal of the vice-chancellor and the pro-vice-chancellor. Full story

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Not young enough to become youth leaders

Top leaders of five leading political organisations of the youth do not fall in the youth age group as defined in the National Youth Policy and in documents of the United Nations. Full story

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Japan’s pledge for Padma bridge funding still on

Although Japan’s loan commitment for the Padma Bridge is still on the cards, Tokyo is looking ‘closely’ at the government moves after the World Bank scrapped its $ 1.2 billion loan for the project. Full story

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Ghulam Azam was ring leader of anti-liberation forces: SP Mahbub

Freedom fighter and former police officer Mahbubuddin Ahmad, Bir Bikram, on Sunday testified that detained former Jamaat amir Ghulam Azam was the main leader of the anti-liberation elements who... Full story

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Fresh flooding engulfs vast tracts in north

Fresh flooding has engulfed vast tracts in northern districts leaving over 30,000 people marooned with rise of water levels in major river systems. The flooding may worsen in the country’s... Full story

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FF Hamid testifies against Kamaruzzaman

Freedom fighter Md Hamidul Haque on Sunday testified that as one of the main leaders of Al-Badr Bahini detained Jamaat assistant secretary general Mohammad Kamaruzzaman was involved... Full story

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Buses go off the road in 21 dists in Khulna, Barisal, Dhaka divisions

An indefinite bus strike began on Sunday halting passenger movement in 21 districts of Dhaka, Khulna and Barisal divisions with the owners and the workers demanding an end to highway extortions, harassment of... Full story

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Nepal bus crash kills 38 pilgrims

At least 38 pilgrims were killed on Sunday when an overcrowded bus carrying them from India to a Hindu festival in southern Nepal swerved off a highway and plunged into a deep river. Full story

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EC asks BUET to customise EVMs

The Election Commission has asked the Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology and the Bangladesh Machine Tools Factory to customise electronic voting machines as it is planning to use... Full story

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I don’t like character assassination: Muhith

The finance minister, AMA Muhith, on Sunday said he never liked character assassination. ‘All my life, I never liked character assassination,’ he told reporters when his comments were sought on the World... Full story

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Man killed

Miscreants hacked a young man to death at Jamtola under Fatulla police station in Narayanganj Sunday noon. Deceased was identified as... Full story

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Italy’s Pistoia named ‘social business city’

Pistoia, an Italian city sharing borders with the city of Florence, has been named the first Italian ‘social business city’ on July 11 with an aim to create an ‘enabling environment’ for social business and social innovation... Full story

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