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PM backs PSSC to groom up students with leadership quality

The prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, on Sunday said the decision of the present government for constituting Primary School Student Council would help build country’s future leadership from primary school level as well as groom up students with democratic mind and discipline. Full story

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Architect Muzharul Islam laid to rest

Architect Muzharul Islam, who died in United Hospital at Gulshan in the capital at the age 89 early Sunday, was buried in the Mirpur Intellectuals’ Graveyard after several thousand people had paid home to him at the Cenrtral Shaheed Minar where... Full story

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HC orders probe into ‘innocent’ man serving term

The High Court on Sunday directed the Narayanganj deputy commissioner to investigate into the allegation that one Zakir Hossain had been serving jail term since 2007 in a case of mugging and murder... Full story

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JU teachers continue protests

A section of Jahangirnagar University teachers continued their movement for the second consecutive day on Sunday to press home their demands that include elections to the positions of dean, provosts... Full story

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BRTA official closed, inspector suspended

Communications Minister Obaidul Quader on Sunday suspended two officials of Bangladesh Road Transport Authority of Gazipur on charge of negligence in duties. Full story

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CPB, SPB want steps to arrest price hike

The Communist Party of Bangladesh and the Socialist Party of Bangladesh on Sunday called on the Awami League led government to take adequate steps to control hikes in prices of essential... Full story

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DU students call strike for July 19 over early DUCSU polls

Dhaka University students on Sunday called strike on the campus for July 19 demanding early elections to the university’s central students’ union and hall unions, which have not been held for 22 years. Full story

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No night-time flights at Shahjalal int’l airport for 6 months

Flight operations at the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport will remain suspended for eight hours from 10:00pm to 6:00am daily for six months from November to carry out repairs on its lone runway. Full story

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Strong movement for CG after Eid: 18-party

The Bangladesh Nationalist Party-led 18-party alliance on Sunday announced that it would increase organisational activities in the month of Ramadan to prepare for a strong movement after Eid to force the government to hold the next elections under a non-party caretaker government. Full story

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2 children drown

Two children drowned in ponds water in Lalmonirhat on Sunday. Of the victims one was identified as Sadab Hossain, 4, son of Shahan Islam of village Courttoli under Patgram... Full story

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Moudud threatens to file defamation case against ACC

Ranking Bangladesh Nationalist Party leader Moudud Ahmed threatened to file a defamation case on Sunday against the Anti-Corruption Commission for spreading an ‘ill campaign’ against him. Full story

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More tribunals to deal with vested property restoration appeals

The government has decided to form more tribunals with the additional district judges to deal with applications for restoration of vested properties in the wake of a large number of such... Full story

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RAB finds ‘missing’ guard’s mobile

A cell phone, used by the ‘missing’ security guard of murdered journalist couple, Sagar and Runi’s residence, was ‘found’ on Sunday. Elite crime busters the Rapid Action Battalion recovered the mobile... Full story

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IFC asks India to abandon Tipai dam, river linking plan

The International Farakka Committee at rally in New York asked India to stop building its controversial Tipaimukh Dam on international river Barak and abandon its river linking project for diverting... Full story

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Banglalink, Robi, Citycell to be audited

The telecom regulator is going to conduct audit into Banglalink and two other cellphone operators in the second phase to scan their financial reports and related issues. Full story

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Int’l Mother Language Instt to have language galleries of OIC countries

The director general of the Islamic Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation, Abdulazia Othman Altwaijri, has assured of establishing language galleries of the OIC countries... Full story

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JCD demands removal of partisan VCs from universities

Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal, the associated student wing of opposition BNP, on Sunday demanded removal of all ‘partisan and unelected’ vice-chancellors of universities including Bangladesh University of Engineering and... Full story

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New political party launched

Social organisation Gorbo Bangladesh convener Shaheda on Sunday launched a political party, ‘Build Bangladesh Revolutionary Party’. The new party will formally start its journey in 90 days, Shaheda said... Full story

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Alleged robber lynched in Comilla

A suspected robber was beaten to death by local people during a robbery attempt at Porchanga village in Chandina Upazila early on Sunday. The deceased was identified as Md... Full story

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Navy chief to testify in BDR carnage case

The chief of naval staff, Vice Admiral Zahir Uddin Ahmed, is likely to make his statement before a Dhaka court today in the BDR carnage case, the court officials said. Full story

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Dhaka to open embassy in Vienna next year

The government is planning to open a resident mission in the Austrian capital Vienna next year due to the city playing host to a number of UN organisations, foreign minister Dipu Moni said on Sunday. Full story

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Engr Abdul Matin dies

Md Abdul Matin, former chief engineer of the Power Development Board, died at a hospital in Dhaka on Friday. He was suffering from lung complications and died at the... Full story

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Jobaida Rahman passes away

Jobaida Rahman, wife of late retired army major Mokhlesur Rahman, died of old age complications at her Chittagong residence on Friday. She was 83. She left three sons, one daughter, grandchildren... Full story

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President unveils 5th census today

The president, Zillur Rahman, will unveil the final report of the 5th ‘Population Census and Household Counting-2011’ today, one year after publication of its preliminary census report. Full story

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BCL leaders get bail in MC College Hostel arson attack:

Islami Chhatra Shibir, the student front of the Jamaat-e Islami, filed a case on Sunday against 41 BCL leaders and activists on charges of setting fire at the Sylhet MC College Hostel. Full story

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