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5 injured as police charge batons on RMG workers

At least five people were injured when the police charged batons to disperse workers of a garment factory rallying on the Dhaka-Tangail highway on Tuesday. Several hundred workers of Fashion It located at Jamgora... Full story

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HC disposes of speaker ruling petition

The High Court on Tuesday disposed of a writ petition that challenged the ruling the speaker gave in the parliament on June 18 regarding Justice AHM Shamsuddin Chowdhury. The bench of Justice Hasan... Full story

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India to interlink own rivers: Quayes

India on Tuesday reassured that it would not go for river interlinking project involving common rivers, the foreign secretary, Mohamed Mijarul Quayes, said in New Delhi, revealing New Delhi’s intention was only to ‘interlink rivers... Full story

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National committee denounces power price hikes

Politicians, academics and power experts on Tuesday at a discussion meeting on power termed unjustified the frequent increase of power prices. The government can refrain from frequently increasing power prices... Full story

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Flooding unchanged in north

At least 12 villages in Dahagram and Angorpota enclaves in Lalmonirhat district were inundated afresh as water started gushing from upstream after the Haldibari dyke in Jalpaiguri district of India breached. Full story

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HC issues rule on Bar Council election

The High Court issued a rule Tuesday seeking why the election of Bangladesh Bar Council would not be declared illegal. A division bench of the high court comprising with Justice Naima Haider and Justice... Full story

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PM leaves for London today

The prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, leaves Dhaka today for London to attend the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games 2012. During her five-day sojourn, Hasina will hold important bilateral meetings with... Full story

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US expert could be brought again to make RAB more accountable: Mozena

US ambassador to Bangladesh Dan W Mozena said on Tuesday that the American expert who worked with Rapid Action Battalion in the formation of its internal security cell could be brought Bangladesh again... Full story

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Protests continue at BUET

The teachers and students of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology on Tuesday held sit-in demonstration on the campus for the fourth consecutive day demanding removal of the vice-chancellor and the... Full story

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ACC quizzes local agents of Halcrow, Oriental

The Anti-Corruption Commission on Tuesday grilled three local agents of London-based global transportation engineering firm Halcrow Group and Tokyo-based leading Japanese consultancy firm Oriental Consultant... Full story

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Alleged drug peddler goes missing

Bullet –riddled body of an alleged drug peddler, who went missing on Monday morning on his way to Nabinagor from Mirpur, was found near Muktijoddha Kallyan Complex at Mirpur in the capital on Tuesday morning. Full story

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Witness testifies Quader Molla killed female poet

A female poet on Tuesday testified that the detained assistant secretary general of Jamaat, Abdul Quader Molla, and his cohorts killed pro-liberation poet Meherunnesa, her mother and two brothers at Meherunnesa’s... Full story

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Cross examination of eighth witness in SQC’s case ends

The vice-chancellor of Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Md Saleh Uddin, on Tuesday told the International Crimes Tribunal-1 that his body was bruised and bleeding due to torture at Goods Hill in 1971. Full story

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Call to use cell phones carefully to avert hazards to health

Cellular phones must be used as infrequently as possible and certain precautions should be taken to keep oneself secure from the harmful effects of electromagnetic radiation, said experts on Tuesday. Full story

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Man killed over sand-lifting in Keraniganj

A farmer was shot dead and 3 others sustained bullet wounds after a group of sand traders opened fire on them as they lifted sand from the Dhaleshwari River in Keraniganj on the outskirts of the capital on Tuesday morning. Full story

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President invited to Islami summit in Makkah

King of Saudi Arabia Abdullah Bin Abdul Aziz Al-Saud has invited president Zillur Rahman to attend the 4th Extra-Ordinary Session of the Islami Summit in Makkah Al-Mukarramah, scheduled to be held on August 14 to 15. Full story

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