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HC questions indemnity

The High Court on Sunday asked the government and the army to explain the legality of the indemnity given to the army-led joint forces involved in Operation Clean Heart conducted between October... Full story

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Launch owners assure: no fare hike during Eid

Launch owners on Sunday said that they would provide better service to Eid time passengers without increasing fares and requested the government to stop extortions at ferry terminals. Full story

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Padma Bridge a must: PM

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said that if the expatriate Bangladeshis send more remittance, there will be no need to collect subscriptions to build the multi-purpose Padma Bridge. ‘If we could liberate the... Full story

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Sunken oil tanker threatens disaster in Meghna

The 900-tonne oil tanker that sank in the River Mghna on Wednesday might cause an environmental disaster in a vast area unless the salvage operation could be expedited, officials said. Full story

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Bus operators to begin selling tickets Aug 3

Most of the long-distance bus operators will start selling advance tickets from August 3 ahead of Eid while booking of tickets at the airlines have neared end. Some other bus operators said they would soon announce when... Full story

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Wu, He win synchro springboard gold

China’s diving diva Wu Minxia captured her third synchronised three-metre springboard Olympic gold medal with victory in the final with He Zi on Sunday. In the first of China’s quest for all eight diving gold medals at London, Wu and He, the reigning world champions from Shanghai last year, dominated... Full story

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Movement to save people after Eid: Khaleda

The BNP chairperson, Khaleda Zia, on Sunday said that the alliance the party leads would wage a movement after Eid-ul-Fitr to save people from the hands of ‘corrupt, oppressive and plundering’ government. Full story

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Businessman found killed at home

A businessman was found stabbed to death in his house in the Gulshan Circle 2 area in the capital on Sunday morning. The victim Fazlul Haque, 72, was owner of Haque Paints. He lived in his duplex, Haque Palace, on Road 51 in the area. Full story

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PM suspects terror links with Rohingyas

The prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, has warned of possible terrorist connections among the thousands of Muslim refugees trying to enter Bangladesh from neighbouring Myanmar. Full story

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Bangladesh opens up its rice market for export

Bangladesh has decided to open up its non-aromatic rice market for export in a bid to push up the prices of the country’s staple in the local market, said finance minister AMA Muhith on Sunday. Full story

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Bangladesh’s commitment to TICFA absolute: FS

Bangladesh’s commitment to the Trade and Investment Cooperation Framework Agreement with the United States is ‘absolute’, said foreign secretary Mijarul Quayes on Sunday. Full story

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Probe agency submits report on Bachchu Razakar to prosecution

Probe agency submits report on Bachchu Razakar to prosecution The war crimes investigation agency on Sunday submitted its report on Abul Kalam Azad, who was known in Faridpur as Bachchu Razakar in 1971, to the prosecutors of the war crimes tribunal. Full story

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Syria army presses Aleppo assault

Fighting raged for a second straight day in Syria’s commercial capital Aleppo on Sunday as troops pressed an offensive against rebel-held areas of the city, sparking fears for trapped civilians. Full story

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EC to hold dialogues with parties, civil society after Eid

The Election Commission has decided to hold dialogues with the members of civil society, journalists as well as the political parties after Eid-ul Fitr to work out guidelines for delimiting parliamentary constituencies and to ... Full story

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13 killed in road accidents

At least 13 people were killed and around twenty-two injured in road traffic accidents across the country on Sunday. Of this, five people were killed and 15 others injured on the Dhaka-Chittagong highway in... Full story

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Dhaka presses for fast-track implementation

Bangladesh has requested India for fast-track implementation of the commitments made at the highest political level to conclude the Teesta water deal and ratify the protocol on the 1974 Land Boundary Agreement. Full story

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Five workers killed in accident

Five workers, including a man and his son, were killed when cement bags fell on them as they slept. The accident occurred at the RK Greenland Park construction site in Godnail in Shiddhirganj, Narayanganj. Full story

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Govt failed to fulfil people’s aspiration: Ershad

Jatiya Party chairman Hussein Muhammad Ershad said on Sunday that the Awami League-led government had failed to fulfil people’s aspirations and was now busy to ascend to power again. Full story

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ACC approves charge-sheet against Mosharraf

The Anti-Corruption Commission Sunday approved the charge sheet of a case against former state minister for energy AKM Mosharraf Hossain on charge of taking bribe from Niko, a Canadian oil and gas exploration company in Bangladesh. Full story

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Tremor jolts country

A tremor measuring 5.6 in the Richter scale jolted the south-eastern and some other parts of the country including Dhaka Sunday morning, officials and resident said. Full story

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Dhaka, Kathmandu FS-level talks today

Nepal’s foreign secretary Durga Prasad Bhattarai will arrive in Dhaka today for two-day official talks with his counterpart Mohamed Mijarul Quayes. The two sides will discuss issues which include bilateral... Full story

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JU student stabbed by bus helper

A student of Jahangirnagar University was critically stabbed by the employees of Hanif Paribahan over a trivial matter near at Hemayetpur on the Dhaka-Aricha highway on Sunday. Full story

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