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Hasina offers joint cabinet, Khaleda says no

The prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, has said the opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party could join a small interim government to conduct next general elections if it agrees. Full story

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PM asks WB to prove Padma graft charge

The prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, has asked the World Bank to send her all the papers and documents they said they possessed relating to the alleged corruption in the Padma Bridge project to let her verify the claims. Full story

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Guidelines for safe disposal of CFLs not yet framed

The government is yet to frame any guidelines for safe disposal and recycling of Compact Fluorescent Lamps which contain environmentally hazardous mercury though millions of CFLs have... Full story

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Fresh edn ministry meeting fails to end BUET stalemate

Another meeting of the education ministry, held on Monday on the crisis bedevilling the Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, ended without making any major headway to end the stalemate. Full story

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Milon crashes out of Games

Bangladeshi archer Emdadul Haque Milon crashed out of the London Olympics after going down by 0-6 points to Britain’s Godfrey Larry in men’s elimination round at the Lord’s Cricket Ground on Monday. Full story

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Bus operators worried about highway traffic management

Long-distance bus operators expressed concern about the current state management of highways and urged the government to improve it to make Eid time journeys comfortable for millions of passengers during the country’s biggest religious festival. Full story

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Nobel laureate Salam is all but forgotten

The two-room bungalow, the birth place of Pakistan’s only Nobel laureate, Monday stood empty, testament to the indifference, bigotry and prejudice surrounding the country’s greatest scientist. Full story

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HC overturns Mamun, wife sentences

The High Court on Monday overturned a special court verdict that had sentenced businessman Giasuddin Al Mamun to 10 years and his wife Shahina Yesmin to three years in 2008 for amassing property... Full story

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JU teacher killed in car crash

Professor AKM Golam Hossain, a senior teacher of Jahangirnagar University, was killed in a car crash on Dhaka-Savar highway near Ashulia bridge on the outskirts of Dhaka on Monday night. Full story

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Kamaruzzaman used to visit different Al-Badr camps in 1971: witness

A prosecution witness on Monday said that the detained assistant secretary general of Jamaat, Mohammad Kamaruzzaman, used to visit different Al-Badr camps while the witness was a guard of an Al-Badr... Full story

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Syrian helicopter gunships strafe Aleppo rebels

Regime forces on Monday strafed rebel-held districts in Aleppo with helicopter gunships and pounded them with shelling on the third day of a pitched battle for Syria’s commercial capital. Full story

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Fire kills 32 on Indian train

Thirty-two people were killed Monday when an overnight fire ripped through a coach of an express train as it carried sleeping passengers to the southern Indian city of Chennai, officials said. Full story

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ADB, JICA loan effectiveness for Padma bridge expires today

The effectiveness of loans for the Padma Multipurpose Bridge project by the Asian Development Bank and Japan International Cooperation Agency is scheduled to expire today. Full story

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Myanmar rejects UN claim

Myanmar on Monday told a UN rights envoy it rejected accusations of abuse by security forces in the wake of communal unrest, after the United Nations raised fears of a crackdown on Muslims. Full story

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Curry compound may curb diabetes risk: study

Supplements containing a compound found in curry spice may help prevent diabetes in people at high risk, according to a Thai study. Researchers, whose results were published in the... Full story

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Fire kills four Pakistan TV Ramadan guests

Four television guests were killed reciting prayers during a live Ramadan broadcast in Pakistan on Monday, when fire gutted a studio in the eastern city of Lahore, the police said. Full story

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PUST students boycott classes, block highway

The students of Pabna Science and Technology University have intensified their movement, boycotting classes and staging demonstration on the campus demanding removal of the vice- chancellor. Full story

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Five doctors suspended

The government on Monday suspended four physicians for abstaining from work and another for submitting fake certificates. The absentee physicians were Chhanda Dhar, ex-medical officer... Full story

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