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Dealers unwilling to take delivery

Most of the dealers of the Trading Corporation of Bangladesh across the country are unwilling to take commodities from the corporation because of their low quality and high price. The corporation has been supplying... Full story

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Govt under US pressure for guarantee to Biman

Dhaka is under pressure from Washington to provide Bangladesh Biman with sovereign guarantee to take the delivery of two planes from US aerospace company Boeing, officials said. Full story

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Obaidul blames lawmen over 5 corpses being found near railway

The communications minister, Obaidul Quader, also in charge of the railways ministry, during his visit to Mirergaon in Gazipur on Saturday blamed railway officials for their negligence in connection with five corpses... Full story

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153 dead as quakes jolt northwest Iran

At least 153 people were killed and 700 injured as two strong quakes in quick succession struck towns and destroyed villages in northwest Iran on Saturday, interior ministry officials said. The scale of the disaster was still emerging, with the casualty toll... Full story

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Lightning strike victims buried

The 13 people killed in Friday’s lightning strike were buried after namaz-e-Janaza on the premises of the Saraswatipur government primary school on Saturday as gloom descended on the remote village after the tragic incident. Full story

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Syria’s Aleppo shelled, blasts in Damascus

The Syrian army shelled the Salaheddin district of Aleppo on Saturday in its push to drive out rebels, as gunfire and bomb blasts rang out across Damascus, monitors and state media said. Full story

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N-plant financing deal finalised

Dhaka and Moscow have finalised the financing agreement for Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant. Under the deal Bangladesh would borrow $500 million for the technical study with an interest rate of not less... Full story

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Myanmar gives green light for aid to Rohingya: OIC

The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation on Saturday announced it has received a green light from Myanmar to assist Muslim Rohingya displaced by sectarian violence. It said Myanmar gave its agreement to... Full story

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Abul’s status not settled yet, still shown as ICT minister

The government has left pending the resignation of Syed Abul Hossain as information and communications technology minister even 20 days after tendered his resignation. Abul Hossain, also the former communications... Full story

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Mexico stun Brazil to win gold

Mexico stunned Brazil to win their first gold in the Olympic men’s football tournament as Oribe Peralta’s double clinched a shock 2-1 victory over the five-time world champions Saturday. Peralta struck after just 30 seconds and the Mexican striker... Full story

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Shafaet Jamil passes away

Freedom fighter Shafaet Jamil Bir Bikram, a retired Colonel, passed away on Saturday. He was 71. His nephew Atiqul Hafiz, a retired Major, told the news agency that Jamil died of heart attack around 2:30am on Saturday at his home in Uttara’s sector... Full story

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EC, its secretariat at loggerheads

The Election Commission and its secretariat are at odds over the holding of upazila elections before or after the next general elections. To reach a final decision on fixing the time for upazila polls, the EC will soon... Full story

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PM in London to attend Global Hunger Event

The prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, on Saturday arrived in London to attend the Global Hunger Event today. The prime minister will deliver her address to the opening session of the 'Global Hunger Event' to be held... Full story

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Save Grameen Bank: 201 citizens

Two hundred and one citizens in a statement on Saturday called on all to save the Grameen Bank and demanded cancellation of the ‘motivated and illogical’ government decision of curtailing the authority of the... Full story

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Govt urged to save Bangladeshis held hostage by Somali pirates

Family members of seven Bangladeshi crewmen, hostage to Somali pirates for the past 21 months, urged the government to come forward to save their lives. ‘My son has been at gunpoint along with six other Bangladeshis. Full story

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Farmer killed, 25 injured in Sirajganj clash

A farmer was killed and 25 others were injured in a fierce clash between two villagers at Polashi village under Tarah upzalia in Sirajganj district on Friday evening. The deceased was identified as Abu Syed Sarker... Full story

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GD filed over threat to NHRC chief’s life

National Human Rights Commission chairman Mizanur Rahman on Friday filed a general diary with Dhanmondi police station against the threat on his life he received on his cell phone on Thursday night. Full story

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