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Hasina expands cabinet

Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday expanded her government inducting five more ministers and two state ministers into her cabinet, 15 months before Awami League-led administration would serve out its term. Awami League presidium member Mohiuddin Khan... Full story

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NBR freezes 3 mobile co accounts

The National Board of Revenue on Thursday put a freeze on bank accounts of three mobile operators—Robi, Banglalink and Citycell—for not paying Tk 393.49 crore as supplementary duties and... Full story

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Malaysia to recruit more Bangladeshi workers through govt

The Malaysian government has decided to open its labour market for Bangladeshi workers who will be recruited on government-to-government (G to G) basis, said the visiting Malaysian... Full story

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All development tasks can’t be completed in 5 years: PM

The prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, on Thursday said that it was difficult to implement all development programmes taken up by the government within its five-year tenure. ‘We have been elected for five years. Full story

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Tofail, Menon decline offer to join cabinet

In a twist in power politics, veteran Awami League leader Tofail Ahmed and Workers Party president Rashed Khan Menon declined the prime minister’s offer to join the cabinet. The cabinet secretary, Mohammad Musharraf Hossain Bhuyian requested both the leaders along with five... Full story

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Cabinet expanded to appease rebels: BNP

The acting secretary general of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party, Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, on Thursday said the cabinet had been expanded in a bid to ‘contain rebellion’ in the Awami League-led... Full story

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US missions in Yemen stormed, in Egypt pelted with stones

Demonstrators briefly stormed the US embassy compound in Yemen on Thursday while protesters pelted the Egypt mission with stones after a night of clashes, as anger spread over a film mocking Islam. The Yemeni police used water cannon and fired warning shots to expel protesters who... Full story

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US stresses emergency aid for victims

A U.S. State Department delegation that visited the trouble-torn Rakhaine state of Myanmar said here on Thursday the persecution and displacement of people continued there and stressed on access of international aid... Full story

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Libya makes ‘arrests’ for deadly attack on US mission

Libya said Thursday it has made arrests and opened a probe into an attack on the US consulate in Benghazi that killed the American ambassador, amid speculation that al-Qaeda rather than a frenzied mob was to blame. Full story

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BCL rampages through IU campus over recruitment

The ruling Awami League-backed Chhatra League rampaged through the Islami University campus to push for the recruitment of candidates of its choice in the university administration. Full story

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More time needed to file cases against bank officials, Tanvir: Sonali MD

Sonali Bank managing director Pradip Kumar Dutta on Thursday said that the bank needed more time to file criminal cases against some of its officials and Hallmark Group’s managing director and... Full story

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Sultana describes Ghulam Azam’s role in ’71 as like as Hitler

Rights activist Sultana Kamal on Thursday compared Jamaat’s former amir Ghulam Azam’s role during the War of Independence in 1971 with that of infamous dictator Adolf Hitler in Germany before and during the Second World War. Full story

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Rimi, Afsar, Badal in final race

Three candidates—Simeen Hussain Rimi, her uncle Afsaruddin Khan and CPB’s Asadullah Badal—are now finally in the fray for Gazipur-4 by-election as none of them withdrew with the expiry on Thursday... Full story

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Al-Badr was a half-secret organisation: Shahriyar

Writer and journalist Shahriyar Kabir, the first prosecution witness against Jamaat’s detained secretary general Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mojaheed, on Thursday told the International Crimes... Full story

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RMG workers block Dhaka-Ctg Highway for wages

Several hundred apparel workers on Thursday blocked the Dhaka–Chittagong Highway at Shimrail of Shiddhirganj in Narayanganj for an hour demanding their payment in arrears. The workers of Prime Fashion... Full story

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