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Progressive force its prime target

It is through its websites, blogs and publications that the militant group Ansarullah Bangla Team instigated the killing of blogger Ahmed Rajib Haider on February 15. But more chillingly, the group,...

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AL won’t take talks initiative

The ruling Awami League will welcome an initiative from friendly countries, including the US, towards facilitating a dialogue between the AL and the BNP over a polls-time government. However, the AL...

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Odhikar secy sent to jail

A Dhaka court yesterday sent Odhikar Secretary Adilur Rahman Khan to jail after he was produced before it following a High Court order. Metropolitan Magistrate Mostafa Shahriar Khan passed the order...

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Cancel Hall-Mark chairman’s bail

The Anti-Corruption Commission yesterday appealed to the High Court to cancel a lower court order that had granted bail to Hall-Mark Group Chairman Jasmine Islam in a loan scam case. On August 4, a...

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EC halts elections to 3 municipalities

In a bizarre move, the Election Commission yesterday postponed the September 8 polls to three municipalities as desired by the LGRD ministry. The EC on July 31 had announced the schedule for holding...

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Shutdown makes people suffer for lack of transport

Panic-stricken Eid holidaymakers had to endure sufferings on their return to the capital due to the Jamaat-e-Islami’s 48-hour shutdown that began yesterday morning. The Jamaat, a key component of the...

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Preaching militancy, building network

Suspected militant leader Muhammad Jasimuddin Rahmani, inspired by Anwar al-Awlaki, “spiritual leader” of al-Qaeda in the Arabian peninsula, has been building radical Islamist network in the country at...

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7 charged with fixing in BPL

On a cloudy day at a posh city hotel, a little light was shed on one of the darkest chapters of the country’s sporting history yesterday. David Richardson, the ICC CEO, announced that nine individuals,...

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Shibir leader dies in Jatrabari

An Islami Chhatra Shibir leader was killed when police chased a group of pickets at Jatrabari in the capital during hartal hours Wednesday morning, police said. A cameraman of private television...

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Israel releases 26 Palestinian prisoners

Israel has released 26 Palestinian prisoners as part of a deal that will see peace talks resume on Wednesday. Buses carrying the inmates drove them from a prison in central Israel to the Beitunia...

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Indian submarine explodes, 18 feared trapped

About 18 Indian sailors were trapped after an explosion and fire on board a conventionally powered Indian submarine berthed at the coastal city of Mumbai early on Wednesday, the navy said. “There are...

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Stocks nosedive

The prices of most shares on the country’s premier bourse decreased during the first two-and-half hour of trading on Wednesday. DSEX, the benchmark general index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE), shed...

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30 killed in Egyptian protest crackdown: Brotherhood

Egyptian security forces killed at least 30 people on Wednesday clearing a camp of Cairo protesters who were demanding the reinstatement of deposed President Mohamed Morsi, the Muslim Brotherhood said....

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Stray violence marks district hartal

  Stray violence marked the second and final day of Jamaat-e-Islami-enforced hartal (shutdown) Wednesday as pro-hartal activists clashed with law enforcers in different parts of the country. Jamaat...

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Bahrain disperse demonstrators with tear gas

Bahraini police fired tear gas to disperse hundreds of Shia Muslim anti-government protesters yesterday, but there were no reports of casualties. A Reuters correspondent saw police dispersing the...

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Indian submarine sinks after blast

India’s navy said all 18 sailors on board a submarine which exploded and sank yesterday are feared dead, and admitted the incident had left a “dent” in the country’s defences. The fully-armed INS...

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Khaleda turns 68

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia turned 68 today. She celebrated her birthday cutting a cake in a small family gathering at her Gulshan home early today, party sources said. BNP and its associated...

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Power supply partially restored

The electricity supply in Bhola partially resumed Tuesday night after a 74-hour blackout since Saturday. The district started receiving 7.5 megawatt from Patuakhali-Bhola 33 kilovolt (KV) power grid as...

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9 ‘militants’ arrested in Jhalakathi

Police yesterday evening arrested nine people as they were allegedly having militant training inside a madrasa-slash-mosque at Nalcity of Jhalakathi. Superintendent of Police of Jhalakathi Md Majid Ali...

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UN worried over arrest of Adilur

The United Nations has expressed concern over the arrest of Adilur Rahman Khan, secretary of rights body Odhikar, and urged the government to release him immediately. “We are calling on the government...

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