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Strike violence kills 5
At least five people, including four Jamaat and Shibir activists, were killed and several hundreds injured as law enforcers dispersed pickets during the general strike the Jamaat-e-Islami enforced across the country on Thursday. Awami League and Chhatra League also clashed with pickets in several places. The Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami enforced the... Full story
Four killed as robbers push 5 off running train
At least four people, including a woman, were killed and another was injured when robbers pushed them off a running train in places in the district headquarters in Brahmanbaria early Thursday. Full story
WB chief tags loan to assured fair probe
World Bank president Jim Yong Kim has said they cannot consider financing the Padma Bridge construction until being assured of a complete and fair investigation into the reported graft in the project. Full story
Treasury bench MPs blast Khaleda for her article
Frontline treasury bench members on Thursday termed seditious an article of the leader of the opposition in the parliament, Khaleda Zia, that was published in the US-based Washington Times on Wednesday. Full story
JV co may produce hydro-power in India
Dhaka and New Delhi have agreed in principle to set up hydro-power plants in India’s north-eastern states under joint-venture initiatives as the Bangladesh-India Friendship Power Company that they did for the installation of... Full story
METRO
Ekushey Book Fair opens today
The curtain lifts on the month-long Amar Ekushey Book Fair 2013 today on the Bangla Academy premises, with the participation of only 274 publishing houses and government organisations and other facilities. Last year, a total of 425 institutions, approximately double that of this year, were accommodated in the fair that spilled onto the road outside the... Full story
BUSINESS
‘Balanced’ monetary policy eases money supply slightly
Bangladesh Bank on Thursday announced a ‘balanced’ monetary policy for January-June, easing slightly money supply in the final year of the current government. The central bank governor, Atiur Rahman, while unveiling the six-monthly monetary policy... Full story
INTERNATIONAL
Fierce clashes in Damascus
Fierce clashes raged on Thursday between soldiers and rebel fighters on the southern outskirts of the Syrian capital as army tanks pounded the area, a monitoring group said. “Fierce battles pitted troops against rebels on the road... Full story
SPORTS
Royals return to winning ways
Sylhet Royals overcame yet another initial jittery to return to wining ways in the Bangladesh Premier League when they handed Rangpur Riders a five-wicket defeat in Chittagong on Thursday. Nazmul Hossain Milon finally produced a man-of-the-match performance after being the second best performer of a match on quite a few occasions as... Full story
EDITORIAL
Immediate steps needed to address female migrant workers’ woes
That Bangladeshi women migrant workers are increasingly facing... Full story
OP-ED
Will Western intervention for Africa’s minerals also checkmate China?
The arrival of the French in Mali could well be the beginning of link-ups across the oil and mineral rich regions stretching from Sudan across Chad, Niger, Mali, Mauritania and Western Sahara where the Polisario movement will derive strength... Full story
TIMEOUT
Classical musicians, dancers amuse audience
Classical musicians and leading dancers performed on Wednesday at the Music and Dance Centre of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy. Noted dancers like Sharmila Bandopadhyay and Tamanna Rahman were the main attraction in the evening that entrained... Full story
LETTERS
Migrants in Middle East
EVERY year many Bangladeshis try to get jobs in the Middle East. This trend is not new at all in our country. In the south- eastern part of Bangladesh, there are many areas where at least one person from each family works... Full story
