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Late night drama breaks Kings’ hearts

Azad Majumder The entire Bangladesh Premier League was made into a farce on Tuesday when the tournament’s governing body, in a late night meeting, ruled Barisal

No change in Delhi’s stance

Mustafizur Rahman New Delhi has stuck to its stance that its Border Security Force would not fire in any situation but in ‘self-defence’ along the ...
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Move worries global experts

Staff Correspondent A group of independent experts on Tuesday expressed their concern over the proposed Phulbari open-pit coal mine project because the mining could displace hundreds ...
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5 killed in ‘crossfires’

Staff Correspondent At least five people were killed in incidents of ‘crossfire’ with the Rapid Action Battalion in Bagerhat and Bogra on Tuesday. Those killed in the ...
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BNP leader shot dead

Staff Correspondent Assailants shot dead a ward-level leader of the opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party at Bhasantek in Dhaka on Tuesday. The Ward 5 BNP unit president,
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IU students continue demo over fellows’ abduction

IU Correspondent . Kushtia Students of Islamic University in Kushtia continued their demonstration on Tuesday, demanding immediate rescue of two IU abducted students. The students of
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Indian power project dam on common river slated

Our Correspondent . Sylhet A human chain was organised in the Sylhet city on Tuesday in protest at the construction of a dam under a hydro-electric
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KOICA community dev project handed over to govt

Business Desk The handover ceremony of KOICA-assisted ‘Integrated Community Development of Burichang Upazila of Comilla District Project’ to the government and a daylong dissemination seminar were
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Children left behind in world’s city boom: UN

Agence France-Presse . United Nations More than one billion children now live in crowded cities around the world but too many are stuck among the poorest
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BPL a disgrace, says Mushfiq

Staff Correspondent National skipper Mushfiqur Rahim lambasted the organisers of the ongoing Bangladesh Premier League on Tuesday for putting the country in disgrace after their recent
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Khaleda, too, blurs distinction between rights and privilege

THE assertion by the leader of opposition in parliament and Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson, Khaleda Zia, at a public rally in Lalmonirhat on Monday that
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Military-installed caretaker govt, or a ‘consortium’ govt?

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by Rahnuma Ahmed The incongruencies were many. They helped to sow suspicion among members of the public. The general relief felt in the early period of
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Group art show features diverse issues

Nazia Nusrat Adnin The ongoing weeklong group painting exhibition at the Dhaka Art Centre titled Amity of Ours showcases lyrical, surrealistic and abstract works by ten
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Rationalising tax and duties

THE recommendation by the parliamentary standing committee on Sunday for withdrawal of advanced income tax on edible oil and its directive for the authorities to
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Bangla still ignored in Bangladesh

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by Nurul Kabir THE Bangla-speaking population in general, and the Bengalis of Bangladesh in particular, [The Bangla-speaking people, as a ‘truncated speech community’, live in different
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