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Arrest, punishment of owner demanded

Politicians and garment labour leaders on Friday demanded immediate arrest and exemplary punishment of Tazreen Fashion Limited’s owner Delwar Hossain on charge of the killing of more than 100 workers of the factory in a fire on... Full story

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Left parties to call strike protesting fuel price hike

Different left parties from separate rallies and processions on Friday blasted the government for increasing prices fuel oil again. They called on the government to cancel the price hike immediately, threatening tougher agitations including general strike. Full story

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Activities of a few taint BCL’s image: Quader

Bangladesh Chhatra League, the student wing of Awami League, on Friday celebrated its 65th founding anniversary with a pledge to work for building a ‘digital Bangladesh’. One of the oldest students’ organisations... Full story

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Sylhet protests violence against women thru songs

A mass song programme was held in Sylhet on Friday afternoon calling for putting an end to all kinds of violence and discrimination against women. Prantik Parshad, a cultural organisation, organised the programme... Full story

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Ctg south unit BCL convener hurt in infighting

The Chittagong district (south) unit convener of the Chhatra League became critically injured in an attack by rivals in the organisation on Friday when his supporters blocked a road stretch in the Prabartak crossing... Full story

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Liquor poisoning kills 2 young women in City

Two young women died on Friday and a man fell sick after drinking rectified spirit on Wednesday night at a wedding party in the city’s Jatrabari area. The deceased were Sumona Akhter, 18, daughter of... Full story

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Post-mortem report biased to save Bishwajit killers

Bangladesh Jatiya Hindu Mahajote on Friday demanded immediate arrest of the killers of Bishwajit Das and their exemplary punishment. At a press conference at Dhaka Reporters Unity, the rights body of the Hindu minorities alleged that the post... Full story

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Sylhet filling station owners observe 8-hr strike

Owners of filling stations in Sylhet city and its neighbouring areas observed an eight-hour strike early Friday to press for their demand for making an upward revision of their commission in line with the price hikes of... Full story

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‘Slow execution of Ganges treaty leads to rapid salinity intrusion’

Information minister Hasanul Haq Inu on Friday said the execution of 1996 Ganges water sharing treaty between Bangladesh and India is lagging behind, leading to rapid saline water intrusion in the south-western... Full story

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Govt using law enforcing agencies to harass opposition: BNP

Bangladesh Nationalist Party standing committee member ASM Hannan Shah on Friday said the present government was using law enforcement agencies in ‘torture’ and ‘harassment’ of opposition leaders and activists, though they were... Full story

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ACC team visits Destiny Tree Plantation project in Chittagong

An investigation team of the Anti-Corruption Commission on Friday went to Chittagong to visit the tree plantation project of Destiny Group in the forest areas in Chittagong, Cox’s Bazar, Bandarban and Khagrachari. Full story

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Woman, raped and threatened, goes into hiding

A woman of Kachua in Bagerhat went into hiding after the upazila chairman, Sheikh Mahfuzur Rahman, reportedly raped her, asked her to leave the country and threatened her not to seek justice. Full story

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1st death anniv of Samson H Chy today

The first anniversary of death of Samson H Chowdhury, one of the pioneers in the industrialisation of post-liberation Bangladesh, will be observed today. He died at a Singapore hospital on January 5, 2012 from old-age complications at the age of 86. Full story

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11 live bombs, one shooter gun recovered

The Rapid Action Battalion in a drive recovered 11 bombs and a gun at Bhaberber village here on Friday morning. Rab-6 Director Major Zahid said the elite force conducted the drive at the village in the morning... Full story

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Opposition parties irresponsible: Muhith

Finance minister AMA Muhith on Friday said the opposition parties in Bangladesh are ‘outright irresponsible’ which is a sad thing. Pointing finger at the main opposition BNP, he said they should know how the... Full story

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Journalist Shamsul Haque dies

Veteran journalist and social worker Shamsul Haque died on Thursday night at Gafargaon Upazila Health Complex. He was 80. He had passed the last several days of his life at the health complex almost without treatment. Full story

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Tobacco death clock to be set up on Bijoy Sarani today

An anti-tobacco group will unveil a death clock, counting 156 death from smoking every day in Bangladesh, in the Bijoy Sarani crossing in Dhaka today. The information minister, Hasanul Haq Inu, will inaugurate... Full story

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Juba Dal man shot dead in Feni

Unidentified miscreants killed a Juba Dal leader at Sonagazi upazila of Feni on Thursday night. The deceased, Abdur Rahman, also known as Sondipi Manik, 45, was former president of Char Darbesh union unit of Juba Dal. Full story

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Doctors find health sector corruption report true

Physicians on Friday said that the corruption in the health sector that came out in the 2012 report of the Transparency International, Bangladesh was true. They made the observation at a roundtable organised... Full story

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Narayanganj Bandar OC withdrawn

The Narayanganj Bandar police officer-in-charge, Nur Mohammad Bepari, was withdrawn on Friday following allegation of his involvement in a blast at the police station that killed a subinspector. Full story

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Truck runs over cop

A cop was killed as a truck ran over him at Olukhola of Kaliganj upazila in Gazipu on early Friday. The deceased was identified as constable Kabir Hossain, 26, son of Nurul Haque of Munshirchar village in Sherpur. Full story

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