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SCBA flouts own constitution in cubicles allotment

The Supreme Court Bar Association continues with violating its constitution in allotment of cubicles to the members. Article 43 of the constitution stipulates the principles for allotment of cubicles to the members. Full story

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DNA lab expects to present report by Jan end

The National Forensic DNA Profiling Laboratory at Dhaka Medical College Hospital expects to present the DNA profiling reports of 53 Tazreen fire victims, buried unidentified, by end of January. Full story

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Social revolution needed to achieve democracy: Roundtable

A roundtable on Saturday observed that only a social revolution was a must for achieving democracy in true sense in the country. Eminent citizens made the observation at the roundtable on ‘Election 2014: people’s... Full story

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Ziauddin flown to city hospital

The Dublarchar Fishermen’s Group chairman, Ziauddin Ahmed, who sustained bullet injuries in an attack by pirates on Friday at Bhadra of Charputia in the Sundarbans, was admitted to Square Hospital in Dhaka on Saturday. Full story

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REB meter readers for regularisation

Some 20 thousand meter readers and messengers of Palli Bidyut Samities under the Rural Electrification Board on Saturday demanded regularisation of their jobs. The national movement committee of the associations of... Full story

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Ershad for social movement against acid attacks

Jatiya Party chairman Hussein Muhammad Ershad on Saturday called for launching a strong social movement against acid attacks. After visiting acid attack victim Sharmin Akter Akhi, who is fighting for her life at... Full story

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RMG female worker found dead in N’ganj

The police found a female apparel worker dead in her rented house Golakandail of Rupganj in Narayanganj Friday night. The deceased, Rahima Akter, 19, worked at Robintex Garments Factory at Rupganj. She lived in... Full story

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Karmajibi Nari requests lawyers not to defend rapists

Women rights campaigners on Saturday requested lawyers not to defend rapists or anyone who tortured women. Speaking at a human chain, they urged people to forge unity to raise their voice to end violence and crimes... Full story

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Call for steps to rid BIWTA of corruption

Leaders of eight human rights, transport and other organisations on Saturday called on the government to take steps to curb corruption in the Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority. Full story

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Train crushes woman

A woman was crushed to death under the wheels of a train at Moshorhati in Abhoynagar upazila of Jessore district on Friday night. The deceased was Parvin Begum, 55, wife of Mostofa Molla, a resident of the area. Full story

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Electoral politics makes govt hesitant in resolving city traffic problems: OQ

Electoral politics led to the government’s inaction in implementing many decisions aimed at resolving the road traffic related problems in the capital city, communication minister Obaidul Quader said on Saturday. Full story

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Education policy to steer nation towards progress, says PM

The prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, on Saturday expressed her firm confidence that the policy and measures undertaken by the present government for development of education sector would steer the nation towards progress. Full story

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Arms procurement from Russia not discussed in cabinet, says minister

Expatriates’ welfare and overseas employment minister Engineer Khandkar Mosharraf Hossain on Saturday said the issue of procuring US$ 1 billion defence equipment on state export credit from Russia was not discussed in the Cabinet. Full story

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Online registration starts in Ctg for Malaysian job

The online registration of the people seeking jobs in Malaysia began in Chittagong division on Saturday. Job seekers of 11 districts of Chittagong would be able to register themselves at the local Union Parishad Information... Full story

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Bodies from Bahrain arrive January 22

The bodies of 13 Bangladeshi workers, killed in a fire at a labour camp in Bahrain’s capital Manama on January 11, will arrive in Dhaka on January 22. A jumbo flight of Emirate Airlines has agreed to carry the bodies at a time... Full story

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95 more Rohingyas held, pushed back

Law enforcers on Friday night pushed back 95 more Myanmar nationals of Rohingya community who entered Bangladesh through different border points. Lieutenant Colonel Khalequzzaman, 17 BGB Battalion Commander... Full story

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Body of missing boy recovered in Barisal

The police recovered the body of a boy who went missing about a week ago from a water body at Gournadi upazila of Barisal on Friday night. Deceased Rana Das, 14, son of Krishna Das, was a student of Victory High School of the upazila. Full story

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