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Long-route bus fare hiked by 7pc

The government on Sunday announced a fresh increase in long-route bus fares by seven per cent to adjust the cost of operation after the latest increase in fuel oil prices. The bus fare hike comes into effect on Tuesday. Full story

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Verdict against Bachchu today

The International Crimes Tribunal-2 is set to deliver its first war crime case verdict against absconding accused Abul Kalam Azad alias Bachchu today. The accused is an expelled Jamaat member from Faridpur. January 21 would remain a historic and important day in the calendar of independent Bangladesh with the ICT-2 delivering the first war crimes case verdict. Full story

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ACC to reply in national interest: Rahman

The Anti-Corruption Commission chairman, Ghulam Rahman, on Sunday said the commission had decided to reply to the letter of the World Bank external panel of experts ‘considering national interests’. Full story

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HC orders police to arrest attacker in 48 hours

The High Court on Sunday asked the police to arrest in 48 hours Moniruddin, who reportedly threw acid on the girl, an Eden Girls’ College student, he loved after she had refused to marry him. The bench of Justice AHM... Full story

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Case filed against 150 BCL men

The father of 12-year-old Rabbi who got caught in crossfire and killed in Chhatra League infighting at Bangladesh Agricultural University on Saturday filed a murder case on Sunday against more than 150 BCL activists. Full story

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HC moved to stop use of pepper spray by police

A Supreme Court lawyer on Sunday filed a writ petition seeking a directive on the government to stop the use of any kind of weapons or spray that contains injurious chloropicrin-enriched pepper spray, by law enforcers to break up anti-government protests. Full story

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Filling station strike hits goods transport

People have started to feel the pinch of the countrywide strike enforced on Sunday by owners and workers of filling stations and tank-lorries and a resulting disruption in transportation and supply of essential commodities. Full story

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Remain alert to incident like BDR carnage: PM

The prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, on a call on Sunday urged the nation to remain alert so that the ‘suicidal’ 2009 BDR carnage does not occur again. ‘The suicidal incident not only claimed many lives on February 25-26... Full story

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Rahul Gandhi seeks to woo ‘young and impatient India’

Rahul Gandhi, newly named to the number two post in India’s ruling Congress party, Sunday delivered a powerful call for change to meet the aspirations of the nation’s ‘young and impatient’ population. ‘We have to rethink and... Full story

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Fakhrul petitions HC for respite from ‘false cases’

The detained Bangladesh Nationalist Party acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Sunday filed a writ petition seeking a High Court order on the government not to implicate him in any more cases after getting bail. Full story

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Protests rage over Ritu’s killing

Several hundred local inhabitants staged demonstrations in Paltan area on Sunday, with the remains of Ritu Akter found killed inside a local commercial building. The demonstration followed the namaj-e-janaza, and also included a human chain protest in front of the National Press Club, demanding punishment for the killers. The body of the child was... Full story

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Businessman shot dead in Dohar

An elderly businessman was shot dead by masked gunmen at Dohar in Dhaka on Sunday evening. The gunmen shot Abdur Rashid Bapari, 75, on Nikra Joypara bridge near his house before magrib prayers. Full story

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HC asks govt, BRAC, NGO Bureau to report measures

The High Court on Sunday asked the inspector general of police and the Dhaka metropolitan police commissioner to report the court by February 3 about the steps taken over the killing of a BRAC physician following failed rape attempt. Full story

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JS panel asks for accounts of water ministry’s foreign tours

The parliamentary panel on water resources ministry on Sunday asked the ministry to submit accounts of expenditure for foreign tours by its minister, state minister, officials and experts after the government assumed office in January 2009. Full story

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JS panel asks SEC to ensure mutual fund goes to market

The parliamentary panel on the finance ministry on Sunday asked the Securities and Exchange Commission to ensure proper use of mutual funds as it received allegations that the fund was going to fixed deposit accounts. Full story

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EC unlikely to take cognisance of objections

The Election Commission is unlikely to take cognisance of most of the 3,182 applications it received regarding the redrawing of parliamentary constituencies before it completes the draft, expected to be published in mid-February. Full story

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MRCS, MRCP exams in Dhaka without training

The Royal College of Surgeons in United Kingdom will conduct examinations in Dhaka from June to confer MRCS (Member of Royal Colleges of Surgeons) degree to Bangladeshi doctors without the requisite training. Full story

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ICT-1 disposes of pleas for prosecutor Zead’s removal

The International Crimes Tribunal-1 on Sunday disposed of two defence applications filed by the detained Jamaat-e-Islami Bangladesh former chief Ghulam Azam and Bangladesh Nationalist Party lawmaker Salauddin... Full story

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Europe hit by blizzards, air traffic havoc, deaths

Extreme winter weather swept across western Europe, leaving thousands of passengers stranded at London’s main international airport and claiming several lives in Spain, Portugal, Scotland and France, including those of three Mali-bound soldiers. The frigid temperatures also caused delays and cancellations on major railway lines including the Eurostar train service, and transport... Full story

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Farid Habib made new Navy chief

Rear Admiral Muhammad Farid Habib was on Sunday appointed the new chief of naval staff, officials said. The Inter Service Public Relations in a statement said that the order issued by the defence ministry in this regard would come into effect on January 28 and Habib would be promoted to the rank of vice admiral on the same say. Full story

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2nd phase ends with Akheri Munajat

The second phase of Bishwa Ijtema concluded Sunday with several million devotees coming from across the country and abroad offering Akheri Munajat or the final prayer. All roads led to Tongi since early Saturday, with people streaming in on all sorts of transport. Thousands of them had to make it on foot as vehicular movement on the Dhaka-Mymenshing... Full story

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ACC quizzes 7 SIBL officials

The Anti-Corruption Commission on Sunday interrogated seven officials of Social Islami Bank Limited regarding the non-funded part of the money embezzled by the Hallmark Group and five other business firms from state-owned Sonali Bank. Full story

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Man killed in clash

A man was killed and 20 others were injured in a clash between two groups over establishing dominance at a village at Karimganj upazila of Kishoreganj on Sunday. The incident happened at village Ashutiapara in which its... Full story

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BSF kidnaps villager

Border Security Force kidnapped a Bangladeshi man from the border that fell into his own village at Tetulia upazila of Panchagarh early Sunday. Delwar Hossain was picked up by the BSF men at about 4:00am as he went... Full story

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