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DUAA for social movement against women repression

Former Dhaka University students on Sunday said that moral degradation of the people increased the number of incidents of women and children repression in the country. At a human chain formed by the DhakaFormer Dhaka University students on Sunday said that moral degradation of the people increased the number of incidents of women and children repression in the country. At a human chain formed by the Dhaka... Full story

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Registration of Malaysian job aspirants ends today

Online registration of Bangladeshis aspiring to work in Malaysian plantations under government arrangements ends today. Malaysia is set to recruit 10,000 Bangladeshi workers for its plantation sector in the first phase. Full story

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Homage paid to Shaheed Asad

The country Sunday observed the 44th anniversary of Asad’s killing in police firing during the 1969 mass upsurge – a turning point in the nation’s struggle for independence. A number of political, student, and cultural organisations on... Full story

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Hartal protests Tangail AL leader’s killing

A half-day hartal called by Awami League Tangail district unit in protest against the killing of the unit’s senior leader Faruque Ahmed was observed in the town on Sunday. Schools, shops and business houses had remained... Full story

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Bahrain keen to open Embassy in Bangladesh

Bangladesh-Bahrain Parliamentary Friendship Group chairman Mahmoud Youssef Almahmoud on Sunday said that Bahrain was keen to open its diplomatic mission in Bangladesh. Full story

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Khandaker Mosharraf summoned

A Dhaka court on Sunday summoned BNP standing committee member Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain to appear before it on February 17 in a defamation suit filed by Jananetri Parishad president AB Siddiki. Full story

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Science minister defends Russia N-plant deal

The state minister for science and technology, Yeafesh Osman, on Sunday defended the Dhaka-Moscow deal on the Rooppur nuclear power plant, claiming that only Russia had agreed to take back the nuclear waste for disposal. Full story

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BNP urges resistance against govt plan to hold unilateral polls

Bangladesh Nationalist Party leaders on Sunday asked party leaders and activists to intensify the party’s current movement to thwart the government’s plan to hold the next elections under the party in power. Full story

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AL men beat up, confine police team in Barisal

Ruling Awami League activists beat up a police official when he along with hims went to Bidyanandapur at Mehendiganj in Barisal Barisal to prevent illegal occupation of a piece of land on Sunday morning. Full story

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IO acted on govt dictation: Defence

A defence counsel on Sunday argued that the investigation officer against the detained Jamaat leader Delwar Hossain Sayedee had acted as per the dictations of the government to implement its agenda. Full story

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Govt to streamline cross-border trade with ADB funding

The government has taken up three projects under the Asian Development Bank-funded South Asia Subregional Economic Cooperation programme to introduce a more efficient, effective, transparent, secure, and service-oriented processing of cross-border trade. Full story

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BNP calls Hartal in Rajshahi, Rangpur divs Feb 4

The Bangladesh Nationalist Party called a dawn-to-dusk hartal in Rajshahi and Rangpur divisions on February 4 in demand of immediate release of party leaders Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir and Ruhul Kuddus... Full story

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Flawed surgery kills woman

A patient died in the early hours of Sunday due to alleged negligence of doctors at Nabojoog Health Dimension Hospital under Shahzadpur upazila in Sirajganj. The deceased was identified as Mina Khatoon, 45, wife of the... Full story

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Paltan killing day observed

Leaders of the left political parties on Sunday lamented that no governments for not completing the trials of the Paltan Maidan killings although 12 years had passed since in the terror bomb attack on a political rally. Full story

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PM’s pledges not fulfilled

The Awami League-led government failed to establish direct railway communication between Dhaka and Bogra via Sirajganj town and Raipur Railway Junction in 20 months since prime minister Sheikh Hasina made a commitment. Full story

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Jamaat enforces strike in Cox’s Bazar

The dawn-to-dusk general strike enforced by local unit of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami passed off peacefully in Cox’s Bazar district on Sunday. Educational institutions and most of the shops remained closed during the... Full story

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