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DU campus under JCD capture
Pro-coalition men beat up opposition activists, sergeant misbehaves with teachers; BCL enforces student strike today
Pro-BNP Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) activists and the police yesterday formed a cordon round the Dhaka University (DU) campus to bar pro-Awami League Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) adherents, whothey
 
WB wants effective ACC, energy reforms first
The World Bank has pinned its development support credit (DSC) on making the Anti-Corruption Commission fully operational and reforming the energy sector.
 
Bimstec sets December to seal FTA deal talks
Bimstec senior officials ended their meeting yesterday by setting a target to conclude the negotiations on a free trade area (FTA) deal by December and to execute the umbrella agreement in July next year
 
DU Violence, Rab Killings
AL wants judicial inquiry
The main opposition Awami League (AL) yesterday in a meeting asked the government for separate judicial investigations into recent violence on Dhaka University campus, all extra judicial killings involving
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Practical class ...


 
Sumon Murder
Rab now blames it on unknown assailants
Rab now blames Tuesday's killing of Jubo League leader Abul Kalam Azad Sumon on unknown assailants, as questions creep up over his 'notoriety' and the motive for the murder in an "encounter" between "criminals"
 
2 'robbers' killed in 'crossfire'
Two alleged highway robbers were killed in 'crossfire' between their accomplices and police and Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) in Rajendrapur in Chouddagram upazila in the early hours yesterday.
 
AL won't join budget session
The main opposition Awami League (AL) will not join the upcoming budget session of parliament that will be its House boycott for the third time during the tenure of the current parliament.
 
Bus fare shoots up after fuel price hike
Some bus service providers in the capital raised their bus fares by at least 25 percent from yesterday following the recent price hike of fuel.
 
Hasina says govt listing her party men for 'crossfire'
Leader of the opposition and Awami League (AL) President Sheikh Hasina yesterday accused the government of preparing a list of her party's prospective leaders and activists across the country to killthem
 
15 cheated job seekers return from Jordan
Fifteen Bangladeshi fortune seekers, allegedly cheated by a travel agency, yesterday returned from Jordan empty handed after experiencing intolerable sufferings.
 
Yunus questions banks' urban lending from rural deposits
Grameen Bank founder Prof Muhammad Yunus yesterday raised the ethical question of banks' lending to urban borrowers from the deposits of rural people.
 
Crackdown ordered to bust drug ring
Narcotics board wants change in law to skip case-logging at sessions court
The government yesterday ordered the Department of Narcotics Control (DNC) to take drastic action to check smuggling and transportation of drugs in the country and to destroy drug peddlers' dens.
 
Mohiuddin to take oath from PM today
Prime Minister Khaleda Zia will administer the oath of office to Chittagong City Corporation (CCC) Mayor ABM Mohiuddin Chowdhury at her office in Dhaka today.
 
Heat wave to continue for another week
The current heat wave sweeping the country will persist for another week, while a severe heat wave may pass over most of Rajshahi, Sylhet and Khulna divisions, met experts said.
 
3 BNP men, journo hurt in blasts
Three BNP leaders including a municipality chairman, and a journalist were injured in a bomb attack in Alamdanga in Chuadanga on Tuesday night.
 
3 killed, 50 hurt in tornado
At least three people died and 50 others were injured in a tornado that razed to the ground more than 1,500 houses in four unions of the district on Tuesday night.
 
40 injured as BNP factions engage in gunbattle
At least 40 people including a woman were injured, 18 of them bullet-hit, in a gunfight between supporters of two rival BNP men at village Mahiskundi in Daulatpur upazila of the district on Tuesday night.
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Watergate Scandal
Ex-FBI top boss was 'Deep Throat'
Former FBI deputy director Mark Felt was revealed Tuesday as "Deep Throat", the source of secret details on the Watergate scandal that brought down President Richard Nixon in the 1970s.
 
Afghan mosque blast kills 20
A suicide bomb attack on the funeral of a leading cleric killed by suspected Taliban militants left at least 20 people dead in the southern Afghan city of Kandahar including one of the country's top policemen,
 
15 injured in blast at Iraq airport
A suicide bomber attacked the main checkpoint to Baghdad International Airport yesterday, wounding at least 15 Iraqis, the military said.
 
JS body accuses DPHE ex-chief engineer of Tk 13.5cr graft
A parliamentary probe body has accused former chief engineer of the Department of Public Health Engineering Farid Uddin Ahmed of embezzling Tk 13.50 crore and recommended legal action against him.
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The chase...


 

 
   
 
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