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Road accidents cost about 2pc of GDP
Mishaps doubled in last 8 years killing annually over 10,000, study says
Reckless driving, plying of unfit vehicles and overloading account for about 90 percent of road accidents in the country, which cause a loss of around Tk 4,000 crore a year, equivalent to two percentof
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Arsenic Water Contamination
Local tech-whiz devises a simple way out
A Bangladeshi scientist has devised a simple, inexpensive but ingenious technology to treat surface water for drinking that offers a cost-effective substitute to the arsenic-contaminated water, widespread
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Hazarika killed in 'crossfire'
Top criminal and notorious arms dealer Giasuddin Iftekhar alias Gias Hazarika was killed in a "crossfire" between Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) and his accomplices at Rangunia in the district here early
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Hot spell to continue for another week
Water, power crises add to sufferings
The scorching heat wave that has been sweeping over the country for some time now making life miserable has already claimed over 30 lives in the last two weeks.
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Cops, criminals on regular payroll of sex traders
The Daily Star probe exposes dark truths
Many residential hotels regularly bribe the police and local criminals, each splashing out upwards of Tk 1 lakh a month, to facilitate the thriving sex trade in the city, an investigation by The Daily
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Mobile JCD teams still guard DU campus
Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) men split in at least five mobile teams guarded round the clock different entrances to Dhaka University (DU) to keep the Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) workers from entering
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Bangladesh on the back foot
The opening day of the second Test at the Riverside ground on Friday can be best described as an action replay of what had happened on the first day at Lord's two weeks ago.
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Dhaka denies allegation of Ulfa-run hotels
Dhaka yesterday denied a PTI report that the United Liberation Front of Assam (Ulfa) runs seven international-standard hotels and operates three bank accounts in Bangladesh.
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Bangladesh to propose FTA with Malaysia
Bangladesh will propose a Free Trade Agreement with Malaysia in Bangladesh-Malaysia Joint Commission (JC) meeting to be held on June 6-7, after a break of 10 years.
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Rab arrests top criminal Arman
Arman Khan, one of the 23 top listed criminals of the country, was arrested by the members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) yesterday.
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Robbers gun down youth in Ctg
Robbers gunned down a youth and injured another at Purba (east) Shamsherpara under Chandgaon Police Station in the port city early yesterday.
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UNO threatens to beat up journos
A UNO (upazila nirbahi officer) of Joypurhat Thursday at a gathering attended by ruling BNP leaders threatened to beat up three journalists of the district.
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BSF kills one in Lalmonirhat
A Bangladeshi national was gunned down by Indian Border Security Force (BSF) on Singimari border in Hatibandha upazila of the district yesterday.
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19 die in fresh bout of Iraq violence
Nineteen Iraqis died in the country's latest round of unchecked violence, sources said yesterday, as security forces pressed on with their operation to root out insurgents in the capital.
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Global 'War On Terror'
US must gain trust of Muslims, says Lee
The United States must use its "soft power" to gain the trust and confidence of Muslims worldwide if it is to "prevail over terrorism", Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said yesterday.
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Ahab threatens to teach Jamaat-BNP 'a lesson'
Ahle Hadith Andolon Bangladesh (Ahab) leaders at a public meeting here yesterday threatened to teach the ruling BNP-Jamaat alliance 'a lesson' in the next general elections if the four Ahab leaders including
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Cops allegedly torture BCL leader in Ctg
Police detained a Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) leader allegedly without any specific allegation and severely tortured him that triggered widespread agitation in the port city yesterday.
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3 killed, 50 hurt as tornado hits Netrakona
Three people were killed and 50 others injured as a tornado lashed Netrakona Sadar, Madan and Atpara upazila yesterday evening.
The identity of the dead could not be known immediately.
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Goalpara power cut causes severe load shedding
Khulna, Bagerhat, Satkhira and Jessore districts under Khulna Zone are suffering severe load shedding as the 110MW unit of Goalpara power station went out of order on Thursday due to leakage in the acid
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