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OMS makes little impact on rice price in N-dists
'Bad quality' and 'high price' keep away targeted poor
Open market sale (OMS) of rice launched on Saturday could hardly make any impact on rice prices in Rangpur, Kurigram and Lalmonirhat districts as the vast rural areas remained out of the government'sspecial

AL to resist polls without caretaker reforms
Central leaders tell Sylhet party council
Central leaders of Awami League yesterday said the party, taking the people along, will resist any move to hold the next election without reforming the electoral system as per proposals of the 14-party

'Rapist' Jaldhaka BNP leader, five others sent to jail
A court in Nilphamari on Sunday rejected the bail prayer of BNP leader and Jaldhaka Municipal Chairman Anwarul Kabir Chowdhury and five others in a rape case filed about two months ago and sent them to

Vote Revolution Day
BNP factions in Satkhira hold separate rallies
Rift in the BNP here has widened as two factions of the party held two separate meetings on the Vote Revolution Day on Saturday.

Demonstration for food, work in Dinajpur
Amid downpour, about 2000 day laborers yesterday staged a demonstration in front of the office of Biral Upazila Nirbahi Officer in Dinajpur demanding food and work.

Drug trader released after ‘taking bribe’
A drug trader was allegedly released after arrest by a police officer in exchange of bribe at Shivalaya in the district on Friday.

Obituary
Nawab Ali Waris Khan, a prominent industrialist of Prithimpassa in Kulaura upazila, died of blood cancer at a hospital in Madras, India on September 27. He was 37.