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Play constructive role
PM asks trade union leaders
Prime Minister Khaleda Zia yesterday urged trade union leaders to play more constructive role in line with national and international realities to help industrialisation, increase productivity and establish
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Stackpole dismisses any plan of US military base in the bay
US General (retd.) Henry C Stackpole, who led a massive rescue mission following a catastrophic cyclone in Chittagong in 1991, dismissed any plan of the United States to set up a marine unit or base on the Bay of Bengal or its offshore islands.
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Introduce TV-based politics: B Chy
Bikalpa Dhara Bangladesh (BDB) President Prof AQM Badruddoza Chowdhury yesterday called for introducing TV-based politics for the greater interest of people.
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Tribute paid to Nasreen Huq
Women's and human rights activists and civil society members yesterday paid tribute to the memory of Nasreen Pervin Huq, country director of ActionAid.
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Charges not framed against 5 JMB men
A Dhaka court could not frame charges against five banned Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) members in two cases as one of them were not produced before it yesterday.
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Arson Attack
Noor, Maya, Nanak, Azam get anticipatory bail
The High Court yesterday granted anticipatory bail to 10 Awami League leaders and workers, including lawmakers Asaduz-zaman Noor and Mirza Azam, in an arson attack case filed by the government.
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20 injured as Shibir clashes with BCL
At least 20 persons were injured, 10 among them seriously, in sporadic clashes between activists of Islami Chhatra Shibir and Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) on Chandpur Government College campus yesterday.
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Prof Husna Banu passes away
Prof Dr Husna Banu, eminent educationist, writer, Rabindra Sangeet singer and former teacher of Home Economics College, passed away due to cardiac arrest yesterday at the age of 81.
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Khaleda greets Koirala
Prime Minister Khaleda Zia yesterday felicitated Girija Prasad Koirala for his appointment as Prime Minister of Nepal.
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Kibria's 75th birth anniversary today
Today is the 75th birth anniversary of former finance minister Shah AMS Kibria. Kibria, also an Awami League leader, was killed in a grenade attack in Habiganj on January 27, 2005.
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Gen Stackpole calls on army chief
Former US Marine Task Force Commander Lt Gen (retd) Henry C Stackpole paid a courtesy call on Chief of Army Staff Lt. General Moeen U Ahmed at his office in the city yesterday.
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1.5 kg heroin worth Tk 1.5 crore seized in city
The members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) seized 1.5 kg heroin worth around Tk 1.5 crore and arrested a drug trader raiding a hotel at Fakirerpool in the city's Motijheel area yesterday.
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JCD slams BCL for calling strikes
Leaders of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD), student wing of ruling BNP, slammed Awami League (AL) and its student front Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) for calling hartals and student strikes at educational
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World Press Freedom Day on May 3
Journalists across the world will observe the World Press Freedom Day on May 3 to protest against persecution and harassment of their colleagues and closure of news media organisations in many countries.
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DUJ discussion on May Day today
Dhaka Union of Journalists (DUJ) will hold a discussion meeting commemorating the historic May Day at the union office at the Jatiya Press Club in the city at 11:00am today.
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2nd raffle draw of 'Coca-Cola Fun Island' held
The second raffle draw of "Coca-Cola Fun Island" under the Crown Programme 2006 was held on Saturday at Tabani Beverage Company Ltd under the guidance of Bangladesh Muktijoddha Kalyan Trust, says a press
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