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Picks and hammers start demolishing Rangs Bhaban
Picks and hammers were making relentless sound of bringing down the posh internal structures of Rangs Bhaban decorated with plush wood and expensive glasses that had made the building glitter just the
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More Areas go Under Water
Flood-hit people in crying need for food, water
Sufferings of the flood-affected people in the north and north-eastern parts of the country increased due to shortages of food, drinking water and medicines, while most areas of the eastern part of Dhaka
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Mannan-Hannan war of words heats up
The war of words between dissident and loyalist factions of BNP continued yesterday with party Chairperson's Adviser Brig Gen (retd) ASM Hannan Shah saying that the party will not participate in any election
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Mining with a vision for people's benefit, ecological safety
Bangladesh can learn a lot from German open pit coal extraction
There is a lot that Bangladesh can learn from German experience in maximum utilisation of coal resources through maintaining environmental balance, efficiently handling human displacements, agricultural
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Prices spiral further as road links cut
Prices of essentials, especially rice and vegetables, shot up further in the capital and elsewhere in the country during the last week due to shortage of supply caused by floods while traders and wholesalers
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Pay arrear salaries now, if govt can't pay all dues
Distressed Khulna jute workers demand
Around 5,000 laid-off workers of four state-owned jute mills in Khalishpur, Khulna, which have been shut down recently, demand that if the government is unable to pay all their dues, it should pay them
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ACC to file two more cases against Mayor Mohiuddin
The anti-corruption taskforce is going to file two more cases against detained Chittagong City Corporation (CCC) Mayor ABM Mohiuddin Chowdhury on charges of illegal possession of a generator of the CCC
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Rangs Group refutes some news reports
Rangs Group in a written statement sent to the media yesterday contested several news items published and telecast by a section of the media, saying that the reports were untrue, unfounded and baseless.
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Khulna power plant out of order again
The 110-megawatt (MW) power plant in Khulna went out of order early Thursday for the third time since June due to leakages in boiler tubes plunging 21 districts of the region into acute power shortages.
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300 garment workers food poisoned
At least 300 workers of a foreign garment factory at Dhaka Export Processing Zone (DEPZ) fell sick after taking "poisonous food" yesterday.
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Low over Bay likely to intensify
A low that developed over north Bay and its adjoining area is likely to intensify further and moved in a northwesterly direction. Under its influence, deep convection is taking place over north Bay.
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Suppressing mass protests
Nepal panel calls for legal action against king
An official report released yesterday has recommended legal action against Nepal's king for his role in suppressing massive protests that forced an end to his direct rule last year.
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100 dead in DR Congo rail crash
At least 100 people were killed when a goods train jumped the tracks in the Democratic Republic of Congo overnight Thursday, with illegal passengers thought to be among the dead.
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Six mosques demolished in Islamabad
Pakistani authorities have demolished six mosques for violation of law in the federal capital, Interior Minister Aftab Ahmed Khan Sherpao has said.
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US, UK for boosting UN role in Iraq
4 more US soldiers killed
The United States and Britain Thursday presented a draft resolution in the UN Security Council to enhance and expanded the role of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Iraq (UNAMI).
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