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50,000 Rohingyas poised to cross into Bangladesh
BDR on red alert, border closed
About 50,000 Rohingyas from the Myanmar province of Arakan have camped across the Naf river for the last couple of days with intent to cross into Bangladesh, sending the BDR on red alert and also closing
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End of an era
The end of an era was marked in Southeast Asia yesterday as the region's longest-serving elected leader, Mahathir Mohamad, stepped down after 22 years in office and Abdullah Ahmad Badawi was sworn-inas
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Fast-depleting farmlands threaten food yield
221 hectares disappear a day
The rapid depletion of croplands at a rate of 221 hectares a day poses a serious threat to the economy, with experts fearing a tough time ahead for Bangladesh which will need to grow more grains on less
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Tigers' misery mounts
An eventful day's cricket left Bangladesh with a mountain to climb just to save the match as England tightened the noose at close on day three of the second Test at the MA Aziz Stadium here yesterday.
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Four law-enforcers held on mugging charge
Four law-enforcers from Khilgaon Police Station were arrested on charge of mugging Tk 2 lakh from businessmen at Goran yesterday and a top official said preliminary evidence linked them to the crime.
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Foolproof software to cut passport fraud
A team of students and teachers of computer science at North South University (NSU) has developed new software and integrated hardware to locally produce foolproof machine-readable passports (MRPs).
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Safta to feature high at 12th Saarc summit
The initiative to turn the South Asian Preferential Trade Arrangement (Sapta) into the South Asia Free Trade Area (Safta) will dominate discussion at the 12th Saarc summit level conference to be heldin
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Down to Earth
Boom in city's shopping malls
Dhaka City is already choked up with an overabundance of shops but new shopping complexes or malls still continue to come up, marking a new phase of urban development.
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Youth beaten by mob, dies at DMCH
A young man injured in mob beating at Rasulpur in Kamrangirchar Thursday evening died at Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) yesterday.
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Prices hit a new high, poor unnerved
Prices of most essentials, which marked a slight fall on Thursday, shot up again yesterday proving the government steps to tackle the crisis ineffective and sparking protests by socio-political organisations.
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Bar leaders for repeal of amendment to CPC
Most representatives from district Bar associations at a discussion meeting yesterday said the second amendment to the Code of Civil Procedure (CPC) would entail extra financial burden for poor litigants,
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Magnate abducted for ransom from city
A magnate was kidnapped for ransom from Tejgaon industrial area yesterday, police said.Abu Sayed, owner of Shanta Group of Industries, was picked up by a gang shortly before noon.
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Maoists threat to security, declares US
The United States yesterday declared the insurgent Maoist Communist Party of Nepal to be a threat to US national security and froze the group's assets as part of package of sanctions.
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Bachchan new UN goodwill ambassador
Bollywood's biggest star Amitabh Bachchan has been appointed Unicef's goodwill ambassador to promote the rights of children in India and around the world, a Unicef statement said yesterday.
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Correction
The second paragraph in our yesterday's front-page report headlined "Khosru tags spiral to int'l price hike" should read onion price increased from $150 to $200 a tonne in India instead of $150 million
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4.5 lakh civil cases pending
Law Minister Moudud Ahmed yesterday said around 4.5 lakh civil cases are pending with different courts, while some cases take several decades to be disposed of.
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'Stop using toxic elements in food items'
Unscrupulous quarters are making quick bucks by selling adulterated and even contaminated food items including those for 'iftari' during Ramadan in the roadside outlets, said activists of Bangladesh Paribesh
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