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Manhunt Since Aug 17 Blasts in Tangail
21 out of 29 chargesheeted militants still evade arrest
Tangail police are yet to nab 21 out of 29 chargesheeted JMB cadres including its 'district commander' Abdullah Taslim and nine other front ranking leaders .

RU VC's remarks against newsmen spark protest
Journalists at Rajshahi University yesterday staged a demonstration on the campus by covering their faces with black cloths in protest against the Vice Chancellor's 'objectionable remarks' against them

7 JMB men chargesheeted in Dinajpur, one held in Barisal
Seven alleged JMB activists were chargesheeted in Dinajpur while a youth was nabbed in Barisal suspecting his involvement with the Islamist militant outfit yesterday.

Water-Logging on Croplands in 3 Jessore Upazilas
Thousands block road, stage sit-in
Several thousand residents of Abhaynagar, Monirampur and Keshabpur blocked the Jesssore-Khulna highway at Nawapara and staged a sit-in in front of the office of Abhaynagar Upazila Nirbahi Officer (UNO)

Rangpur JP
Ershad's nephew blames Ranga for assault
Expelled organising secretary of Rangpur town unit of Jatiya Party Asif Shahariar yesterday alleged that party's central joint secretary Moshiur Rahman Ranga MP led Monday's assault on him at party chief

Fertiliser Price Hike
Farmers besiege Panchagarh sugar mill
Several hundred sugarcane farmers under Panchagarh Sugar Mill zone laid a siege to the mill yesterday protesting price hike of chemical fertiliser and insecticides by the mill authorities.

Teletalk to cover Barisal division in a month
All the 32 upazillas in Barisal division will be brought under Teletalk network within January next year.

Pabna JMB 'commander' repents
Pabna 'area commander' of JMB (Jama'atul Mujahideen, Bangladesh) Nurul Haque alias Kawsar, arrested from Khetlal in Jaipurhat district on Saturday, was taken on five days' remand here yesterday.