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Kushtia operation ends in fiasco
The government believes Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) top brass, who were reportedly holding a secret meeting in Poradaho in Kushtia on Thursday, had fled before the fully-fledged operation began.
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Farm subsidy fails to meet fertiliser price gap
Tk 600cr more needed to avert production loss
The Tk 1200 crore farm subsidy in the current fiscal year now appears too inadequate to meet the fertiliser price gap due to a huge mismatch between production and requirement of chemical fertilisersin
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Huda quits as JAF chief
In a dramatic turn of events, Communications Minister Nazmul Huda stepped down from the top office of Jatiyatabadi Ainjibi Forum (JAF) just a day after being elected its president amid growing rifts within
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Boosting Tax Collection
Buyers of pricey Eid cattle under probe
NBR also investigating why top Dhaka businessmen not on top-taxpayer list
As part of its effort to reach this fiscal year's ambitious tax-collection target, the National Board of Revenue (NBR) is gathering information about the buyers of expensive sacrificial animals for the
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Counter-terrorism
Bangladesh, US may set up bureau
Bangladesh and US are likely to set up an institutional framework of counter-terrorism bureau to enhance Dhaka's capability to effectively deal with terrorism and militancy.
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New Mooring Terminal
70 more plots for the affected
The Chittagong Port Authority (CPA) yesterday handed over allotment letters of seventy plots to people whose land was acquired for the construction of the New Mooring Container Terminal (NCT).
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Horrifying tales of plights of 48 fortune-seekers
Forty-eight Bangladeshi youths stuck in the Sahara desert for at least ten months came back home on Thursday and told horrifying tales of their plights on their way to the "lucrative" European job market.
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Asian Highway issue
Expat experts term it a big failure
The Benapole-Teknaf route's not being included in the Asian Highway is a big failure of the government, expatriate Bangladeshi communications experts yesterday said.
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15 Bangladeshis languish in Indian jail
Fifteen young men from Panchagarh have been languishing in Amritsar Central Jail in the Indian state of Punjab for a year, while the Bangladesh government continues to be indifferent to freeing them and
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Murder of abducted boy sparks agitation
Hundreds of people of several villages staged demonstration and held a rally at Kadomtola of Solonga Bazar under Solonga upazila in Sirajganj district yesterday afternoon demanding punishment to the abductors
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Land-mobile Call
BTTB to charge per minute
Calling from Bangladesh Telegraph and Telephone Board (BTTB) land phones to mobile phones will get very costly soon, as the state-owned operator is going to charge the calls per minute instead of thepresent
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Arms, explosives recovered in Rangamati
The members of Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) yesterday destroyed a den of terrorists in Uttar Bhuiyanchhari area under Baghaichhari upazila of the district and recovered firearms and explosives.
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Future of 6000 Rohingya kids at camps bleak
No access to higher education
Future of at least six thousand teenage Rohingya boys and girls living in the refugee camps in Cox's Bazar for more than a decade is uncertain, as they have no access to education after completing primary
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AL demands are illogical, says Moudud
Awami League (AL) must participate in the next election under the existing caretaker government system and Election Commission, as its demands for reforms in the caretaker government and removal of election
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Factory fire injures 6 in Tejgaon
At least six workers of a label-making factory suffered burns, five of them critically, when a fire broke out at the factory in Tejgaon industrial area early yesterday.
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Politicisation of EC to destroy democracy: CPB
Communist Party of Bangladesh (CPB) yesterday alleged the government has deliberately appointed two 'controversial' commissioners to Election Commission (EC) to destroy the country's democratic process.
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Road accident kills Ctg AL leader
Sadeq Chowdhury, 52, senior vice-president of Awami League (AL) Chittagong north district unit, died in a road accident in the port city yesterday.
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No hartal in Ctg tomorrow
Chittagong port city will remain out of the purview of tomorrow's countrywide hartal marking the centenary of Maizbhandar Urs Sharif. The two-day urs will be held at Fatikchhari on Sunday and Monday.
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42 killed in Slovak plane crash
A military airplane carrying 43 Slovak peacekeepers ploughed into a snow-capped mountain in northeast Hungary, killing all but one of the troops and crew, authorities said yesterday.
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US demands quick UN action on Iran standoff
The United States on Thursday demanded that the UN Security Council, which has the power to impose sanctions, promptly confront Iran over its nuclear ambitions, while Russia and China urged caution.
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Bidisha-backed JP men hold rally defying Sec 144
Jatiya Party leaders and activists backed by Bidisha and Shafiul Alam Pradhan yesterday held a rally under the banner of Gonotantrik Dhara on Panchagarh-Tetulia Highway, defying the Section-144.
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Shias win Iraq election but without majority
Religious Shia parties surged to victory in Iraq's general election but must find coalition partners after failing to secure an overall majority, according to uncertified results released yesterday.
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US still sees problems in nuclear deal with India
India and the United States still face difficulties before a landmark nuclear deal can be sealed giving the south Asian giant access to previously forbidden technology, a senior US official said yesterday.
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Koirala, many others under house arrest
Soldiers and armed police enforced a curfew in the Nepali capital yesterday and placed leading politicians under house arrest, thwarting a planned protest against the king, who seized absolute power last
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First Pluto mission blasts into space
The world's first mission to Pluto blasted into space on Thursday after its launch aboard an unmanned Atlas 5 rocket to begin a 9 and a half-year journey to the only unexplored planet in the solar system.
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