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Arrests, police harassment on to foil long march
Braving a countrywide blanket-arrest drive, obstacles, harassment and assaults by the police, leaders, workers and supporters of the 14-party opposition line-up yesterday continued marching in thousands
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Letter to Readers
Our story, our pledge
Fifteen years can be a small blip in the history of time, but not so for a newspaper in today's Bangladesh.
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Jurists on Separation of Judiciary
Govt running against time
The government has no alternative but to separate the judiciary immediately, as its prayer for time extension has been turned down twice by the Supreme Court (SC) since October last, meaning the separation
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Diesel price hikes make farming much costlier
Irrigation cost for farming has more than doubled over the last four years due to repeated increase in the price of diesel used for this, hitting hard the country's over 10 million farmers.
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Fallout of massive siltation
Navigability of waterways drops to one-sixth
Massive sedimentation has reduced navigability of the country's classified waterways to less than 1,000 kilometres from 6,000 km in the current lean period, said experts in Bangladesh Inland Water Transport
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Top city schools charge 'extra' admission fees
High admission fees of many renowned non-government schools in the capital this year have imposed the guardians who have to pay Tk 8,000 to Tk 26,000 for admission of each new student while there is no
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Rayerbazar fire
6000 victims cry for food, shelter
Taslima Begum, 19, along with her two children one 30 days old and the other two and a half years old were waiting in a long queue of those who had lost almost everything in the fire at Rayerbazar
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Forex worth Tk 3cr seized at ZIA
Customs officials seized foreign currencies equivalent to more than Tk 3.02 crore from a Dubai-bound flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines at Zia International Airport (ZIA) early yesterday.
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Thousands throng book fair
Thousands of people thronged the Bangla Academy premises and Dhaka University campus yesterday, the first Friday of Amar Ekushey Book Fair, which coincided with Saraswati Puja and the close of the three-day
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Foes in politics, friends while drinking
Archrivals during the day but partners while enjoying wine at night, a Chhatra Dal and a Chhatra League activists are now facing trial for being drunk and disorderly on Wednesday night.
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Egyptian ferry with 1,400 aboard sinks in Red Sea
Many people feared dead
Many people were feared dead yesterday after an Egyptian ferry with some 1,400 on board sank in bad weather in the Red Sea during an overnight crossing from Saudi Arabia to Egypt.
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Bomb blast in B'baria injures 2
A poultry shop owner and his son were injured in a bomb explosion at Kauloli in the town yesterday morning.
The injured are Mohammad Babul, 35, and his son Mohammad Robin, 8.
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4 shot as drug peddlers clash at Pallabi
At least four people, including three drug peddlers, were injured in a gunfight between two rival groups over sharing of money that came from illegal drug sale in the city's Pallabi area yesterday.
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One shot dead, 20 injured in Kushtia
One person was shot dead and 20 others were inured, as their rivals sprayed bullets on them at village Nawtabhabanipur in Kumarkhali upazila of the district yesterday.
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Abducted businessman rescued
Members of the Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) on Thursday night rescued a businessman from Sanarpar area under Shiddhirganj Police Station after 23 hours into his abduction and arrested two abductors.
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2 bodies recovered
Police recovered bodies of two unidentified persons early this morning from a ditch at Brahmogati village under Digholia upazila of Khulna district.
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Jalil reiterates demand for electoral reforms
Awami League (AL) General Secretary Abdul Jalil yesterday reiterated his resolve that no parliamentary election would be allowed without reforms in the system of caretaker government.
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