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Satkhira-2 Constituency
Alliance strained as BNP seeks ticket in Jamaat stronghold
Difference between BNP and its ally Jamaat-e-Islami has widened in Satkhira-2 as a BNP aspirant submitted nomination paper to his party seeking alliance ticket from the constituency, a stronghold of Jamaat.

Anti-Piracy Drive in Sundarbans
Top gang leader held, 13 firearms recovered
Rab claims pirates' dens busted
Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) in two days' anti-piracy drives in remote Sundarbans forests recovered 13 firearms, 355 bullets, four bags of ornaments and other valuables and arrested Jamal Sheikh, 'second-in-command'

SOA Leader Murder
Hartal observed in Rangamati, Khagrachhari
A dawn to dusk hartal was observed in Rangamati and Khagrachhari yesterday protesting killing of a leader of Somo Odhikar Andolon (SOA), an organisation of Bengali settlers fighting for establishing equal

Showdown by Nazrul's men in Khulna for alliance ticket
The BNP faction led by former lawmaker Nurul Islam staged a showdown in Khulna city yesterday demanding nomination of former secretary of city BNP Nazrul Islam Manju from Khulna-2 constituency in thecoming

Pirates kill fisherman loot trawler off Sonadia
Pirates yesterday killed a fisherman, threw five others in the sea and looted their trawler near Sonadiya iIsland.

BSF abducts 4 cattle traders
Indian Border Security Force (BSF) abducted four Bangladeshi cattle traders Tuesday night from Chapatala border village in Basirhat thana under 24 Parganas district in West Bengal India while they were

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