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84 on Hit list by ABT: Bangladesh’s politics drives cycle of death

It is with good reason that the “blogger murders” are the most fervently debated and discussed topics in Bangladesh today and who knows, perhaps maybe even in the world. These

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Bangla Academy Sahitya Puroshkar 2016 announced

The “Bangla Academy Sahitya Puroshkar 2016” was announced today in seven categories ahead of the ‘Amar Ekushey Boi Mela’. Prof Shamsuzzaman Khan, director general of Bangla Academy, made the announcement

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Country receives $ 94.98b remittance in 7yrs: PM

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said a total of 37, 15,111 workers went abroad with employment and remitted $ 94.98 billion from 2010 to 2016. “Bangladesh sent 7, 57,731 overseas

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Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain to head EC search committee

Supreme Court Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain will head the six-member search committee to reconstitute the next Election Commission. The cabinet division issued a gazette disclosing the names of the search

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PM: Govt mulls another police barrack in Dhaka

The government has finalised plans to set up a second police barrack in Dhaka as the existing Rajarbag police lines appeared inadequate as an abode of the law enforcement agency

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Man threatened to douse woman with acid

Taushnuva Fardousi, a Bangladeshi woman currently residing in the UK as a student, has been issued death threats by a local goon in Rampura, who also threatened to splash acid on her. Notorious

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Gridlocks on highways ahead of eid

Traffic gridlock on the highways, operation of unfit vehicles and mismanagement in ferry services have become one of the most common phenomena during the Eid rush Additional pressure of vehicles

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Counterfeit cliques backed by spies and mobsters

Law enforcers say that at least 40 organised counterfeit syndicates are active in circulating fake notes across Bangladesh now, taking advantage of the massive rush of cash exchanges during Eid-ul-Azha

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Biman staff jailed for luggage theft

A Bangladesh Biman staff has been jailed for a year after he was caught stealing from a luggage at the Shahjalal International Airport Members of the Armed Police Battalion (APBN)

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Govt employees get 6-day Eid holiday

The government has extended the Eid-ul-Azha holiday by one day. A government order on Monday announced holiday for September 11 albeit with the condition that public servants will have to

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