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Rape of 12 students: Fatullah madrasa principal remanded

Fatullah madrasa principal Al-Amin was placed on five-day remand today in connection with a case filed for raping around a dozen of female students. Senior Judicial Magistrate of Narayanganj Judge

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RAB Raid: Manhunt For Foreign Student Accused of Being Vocal Against Current Regime

Residents of Alongkarpur village (Baliakandi, Rajbari) were stunned yesterday as a team of men dispatched by the local Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) headquarters, turned the place upside down. Their objective?

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Chief justice stepped down

Surendra Kumar Sinha has sent a letter of resignation to the president from abroad, stepping down from the post of chief justice, a day after his month-long leave on health

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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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Half-day hartal called for Jan 26 protesting Rampal power plant

The National Committee to Protect Oil, Gas, Mineral Resources, Power and Ports has called a half-day hartal for January 26 in Dhaka, protesting the Rampal coal-fired power plant. Professor Anu

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The Sundarbans shipping conundrum

Shipwrecks in the Sundarbans are increasing, as are the number of ships plying the rivers of the world’s largest mangrove forest. The increased traffic puts the delicate ecosystem at risk.

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‘Quasem to get max 7 days to seek clemency’

Inspector General of Prisons brigadier general Iftekhar Uddin on Wednesday said death-row convict Mir Quasem Ali will get reasonable time for seeking presidential clemency. “We’ve asked Mir Quasem whether he’ll

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‘Bangladesh assured Muslim world of fighting terrorism’

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today told the parliament that Bangladesh assured the Muslim world of doing everything necessary to fight militancy and terrorism. “Bangladesh government is determined in this regard,”

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