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Bangladeshi surrenders in Canada, gets bail

Bangladesh-born Canadian citizen Zulfiquar Ali Bhuiyan, who is facing allegations of bribery with employees of Canadian SNC-Lavalin to secure a contract for Padma bridge project, surrendered to the...

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Verdict Dec 18

A Dhaka court will deliver the verdict in the Biswajit murder case on December 18. Twenty-one Chhatra League men are accused in the case. Dhaka Speedy Tribunal-4 Justice Nizamul Haque yesterday set the...

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Solution not from abroad

The United States has again stressed the need for dialogue for resolving the ongoing political crisis to have free, fair, credible, and peaceful elections in Bangladesh. US Assistant Secretary for...

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Defiant Ershad in a sticky stew

Upsetting the government plan to hold the polls on January 5, Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad yesterday asked his party’s parliamentary aspirants to withdraw nomination papers, and directed his party...

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Print edition again

International current affairs magazine Newsweek plans to relaunch its print edition in early 2014, just over one year after ceasing publication to focus on its website, the New York Times reported...

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Why should I cry for justice?

This time it is a son, whose sole purpose was to find his father gone missing two and a half years ago. Dhaka College student Ohidur Rahaman Babu, a victim of last Thursday’s arson attack on a bus near...

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Hasina won’t budge

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s government remains firm in going ahead with elections on January 5 even though its former ally Jatiya Party has decided not to take part. Despite the blow from the Jatiya...

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Law and order satisfactory!

Though the ongoing political violence has been taking a heavy toll, killing and injuring innocents, government high-ups yesterday said the overall law and order situation was improving significantly....

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India for ‘maximum parties’ in polls

India wants the participation of a “maximum” number of parties in a peaceful and violence-free election in Bangladesh, Indian Foreign Secretary Sujatha Singh told journalists yesterday, ending her...

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Time for dual screen mobile

YotaPhone, the dual-screen mobile device, will launch in Russia, Austria, France, Spain and Germany before Christmas and in 15 other countries including the UK by the end of Q1 2014. It has a 4.3-inch...

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3 killed, 45 injured

Three passengers were killed and 35 others injured as four coaches and the engine of Padmarag Express veered off the track in Gaibandha yesterday after miscreants ripped up fish plates and clips from...

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US seeks greater Myanmar military training

US President Barack Obama’s administration said Wednesday it hoped to expand limited training for Myanmar’s military but faced skepticism from lawmakers unimpressed by the pace of democratic reforms....

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Soundwave hacking!

In the future, computer hackers could steal sensitive data from people’s computers using nothing but soundwaves, experts have warned. German computer scientists have proved the idea is possible by...

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NSA gathering 5bn mobile calls daily

The National Security Agency is reportedly collecting almost 5 billion cell phone records a day under a program that monitors and analyses highly personal data about the precise whereabouts of...

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4 more to be elected uncontested

Four more candidates are to be declared elected uncontested in the upcoming parliamentary polls, as only their nomination papers will remain valid in the electoral race in their constituencies....

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Attempt to detain Jamuna boss Babul

The Rapid Action Battalion yesterday attempted to detain Jamuna Group Chairman Nurul Islam Babul in front of Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad’s Baridhara residence in the capital. Babul, however,...

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HRW calls for calm

Human Rights Watch has urged the government and the opposition to put an end to the ongoing political violence centring the 10th parliamentary election scheduled for January 5. The BNP-led opposition...

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ACC files appeal against Tarique’s acquittal

The Anti-Corruption Commission yesterday filed an appeal with the High Court, challenging the acquittal of Tarique Rahman, the elder son of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia, in a money-laundering case....

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EC not worried about JP U-turn

The Election Commission is not worried about Jatiya Party’s announcement on boycotting the next general elections, Chief Election Commissioner Kazi Rakibuddin Ahmad said yesterday. “It involves a...

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Review or no review?

The Supreme Court yesterday released the full judgment of the appeals against Jamaat Assistant Secretary General Abdul Quader Mollah’s war crimes tribunal verdict. Overthrowing the tribunal issued...

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