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Maritime ports advised to lower signal

The maritime ports of Chattogram, Cox’s Bazar, Mongla and Payra have been advised to lower signal as the severe cyclonic storm ‘Montha’ over West Central Bay of Bengal and adjoining area moved further north-northwestwards and weaken gradually by giving precipitation.

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8 held over Ctg JCD activist murder

Police on Wednesday arrested eight youths in connection with the killing of a Bangladesh Jatiotabadi Chatra Dal activist, Md. Alam, during a factional clash between two groups of the Bangladesh Jatiotabadi Juba Dal in Chattogram’s Bakalia area.

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One killed, 10 hurt in land dispute 

A youth was killed and more than 10 others were injured in a clash over a land dispute between two groups of villagers at Goainghat upazila in Sylhet on Wednesday morning.

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ACC okays charges against Sikder brothers

The Anti-Corruption Commission on Wednesday approved two separate charge sheets against 13 people, including former National Bank Limited directors Ron Haque Sikder and Rick Haque Sikder, in two cases filed on charges of money laundering and corruption.

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Police attack ibtedayi teachers

Police dispersed ibtedayi madrassah teachers using water cannon and hurling sound grenades to them on Wednesday in the capital Dhaka as they tried to march towards the Bangladesh Secretariat demanding nationalisation of the ibtedayi madrassahs.

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Jamaat, allies warn holding polls may be difficult

The Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami and its seven other allies on Wednesday warned that the holding of the general election might become difficult as the National Consensus Commission submitted its report without mentioning the time for referendum on the July Charter.

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16m people in 36 dists face severe food insecurity

Nearly 1.6 crore people across 36 districts in Bangladesh are facing high levels of acute food insecurity, while 16 lakh children are acutely malnourished, according to an Integrated Food Security Phase Classification report.

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BNP accuses NCC of deceiving peeople, parties

The Bangladesh Nationalist Party on Wednesday accused the National Consensus Commission of deceiving the people and political parties by completely ignoring the notes of dissent in its final recommendations for implementing the July Charter.

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None dropped yet from July murder cases  

No ‘harassment cases’ that include murder allegations against journalists and other professionals, including judges and intellectuals,  have been withdrawn yet despite repeated assurances from the government of rescinding such cases though many have been implicated in ‘false cases’ filed over the July-August massacres.