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900 sued for violence near JS before July Charter signing

The police on Saturday filed four cases against more than 900 unidentified people over Friday’s violence in the Jatiya Sangsad area and on the adjacent Manik Mia Avenue, hours before the July National Charter signing ceremony.

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25 Ansar members injured in HSIA fire

At least 25 members of the Bangladesh Ansar and Village Defence Party, stationed at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka, were injured when a fire broke out in the airport’s cargo section on Saturday.

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Fire rages at HSIA cargo village in Bangladesh capital

A fire that broke out at the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka on Saturday afternoon gutted a cargo village section that housed imported goods, including raw materials for industries, forcing the suspension of flight operations for some seven hours...

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DU students hold torch procession supporting Teesta movement

Dhaka University students early Friday brought out a torch procession expressing solidarity with the ongoing movement of the north Bengal people’s demand for fair share of Teesta water, protection of riverside dwellings and croplands from erosion, and...

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JULY CHARTER SIGNING: Clash erupts outside venue

The parliament premises and the adjacent Manik Mia Avenue in Dhaka city turned into a confrontation zone on Friday afternoon as people calling themselves ‘July warriors’ clashed with law enforcers while protesting against the signing of the July charter.

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DNCC to build new link road for 60 Feet Road

The Dhaka North City Corporation has initiated a project to build a new link road connecting the 60 Feet Road to the main road of Mirpur to ease the long-standing traffic congestion.

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Dhaka stocks end week flat

The week at the country’s capital market ended on a sluggish note on Thursday, with Dhaka stocks inching up slightly while Chattogram stocks continued to decline amid thin participation and low turnover.

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Zarif fails to reach final

Bangladesh’s promising player Zarif Abrar failed to secure a place in the final of the ITF World Tennis Tour Junior J-30 Dhaka after losing to Thailand’s Ariyaphol Leekul in the boys’ singles semi-final at the National Tennis Complex in Ramna on Thursday.

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MPO teachers announce hunger strike from today

Teachers and employees under the government’s monthly pay order system on Thursday announced an indefinite hunger strike from 2:00pm today, if their demands to hike their pay were not fulfilled by the time.

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Bangladesh's Zarif reaches semi-finals

Bangladesh’s promising star Zarif Abrar advanced into semi-finals of the ITF World Tennis Tour Junior J-30 Dhaka after a 2-1 set victory over second seeded player of the tournament, India's Shounak Chatterjee, in the boy’s singles quarter-final at the National Tennis Complex in Ramna on Wednesday.

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Teenage detective novel writer Rakib Hasan dies

Rakib Hasan, renowned for his Tin Goyenda series of juvenile thrillers, passed away on Wednesday while receiving treatment in Gonoshasthaya Nagar Hospital in Dhanmondi, Dhaka. He was 75.

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MPO teachers to march to Jamuna today

Teachers and employees under the government’s monthly pay order system on Wednesday announced that they would march to the chief adviser’s official residence Jamuna in the capital Dhaka today to press for their one-point demand for nationalisation of their jobs.

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Yunus returns to Dhaka from Rome

Bangladesh interim government chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus returned home on Wednesday morning, ending his two-day visit to Rome to join the World Food Forum (WFF) at the Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO) headquarters in the Italian capital.

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DU mourning day today

The University of Dhaka will observe Mourning Day on Wednesday with solemn programmes in remembrance of the tragic incident that occurred at Jagannath Hall on this day in 1985.

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166 DU students, teachers get dean’s award

One hundred and sixty-six students and teachers of departments under the arts faculty of Dhaka University on Tuesday received dean’s awards in recognition of their outstanding academic results and contribution to research. Ten of them are teachers.