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Traffickers on the prowl

Human traffickers have been using a new route to send Bangladeshis to Italy through United Arab Emirates (UAE), Egypt and Libya, government sources told The Independent yesterday. Many of the Bangladeshis rescued and died in the boat capsizes off the coast of Libya on Thursday are believed to have been taken to Libya from Bangladesh using the new route starting from the port city of Chittagong, they said. The sources held the Immigration officials as well as Libyan Embassy in Dhaka for facilitating the trafficking of Bangladeshis. “Interviewing those who survived the capsizing of the boats, officials of Bangladesh’s Embassy in Libya found out that many of them as well as the 24 deceased were trafficked from Bangladesh to Libya using…

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�BCL men� assault 7 SUST teachers

Seven teachers of Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (SUST) were assaulted allegedly by…

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Russian academy to publish book on Sheikh Hasina

A Russian science academy will publish a book on Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in different languages, reports BSS. The Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences will publish the book as part of a series of books on leaders who are changing the world, head of the academy…

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Metro

Immediate solution unlikely

Although the recently-elected mayors of Dhaka north and south city corporations had promised to make Dhaka a clean capital, the city dwellers keep on facing the heaps of stinking wastes on the city streets for lack of proper waste management, reports UNB. Thousands of commuters have to pass through…

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Editorial

Rape and blaming and punishing the victims

Recently a 16-year-old daughter of a farmer was married to the man who raped her. Trapped by the dictates of village elders, threatened by the rapist’s family, and finding themselves powerless to resist, the girl’s parents crumbled under the pressure. Barely a fortnight after her abduction…

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Op-ed

Are India-Pakistan talks jinxed?

Strange are the ways of talks between India and Pakistan. Days before the expected meeting between the security advisers of the countries, it appeared both sides did enough to provoke one another to cancel the talks. Many in India believe that Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government appears to…

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Miscellaneous

Summer tomato cultivation gains ground in Rajshahi

Summer hybrid tomato is being cultivated in different areas of Godagari upazila of the district commercially as it is being considered as a profitable crop, reports BSS from Rajshahi. In last year, more than ten farmers have gained success through farming experimentally. So, its acreage has been enhanced…

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Business

NBR falls short of target in July

The Income Tax Wing of the National Board of Revenue (NBR) has failed to achieve its target for the first month of the current fiscal, reports UNB. The shortfall in revenue collection for July stands at Tk 360 crore, according to the sources in the NBR. “But the collection is more than 15 per…

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Worldwide

Mahathir attends anti-govt protest

AFP, KUALA LUMPUR: Former Malaysian leader Mahathir Mohamad yesterday accused current Prime Minister Najib Razak of clinging to power to avoid prosecution over a financial scandal, as he lent his weight to protests gripping the capital. Tens of thousands of demonstrators have turned out this weekend…

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Dhakalive

Shahiduzzaman Selim produces two tele-dramas for Eid

Shahiduzzaman Selim, a very popular name in the arena of stage play, television and films for his brilliant acting, has directed two single-episode tele-dramas on the occasion of upcoming Eid-ul-Azha. Though he does not take the job of directing tele-drama professionally, he sometimes directs tele-dramas…

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Sports

Five firms fulfil BPL-3 requirement

A total of five enterprises provided the required pay-order and bank guarantee worth Tk. 5.50 crore in their bid to acquire a team in the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL). Three new companies—Beximco Limited, Axiom Technologies and DBL group and two old franchisees- Rangpur Riders and Sylhet Royals…

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Nationwide

3 villages affected by Atrai erosion

Erosion by Atrai River has taken a serious turn devouring hundreds of acres of land and rendering scores of families homeless in Khansama upazila of Dinajpur district. Sources said about 200 families of the affected villages have left their homes to safer places. Villagers said a total…

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Delay frustrates city AL workers

The declaration of a new Awami League (AL) Dhaka city unit committee has become uncertain due to the indifferent attitude of the high-ups of the city unit. This has created frustration among the party’s city leaders who are aspiring for positions in the new committee. Party insiders allege that…

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