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Three killed in police firing

At least three people were killed and 20 others injured during clashes between police and locals in Kalihati upazila under Tangail district yesterday. The clashes broke out as police tried to remove a road blockade and intercepted a procession protesting the recent rape of a woman in Kalihati. The deceased were identified as Faruk, 32, from Satutia village under Ghatail upazila, Shamim, 35, son of Alhaz of Kalia village and Shyamal Chandra Paul, 35, of Kalihati. Witnesses said hundreds of people brought out a procession and blocked the Ghatail-Kalihati Highway in Kalihati at 4:30pm yesterday protesting the rape of a woman before her son on September 15 and demanding punishment to the rapists. Agitated people also brought out separate processions…

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Mortar attack kills two Bangladeshis in Saudi Arabia

Two Bangladesh nationals were killed in mortar attacks from Yemen around Samtah General Hospital in…

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News

Schooling keeps alive dream for a better future

Three years ago, Parvin Begum (14) didn’t think she could continue with her education. Being a girl, and sixth among her eight siblings, her education could have stopped any moment. But now, she is in class 10th at the Dighalbak High School in Nobiganj upazila of Habiganj district and dreams of…

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Metro

Train tickets sold out within hours in Ctg

The train tickets for journey during Eid-ul-Azha were sold out within three hours on the fourth day of selling advance tickets at Chittagong Railway Station yesterday. The railway authorities sold advance tickets for September 23 yesterday. Several hundred people thronged the station to buy tickets.…

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Editorial

Badly needed: A worthwhile plan for education

Education is no more looked at as independent from a country’s economic or developmental goals nowadays. Rather, it is recognized as the single most important factor in promoting economic growth and development through the creation of human resources. Thus, south east Asian countries like…

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Op-ed

Playing the great game with China and India

In the backdrop of the highly competitive relations between Asia’s two heavyweights, China and India, Bangladesh’s geographical location of being too close to the two powers, gives it a unique position which can be exploited to its advantages. Bangladesh can draw from the various…

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Business

Funding main challenge: CPD

Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD), a civil society think tank, said an important issue over the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is how their implementation will be financed, reports UNB. “Public finance—domestic resource mobilisation—and foreign aid are expected to continue to…

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Worldwide

Another toddler washes up on Turkish beach

AFP, ISTANBUL: A four-year-old Syrian girl’s body washed up on a beach in western Turkey on Friday, state media said, just weeks after images of drowned Syrian toddler Aylan Kurdi shook the world. The yet-to-be identified girl was found lifeless on a beach in the Aegean town of Cesme in Izmir…

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Dhakalive

Remembering Salman Shah on 44th birth anniv today

To celebrate the 44th birth anniversary of the late iconic hero of the country’s film industry Salman Shah in a befitting manner today, Salman Shah Smriti Parishad has organised a daylong event at the Bangladesh Film Development Corporation (BFDC) premises in the city. The daylong celebration…

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Sports

Nasir dazzles with all-round show

Nasir Hossain’s brilliant all-rounding performance helped Bangladesh-A team level the three-match one day series 1-1 against their Indian counterparts with a 65-run win at M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore yesterday. The second string Bangladesh team managed to muster a moderate 252-8 in 50 overs…

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Nationwide

Arrest of attackers on pregnant teacher demanded

The government primary school teachers of Aditmari upazila in Lalmonirhat formed a human chain on the premises of upazila Nirbahi office on Thursday evening demanding immediate arrest of the culprits for attacking a female teacher. Mukta Banu,29, an assistant teacher at Balapukur government primary…

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Migrants inundate new EU crisis hotspot Croatia

Croatia closed most of its border with Serbia Thursday as it became the latest hotspot in Europe’s migrant crisis, with thousands of new arrivals overwhelming local authorities ahead of an emergency summit next week, reports AFP. There were emotional scenes in eastern Croatia as local people came…

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