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Chetia handed over to India

In a landmark move, the government yesterday handed over Anup Chetia, general secretary of the United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA), to the Indian authorities amid secrecy. Anup, along with his two associates - Laxmi Prasad Goswami, alias Shakti Prasad, and Babul Sharma - were handed over through the Benapole-Petrapole border point at about 8.15am yesterday. Press Trust of India (PTI) which broke the news, said the hand-over took place at the personal intervention of the Indian Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, and with the active involvement of his national security adviser (NSA), Ajit Doval. Though home minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal expressed his ignorance about the issue in the morning, later he told the media that Anup and two of…

Front Page

Tigers toy with Zimbabweans

In a dour sensational bowling, full of sustained aggression and cunning variations, fast bowler Mustafizur…

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President inducts Air Defence Radar

Cox’s Bazar: An Air Defence Radar (YLC-6) was inducted into the Cox’s Bazar Radar unit of Bangladesh Air Force yesterday, reports UNB. President Abdul Hamid inaugurated the radar induction at a function held at Cox’s Bazar Radar unit. The President handed over the induction order to…

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Metro

Transport workers protest extortion

Several hundred transport workers put up barricade on the Dhaka-Mymensingh highway in Tongi Station Road area for two hours protesting alleged extortion by Juba League activists from trucks and others vehicles. They also at a rally demanded the release of two transport leaders allegedly picked up by…

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Editorial

Police in Bangladesh: The image crisis

The image, whatever is left of it, of the Bangladesh police force has taken a battering in the recent days. In separate incidents two armed cops-in presence of several of their similarly armed colleagues– were killed by goons wielding machetes and knives. Just anybody can become a policeman and…

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Op-ed

The ongoing shifts in values

At the mid 70’s at Darsana, a small industrial town on the South-West of Bangladesh, I do clearly remember the days of my childhood, the way of my schooling or my grooming up to adulthood. I knew my family, their personal likes or dislikes. When I had to interact with the society, I had to accommodate…

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Miscellaneous

Digital centres bring enormous benefits to common people

Setting up of the union digital centres (UDCs) has become an epoch-making initiative to bring enormous benefits to common people accelerating the pace of national development, reports BSS. Implementation of the digitisation programme has already become successful centering on the digital centres to…

Another public hospital in capital soon

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Business

BTRC signs deal with French company to buy equipment

The Bangladesh Telecommunication and Regulatory Commission (BTRC) has signed a Tk 1951.75 crore deal with French company ThalesAlenia Space to procure equipment for the country’s first-ever satellite project Bangabandhu-1. Shahjahan Mahmood, chairman of BTRC, and Jean-Loic Galle, chairman and…

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Worldwide

Russia calls for a new Syrian constitution

AP, Moscow: Russia has circulated a document on ending the nearly five-year-old Syrian conflict that calls for drafting a new constitution in up to 18 months that would be put to a popular referendum and be followed by an early presidential election. The document, obtained Tuesday by the news agency,…

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Dhakalive

Curtain rises today

‘Dhaka International Folk Fest 2015’, the first ever international folk music festival in the country, will see its curtains rise today at 6pm at the Army Stadium in the capital. The event has been jointly organised by Sun Events and Maasranga Television with a view to introducing the world…

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Sports

Tamim reaches two milestones

Opener Tamim Iqbal earned the distinctive credentials to be highest run-getter amongst Bangladesh cricketers at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium (SBNCS) yesterday. By smashing 73-run knock, Tamim first provided a solid platform for the home team alongside set a couple of milestone for his personal…

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Nationwide

Labour crisis hits paddy harvesting

Harvesting of Aman paddy is being seriously hampered due to shortage of labour in the district. This is also going to dampen the celebration of Nabanna Utsav, a festivity marking the arrival of new crop at home. Some land owners are knocking every door for farm labourers. Some wait beside their…

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Govt colleges not brought under public universities yet

The inclusion of government colleges under the public universities to reduce the burden on the National University has not seen any progress, as a committee formed by the University Grants Commission (UGC) is yet to submit its report in this connection. A new six-member UGC committee, headed by UGC…

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