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Nur Hossain lands in jail

A Narayanganj court yesterday sent Nur Hossain, the prime accused in the sensational seven-murder case, to jail, a day after he was brought back home from India, reports UNB. Chief Judicial Magistrate Shahidul Islam passed the order after police produced him before the court around 2:30 pm, said Court Inspector Habibur Rahman Miah. Nur Hossain was shown arrested in 11 cases, including the seven-murder case, filed with Shiddhirganj and Fatullah police stations. He was brought to Narayanganj from the Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) headquarters in Dhaka in the morning. Earlier, Indian Border Security Force (BSF) handed Nur Hossain over to a Bangladesh joint team of police and Border Guard Bangladesh on the no-man’s land between Indian Petrapole…

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Revised pay scale soon to woo teachers

The finance ministry has prepared a new salary structure for the teachers of the public universities,…

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Speaker urges journos to present objective and unbiased news

Speaker of the Jatiya Sangsad Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury yesterday called upon the journalists to present objective news and unbiased information so that the country as well as the nation can move forward, reports BSS. The Speaker made this call while she was addressing as the chief guest at the inaugural…

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Metro

Humayun Ahmed�s mural unveiled at Nuhash Palli

The 67th birth anniversary of popular author, writer, dramatist and filmmaker Humayun Ahmed was observed amid a colourful programme at Nuhash Palli in Gazipur yesterday. The programme mainly featured unveiling a new mural of Humayun Ahmed with participation of several hundred of his fans and well-wishers.…

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Editorial

Factories of �Hate� and Pakistan�s fate

The influence of Madrassas in Pakistan is not waning. Necessarily all the Madrassas are not responsible for providing fodder to the organisations which have targeted Pakistan for instability. But generally they come from these seminaries only. This trend is also attributed to collapse of…

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Op-ed

What Aung San Suu Kyi�s victory would mean for Myanmar

World attention is focused on Myanmar right now, as the results of the nation's first free election in 25 years are being released. And it's looking like it's going to be a landslide victory for Aung San Suu Kyi's party, the National League of Democracy (NLD). On Monday afternoon, Htay…

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Business

4 South Asian countries plan to launch passenger, cargo services

Four South Asian countries -- Bangladesh, Bhutan, India and Nepal (BBIN) -- are planning to launch new passenger bus and cargo services soon which will have a huge positive economic impact on the countries, reports UNB. “In our efforts under BBIN Motor Vehicle Agreement, new passenger bus and…

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Worldwide

Sinjar liberated from IS

AFP, SINJAR, Iraq: Iraqi Kurdish leader Massud Barzani announced the “liberation” of Sinjar from the Islamic State group Friday in an assault backed by US-led strikes that cut a key jihadist supply line with Syria. The operation was led by the Iraqi autonomous Kurdish region’s peshmerga…

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Dhakalive

Folk singers from home, abroad mesmerise Dhaka audience

Celebrated folk singers from home and abroad mesmerised the audience on the opening day of the three-day festival titled ‘Dhaka International Folk Fest 2015’ that began on Thursday evening at the Army Stadium in the capital. The first ever international folk festival in the country, presented…

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Sports

Bangladesh going great guns

Bangladesh managed to pull off a four-wicket victory in the first Twenty20 International overcoming Malcolm Waller’s marauding 31 ball-68, and went up 1-0 in the series at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium yesterday. Waller was the only one in the either side to make batting easy in the difficult…

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Nationwide

Prime accused arrested

Detective Branch of Police arrested the prime accused in a school girl murder case on Thursday night. He has been identified as Shahjahan Habib Munna, 22, son of Saiful Islam of Pachpara in Trishal upazila here. The victim was identified as Nadira Akhtar, 10, daughter of Yunus Ali, a van-puller…

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Tigers keep winning

Bangladesh kept their ODI series victory momentum as they scripted a four wicket win over Zimbabwe in the first T20 match yesterday at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in the capital. Bangladesh had to concede as many as six wicket to overhaul the target (136 for 6) with 16 balls to spare.…

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