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Death sentences upheld

The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court yesterday cleared the decks for execution of war crimes’ convicts Ali Ahsan Muhammad Mujahid and Salauddin Quader Chowdhury after dismissing their petitions seeking reconsideration of their death penalties for wartime offences. In a jam-packed courtroom, the four-member bench of Appellate Division headed by Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha once again upheld the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) verdict awarding death sentences to the convicts for crimes against humanity committed during the country’s Liberation War in 1971. Earlier, on Tuesday, the same bench had concluded hearing on the review petition of Jamaat-e-Islami Secretary General Ali Ahsan Muhammad Mujahid and kept the matter…

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Italian priest shot in Dinajpur

An Italian priest was shot in Dinajpur yesterday morning in the third attack on foreign nationals in…

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News

Water ambulance lying uncared for

The only water ambulance is being damaged due to lack of proper care in Charbhadrasan upazila of the district. The government had given ambulance boat for rendering quick medical services to the poor people living in remote char lands (shoal) in the upazila. According to Charbhadrasan upazila…

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Metro

20 BNP-Jamaat men arrested in Ctg

At least 20 activists of BNP and Jamaat-e-Islami were arrested from different parts of the city and upazilas in special drives of Chittagong Metropolitan Police (CMP) and District Police yesterday. CMP arrested eight activists of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) and Jamaat-Shibir while Chittagong district…

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Editorial

A third intifada is inevitable unless Israel changes course

A friend of mine wrote on his Facebook page recently that if you “read the Palestinian daily Al-Ayyam you will notice that the current escalation of events in Palestine is given a variety of names including intifada, limited uprising (Habba), revolution, or even war”. Certainly, recent events…

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Op-ed

Paris attack underlines the stark reality that no country is safe

If nothing else, the terrorist attack in Paris should expose the illogic of the view that Bangladesh needs to be singled out for likely terrorist attacks and, therefore, shunned by external visitors to it who need to come here for different reasons. In fact, we have noted with great concern and pent…

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Miscellaneous

BRTC earns over Tk 234cr in 2014-15 FY

Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader yesterday said the state-run Bangladesh Road Transport Corporation (BRTC) with 1,537 buses in its fleet earned Taka over Taka 234 crore during the 2014-2015 fiscal year, reports BSS. Replying a question from treasury bench member Golam Dastagir Gazi…

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Business

ADB to provide $120m loan

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is going to help finance the increased transmission capacity of a cross-border electricity link between India and Bangladesh. This will enable Bangladesh to meet the sharply rising power demand and support increased power exchanges across South Asia. ADB’s loan…

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Worldwide

Putin a �constructive partner� in Syria talks: Obama

AFP, MANILA: US President Barack Obama on Wednesday praised Russia’s role in talks to end the Syria crisis and offered the prospect of better ties if Moscow focused military strikes on the Islamic State group. Obama said Russia had been a “constructive partner in Vienna in trying to create…

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Dhakalive

Nagorik Natyangan�s �Gahar Badshah O Banesa Poree� premiered

Popular theatre troupe Nagorik Natyangan has brought out its new production on stage titled ‘Gahar Badshah O Banesa Poree’ on Tuesday at the National Theatre Hall of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy (BSA) in the city. The play, based on a folk story, is the 20th production of the troupe, and…

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Sports

Mushfiq wants consistent performance

With two high profile T20 tournament- Asia Cup and World Twenty20 knocking at the door, it is high time for the Bangladesh players to cope with the format as they found the newest version of the cricket as particularly tough. Their recent performance in this format indicated that they need to play more…

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Nationwide

Quilt makers passing busy time ahead of winter

Quilt makers in the district are now busy processing cotton at the courtyards or on roadside with the onset of winter season. The owner of Rita Tula-Dhuna Mill in Baparipara in Jhenidah town said: “It’s really a good time for business. We are passing a good time after 9 months,”…

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95 Hajj agencies punished for human trafficking

The government has finally cracked down on 95 hajj and umrah agencies, out of 104, including those of HAAB and ATAB leaders, for their involvement in human trafficking in the guise of sending people for performing umrah this year. The licences of 69 hajj and umrah agencies were cancelled and deposits…

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