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Attack on Bogra Shiite mosque kills muazzin

A muazzin was killed and three others were injured after unidentified assailants stormed into a Shiite mosque at Haripur village in Shibganj upazila of Bogra yesterday evening and opened fire on them. The muazzin, a Muslim staff of a mosque who summons the faithful to prayers, was identified as Moazzem Hossain, 75, while the injured were identified as Abu Taher, Shahinur Islam and Aftab Ali. Shahinur was admitted to Shaheed Ziaur Rahman Medical College Hospital while Aftab and Taher were admitted to the local upazila health complex. Bogra Superintendent of Police Asaduzzaman said a group of 4-5 miscreants entered the mosque and opened fire on the devotees while they were offering their maghrib prayers. The mosque is run under the supervision…

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Terrorism not a path of true Muslim: PM

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday said terrorism and suicide are not the path of a true Muslim…

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News

Dhaka bounce back to winning ways

Dhaka Dynamites bounced back to winning ways in style, having sealed a facile six-wicket victory over Chittagong Vikings yesterday at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium. The bowlers laid the foundation of the overwhelming victory, shooting Vikings out for paltry 92 in 18.3 overs. In a wicket that…

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Metro

Two more testify in Kibria murder case

A court here yesterday recorded testimonies of two more witnesses in the former Finance Minister Shah AMS Kibria murder case. The court also fixed December 2 and 3 for the next recording of testimonies. Sylhet Speedy Trial Tribunal judge Mokbul Ahsan recorded the testimonies of two people. A total of…

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Editorial

The terrible traffic jams

Ashraf Khan, a student of Dhaka University, once went to the DU campus in the middle of the night on a private car, from his residence in Uttara. ‘It took me only 25 minutes,’ says an astonished Ashraf. But every morning, to make it to his 10am class, Ashraf starts at seven, and barely…

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Op-ed

The great immigration crackup

If you can't believe what you're hearing and yearn for a reminder of America's better angels, go see "Brooklyn." The movie, set in the early 1950s, tells the story of a young Irish immigrant and her Italian boyfriend. Nobody threw them back on the boat for fear that his family…

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Miscellaneous

EU envoys confident of having legally-binding deal at COP21

The European Union (EU) diplomats stationed in Dhaka have expressed their high hope that the world leaders will be able to reach an ambitious and legally-binding agreement at COP21 in Paris with ‘human reality’ in mind, reports UNB. They made the remark after visiting climate change-affected…

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Business

Bangladesh may come out of LDC status in 2024: CPD

Bangladesh could graduate from the status of a least developed country (LDC) status in 2024, said the Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) yesterday. “By the time of the 2018 review, Bangladesh has a fairly good chance of meeting both the income and human asset index (HAI) criteria,” said CPD’s…

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Worldwide

Palestinian killed in West Bank

AP, Jerusalem: The Palestinian health ministry says a 21-year-old Palestinian has died in clashes with Israeli troops in the West Bank. Ministry spokesman Mohammed Awawdeh says Yehya Taha died in a Ramallah hospital of bullet wounds to the head. Palestinian media say Taha died following an army raid…

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Dhakalive

Curtain rises on fourth edition of mega event today

The fourth edition of the much-anticipating five-day long classical music festival in the country titled ‘Bengal Classical Music Festival (BCMF) 2015’ will see its curtain rise today at Army Stadium in the capital. This year’s festival has been dedicated to late noted artist Qayyum…

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Sports

Rangpur post third win to go top

Luck continued eluding Sylhet Super Stars who for the third successive time came so close, but denied a victory in the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL). After having defeated by one run in last two matches against Chittagong Vikings and Barisal Bulls, they tasted a six-run defeat to Rangpur Riders…

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Nationwide

Farmers get �poor quality� fertiliser

Bangladesh Fertiliser Association (BFA) has been giving dealers ‘poor quality’’ moistened and hard urea fertiliser that was produced 12 years ago. About 12,000 tonnes of urea fertiliser worth Tk17 crores, stored in the warehouse, is being distributed to the dealers in Kushtia,…

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EC talks tough against election anomalies

Election Commissioner Shah Nawaz yesterday said the Election Commission will show zero tolerance in case of any anomaly during the municipal polls slated for December 30, reports UNB. “We’ll take stern action and spare none... we’ll show zero tolerance to all anomalies,” he told…

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