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Tension surfaces in AL, BNP

Fresh tension surfaces between the ruling Awami League and its main rival Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) as both yesterday unveiled plans to hold rallies at Suhrawardy Uddyan in the city on January 5, the second anniversary of 2014 controversial general election. On January 5, 2014, the AL had assumed office for the second time with 153 representatives of the 10th Parliament being elected unopposed after the BNP boycotted the elections. While the ruling party celebrates January 5 as ‘Victory Day for Democracy’, the BNP observes it as ‘Democracy Killing Day’. AL and BNP insiders said they have chalked out different programmes, including rallies, discussions, and human chains, across the country to mark the occasion.…

Front Page

Gunmen attack Indian air base

Suspected Islamist gunmen staged a pre-dawn attack on a key Indian air base near the Pakistan border…

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News

PM stresses taking measures to end begging

Terming begging a mean job, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday directed the Social Welfare Ministry to take steps for the rehabilitation of those living in the streets and put an end to begging across the country, reports UNB. “The government will provide housing for those engaged in begging…

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Metro

Protests over intern�s �kidnap� hit hospital

Intern doctors at Suhrawardy Medical College Hospital in the city launched an indefinite work-abstention protest yesterday against the abduction of a colleague two days ago. The agitators also blocked Mirpur Road in front of the hospital, demanding the immediate rescue of their fellow internee. The…

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Editorial

In Syria, it will take a revolution to end the war

Looking back, we see that the peaceful protesters who took to the streets of Syria in 2011 accomplished almost none of the goals to which they aspired. I can say this. I was one of the first on the streets of Deraa and I have watched every twist and turn of the revolution as it turned to war. Once the…

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Op-ed

Narendra Modi�s Pakistan detour and Indian politics

Had Narendra Modi, India’s prime minister, not air-dashed to Pakistan the heat would have remained on his Finance Minister Arun Jaitley. Modi’s sudden detour, and unscheduled stop, to meet his counterpart Nawaz Sharif, helped diffuse the BJP crisis at home. That it gave rise…

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Business

Solar rooftop system

Despite having huge potential, the solar rooftop system in urban areas of Bangladesh has not been a success story, mainly because of the lack of a feasible business model to implement the system on a large scale. In 2010, the government made it mandatory for customers to install solar panels for getting…

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Worldwide

China restructures military

AFP, SHANGHAI: China has unveiled changes to the structure of its military, adding three new units, described by President Xi Jinping as "a major policy decision to realise the Chinese dream of a strong army", state media reported. The formation of the new units, which follows Beijing's…

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Dhakalive

�Bangladesh Sangskritik Utsab 2016� begins

Organised by Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy (BSA), an 18-day event titled ‘Bangladesh Sangskritik Utsab 2016’ (Bangladesh Cultural Festival 2016) has begun on Friday at Nandan Mancha of BSA, Segun Bagicha in the city. The festival has been organised with an aim to present an eventful programme…

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Sports

Bangladesh to play 4-match T20 series with Zimbabwe

Ending all the speculations, Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) is going to arrange only a Twenty20 series against Zimbabwe in the mid-January. Both BCB and its counterpart Zimbabwe Cricket Board unanimously agreed to play only Twenty20 series considering World T20 in mind when there was talk whether a…

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Nationwide

7 �cattle lifters� injured by mob in Chuadanga

Seven suspected cattle lifters were injured in a lynch-mob attack at Jamjami village in Alamdanga upazila early yesterday, reports UNB. The injured were identified as Intajul,25, Khaksar Mandal,55, Abul Kalam, 45, Saheb Ali,45, Gaffar Ali, 30, Shamim,35, and Milon,38. Sheikh Atier Rahman, officer-in-charge…

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S Arabia executes top Shiite cleric, 46 others

Saudi Arabia yesterday executed a prominent Shiite cleric behind anti-government protests along with 46 other men, drawing angry condemnation from Iran and Iraq, reports AFP from Riyadh. The execution of Nimr al-Nimr and the others, including Shiite activists and Sunnis accused of involvement in deadly…

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Panorama

Nuremberg: Germany�s dilemma over the Nazis� field of dreams

Some want the Nuremburg complex where Hitler spoke to be left to crumble, others want it preserved as a warning from history, says Tony Paterson Tony Paterson Just a few feet behind the infamous “Führer’s Rostrum”, from which Adolf Hitler delivered virulently anti-Semitic sermons…

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