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SP Babul quizzed over wife’s murder

In a dramatic development in the early hours yesterday, Superintendent of Police Babul Akhter was taken to the Detective Branch office in the capital for interrogation about his wife’s murder. A team of police picked Babul at around 1 am on Sunday from his father in law’s house in the capital triggering various rumours. He returned home at around 5 pm yesterday and told the media that he was taken to interrogate the suspects who were arrested by the Chittagong Metropolitan Police. Though police was tightlipped about the incident, at around 12 pm Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan told reporters that Superintendent of Police Babul Akhter was taken into police custody for interrogation about his wife’s murder. “We’re…

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‘Govt plans trade renegotiation’

The government would soon plan trade renegotiations with the United Kingdom (UK) to tackle the challenges…

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News

Govt plots to brand BNP as militant outfit: Rizvi

BNP senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi yesterday alleged that the government, having failed to tackle militancy, is conspiring to brand their party as a radical organization, reports UNB. “The government with a motive to humiliate its political opponent is trying to establish that…

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Metro

Shoppers throng markets, few shop for Eid in Barisal

Although shopping malls and markets of Barisal city are recording huge footfall, sales are yet to gain momentum. One reason could be the frequent sudden showers. The business community of Barisal is not yet happy with the sales figures. “Eid sales have made a slow start, but we hope it will catch…

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Editorial

Prospect of a new gas field at Jamalpur

At a time when there are deep worries about depleting gas reserves, what could be a better piece of news than discovery of a new gas field? If the prospect of a big gas zone between Jamalpur and Shariatpur that has shown positive in the 2-D seismic survey becomes a reality, it would substantially add…

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Op-ed

Reforms in FDI policy

Throughout the last week the economy and its issues have overtaken politics in India. Politics, as is well known, is the staple diet of Indians and however important the economy and its concerns may be, it is always politics that gets precedence. It is a known fact that even when policies…

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Miscellaneous

Processing plants imperative for Rajshahi’s mango

Rajshahi along with its adjacent district Chapainawabganj is famous for its tasty and delicious mangoes that attract people from all over the country every summer, reports BSS from Rajshahi Production of the juicy fruits increases each year for its profit, but unfortunately, there is no mango-preservation…

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Business

Online shopping spree

The scorching sun, the unbearable traffic snarls, and the hassles of negotiating your way through the milling crowds—fasting all the while—all this is certainly a daunting prospect. Not for Eid shoppers, though. For them, the joy of haggling and shopping with friends and family supersedes…

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Worldwide

EU founding states call for quick divorce from Britain

AFP, BERLIN: EU leaders pressured Britain Saturday to make a quick exit from the union, warning they could not afford to be left in “limbo” and that the divorce would not be “amicable”. Foreign ministers of EU’s founding member states, gathering in Berlin for crisis talks…

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Dhakalive

Kumar Biswajit sings remake of iconic song ‘Tumi Roj Bikele’

Time sure does fly. It has been 35 long years since the National Film Award winning singer and music director Kumar Biswajit’s career skyrocketed to new levels through the hit iconic song ‘Tumi Roj Bikele Amar Bagane Phul Nite Aste, Jani Na Tumi Phul Na Amakey Beshi Bhalobaste’. The…

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Sports

Usha keep title hopes alive

Aleem Belal converted a late goal, as Usha Krira Chakra escaped with one point in a vital match in the Green Delta Premier Division Hockey League after a 1-1 draw with Abahani Limited yesterday at the Maulana Bhashani Hockey Stadium. In an eventful match, Abahani Limited took…

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Nationwide

Mung bean farming makes rural women self-reliant in Rajshahi

RAJSHAHI: Expanded mung-bean farming has opened up the money-making door for more than twenty thousand rural women, including students, as they are harvesting the cash crop in the greater Rajshahi region this season, reports BSS. Harvest of mung bean is going on in full swing in different areas of the…

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Uncertainty over payment of RMG workers’ salary, bonus

Tension keeps mounting at the readymade garments sector ahead of Eid-ul-Fitr, as some garments factories are still uncertain about the payment of salaries and bonuses to workers. Sources said owners of more than 150 garments factories are still undecided over giving salaries and bonuses to their workers…

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