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3 militant dens busted

A day after the four-day anti-militant operation at Shibbari in Sylhet ended, three more militant dens-two in Moulvibazar and one in Comilla- were busted by law enforcers yesterday. As per latest information received from the spot at 12:30am, a joint team comprising members of Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT), Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime (CTTC) unit, Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) and district police was carrying out an operation codenamed “Operation Hit Back” at one of the dens in Nasirpur area of Moulvibazar sadar upazila. Incidents of explosions and gunshots were reported from the spot. On the otherhand, militants hurled grenades at police at intervals from another hideout in Borohat area of the same upazila.In…

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Dhaka, Delhi to ink MoU on using Ctg, Mongla ports

Bangladesh will sign a memorandum of understanding (MoU) under the standard operation procedure (SOP)…

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WHO assures continued support

The World Health Organization (WHO) yesterday assured its continued assistance to Bangladesh to eliminate HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria from Bangladesh, reports UNB. The assurance came when WHO Regional Director for Southeast Asia Dr Poonam Khetrapal Singh met Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at her…

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Metro

Maldivian medical student ‘commits suicide’ in Rajshahi

A foreign medical student, who was also an international model, has allegedly committed suicide by hanging herself in the girls’ hostel at a medical college in Rajshahi. Police recovered her body yesterday noon from her room of the hostel. The 20-year-old Maldivian girl was identified as Raudha…

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Editorial

Many roads in the capital need urgent repair

The Independent (yesterday’s) picture of a motorcyclist wading through knee-deep muddy water near the Malibagh level crossing tells us all: with the onset of summer following an irregular series of rainfall, many roads and streets in Dhaka have once again become unfit for use. Only a little rainfall…

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Op-ed

LNG market development in Bangladesh

Access to energy has become essential to the functioning of modern economies and the government of Bangladesh has been putting its best efforts to develop the indigenous energy resources, which ultimately plays a vital role in the socio-economic development of the country. Energy is considered to be…

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Business

Power import from India rises 2.8 times in 3yrs

India for the first time ever has become a net exporter of electricity turned around from a net importer. The power export to Bangladesh from India increased 2.8 times in the last three years. Indian power ministry yesterday said that India for the first time ever has become a net exporter of electricity.…

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Worldwide

Military mobilises to help cyclone-ravaged Australia

AYR: Towns remained cut off in northern Australia Wednesday after being pummelled by a powerful cyclone that washed battered yachts ashore and ripped roofs off houses, as the military mobilised to help with the clean-up, reports AFP. The category four storm slammed into the coast of Queensland…

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Dhakalive

8th Satyen Sen Gano Sangeet Utsab ends today

Three-day ‘Satyen Sen Gano Sangeet Utsab and National Gano Sangeet Competition’ will end today. Organised by Bangladesh Udichi Shilpigoshthi, the 8th edition of the festival is set to conclude today at the Shawkat Osman Auditorium of Public Library in the capital. Guest singers Purobi…

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Sports

Bangladesh face off Pakistan today

Bangladesh Under-23 Cricket Team will lock horns with their Pakistani counterparts in the third and last Group-B match at the Sheikh Kamal International Cricket Stadium (SKICS) in Cox’s Bazar today. Following the victories in back-to-back matches against Hong Kong and Nepal, the home team…

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Nationwide

Call to expand fish farming technologies

RAJSHAHI: Fisheries officials and experts at a discussion here yesterday mentioned enhanced fish production can be the effective means to meet the gradually increasing protein demands coupled with poverty alleviation along employment generation, reports BSS. They urged the field level staffs to expand…

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HC rejects owners’ plea

The High Court yesterday rejected a petition filed by tannery owners seeking its order to allow them to run their factories at Hazaribagh in Dhaka until the next Eid-ul-Azha. After hearing on the petition, the HC bench comprising Justice Syed Refaat Ahmed and Justice Md Salim passed the order after.…

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Special Supplement

An inclusive Commonwealth

The Commonwealth can be described as the epitome of unity in diversity. Its greatest strength is the diversity and pluralism of its member nations. These nations in their colourful variety have been able to forge a lively unity. As a result, the Commonwealth like a rainbow contains many colours. This…

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