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Separate battalion for judiciary on the cards

The government will introduce a separate battalion under the Armed Police Battalion (APBn) to ensure the security system of the judiciary. The separate battalion will work under the supervision of the Supreme Court (SC) administration, said SC sources. The SC wrote to the home ministry on March 31, 2015, asking for a separate battalion to guard the judiciary. It urged the home ministry to use the APBn to ensure security on the SC premises, other courts across the country and the residence of the Chief Justice. The SC authorities took the initiative after a seven-member judges’ committee, led by Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain of the Appellate Division, made a proposal to have a separate battalion to look after the security of the apex…

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Govt to examine documents

The state-run Petrobangla will examine all documents relating to the transfer of Chevron’s Bangladesh…

CJ should not make grievances public: Minister

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News

People must not face torture, oppression, PM tells RAB

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasinaon yesterday asked the members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) to make sure that common people do not fall victims to unnecessary torture and oppression during their duties, reports UNB. "You all must give attention to the fact that common people do not suffer in…

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Metro

Country under ‘dictatorial rule’, says BNP

BNP yesterday alleged that the government has created an agonising situation in the country by imposing a ‘dictatorial’ rule, reports UNB. “The government has imposed a dictatorial rule by annihilating democracy and destroying all the democratic institutions. We must come out of it,”…

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Editorial

Illegal logging

Illegal and indiscriminate logging have been going on in different parts of the country for decades, often in connivance with the very persons entrusted to protect trees–forest department and law enforcement personnel. There is ample proof regarding elected members of the various local government…

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Op-ed

Budgetary measures for economic growth and sustainability

There are about 162 million populations in Bangladesh and nearly 127 million of them are workable. There are only about 1.7 million positions in government services 18per cent of those are vacant. That means government could provide employment to nearly 1per cent of its total population in its existing…

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Miscellaneous

Workshop on sanitation held in Narsingdi

NARSINGDI: A day-long workshop on sanitation, hygiene promotion and increasing of social awareness among the student of community and primary school was held at Palash Upazila Parishad auditorium of the district recently. Department of Public Health Engineering (DPHE)organized the workshop under…

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Business

Mobile operators asked to explain within 2 days

Removing confusion on internet price, Post and Telecommunications Division yesterday asked the mobile phone operators to submit a report explaining how the internet price is being fixed at consumer level. Minister for Post and Telecommunications Division Tarana Halim asked the telecom operators…

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Worldwide

May hosts EU leaders as Brexit positions harden

LONDON: British Prime Minister Theresa May on Wednesday holds her first talks with key EU Brexit negotiators, as the bloc hardens its position ahead of a summit to lay down its "red lines", reports AFP. May hosts European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker and chief negotiator Michel…

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Dhakalive

‘Ayna 2’ to reunite Shabnam, Nadeem

DL Reporter Four decades ago, pairing up together Shabnam and Nadeem acted in the film ‘Ayna’ under the direction of late filmmaker Nazrul Islam. It was one of the most successful ventures in the history of the Pakistan film industry. Even Shabnam won the prestigious Nigar Award, the oldest…

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Sports

Mominul blockbuster ton keeps Gazi going

Mominul Haque who was overlooked in the Bangladesh ODI set up for the last two years played an innings of his life to keep Gazi Group Cricketers unbeaten so far in the Walton Dhaka Premier Division Cricket League. The diminutive batsman, considered as Test specialist, hammered a scintillating 120 ball-152,…

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Nationwide

‘Use modern fish farming tech’

Public representatives and experts concerned urged the fish farmers to use modern fish farming technologies for boosting yield to mitigate the society’s nutritional deficiency, reports BSS. They stressed the need for enhancing fish farming through the best use of modern technologies and existing…

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Food shortage adds to flood woes for haor people

Hundreds of flood-hit victims in the haors (wetlands) of Sunamganj district have been left starving in the absence of relief materials from the government and NGOs. The victims, mostly farmers, sit idle, gloomily staring at an uncertain future. They complained that work was hard to come by following…

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Panorama

Nepal’s earthquake disaster: Two years and $4.1b later

On April 25, 2015, a powerful earthquake killed nearly 9,000 people and destroyed more than 824,000 homes in Nepal. Shortly after, the country’s Reconstruction Authority published a vision for “well-planned resilient settlements and a prosperous society”. But it is clearly falling…

Sheep are not stupid, and they are not helpless either

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