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2 Banani ‘rapists’ remanded

A Dhaka court yesterday remanded Shafat Ahmed, the main accused in the rape of two private university students at a four-star hotel in Banani, and Sadman Aqif, another accused in the case, for six days and five days in police custody respectively. Metropolitan magistrate Raihanul Islam remanded the duo after the police produced them before the court. The police had sought 10 days' custody for them, saying that initial investigations have found that the girls were raped. Shafat and Sadman were arrested on Thursday night in Sylhet and brought to Dhaka early yesterday. A special team from the police headquarters nabbed them from a Pathantula house of an expatriate in Sylhet city amid rising pressure from different civic groups, who had given…

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HC declares mobile courts illegal

The High Court (HC) has declared illegal and unconstitutional the operation of mobile courts by executive…

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News

Employment injury scheme for workers soon, says PM

Seeking active cooperation of the owners and workers for introduction of a long-term and sustainable "employment injury scheme", Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said the government would launch the scheme soon to provide more support to the workers, reports BSS. "We want to introduce…

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Metro

JU facing ‘unexpected’ session backlog

Most departments under various faculties of Jahangirnagar University (JU) are facing a session backlog of at least six months despite a congenial atmosphere on the campus in recent years. No agitation and violence has affected the varsity's peaceful atmosphere since the movement against its former…

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Editorial

Autistic children

At a round table discussion held in the capital on Tuesday experts stress that parents need to play the key role in raising their autistic children so that their talents and potentials flourish properly. This indeed is especially true in Bangladesh as, generally speaking, persons living with mental…

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Op-ed

Reciprocity vital for amity

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi assured time and again that his government would not take any action that ‘affects Bangladesh adversely’. His friendly attitude towards Bangladesh reached the momentum when he stressed particularly on the endorsement of Teesta water sharing deal though…

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Business

Blue economy holds out a basket of opportunities

The blue economy, which involves the sustainable use of marine resources for economic development, offers a basket of opportunities for clean equitable growth in both traditional and emerging sectors such as fisheries, aquaculture, tourism and energy. According to geologists, the Bay of Bengal holds…

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Worldwide

US-backed forces prepare for final push on IS-held Raqa

TABQA: US-backed fighters said Friday they were preparing for a final assault on the Islamic State group's Syrian bastion Raqa, likely next month, after seizing a key city to the west, reports AFP. The Syrian Democratic Forces earlier this week captured Tabqa and an adjacent dam, a major prize…

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Dhakalive

Turongomi Repertory to stage ‘Waterness’ at Shilpakala tomorrow

Turongomi Repertory Dance Theatre will stage its audience-admired dance-theatre production ‘Waterness’, the first ever dance theatre in Bangladesh, tomorrow at 7pm at the National Theatre Hall of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy (BSA), Segun Bagicha in the capital. The theatre production is…

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Sports

Taijul all-round show hands MSC a thrilling win

Reigning champion Abahani Limited scripted a comprehensive eight-wicket victory over Victoria Sporting Club at the Khan Shaheb Osman Ali Stadium in Fatullah on Thursday to narrow the gap with leaders Gazi Group Cricketers. Now Abahani have 14 points in their kitty off nine matches whilst Gazi Cricketers…

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Nationwide

Transparency, accountability in primary education stressed

RAJSHAHI: Speakers at a view-sharing meeting here on Thursday emphasised the need for ensuring transparency and accountability in primary education for making it qualitative and quantitative to free the nation from the curse of illiteracy, reports BSS. Terming the primary education as foundation…

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Bangladesh to do ‘everything’

Bangladesh has reassured the European Union (EU) of the government’s ‘determination to do everything’ for the repatriation of irregular Bangladeshis living anywhere in the world including in the EU countries. Law Minister Anisul Huq and State Minister for foreign affairs Shahriar Alam…

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