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ICC for probe into Rohingya atrocities

Harrowing accounts of Rohingya women tied to trees and raped for days by Myanmar’s military and men being pushed into mass graves, doused with petrol and set alight have been sent to the international criminal court, reports The Guardian from Hague. The evidence has been sent by a coalition of Bangladesh organisations to ICC prosecutors who are pushing to investigate allegations of forced deportation from a country where it has no jurisdiction. ICC judges met behind closed doors at the Hague this week to begin their discussions and documents seen exclusively by the Guardian will form part of the case for an investigation. The legal argument for an ICC investigation is being led by prosecutor Fatou Bensouda, and it is the first time such…

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Kroos strike at death helps Germany rescue WC hopes

Toni Kroos rescued holders Germany from the brink of an unthinkable early World Cup exit early today,…

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UN under secy-gen for peacekeeping arrives today

Before visiting Delhi, Nepal and Pakistan, the UN Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations Jean Pierre Lacroix will arrive in Dhaka on a three-day visit today (Sunday). Jean Pierre Lacroix will lead a five-member high-powered UN delegation to thank the troop-contributing country for…

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Metro

Campaigners ask for raising tobacco taxes

Anti-tobacco organisations yesterday urged the government to increase taxes on tobacco products and reform the current four-level price slab into two levels, reports UNB. Speakers came up with the demands at a post-budget press conference on ‘Tobacco taxation in the proposed budget for the 2018-19’…

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Editorial

BSTI drives in Ramadan

It is encouraging to know that a total of 11 factories were closed down by Bangladesh’s Standards and Testing Institution (BSTI) during the holy month of Ramadan. These factories, according to yesterday reports, were producing adulterated foods or were producing foods without following rules.…

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Op-ed

PDP-BJP alliance in Kashmir flounders

There never was a honeymoon. At the outset, the PDP-BJP alliance in Kashmir was a failed marriage. Therefore the issue was not whether it would collapse but more importantly when the inevitable would happen. Everyone had seen it coming and the political calculation was that the BJP would pull the plug…

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Business

Silk route to success

Silk, one of the softest fabrics in the world, is a graceful and soft material, shiny, comfortable and luxurious. It remains a highly prized cloth in the modern era even though it first emerged thousands of years ago. In the Mughal era, Rajshahi’s silk industry was very prominent in the subcontinent.…

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Worldwide

US military plans migrant tent camps amid Trump crackdown

LONDON: US Navy is reportedly planning to build sprawling immigrant detention centres on military bases, amid a Trump crackdown at the US-Mexico border, reports BBC. A draft memo obtained by Time magazine outlines plans to build "austere" tent camps to house 25,000 migrants. The memo says…

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Dhakalive

Monjur Rashid’s weeklong painting exhibition from Tuesday

A weeklong painting exhibition titled ‘Narrative of Time’ by artist Monjur Rashid will begin at the La Galerie of Alliance Française de Dhaka in Dhanmondi of the capital on Tuesday. Eminent artist Monirul Islam will inaugurate the exhibition as the chief guest on the gallery premises,…

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Sports

England seek easy win over Panama

AFP, REPINO (RUSSIA): Handed a winning start for the first time in a major tournament for 12 years by captain Harry Kane's injury-time winner against Tunisia, England can look forward to Sunday's meeting with Panama with a rare sense of World Cup calm. England v Panama A two-time Premier League…

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Nationwide

Juba League leader stabbed dead in Jashore

A former Juba League leader, who sustained stab injury in an attack at local Juba League office on Ghop Central Road of the district on Friday night, died on the way to Dhaka early yesterday. The deceased was identified as Arafat Munaf Liton, 40, joint secretary of town unit Juba League. Abul Bashar…

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‘Toxic death’ floating on Halda waters

Hundreds of dead fish have been found floating in Halda River and its adjacent canals since Tuesday due to pollution of the river water. Bangladesh Fisheries Research Institute (BFRI) sources said the level of ammonia in the water has risen above the tolerance level of aquatic species and the level…

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