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Rampage as bus kills 2 students in capital

Two students were killed and 12 others injured when a rash driver ploughed through passengers on a footpath near Radisson Hotel on Airport Road in the capital yesterday. The two deceased—17-year-old Dia Akter Mim of Class XI and 19-year-old Abdul Karim of Class XII—were students of Shaheed Ramiz Uddin Cantonment College. Another student of the same college was critically injured and was admitted to Kurmitola General Hospital. At least 50 buses were vandalised by angry fellows. Kazi Sahan Haq, officer-in-charge (OC) of Cantonment Police Station, confirmed the incident to The Independent. “Two students were killed. The condition of the other is serious. Irate students vandalised the bus and blockaded the road after the incident.…

Front Page

Litmus test for EC as 3 cities go to polls today

Voters in Rajshahi, Barishal and Sylhet will exercise their voting rights in the city corporation polls…

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News

HC grants 6-week bail to Mahmudur Rahman

The High Court (HC) yesterday granted anticipatory bail for six weeks to Amar Desh acting editor Mahmudur Rahman in connection with a defamation case filed against him in Sunamganj district. Responding to a bail petition, the HC bench of Justice AKM Asaduzzaman and Justice SM Mojibur Rahman came up…

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Metro

Number of cases high, convictions rate low

Since Bangladesh passed the Prevention and Suppression of Human Trafficking Act (PSHTA) in 2012, as many as 4,152 trafficking cases have been recorded in the country over the last six years, reports UNB. But when it comes to meting out justice, the rate of convictions remained very low. Bangladesh…

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Editorial

Preserving tigers

Bangladesh and the rest of the world observed the International Tiger Day on July 29. Thankfully the news for the big cats of the Sundarbans is that of hope, because with strict and smart policing, poaching, illegal encroachment and other harassment of wild life have fallen, making the forest an ideal…

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Op-ed

Preventive and curative measures against violence

We liberated our Bangladesh after a long struggle. We always want and wish our Bangladesh a violent free, terrorism free Bangladesh. If there are acts of violence, our Bangladesh will be a backward and ill faded nation. In no way, it will emerge as and advanced and ideal state. Violence creates terrorism,…

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Business

ECNEC okays Tk 2,511cr project to expand science education

The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) yesterday approved nine projects with the total estimated cost of Tk 7,539 crore, including a Tk 2,511-crore project to expand the scope for science education in some 200 government colleges across the country, reports UNB. The approval…

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Worldwide

Polls close as ruling party eyes landslide victory

PHNOM PENH: Cambodia’s ruling party predicted a landslide win in yesterday’s one-horse election, an expected outcome after the main opposition was banned, paving the way for its leader Hun Sen to prolong his 33 years in power, reports AFP. Hun Sen, who came to power in 1985 in a country…

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Dhakalive

Many happy returns to Babita

Today is the birthday of internationally-acclaimed Bangladeshi film actress Babita. The iconic actress, who won the prestigious National Film Award so many times in her career, has been awarded with the lifetime achievement award of National Film Award this year. To celebrate her birthday and share…

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Sports

Tigers post first series win outside Asia after 9 years

AFP, BASSETERRE (SAINT KITTS And NEVIS): Bangladesh held off a late charge from the West Indies to claim a series-clinching 18-run win in the decisive third and final match of their one-day international duel at Warner Park in St Kitts on Saturday. After Tamim Iqbal's second hundred of the series…

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Nationwide

Roads in deplorable state

A 16 kms stretch on the Patuakhali-Galachipa road from Shakharia to Golachipa is in a deplorable condition with potholes all over. People of Galachipa and Rangabali upazilas are forced to use the road despite the risk of accidents. The Roads and Highways Department has been saying that the construction…

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Final draft to be public tonight

In the lead up to the publication of the final draft of the National Register of Citizens (NRC) in the Indian state of Assam at midnight today (Monday), Dhaka has received assurance from New Delhi that Bangladesh will not be impacted in any manner, according to highly-placed sources in the government.…

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