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Sat, 31 Jul 2010 21:55:05 -0400

Dhaka weapons find triggers hunt
Police in Bangladesh say they have launched a massive hunt for suspected Islamist militants, after a huge arms cache was found in the capital, Dhaka.

Violence in Dhaka over wage rise
Violence erupted in the Bangladeshi capital as thousands of garment workers protested over a government-backed wage increase that fell short of demands.

Husband strangles wife at Mirpur
A man strangled his wife to death in the city's Mirpur area early on Friday.The deceased was Labonno Jahan Nargis, 18, wife of Riffat Hossain Suman, 25, of Purba Monipur area.Officer-in-Charge (OC) of...

Gazipur BCL men block road
Several hundred leaders and activists of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) put up a barricade on the main thoroughfare in Gazipur town protesting announcement of a new district committee. Witnesses said...

At Least 100 Injured in Day 2 of Bangladesh Pay Protests
Bangladesh Raises Minimum Wage for Garment Workers Thousands of Bangladeshi garment workers unhappy with a new government-set minimum wage clashed with police for a second day Saturday, leaving at lea...

Two Bangladeshi nationals held
AGARTALA: Two Bangladeshi nationals have been arrested and several fake documents were seized from them at Sonamura along the India-Bangladesh border in West Tripura district on Friday. On a tipoff, ...

Much publicity, little recovery of canals
Work under the much-talked project for reclaiming 11 canals and natural streams in Sylhet city has remained suspended for over two weeks.To rid residents of the city and its suburbs from immense suffe...

Water scanty to rot jute
A farmer of Gomjani Mahmudpur village in Atia union under Delduar upazila of Tangail district arranges water with a power pump to rot jute from his 200 decimals of land as local water bodies have only...

Dharla renders 500 more families homeless
Erosion by river Dharla rendered at least 500 more families in six villages of Mogholhat union in Sadar upazila homeless in the last four days.Over 300 bighas of cultivable land, ten fruit orchards, a...

Jute rotting pollutes 40km of Chitra
Water of around 40-kilometre area of Chitra River in Narail district has become dangerously polluted as farmers are rotting jute in the river due to lack of sufficient water in the beels, marshy lands...

Unity of govt, stakeholders needed for implementation
Speakers at a meeting yesterday called for forging greater unity between the government and all stakeholders for a more impressive implementation of the Right to Information (RTI) Act, says a press re...

Rab recovers 13 firearms
Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) recovered 13 firearms from five districts on Thursday and Friday. Rab recovered five firearms and bullets from Chuadanga and Rajbari on Friday and Thursday night, reports ...

Sirajganj clinic ransacked as baby dies
Agitated people ransacked Avecinna Hospital at Mujib Sarak in the town on Friday night following death of a five-month old baby.They also besieged Sadar police station demanding punishment to the doct...

Call to amend provisions of UZ Parishad Act
Bangladesh Upazila Parishad Association (ABUP), a platform of upazila parishad chairmen, yesterday demanded the government to amend different provisions of Upazila Parishad Act, 2009.The UP chairmen c...

CJ has done discrimination
Chairman of parliamentary standing committee on law ministry Suranjit Sengupta yesterday said the chief justice has done discrimination by not administering the oath to two designated High Court (HC) ...

4 electrocuted in 3 dists
Four people have been electrocuted in Mymensingh and Lalmonirhat and Dinajpur districts. A boy died and his father was seriously injured from electrocution at Ramkrishnapur village in Nandail upazila ...

Assault on teachers triggers protest
Students of Goswami Durgapur High School in Kushtia Sadar upazila yesterday boycotted their classes and examinations demanding immediate arrest of and exemplary punishment to those involved in assault...

7 injured as robbers, villagers clash
Seven people, including three robbers, were injured in a fierce clash between robbers and villagers at Pirpurkulla village in Damurhuda upazila on Friday night.Locals said, a gang of robbers numbering...

Programme to mark Aug 15
Awami League (AL) and its associate organisations yesterday announced a month-long programme to observe national mourning day on August 15, death anniversary of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. The ...

'Intensive courses to help students face challenges in other countries'
Professor Ameena Mohsin, chairperson of Dhaka University's International Relations Department, yesterday said intensive courses and seminars are needed to help Bangladeshi students face academic chall...

One killed, 9 hurt in clash
A man was killed and nine others were injured in a clash over land dispute at Padaganj Madrassahpara in Mithapukur upazila of the district Friday noon. Locals and police said, Moktar Hossain Master of...

JU student commits 'suicide'
A student of Jahangirnagar University (JU) was found dead near Shahpuri Island jetty ghat in Teknaf upazila Wednesday morning. Police recovered the body of Sohanul Hasan Sohan, 24, Botany department f...

Concern over increasing number of heart diseases
Speakers at a seminar yesterday expressed concern at the increasing number of people who are suffering from heart diseases, saying that it was mainly due to faulty lifestyle, intake of non-nutritional...

JP confce after 13 years
Lalmonirhat district Jatiya Party (JP) held its conference yesterday after long 13 years. A discussion meeting was held on the occassion at district auditorium cum community center at noon, where the ...

Rice sale at fair price
Sale of rice through fair price card will begin from Monday or Tuesday in Khulna city. Each card holder will get 20 kilograms of rice a month at the rate of Tk 22 per kg under this programme. Though m...

Self-rectification to ensure HR stressed
Human rights will not be established in the society unless people exercise self-rectification, speakers yesterday said this at a function observing the first founding anniversary of Bangladesh Human R...

CPB's demand week begins today
Communist Party of Bangladesh (CPB) will observe a demand week for the immediate trial of war criminals, restoration of the 1972 constitution and immediate resolution of crises in public life.The prog...

Mannan Bhuiyan's contribution recalled
Speakers at a discussion yesterday said the death of Abdul Mannan Bhuiyan has created a void in the country's political arena as he established himself in the national politics by dint of hard work an...

Dhaka weapons find triggers hunt
Police in Bangladesh say they have launched a massive hunt for suspected Islamist militants, after a huge arms cache was found in the capital, Dhaka.

At least 100 hurt in Bangladesh clashes over wages
DHAKA (Reuters) - At least 100 people were injured when garment workers attacked factories and vehicles in Bangladesh on Saturday in a second day of protests to demand higher wages, police and witness...

Dozens hurt in Bangladesh clash over wages
DHAKA (Reuters) - At least 100 people were injured when garment workers attacked factories and vehicles in Bangladesh on Saturday in a second day of protests to demand higher wages, police and witness...




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