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The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) on Monday arrested two graft suspects, including a bank manager, in Chittagong in a graft case.ACC deputy assistant director Abdul Awal of its Chittagong Zila office arrested former manager of IFIC Bank Limited MA Moinul Kabir and Rezaul Karim of RK Enterprise at Agrabad of the port city in the afternoon, ...

5 arrested for gang raping woman in Satkhira

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Police arrested five people for allegedly gang raping a woman, from different areas of Satkhira district on Monday, reports UNB.The arrested are identified as Toriqul Islam, 25, Idris Ali, 20, residents of Box of Debnagar village of sadar upazila, Alamin, 22, a resident of Basghata village, Kabirchal Islam, 27 a resident of Betla village and ...

Messi hat trick puts Barca in Liga lead as Madrid draws

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Barcelona has quickly put an agonizing August behind it and taken the early lead of the Spanish league.Lionel Messi scored a hat trick to lead its 5-0 win over crosstown rival Espanyol on Saturday, making it the only side so far to win its first three games in La Liga.Real Madrid fell four points adrift ...

Wage Commission submits report to PM

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Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday said her government is striving for improvement of the living standard of the working class people and has set a better wage system so that none can change it in future."Everybody has to think that it's our country, so we have to take forward the country. The people will live ...

17 more die in Pakistan tanker fire, pushing toll to 190

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A Pakistani government official says the death toll from a massive fuel truck fire earlier this week has climbed to 190, after 17 more people died in hospital from severe burns.Rao Taslim Ahmad, a deputy commissioner in the city of Bahawalpur in central Pakistan, says some of the victims who were rushed to hospitals following ...

BTRC shuts Dhaka Fiber Net over extremist link

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Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) on Monday shut down all operations of the internet service provider 'Dhaka Fiber Net Limited' for its alleged connection with militancy.BTRC also asked the organisation to explain within 7 days why its license would not be cancelled for violating commission's rules and regulations, said a BTRC press release.Dhaka Fiber Net ...

Britain's Corbyn calls for May to quit after election losses

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British Prime Minister Theresa May should step down after losses for her Conservative Party in the general election, Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn said on Friday. May "has lost Conservative seats, lost votes, lost support and lost confidence. I would have thought that's enough to go," Corbyn said after being re-elected in his Islington North constituency ...

Tk 314.91cr budget for Parliament approved

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The Parliament Secretariat Commission on Wednesday approved an estimated Tk 314.91 crore budget for Parliament to spend for its development and non-development expenditures for the next fiscal year (2017-18).The approval was given at the 28th meeting of the Commission held at the Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban with Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury in the chair.Of the ...

Khaleda’s Trust graft case shifted to Spl Judge’s Court-5

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The High Court on Wednesday shifted the Zia Charitable Trust graft case to Dhaka Special Judge's Court-5 from Special Judge's Court-3.Justice M Enayetur Rahim and Justice Shahidul Karim passed the order following a petition filed by BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia.Earlier, on Monday, Khaleda filed a petition with the High Court seeking its directive to transfer ...

Lovers ‘commit suicide’ in Gopalganj

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A couple of lovers has reportedly committed suicide by hanging themselves together at Thanapara in Kashiani upazila.The deceased were identified as Nur Islam Sheikh, 24, son of Manik Sheikh of Borasur village in the upazila, and Khuku Moni, 22, daughter of Nausher Ali of Baroipara village in Alfadanga upazila of Faridpur.Officer-in-charge of Kashiani Police Station ...