Combing operation meant to contain opposition: Fakhrul
Bangladesh Nationalist Party secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Friday said he was afraid if the government in the name of conducting combing operation would ‘swoop in’ on the opposition.
50 injured in trader-hawker clash in Gulistan
A Dhaka Court sent 190 people arrested following a clash between traders of Dhaka Trade Centre and hawkers Friday noon at Gulistan area to jail after they were produced before the court in the evening.
ANTI-MILITANT CRACKDOWN: Several hundred detained on first day
The police have detained several hundred people, mostly activists of opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party and Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami, on Friday, the first day of the nationwide police crackdown on militants.
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Elizabeth Warren endorsed presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton Thursday and called on Democrats to unite behind her.
North Korean leader caught smoking during anti-smoking drive
North Korea's Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un appears not to be practicing what his government is preaching.
American who fought for ISIS charged
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Indian farmers pray monsoon rains will end drought
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Kuczynski on verge of win in Peru presidential election
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Many prisoners awaiting trial cannot afford lawyer
Two-thirds of the inmates in the country’s prisons are awaiting trial and most of them are languishing in jails as they are too poor to afford a lawyer, official documents placed in an inter-ministerial meeting disclosed on Thursday.
Rampal power plant: Environmental clearance not yet given
The department of environment is yet to give the environmental clearance certificate for setting up the proposed coal-fired power plant at Rampal in Bagerhat, environment and forests minister Anwar Hossain Manju told the parliament on Thursday.
