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  Tarique Rahman sued under DSA for calling Zia ‘father of nation’

  Staff Correspondent | Updated at 10:44am on March 01, 2021

  Bangladesh Nationalist Party acting chairman Tarique Rahman, who has been staying abroad since 2008, was sued under the Digital Security Act for saying that his...

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  Multi-dimensional edn to create skilled manpower: PM

  Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha . Dhaka | Updated at 01:10am on March 01, 2021

  Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday said that her government had been working to make education multi-dimensional attaching priority to science and technology to create...

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  Killing by state, say citizens

  Staff Correspondent | Updated at 12:09am on March 01, 2021

  Fifty one academics, writers, journalists and rights activists have demanded a judicial probe into the death of writer Mushtaq Ahmed in jail. In a statement...

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  Protests on for judicial probe, DSA repeal

  Staff Correspondent | Updated at 12:07am on March 01, 2021

  Different political, rights and student organisations on Sunday continued protests for the third consecutive day against the death of writer Mushtaq Ahmed in jail and...

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  Violence, rigging, boycott mark polling

  Staff Correspondent | Updated at 11:56pm on February 28, 2021

  A man was killed and several dozens were injured in the fifth-phase municipal vote on Sunday, which was marked by violence, irregularities and boycott by...

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  Shaheed Selim and Delwar remembered

  Staff Correspondent | Updated at 08:09pm on February 28, 2021

  Home minister Asaduzzaman Khan on Sunday said that Bangladesh Chhatra League brought success in all movements against autocratic governments...

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  Police arrest three more JCD activists

  DU Correspondent | Updated at 05:26pm on February 28, 2021

  The police on Sunday arrested at least nine Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal activists in front of the National Press Club after a clash between the law...

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  PM’s deputy press secretary Khokan seeks release

  Staff Correspondent | Updated at 01:53pm on February 28, 2021

  Prime minister Sheikh Hasina’s deputy press secretary M Ashraful Alam Khokan has sought to leave his job to facilitate his higher education in the United...

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  Positivity rate, cases rise for 2nd week

  Staff Correspondent | Updated at 12:24am on February 28, 2021

  The number of COVID-19 cases and the test positivity rate have increased for the second week in the 51st week, ended on Saturday, according to...

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  5th phase  municipal polls today

  Staff Correspondent | Updated at 12:23am on February 28, 2021

  In the fifth phase of the staggered municipal elections, 29 of the designated 30 municipalities go to the polls today amid fears of violence as...