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  8hrs strike in Gaibandha over businessman’s murder

  United News of Bangladesh . Gaibandha | Updated at 11:48am on June 10, 2021

  Local residents in Gaibandha began an eight-hour strike on Thursday in protest against the murder of a businessman in the district...

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  Huthi rebels claim strikes on Saudi oil plants

  Agence France-Presse . Dubai | Updated at 10:28pm on April 12, 2021

  Yemen’s Huthis claimed Monday to have launched drone strikes against Saudi energy giant Aramco’s facilities, amid an upsurge in fighting between the insurgents and the...

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  Communication on Ctg-Khagrachhari road resumes on Sunday night

  United News of Bangladesh . Chattogram | Updated at 12:08pm on March 29, 2021

  Vehicular movement on Chattogram-Khagrachhari road, which remained suspended for the past three days due to blockade by Hefazat-e-Islami activists after a clash with police, resumed...

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  Low visitor turnout for 3 days

  Tanzil Rahaman | Updated at 11:31pm on March 28, 2021

  Amar Ekushey Book Fair witnessed a low turnout of visitors for the third consecutive day on Sunday due to Hefazat-e-Islam imposed countrywide daylong strike and...

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  Two killed as Hefazat strike turns deadly   

  Muktadir Rashid and Iqbal Mahmud with Sarwar Kamal in Chattogram | Updated at 11:23am on March 28, 2021

  Violence triggered by Indian prime minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Bangladesh continued Sunday with fierce clashes between anti-Modi protesters and law enforcement agencies aided with...

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  Hefazat calls strike for today

  Staff Correspondent | Updated at 12:09am on March 28, 2021

  Hefazat-e-Islam has called a countrywide dawn-to-dusk general strike protesting at the attacks on their rallies and the killing of five people in police firing on...

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  Four killed, 90 injured in clashes during anti-Modi protests

  Staff Correspondent | Updated at 10:30pm on March 26, 2021

  At least four people were killed and 90 others injured as activists of different Islamist organisations clashed with the police and ruling Awami League activists...

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  Hefazat calls daylong strike for Sunday 

  Staff Correspondent . Chattogram | Updated at 10:05pm on March 26, 2021

  Hefazat-e-Islam on Friday evening called a daylong strike for Sunday protesting at the alleged attack on its activists and the death of four people in...

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  India bankers go on nationwide strike over privatisation of 2 SoBs

  Business Desk | Updated at 10:07pm on March 15, 2021

  Bankers in India, under the aegis of the United Forum of Bank Unions, went on a two-day nationwide strike on Monday to protest against the...

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  Bank strike cripples Indian state lenders

  Agence France-Presse . Mumbai | Updated at 07:44pm on March 15, 2021

  Operations of Indian state-owned banks were hugely disrupted on Monday after hundreds of thousands of workers went on a strike to protest the privatisation plans...