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Staff reporter
Awami League (AL) acting president Zillur Rahman yesterday demanded immediate withdrawal of the state of emergency terming it unnecessary.He reiterated the demand while addressing an extended meeting of Awami Ainjibi Parishad at the Supreme Court Bar auditorium. He warned that AL would not only boycott the polls but also resist the participation of other [...]

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Bangladesh High Court has declared the new contempt of court ordinance invalid. [Read more]

Polls closed in Cambodia on Sunday after eight hours of voting for general elections widely expected to extend Prime Minister Hun Sen’s 23-year grip on power. [Read more]

Staff Reporter
Farmers have failed to prepare their Aman seedbeds due to the ongoing crisis of two types of fertiliser across the country.“Farmers have failed to collect MOP and TSP as per the requirement for preparing Aman seedbeds till yesterday,” an official of Agriculture Ministry told the New Nation.He added that the Ministry has been [...]

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In Bangladesh Adviser for Communications Maj Gen (Retd) Ghulam Quader said that the Caretaker Government is considering the release BNP chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia.  [Read more]

The US Senate yesterday approved an elaborate housing rescue plan designed to help thousands of homeowners avert foreclosure and bolster mortgage finance giants that have struggled amid a volatile housing market. [Read more]

UNB, Satkhira
The wife of only witness to August 17, 2005 serial bombing here was killed by miscreants at Bakal Check-post in Sadar upazila Thursday night.The body of Hajera Bibi, 40, wife of Raushan Ali of Bakal Islampur village in local pourashava, was found hanging from a tree. Later, on information, police recovered the body at [...]