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Execute verdict in Bangabandhu murder case, release Hasina
36 eminent citizens urge CG
A total of 36 renowned citizens yesterday issued a joint statement demanding the execution of the verdict of Bangabandhu Murder Case and immediate release of former prime minister Sheikh Hasina.

Call to build a secular society
Begum editor honoured
Nurjahan Begum, editor of the weekly magazine Begum, was honoured yesterday for her outstanding contribution to women journalism and her pioneering role in advancing the cause of women in various sectors.

35 bombs found at mango orchard in C'nawabganj
Members of the Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) seized 35 abandoned bombs at a mango orchard at Moharajpur in Chapainawabganj early yesterday.

3 boys missing in Bay
Three schoolboys went missing while playing football at the Patenga sea beach yesterday morning.

Hiroshima-nagasaki day today
Call for nuclear non-proliferation
The 62nd anniversary of Hiroshima-Nagasaki Day will be observed today.

BB Official Murder
Two suspected killers arrested
The Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) arrested two suspected killers of Hedayetullah, deputy general manager of Bangladesh Bank (BB), from the capital on Saturday midnight.

Charge sheet against Bahauddin Nasim accepted
A Dhaka court yesterday accepted the charge sheet of the sedition case against Awami Swechchhasebok League President AFM Bahauddin Nasim.

Hazaribagh Robbery
7 robbers, brother of jeweller arrested
Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) in different raids in Dhaka and Kushtia on Saturday arrested eight robbers of a gang that looted 80 tolas of gold ornaments from the residence of a jeweller at Hazaribaghin

Time for depositing Hajj money extended
The government has decided to extend time for depositing Hajj money in the banks up to August 30 next considering the country's overall flood situation, an official handout said here yesterday.

BSF guns down 2 cattle traders
Two Bangladeshi cattle traders were gunned down by Indian Border Security Force (BSF) in separate incidents on Benapole and Satkhira borders yesterday.

AL protest in US today
Expatriate Bangladeshis will stage a demonstration in front of the United Nations headquarters in New York and submit a memorandum to UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon today urging him to put pressureon

Two research journals on Islam launched
Dr Sirajul Haq Islami Research Centre of Dhaka University (DU) launched two research journals yesterday.

Warid awards schoolboy for his bravery
Warid Telecom yesterday awarded schoolboy Rakibul Hasan whose bravery helped avert a train accident in Comilla on August 2, says a press release.

Grameenphone relief programme for flood victims
Grameenphone Ltd. yesterday launched emergency relief programmes in flood-affected areas in Dhaka, Rajshahi and Sylhet divisions, says a press release.

Low over Bay, adjoining area intensifies
The low over Northwest Bay and adjoining area intensified into a well-marked low over the same area at 12:00 noon yesterday. It is likely to intensify further and move in a northwesterly direction.

CCC officer robbed of Tk 2 lakh
Armed muggers looted Tk 2 lakh from an accounts assistant of a Chittagong City Corporation (CCC)-run CNG Filling Station in Wasa area yesterday.