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DU fires 3 teachers

Dhaka university authorities have dismissed three teachers for taking unauthorised leave and failing to join work on appointed time.

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Yuvraj diagnosed with cancer

Yuvraj Singh has been diagnosed with cancer and is currently undergoing chemotherapy in the United States, reports Cricinfo.

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Sec 144 imposed at B’Baria

Local administration on Sunday imposed Section 144 in and around the Brahmanbaria municipality to avoid any clash as two Islamic groups called separate programmes in observance of Eid-e-Miladunnabi.

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Man crushed under train’s wheels in Natore

A man was crushed under the wheels of a train at Azimnagar Station in Lalpur upazila of Natore on Sunday morning.

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2 of a family die in Tangail road crash

A woman and her granddaughter were killed and 20 injured as a bus plunged into a roadside ditch in Nagarpur upazila of Tangail Sunday morning.

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The holy Eid-e-Miladunnabi is being observed in the country on Sunday with religious fervour and due solemnity commemorating the birth and demise of Great Prophet Hazrat Muhammad (PBUH) on this day in the month of Rabiul Awal 1,441 years ago.

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7 dead in Afghan car bomb attack

At least five police officers and two civilians have died in a car bomb attack on police headquarters in the southern Afghan city of Kandahar.

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AL urges BNP to withdraw March 12-programme

Awami League Joint Secretary General Mahbub-ul-Alam Hanif on Sunday urged the main opposition BNP to withdraw its “Chalo… Chalo…Dhaka Chalo” (Let's Go to Dhaka) programme on March 12.

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MoU to construct Padma bridge Feb 21: Quader

Communications Minister Obaidul Quader on Sunday confirmed that the government is going to sign a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Malaysia on February 21 to construct Padma multi-purpose bridge.

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'MoU with Malaysia this month' - Print

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4 die as police fire on BNP men

Bid to topple govt foiled

BSF brutal torture of Bangladeshi

Ghulam Azam lands in jail

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EBL 0 0 0.0% ↓EBL1STMF 8.3 -0.1 -1.19% ↓EBLNRBMF 8.5 -0.5 -5.56% ↑ECABLES 53.5 0.1 0.19% ↔ EHL 0 0 0.0% ↓EXIMBANK 20.2 -0.2 -0.98% ↓FAREASTLIF 113.3 -3.3 -2.83% ↔ FASFIN 37.4 0 0.0% ↑FEDERALINS 28 0.2 0.72% ↓FINEFOODS 27 -1 -3.57% ↓FIRSTSBANK 19.2 -0.4 -2.04% ↓FLEASEINT 56 -1.4 -2.44% ↑FUWANGCER 32.6 0.2 0.62% ↓FUWANGFOOD 29.5 -1.2 -3.91% ↓GEMINISEA 182 -17.1 -8.59% ↓GLAXOSMITH 602.1 -6.3 -1.04% ↓GLOBALINS 33.1 -1.4 -4.06% ↓GOLDENSON 45.1 -0.9 -1.96% ↔ GP 0 0 0.0% ↓GQBALLPEN 140.3 -1.6 -1.13% ↓GRAMEEN1 33.9 -0.1 -0.29% ↔ GRAMEENS2 14 0 0.0% ↑GREENDELMF 5.5 0.2 3.77% ↑GREENDELT 128.9 0.6 0.47% ↓HAKKANIPUL 26.5 -2.5 -8.62% ↑HEIDELBCEM 157 3.8 2.48% ↔ HRTEX 0 0 0.0% ↓IBBLPBOND 995.5 -3.75 -0.38% ↑IBNSINA 105 3.2 3.14% ↔ ICB 0 0 0.0% ↓ICB1STNRB 24.8 -0.2 -0.80% ↓ICB2NDNRB 11 -0.1 -0.90% ↑ICB3RDNRB 6.3 0.1 1.61% ↓ICBAMCL1ST 34.9 -1.8 -4.90% ↑ICBAMCL2ND 7.2 0.1 1.41% ↓ICBEPMF1S1 6.8 -0.1 -1.45% ↔ ICBIBANK 7.9 0 0.0% ↓ICBISLAMIC 17.4 -0.2 -1.14% ↔ IDLC 0 0 0.0% ↔ IFIC 0 0 0.0% ↓IFIC1STMF 5.9 -0.1 -1.67% ↑IFILISLMF1 5.1 0.1 2.00% ↔ ILFSL 0 0 0.0% ↓IMAMBUTTON 13.2 -0.3 -2.22% ↓INTECH 19.4 -0.7 -3.48% ↔ IPDC 0 0 0.0% ↑ISLAMIBANK 46.5 0.1 0.22% ↓ISLAMICFIN 25.8 -0.5 -1.90% ↓ISLAMIINS 31.6 -0.5 -1.56% ↓ISNLTD 23 -1 -4.17% ↓JAMUNABANK 25.7 -0.2 -0.77% ↑JAMUNAOIL 150 0.2 0.13% ↓JANATAINS 235.25 -5.75 -2.39% ↓JUTESPINN 106.4 -11.8 -9.98% ↑KARNAPHULI 44 2 4.76% ↑KAY&QUE 54 0.2 0.37% ↓KEYACOSMET 48.7 -1.4 -2.79% ↔ KPCL 0 0 0.0% ↓LAFSURCEML 24 -0.1 -0.41% ↓LANKABAFIN 121 -3.9 -3.12% ↓LEGACYFOOT 26 -1 -3.70% ↓LIBRAINFU 277 -6.7 -2.36% ↑LINDEBD 530 19.4 3.80% ↓MAKSONSPIN 23.9 -0.3 -1.24% ↓MALEKSPIN 19.9 -0.4 -1.97% ↓MARICO 347.8 -33.3 -8.74% ↑MBL1STMF 7.8 0.2 2.63% ↓MEGCONMILK 17.2 -1.9 -9.95% ↓MEGHNACEM 103.3 -1.3 -1.24% ↓MEGHNALIFE 125.5 -2 -1.57% ↓MEGHNAPET 9.9 -0.3 -2.94% ↓MERCANBANK 23.5 -0.3 -1.26% ↑MERCINS 31.9 0.5 1.59% ↓METROSPIN 20.6 -0.3 -1.44% ↓MICEMENT 65.3 -2.2 -3.26% ↔ MIDASFIN 43.7 0 0.0% ↑MIRACLEIND 17.6 0.1 0.57% ↓MITHUNKNIT 91.3 -0.4 -0.44% ↔ MJLBD 0 0 0.0% ↓MODERNDYE 48 -0.7 -1.44% ↑MONNOCERA 40.6 0.1 0.25% ↑MONNOSTAF 218 3.3 1.54% ↓MPETROLEUM 119.9 -3.5 -2.84% ↔ MTBL 0 0 0.0% ↑NATLIFEINS 310.5 3.1 1.01% ↓NAVANACNG 54.3 -0.5 -0.91% ↔ NBL 0 0 0.0% ↓NCCBANK 22 -0.5 -2.22% ↔ NHFIL 0 0 0.0% ↓NITOLINS 41 -1.7 -3.98% ↓NORTHRNINS 36.9 -0.7 -1.86% ↓NPOLYMAR 39.2 -2.4 -5.77% ↓NTLTUBES 40 -1.3 -3.15% ↔ OCL 0 0 0.0% ↑OLYMPIC 91.7 2 2.23% ↓ONEBANKLTD 31.8 -0.4 -1.24% ↓ORIONINFU 36 -1 -2.70% ↓PARAMOUNT 28 -0.9 -3.11% ↓PEOPLESINS 28.7 -0.3 -1.03% ↓PF1STMF 5.6 -0.1 -1.75% ↓PHARMAID 185.5 -3.4 -1.80% ↓PHENIXINS 61.7 -0.8 -1.28% ↔ PHOENIXFIN 54.9 0 0.0% ↑PHPMF1 5.5 0.2 3.77% ↓PIONEERINS 70.1 -1 -1.41% ↔ PLFSL 0 0 0.0% ↑POPULAR1MF 5.7 0.2 3.64% ↓POPULARLIF 205.1 -12.4 -5.70% ↓POWERGRID 42 -1.1 -2.55% ↓PRAGATIINS 58 -2.2 -3.65% ↑PRAGATILIF 175 0.9 0.52% ↓PREMIERBAN 21 -1.2 -5.41% ↓PREMIERLEA 23.3 -0.6 -2.51% ↓PRIME1ICBA 6.6 -0.1 -1.49% ↑PRIMEBANK 36.5 0.3 0.83% ↓PRIMEFIN 67 -0.8 -1.18% ↑PRIMEINSUR 44.9 1.8 4.18% ↓PRIMELIFE 170.5 -4.1 -2.35% ↓PRIMETEX 24 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-4.00% ↑SOUTHEASTB 21.9 0.3 1.39% ↓SPCERAMICS 28.6 -0.4 -1.38% ↑SQUARETEXT 92.3 0.4 0.44% ↓SQURPHARMA 189.5 -1 -0.52% ↑STANCERAM 35.7 1.8 5.31% ↑STANDARINS 40 0.2 0.50% ↓STANDBANKL 21 -0.3 -1.41% ↓SUMITPOWER 51 -0.5 -0.97% ↓TAKAFULINS 51.7 -1.1 -2.08% ↓TALLUSPIN 56.5 -0.4 -0.70% ↑TITASGAS 51 1.1 2.20% ↔ TRUSTB1MF 7.1 0 0.0% ↓TRUSTBANK 29.4 -0.6 -2.00% ↔ UCBL 0 0 0.0% ↔ ULC 0 0 0.0% ↓UNIONCAP 41.4 -0.3 -0.72% ↓UNITEDAIR 18.1 -0.2 -1.09% ↓UNITEDINS 47.6 -4.3 -8.29% ↓USMANIAGL 90 -0.5 -0.55% ↓UTTARABANK 51 -0.5 -0.97% ↓UTTARAFIN 77.9 -0.5 -0.64% ↓ZAHINTEX 35.2 -0.6 -1.68% ↓ZEALBANGLA 10.1 -0.9 -8.18%

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