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Freed of stigma, nation mourns

Julfikar Ali Manik

For thirty-four years the nation observed the death anniversary of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman with a demand for justice, but it is different this year, as justice has finally been done.

Public health staff shot to death

Unknown criminals shot dead an employee of Institute of Public Health (IPH) in the capital's Mohakhali yesterday afternoon.

Tough law for stalkers

Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid warned that steps would be taken for meting out severe punishment to those who instigated the suicide of Sinthia.

Traffic man succumbs to injuries

Traffic sergeant Wazed Mahmud, who made a suicide attempt Friday night, succumbed to his injuries at the city's Apollo Hospital early yesterday.

1 shot dead by robbers

A man was shot dead and another injured while chasing armed bandits at Bawalia village in Monohordi upazila of Narsingdi early yesterday.

Abuse behind her suicide attempt

Afrin Sultana, who suffered 90 percent burns as she doused herself with kerosene and set on fire on Friday, is now on her deathbed at the burn unit of Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH).

20m hit by Pak floods

Pakistan's PM Yusuf Raza Gilani said 20 million people have been affected by the country's floods, a much higher estimate than the UN's 14 million.

Lanka strips ex-war hero of pension, prestige

Lanka's president has formally stripped former army chief Sarath Fonseka of his rank, medals and pension after his conviction by a court martial, officials said yesterday.

Tailback...

WB sees good in regional deal

While the main opposition BNP is resisting negotiations between Bangladesh and India on bilateral cooperation, the World Bank (WB) has welcomed the initiative offering an extended fund for projects in this regard.

Railway to link Cox's Bazar

The communications ministry has taken up seven priority projects to upgrade the internal railway links and signal system and connect Bangladesh with Trans-Asian Railway (TAR) network.

Govt plans to unfreeze 1,500 bank accounts

The government is soon to prepare a policy to allow for restoring activities on about 1,500 bank accounts seized during the last caretaker government's anti-corruption drives. However, the realised money, amounting to Tk 1,200 crore, will not be returned to individuals and businesses, officials say.

Water worry for N-power project

The declining water level of the Padma has become a cause of concern about availability of required water for the proposed Rooppur nuclear power plant.

No justice yet in 3 other Aug 15 cases

Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and his family members apart, a number of people were murdered in three separate incidents on August 15, 1975, but no effective move has yet been made to bring the guilty to justice.

Six killers still out of reach

About nine months into the announcement of Supreme Court verdict in Bangabandhu murder case, the government could do little about the extradition of six fugitive convicts and tracing their whereabouts.

Death of AL Activist

Bullet from MP's gun struck him

Awami League leader Ibrahim Ahmed was killed when he was handling legislator Nurun Nabi Shaon's licensed gun and it went off, said Shaon's driver.

Workers clash with cops for 9-hour shift

At least 50 people including 20 law enforcers were injured in a clash between police and textile mill workers demanding nine-hour shift at Rupganj in Narayanganj yesterday.

DU rights historic wrong

Sixty-one years after Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman was expelled from Dhaka University for his role in a movement of class four employees, the university authorities yesterday withdrew the expulsion order terming it “undemocratic and unjust.”

Bloodbath on Road 32

Even after 35 years of the gruesome massacre on Road 32, the event needs to be retold for the nation to know the brutality with which the killers swung into accomplishing a mission -- annihilating Bangabandhu and his family.