Govt working to strengthen democracy: PM

    BSS: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday said her government is working relentlessly for further strengthening democracy and speeding up development in the country as Commonwealth Secretary General Patricia Scotland QC paid a courtesy call on her. “We’re working tirelessly for further consolidating democracy and accelerating development in the country,” Premier’s Press Secretary Ihsanul Karim quoted…

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      Israel rejects EU plan to link Gaza to the West Bank

      MEMO: Israeli Transportation Minister Yisrael Katz said his government rejected an EU plan to link the Gaza Strip with the West Bank by train, the Anadolu Agency reported yesterday. “I made it clear that Gaza will not be linked to Judea and Samaria [the West Bank],” Katz told Israel Broadcasting Corporation, according to Anadolu. “Their…

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        2 ‘drug traders’ killed in ‘gunfights’

        Kabir Humayun: Two suspected drug traders were killed in separate incidents of ‘gunfight’ with police in two districts – Rajshahi and Chandpur – early yesterday, reports NTV Online. In Rajshahi, Manik, 30, a suspected drug trader, son of Shahab Uddin of Natun Para in Charghat upazila, was killed in a reported gunfight with police at…

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