Jukta Front to carry out countrywide campaign for democracy

    UNB: Jukta Front, led by Dr Badruddoza Chowdhury, will carry out a mass campaign and hold mass rallies across the country in September to mobilise public support against ‘undemocratic’ forces. Jukta front leaders took the decision at a meeting at its chairman B Chowdhury’s Baridhara residence on Wednesday. The meeting elaborately discussed the next course…

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      US, Mexico to announce new plans on cartels

      AP: Top U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration officials will unveil new plans to combat Mexican drug cartels Wednesday in Chicago alongside members of the Mexican government and federal police, DEA officials told The Associated Press. The announcement at a joint news conference will be a public display of bilateral cooperation amid ongoing tensions over President Donald…

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        Bangladesh mourns independence leader Bangabandhu

        M Humayun Kabir: Bangladesh yesterday observed National Mourning Day commemorating the assassination of its independence architect Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. A group of disgruntled army officers killed the Father of the Nation Sheikh Mujib, then President of the new republic, along with most members of the family on August 15, 1975 at his Dhanmondi residence…

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          New Zealand passes ban on foreign homebuyers into law

          Wion: New Zealand’s parliament passed a law on Wednesday to ban many non-resident foreigners from buying existing homes, completing the Labour-led government’s election campaign pledge. Jacinda Ardern, New Zealand`s popular 38-year-old prime minister, campaigned before September`s election on a promise to clamp down on house price growth and reduce high rates of homelessness, in part…

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            Dhaka waits for hearing in Canada court over Noor Chy

            Kabir Humayun: The government is waiting for hearing on a case related to bring back Noor Chowdhury, the self-proclaimed killer of Bangabandhu, from Canada, reports Banglatribune.com. Noor Chowdhury was awarded death penalty for the massacre of the family of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman on August 15, 1975. Bangladesh filed a case with Canada Federal Court…

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              Trump may deport killer Rashed Chy US daily

              Kabir Humayun: US President Donald Trump may deport Bangabandhu’s killer Rashed Chowdhury, says a report published on Monday in The Daily Caller, a conservative American news and opinion website based in Washington, DC, reports the Daily Sun. AM Rashed Chowdhury, who was convicted in 1998 for killing Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman…

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