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Glyn Robbins sends down first ball

Glyn Robbins, Left Unity – TUSC general election candidate for Bethnal Green and Bow, was invited to bowl the first ball of the season by the Camel Cricket team (picture attached).  The game, between the Camel CC and Black Dog CC took place in a chilly Victoria Park on Sunday afternoon (19th April).  Glyn spent many years playing rugby and ...

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Declaration paper of independence is the Genesis of constitution of Bangladesh

Pakistan-minded anti-independence Bangladeshis do not want to accept the declaration paper of the freedom of Bangladesh. Whenever they get chance, they want to protest against it.  The members of Ghatok Dalal Nirmul Committee said this in a meeting held on 17 April in Monte Fiore Centre in East London. The meeting was organised to observe Mujibnagar Dibosh where the speakers ...

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Grabbing Indian goods worth of almost quarters to two lacs taka from Tukerbazar

BGB seized approximately by Bangladeshi money, Indian accessories by campaigning pick up processing from Tukerbazar, the area of Sylhet Division. Goods were confiscated on the road of Sylhet to Sunamgong Wednesday at 12am.  Among these, some betel nuts, Horlicks and many products were available. BGB said, the price of these commodities in Bangladeshi money is about 1,81,600 taka. The whole ...

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Rescuing a dead body of a businessman from Sukria Market

The police of Sadar thana exempted a demise businessman namely Tahir Mia (70) from Sukria Market area of Zindabazar in Sylhet City. The dead body was rescued from the Washroom of the 3rd floor of the building on wednesday at 10am.Tahir Mia, the inhabitant of Masimpur area Duel 22, son of dead Sattar Mia, was the proprietor of the shop ...

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1 killed in Nor’wester at Nobigong

Romjan Ali was killed as the tree mounted on the top of his body when Nor’wester  visited at Timirpur of Nobigong municipal  under Hobigonj district. It took place at 1:30 am on yesterday night. Local people said a big tree fell on the cottage of Mr. Romjan Ali during  the storm. As a result, Ali was injured as being covered ...

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Seizing stone-loaded truck by BGB

Members of Border Gourd of Bangladesh of BOP at Companigonj under Sylhet district seized a stone-loaded truck from  a rural place Banpur around 7 am in the morning on wednesday. The number of the truck is ‘D 112222’. According to BGB 5 Battalion, a group of BGB members led by Subeder Abdul Khaleq, Naik of Uthma BOP under Companigonj Upazilla ...

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Nor’wester kills mother, son in Habiganj

A woman and her son have been killed when nor’wester swept over Nondipara village in Habiganj. The deceased are Nur Jahan, 35, wife of Fajal Miah, and her son Arian, 6, of Nandipara village. The incident took place when a branch of a tree fell on their house during the storm on Tuesday night. Banichang police OC Nirmolendo Chokroborty said: ...

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Sylhet train communication resumed after 7 hours

After seven hours of being suspended, the rail connection of Sylhet with Dhaka and Chittagong has been restored on Wednesday. It was suspended for seven hours as at least 35 trees fell on the railtracks during a nor’wester in Mouluvibazar. The storm occurred early on Wednesday. The trees, uprooted by the storm, fell onto the rail tracks at Magurchhara and ...

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SNP’s fiscal autonomy would leave £9bn gap in Scotland’s finances, says IFS

Nicola Sturgeon has dismissed a previous IFS projection as irrelevant. The Scottish National party’s flagship financial policy of full fiscal autonomy could lead to a shortfall of nearly £9bn in Scotland’s finances by 2020, according to the latest projections from the Institute of Fiscal Studies – a gap that would only be closed if growth were to double that predicted ...

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Election 2015: David Cameron playing ‘fast and loose’ with UK, says Ed Miliband

Ed Miliband today accused David Cameron of “playing fast and loose” with the United Kingdom, as senior Labour figures began speaking openly of post-election talks with Nicola Sturgeon. David Lammy, who is bidding to be Labour’s candidate for London Mayor, was among the figures who spoke of a “common alliance” and holding talks on “common ground” between the two parties ...

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