REUTERS, SRINAGAR, India, - Sporadic clashes broke out in Muslim-majority Indian Kashmir on Monday as anger festered against a deal with Hindu groups to resolve a land dispute that has paralysed and polarised the state.

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Millions of Muslims in Bangladesh will start the fasting month of Ramadan on Tuesday and observe 'Lailatul Qadr' through the Sept 27 night.

It was attended, among others, by SPARRSO chairman Md Najmul Huda Khan, chief information officer Iftekhar Hossain, Meteorological Department deputy director Shah Alam and Baitul Mokarram acting khatib Mufti Muhammad Islam Ghani.

He rules out any lack of trust between govt and BNP

Staff Correspondent

Adviser Hossain Zillur Rahman said on Monday

AL asks govt

Desk Report

The Awami League has decided in principle to stage human-chain protests across the country to pressure authorities into dropping all charges against chief Sheikh Hasina and holding national elections first.

Eve of Ramadan

Green chili, aubergine, ginger up

Staff Correspondent

Though prices of edible oil, onion and gram flour have registered falls on the eve of Ramadan, market prices of other essentials have risen—with the cost of green chillis being hiked a massive Tk 40 per kg within a span of two days.

Says Home Adviser

Staff Correspondent

Home adviser MA Matin on Monday said the home ministry had received no file on the release of detained former prime minister Khaleda Zia and elder son Tarique Rahman.

Names of the mercy seekers not being disclosed

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The Truth and Accountability Commission (TAC) on Monday started hearing four cases at its Hare Road office.

Desk Report

Anticorruption Commission chairman Hasan Mashhud Chowdhury said Monday that the spate of bail orders for graft suspects and stay orders on corruption cases has hurt the image of the antigraft body.

Staff Correspondent

The Supreme Court on Monday rejected the appeals of the government and the Anticorruption Commission to halt the High Court bail orders to Tarique Rahman in six cases.

Agency

Former secretary and LGED chief engineer Quamrul Islam Siddiqui died at 2:30am Sunday local time in New Jersey, USA.

Manzurul Imam murder

Desk Report

A Khulna court Monday acquitted four people of the charges of murdering Awami League leader Manzurul Imam.

Bdnews24.com

The government announced the "set up" of the National Human Rights Commission in a statement Monday, with an office established in the capital's Hare Road—though members have yet to be appointed almost eight months after the interim cabinet approved the HRC ordinance.

FFWC engineer says

Staff Correspondent

Floodwater that has risen in 16 out of 17 districts may climb slightly higher over the next couple of days, but the overall flood situation in the country is not expected to assume dire proportions, the Flood Forecasting and Warning Centre said Monday.

A Dhaka court on Monday deferred witness deposition for the third time in a Tk 3 crore extortion case against former prime minister Sheikh Hasina and others, reports bdnews24.com.

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The government has decided to observe Sept 15 as the National Income Tax Day countrywide to encourage and motivate people to pay tax.

Twin cases

Our Correspondent

A special court in Gazipur on Monday sentenced outlawed JMB leader Abdullah al Mamun Sohail, also known as 'Zahid' and 'Akash', to a total of 34 years in jail in two cases.

Oil prices fell sharply Monday as weather forecasters said Hurricane Gustav was weakening as it advanced toward Louisiana, reports AP.

By the end of the century sea levels may be rising three times as fast as they are at present

The Guardian Online

The vast Greenland ice sheet could begin to melt more rapidly than expected towards the end of the century, accelerating the rise in sea levels as a result of global warming, scientists warned yesterday.

BNP secretary general Khandker Delwar Hossain accused the government of biased action on Monday, saying it was filing appeals against the bail orders "of those it did not like", reports bdnews24.com

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The BNP on Monday kicked off a three-day programme to mark its 30th founding anniversary by paying tribute to BNP founder and late president Ziaur Rahman at his grave.