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                        <title>Ganoshanghati activists protest BSF brutalities on Bangladeshis</title>
                        <link>http://driknews.com/news.php?news_id=3874</link>
                        <description> Dhaka, Bangladesh. February 02, 2012 [DrikNEWS] - Activists of Ganoshanghati Andolan demonstrated in front of the National Pressure Club Thursday protesting the brutalities by Indias Border Security Force (BSF) on innocent Bangladeshis.

They shouted slogans against BSF brutalities and demanded measures by the government to stop such practices in the countrys long border with India.

The protestors later brought out a procession on the street, but were soon intercepted by police. No violence was reported.</description>
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                        <title>SSC exams kick off</title>
                        <link>http://driknews.com/news.php?news_id=3873</link>
                        <description> Dhaka, Bangladesh. 1 February 2012 [DrikNEWS] - The Secondary School Certificate (SSC) and equivalent examinations under different education boards began Wednesday across the country. The examinations commenced simultaneously in 2,464 centres under eight general education boards, Dakhil and vocational board. The tests will go on until March 4.  An estimated 1,420,057 students of 26,855 educational institutions are appearing in the SSC and equivalent tests. Among them, 735,229 are boys and 684,828 girls.</description>
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                        <title>Conscious citizens protest against BSF brutalities in borders</title>
                        <link>http://driknews.com/news.php?news_id=3871</link>
                        <description> Dhaka, Bangladesh. January 31, 2012 [DrikNEWS] - A group of people demonstrated in front of the National Press Club Tuesday protesting government inaction in respect of the brutalities carried by Indias Boarder Safety Force (BSF) on the people in bordering areas.

The protestors, identifying themselves as conscious citizens and carrying banners depicting the pictures of BSF brutalities, formed a human chain and demanded measures by the government to stop such practices in the countrys long border with India.</description>
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                        <title>Rajshahi clash costs one Jamaat activist</title>
                        <link>http://driknews.com/news.php?news_id=3870</link>
                        <description> Rajshahi, Bangladesh. January 30, 2012 [DrikNEWS] - A Jamaat-e-Islami activist died during clash between opposition supporters and law enforcers in Rajshahi on Monday. The deceased, Shafiqul Islam Shafique, was a receptionist at the town’s Islami Medical College Hospital. The Jamaat activists took out the procession in the city as the part of opposition’s antigovernment agitation in the afternoon what was obstructed by law enforcers and violence erupted. Police detained more 45 people during the clash.</description>
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                        <title>Rangpur Medical College becomes warzone over recruitment</title>
                        <link>http://driknews.com/news.php?news_id=3869</link>
                        <description> Rangpur, Bangladesh. January 28, 2012 [DrikNEWS] - More than 50 people including a lawmaker, journalists and policemen were hurt during a clash between Jatiya Party (JP) activists and employees of Rangpur Medical College Hospital (RMCH) in Rangpur over the Hossain Mokbul Shahriar Asif’s demand for jobs for his men. He is the nephew of JP chief HM Ershad. Five truckload of stick-wielding Jatiya Party activists led by him went to Rangpur Medical College Hospital to demand 30 class-III and class-IV jobs for his party men around 12:30pm. The employees of the hospital set up a barricade between the JP activists and the hospital office. A clash was resulted in between them and police fired 40 teargas canisters and charged baton to scatter both sides.</description>
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