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• 'History-sheeter shot dead' May 21, 2013
  A man accused of murder and other crimes was killed in a gunbattle with police in the wee hours of Tuesday at Maheshkhali Upazila of Cox’s Bazar district. […]
• 'Big Syria battle, Obama concerned' May 21, 2013
  Lebanese Hezbollah guerrillas have fought their biggest battle yet for Syria's beleaguered president, prompting international alarm that the civil war may spread and an urgent call for restraint from the United States. […]
• 'Bombs explode in Dhaka' May 21, 2013
  Several home-made bombs exploded in Dhaka's New Market area on Tuesday. […]
• 'Hasina returns' May 21, 2013
  Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina returned to Dhaka on Tuesday morning at the end of her two-day visit to Thailand to attend the Second Asia Pacific Water Summit. […]
• 'The Doors co-founder dies at age 74' May 21, 2013
  Ray Manzarek, a founding member and keyboardist of 1960s rock group The Doors, died on Monday at a medical clinic in Germany at age 74 following a battle with cancer, the group's manager Tom Vitorino said. […]
• 'Ashulia faces fresh unrest' May 21, 2013
  Workers of a ready-made garment factory at Savar's Ashulia region on the capital's suburbs have blocked the Dhaka-Aricha highway to protest against its management declaring Tuesday as a holiday. […]
• 'Week two of Cannes gets off to explosive start' May 21, 2013
  Japanese director Takashi Miike got the final week of the Cannes Film Festival off to an explosive start on Monday, with big budget cop thriller "Shield of Straw" a sharp contrast to the more intense, intimate movies screened so far. […]
• 'UN praise Bangladesh' May 21, 2013
  The United Nations has commended Bangladesh's preparedness ahead of cyclone 'Mahasen' last week, saying that it saved thousands of lives. […]
• 'Yahoo buying Tumblr, vows not to screw it up' May 21, 2013
  Yahoo Inc will buy blogging service Tumblr for $1.1 billion cash, giving the Internet pioneer a much-needed social media platform to reach a younger generation of users and breathe new life into its ailing brand. […]
• 'Tornado flattens Oklahoma suburb' May 21, 2013
  At least 91 people, including 20 children, were feared killed when a 2 mile wide tornado tore through an Oklahoma City suburb, trapping victims beneath the rubble as one elementary school took a direct hit and another was destroyed. […]