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		<lang class="3" colour="#000000" orgstyle="HEAD new" style="Headline1"  font="Blacker Pro Display" fontStyle="Bold" size="34">Unite against moves to stir instability, derail the vote </lang>
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		<lang class="3" colour="#000000" orgstyle="2ND HEAD new" style="Headline2"  font="Blacker Pro Display" fontStyle="Regular" size="16">Urge journalists, political leaders, professionals; govt inaction during  attacks on Star, Prothom Alo ‘terrifying’ </lang>
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	<lang class="3" style=".Bodylaser" colour="#000000" orgstyle="INDENTLESS BODY new" font="Blacker Pro Display" fontStyle="Regular" size="9">Leaders from the journalist community, political parties, different professional bodies, and civil society groups yesterday joined voices to demand united resistance against attempts to incite instability in the country and undermine the upcoming national polls.
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	<lang class="3" style=".Bodylaser" colour="#000000" orgstyle="BODY new" font="Blacker Pro Display" fontStyle="Regular" size="9">The recent violence targeting The Daily Star and Prothom Alo represents more than just a strike against the media; it is part of a systemic attack on the nation’s democratic values, education, and cultural identity, speakers said yesterday.
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	<lang class="3" style=".Bodylaser" colour="#000000" orgstyle="BODY new" font="Blacker Pro Display" fontStyle="Regular" size="9">They questioned the government’s failure to restrain those inciting chaos </lang>
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