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Accord on three pacts before Saarc summit
South Asia's foreign ministers have agreed on three key pacts to be signed at a landmark regional summit opening in Islamabad this weekend, India's Foreign Secretary Shashank said yesterday.
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Cold front kills 51 in 3 days
At least 51 people, mostly children and the elderly, died in the last three days from the cold front that swept much of Bangladesh with chill wind and heavy fog amid overcast conditions.
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Giant health plan, little success
The giant Health and Population Sector Programme (HPSP) has fallen far short of achieving its major goals, including curbs on high rates of maternal and child mortality, in its five-year life-span.
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the Strength within
From broken homes to a golden future
Asma is a national karate award winner, a brilliant student at the top of her class and at 15, is a precocious cultural talent.
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Non-stop hartal if govt uses force, warns Jalil
Repeated infringement of organisational activities of the Awami League (AL) has forced the main opposition party to opt for a political hard line and an early showdown against the BNP-led alliance government,
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PM leaves today for Islamabad
Prime Minister Khaleda Zia leaves Dhaka today to lead the Bangladesh delegation to the 12th Saarc Summit beginning in Islamabad tomorrow.
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AL enforces dawn-to-dusk hartal today
The main opposition Awami League (AL) is set to enforce a dawn-to-dusk countrywide hartal today to protest what it said was infringement on the opposition's democratic and political rights and killings
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Bush hopes Indo-Pak dialogue at summit
US President George W Bush has expressed the hope that India and Pakistan will initiate a dialogue on a variety of issues during the Saarc summit beginning tomorrow.
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US soldier killed as chopper 'downed'
A US soldier was killed and another was wounded in a helicopter crash in central Iraq yesterday while ethnic tensions flared again in the oil-rich northern city of Kirkuk, leading to at least one death.
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Tremor shakes Bali
One killed, houses damaged
At least one person was killed and nine injured when an earthquake and aftershocks shook tourists and residents from their beds early yesterday on the Indonesian resort islands of Bali and neighbouring
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Hasina visits houses of three peacekeepers
Awami League President and Leader of the Opposition in Parliament Sheikh Hasina yesterday visited the residences of three army officers, killed along with 12 others in a plane crash in the West African
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Nab Banshkhali killers in two weeks: Dr Kamal
Gono Forum President Dr Kamal Hossain yesterday gave a two-week ultimatum to the government to bring the perpetrators of Banshkhali carnage to book, saying a mass probe commission would be formed otherwise
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India, Pakistan swap nuke list
Nuclear rivals India and Pakistan have swapped the lists of their nuclear installations for a 13th straight year in line with an agreement to hand over such information annually, a statement said.
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Anti-Ahmadiyya group issues fresh threat
An alliance of Muslim fundamentalists yesterday took oath to launch a holy war (jihad) against Ahmadiyyas if the government does not declare them non-Muslims by January 9.
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