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Hopes high as Saarc Summit starts today
Optimism ran high as South Asia's leaders arrived in the Pakistani capital yesterday for a landmark summit after ministers agreed to turn the region into a free trade zone and strengthen anti-terrorism
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Motia, 50 others hurt as cops swing baton
Hartal sees sporadic violence
Police clashed with leaders and activists of the Awami League (AL) and its front organisations demonstrating at different places in the capital during the dawn-to-dusk countywide hartal (shutdown) yesterday
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Cold snap claims 18 more lives
At least 18 people, mostly children and the elderly, died in the last three days from the cold snap that swept much of Bangladesh with chill winds and rain-like dense fog at night amid overcast conditions.
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Banks soon to cut deposit rates
The private banks may go for deep cuts, as high as 4 percent, in their deposit scheme rates this month in line with the government's reduction in savings instrument rates.
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Egyptian plane crashes into sea, kills 148
Technical fault blamed
An Egyptian Boeing 737 airliner carrying 135 mostly French tourists crashed into the Red Sea off the Egyptian resort of Sharm el-Sheikh yesterday and a rescue team member said there were no survivors.
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PM off to Pakistan
Prime Minister Khaleda Zia left Dhaka yesterday evening for Islamabad to attend the 12th Saarc Summit.
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Indo-Pak talks
Premiers give conflicting signals
Pakistan's Prime Minister Zafarullah Jamali expects a 'structured Indo-Pak summit' during a regional South Asia summit opening yesterday, but his Indian counterpart Atal Behari Vajpayee dashed hopes of
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Pakistan blocks India's single currency move
Pakistan yesterday blocked India's attempt to bring its proposal for a single South Asian currency on to the agenda of the upcoming regional summit, a Pakistani official said.
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CHT Development
UNDP team arrives today to undo deadlock
A delegation of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) arrives in Dhaka today to review end the deadlock in UNDP's development works in the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT).
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Miracle rescue from Iran quake
Iranian rescue workers pulled a woman alive and unscathed from the rubble in Bam yesterday, more than eight full days after an earthquake destroyed the city, a Red Crescent spokeswoman told the news agency.
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Madhupur eco-park
2 Garos shot dead for construction protest
At least two Garo youths were shot dead and 25 others, including women and children, injured in the Madhupur forest, 50 km north of Tangail town yesterday noon.
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GI killed in Iraq mortar attack
US raids Baghdad mosque, worshippers angered
One US soldier was killed and two injured in a mortar attack on a US army base near the town of Balad, northwest of Baghdad, a military spokesman says.
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Delhi mulls Dhaka request for crocodiles
India is pondering on a request from Bangladesh for sending 40 crocodiles, a rare species which is on the verge of extinction in that country."The request is being considered.
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Sudden exercise poses heart risk
Scientists have proof that people who seldom take exercise may be best off avoiding sudden bursts of vigorous physical activity.
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Oust govt plan Jan 10
AL tells post-hartal rally
Leaders of the Awami League (AL) at a post-hartal rally yesterday said a programme for a massive movement would be announced at a grand rally on January 10 to oust the BNP-led alliance government by March.
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