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Largest ever arms haul
Ten truckloads of 10,000 arms, including submachine-guns, AK 47 rifles, rocket shells and launchers, 2,000 grenades and 3 lakh bullets seized in Chittagong
Joint forces seized 10 truckloads of submachine-guns, AK-47 assault rifles, other firearms and bullets on tip-off in the largest ever arms haul in an early morning swoop on the Karnaphuli coast in Chittagong
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Unocal to exploit Bibiyana gas for domestic use
Proposal apparently signals end to gas export issue
American oil giant Unocal has agreed to develop Bibiyana gas field for local markets, signalling an apparent end to gas export issue that whipped up a torrent of debates in national politics.
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The Strength Within
A clinic closer to community
Tuberculosis flares up every other week, but it does not perturb Shaheda Begum. The reality of having no money in the little money-chest she keeps under bed does not unsettle the 50-year-old.
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Babar sees it as part of a big conspiracy
State Minister for Home Lutfozzaman Babar yesterday described the largest ever seizure of AK-47 rifles and other firearms in Chittagong as part of a "big conspiracy" and did not rule out any possiblelink
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Arms haul serious threat to security, says opposition
Demands probe; AL terms it conspiracy to undermine democracy
Mainstream opposition parties yesterday demanded immediate investigation into country's largest ever arms seizure in Chittagong, pegging the haul as a serious threat to national security.
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Chronicle of gunrunning
A string of large arms hauls including the latest in Chittagong suggests some insurgent groups in South Asia are trying to use Bangladesh as a transit point for gunrunning because of its strategic location.
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Save link canals to save Buriganga
The authorities are dredging a 17-kilometre stretch of the Buriganga unmindful of the need for saving at least a dozen dying canals connecting the capital's peripheral townships and villages with theriver.
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PSA enforces siege at CU from today
Progressive Student Alliance (PSA), a forum of three leftist student organisations of Chittagong University (CU), will be enforcing an indefinite siege on campus from today protesting Thursday's attack
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New Nato members to stay in Iraq
Ex-communist countries newly enrolled in Nato vowed yesterday to keep their troops in Iraq, while calling for greater international involvement to restore stability to the shattered nation.
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High turnout in Lankan polls
Sri Lankans turned out in large numbers yesterday for parliamentary elections called to resolve a power struggle between the president and the prime minister that has cast a shadow over faltering attempts
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Sharon says Israel may kill Arafat
Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon yesterday threatened his long-time foe Yasser Arafat with assassination in barbed comments in which he called the veteran Palestinian president a poor insurance risk.
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Myanmar PM Khin Nyunt arrives tomorrow
Myanmar Prime Minister General Khin Nyunt arrives in Dhaka tomorrow on a three-day official visit.This will be the first-ever visit by a Myanmar premier to Bangladesh.
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Tendulkar robbed !
India skipper Sourav Ganguly said yesterday his team made a "mistake" by denying star batsman Sachin Tendulkar a double-century in the opening Test against Pakistan at Multan.
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Oldest Archaeological Find
Asiatic Society might extend fellowship to archaeologist
Excavator asks for more help from philanthropists, donors, government
Asiatic Society might extend the fellowship it awarded to Associate Professor Sufi Mustafizur Rahman of Jahangirnagar University (JU), the archaeologist who discovered the country's oldest road at Narshingdi's
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Chuadanga BNP leader murdered
A local leader of the ruling Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) was killed by unidentified miscreants in Damurhuda upazila in the early hours of yesterday.
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15 injured at AL council
At least 15 people were injured in a clash between two fractions of the Awami League (AL) at a triennial council yesterday.
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Shibir-JCD clash leaves 50 hurt in Jessore
Jessore MM College was closed for an indefinite period yesterday following a clash between the activists of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) and Islami Chhatra Shibir that left 50 people injured.
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Two PBCP men arrested
Sonadanga police yesterday arrested two suspected members of the Janajuddho faction of Purbo Banglar Communist Party and recovered two firearms and 10 cartridges from them.
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Petroleum agent's kidnap
Dealers' association threaten strike from tomorrow
Khulna Divisional Petroleum Product Dealers' Association has threatened to go on an indefinite strike from tomorrow in protest against the abduction of Sanatan Kumar Pal of Magura, an agent of Padma Oil
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