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32 Islamic militants nabbed in raid on Barguna mosque
Suspected as Bangla Bhai's men; seized books, leaflets outline how to attack PMO, police stations and fight paramilitary
Police yesterday arrested 32 suspected Islamic militants in training in a mosque and seized jihad-inspiring books, leaflets and other printed materials in an outlying village in the southern districtof
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Mannan, Falu lock horns today over political test
The Dhaka-10 parliamentary constituency goes to the polls today amid tight security, as two key rivals put their popularity to test in an apparently fierce fray that ran into temporary legal roadblocks.
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Iraqis get Saddam, eleven aides
They are to be charged today; mortar attack injures 11 US troops
Saddam Hussein appeared before an Iraqi judge yesterday as Iraq's interim government took legal charge of the deposed dictator 15 months after U.S.-led forces overthrew him.
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Bangla Bhai men kill AL leader at Madrasa
Cadres of militant Islamic outfit Jagrata Muslim Janata Bangladesh yesterday killed a local Awami League (AL) leader on a madrasa compound at Kudapara village in Bagmara upazila.
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Portugal in first ever major final
Hosts Portugal roared into their first major final as goals from midfielders Cristiano Ronaldo and Maniche sealed a deserved 2-1 victory over the Netherlands in the first Euro 2004 semi-final early today.
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Public Sector Cellphone
PMO shifts stance to approve deal
The Prime Minister's Office (PMO) backtracked on its stance in approving recently the controversial $76 million public sector cellphone deal in a move still shrouded in mystery.
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Budget passed amid AL walkout
The parliament yesterday passed the national budget for fiscal year 2004-05 in absence of the major opposition, Awami League, which staged a walkout protesting constraint of discussion time.
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Bepza assures US envoy of limited trade unionism
The chairman of Bangladesh Export Promotion Zones Authority (Bepza) yesterday met US envoy in Dhaka Harry K Thomas and informed him of the progress of passing a bill in parliament allowing limited trade
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Pensioners' savings scheme from today
The government is introducing from today a new pensioners' savings scheme for retired employees of government, semi-government and autonomous bodies.
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Rivals gun down Ctg Shibir terror Chhoto Saiful
Gang led by Gittu Nasir also slays his sister, injures brother critically
Rivals gunned down a notorious armed cadre of Islami Chhatra Shibir, the student wing of ruling coalition partner Jamaat-e-Islami, in the port city Tuesday night.
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3 outlaws die in shootout
Three top outlaw leaders were killed reportedly in separate skirmishes with police and joint forces in Mirpur in Kushtia and Alamdanga in Chuadanga yesterday.
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Contractor, shop worker killed
A contractor was knifed to death at Keraniganj while a teenage sweetmeat shop worker was slaughtered allegedly by his former roommate in Demra yesterday.
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PMO orders probe into BTTB chief's US tour
The Prime Minister's Office (PMO) has asked the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications to probe an alleged pleasure trip of the chairman of Bangladesh Telegraph and Telephone Board (BTTB) to the USat
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Hasina alleges plan to rig by-polls
Leader of the Opposition in the Jatiya Sangsad Sheikh Hasina has accused the government of making all arrangements to rig today's by-election in Dhaka-10 constituency.
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BSF kills one
A young man working in his field near the border was shot dead by Indian Border Security Force (BSF) at South Kotwali Barogram Tuesday night.
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2,078 people killed in last 6 months
As many as 2,078 people including three journalists were killed in last six months, showing an upturn in murders comparing to the killings of corresponding time last year, according to Bureau of Human
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Israel to reroute WB barrier on court rule
Israel says it will re-route part of its disputed West Bank barrier after its highest court ordered changes to prevent Palestinians being cut off from their farms, schools and cities.
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Sirajganu Plant
Summit refutes report of re-tender
Summit group, the selected bidder of the Sirajganj 450-megawatt power plant, yesterday refuted a report by a section of the press that the government has decided to re-tender the power scheme.
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Gunshots rock Rampura
Armed criminals yesterday fired in the blank on Wapda Road in Rampura after the owner of a local auto-rickshaw garage refused to pay them toll.
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Saudi clash kills cop, 2 militants
Gunmen and security forces battled in a neighborhood of the capital yesterday, and the shootout left two militants and one policeman dead, an official said. At least one militant fled.
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