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FBI in Dhaka to probe grenade attacks
Two more Interpol experts also fly in
After Interpol, the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is now in Dhaka to investigate the August 21 grenade attack on Leader of the Opposition Sheikh Hasina at an Awami League (AL) rally.
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Hundreds held hostage at Russian school: 8 die
Rebels threaten to blow up building if attacked; 10 killed, 50 hurt as suicide bomber blows herself up outside Moscow subway
More than a dozen militants wearing suicide-bomb belts seized a southern Russian school in a region bordering Chechnya yesterday, taking hostage about 400 people -- half of them children -- and threatening
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Gazipur market time bomb blast injures 6
A time bomb went off at a marketplace in Gazipur injuring six people yesterday and the recovery of a handmade bomb from the district press club three hours apart sent a swell of panic through the neighbourhood.
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Yasmeen Rape, Murder
2 cops walk gallows in Rangpur jail
Two of the three former policemen convicted of raping and killing 13-year-old Yasmeen more than nine years ago walked the gallows in Rangpur Central Jail at 12:01am today.
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Curfew in Kathmandu
Mosque, offices of Saudi, Qatar airlines attacked over Iraq killings
Nepal yesterday clamped an indefinite curfew on Kathmandu and warned violators will be shot after furious mobs attacked a mosque and went on the rampage to protest against the killing of 12 Nepalis in
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Govt staff must submit tax return by Sept 30
Or count Tk 250 a day plus Tk 2,500 in fines in default
The National Board of Revenue (NBR) yesterday in a circular set September 30 as the deadline for submission of income tax returns by employees of government, semi-government and autonomous bodies.
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Grenade Attack
Jalil says can prove govt's hand, dares BNP to refute
Awami League General Secretary Abdul Jalil yesterday said he can prove the coalition government's involvement in the August 21 grenade attack on AL rally and challenged the ruling BNP leaders to contest
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Boycott of lawyers challenged
Boycott of the chief justice's court was challenged yesterday in the High Court by three senior lawyers saying, the decision of the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) was ulta vires the fundamental
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Missing jail guard leads to 'rumours'
A Dhaka Central Jail guard went underground on Thursday allegedly after taking money on promising jobs in jail amid rumours that four grenades were found in his home.
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WB okays $100m for education reforms
The World Bank (WB) yesterday approved a $100 million credit to Bangladesh for implementation of a reform programme to enhance access to and quality of secondary education.
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PM pledges ICT society by 2006
Prime Minister Khaleda Zia yesterday said the government was sincerely working for building an information and communications technology (ICT) based society by 2006 and called for its effective application
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Grenade Attack Fallout
$2b Tata investment now uncertain
The prospects of the $2-billion investment proposed by India's industrial giant Tata Group has become uncertain due to the current political volatility.
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BCL calls off student strike
The Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) yesterday called off the countrywide indefinite student strike after a meeting with Dhaka University (DU) Vice-chancellor (VC) Prof SMA Faiz.
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Shibir men chop dead JCD leader
Armed cadres of Islami Chhatra Shibir chopped a Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) leader dead and injured some others at Sylhet Government Veterinary College in the early hours of yesterday.
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Rab starts drive to catch Litu's cadres
Notorious criminal Asaduzzaman Litu, killed in a shootout with cops Monday, has disclosed names of his political godfathers and beneficiaries in police in his last interrogation, reliable sources said.
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Threat to Pmo
Email senders remanded
A Dhaka court yesterday remanded two young men in police custody enabling law-enforcers to grill them on charge of threatening to blow up the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) by email.
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Norwegian family mugged in city
Four armed muggers yesterday robbed a Norwegian family of Tk 12,000 and two mobile phones at gunpoint on Kemal Ataturk Avenue in Dhaka.
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Kepz Md Murder
Charge framing date deferred
The Divisional Speedy Trial Tribunal, Chittagong yesterday deferred the date for framing of charges in the sensational Korean Export Processing Zone (KEPZ) managing director commodore Golam Rabbani murder
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Blast Probe
Judicial body looks into AL's rally permission
The judicial commission formed to probe the August 21 carnage asked Dhaka City Corporation (DCC) yesterday to inform it whether the Awami League (AL) had a permission to hold a rally on Bangabandhu Avenue.
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Razzak undergoes surgery in India
Doctors of Apollo Hospital in New Delhi examined the health of Awami League (AL) leaders, who were injured in August 21 grenade attacks.
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Mixed UN report on Iran nuke plan
UN inspectors delivered a mixed report on Iran's nuclear activities yesterday that failed to either confirm or disprove US allegations the country is secretly trying to build nuclear weapons.
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Youth held near Sudha Sadan on suspicion
Police arrested a young man in front of Leader of the Opposition Sheikh Hasina's Sudha Sadan residence on suspicion yesterday, 11 days after she survived deadly grenade attacks on a rally.
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Advani briefly detained
Indian police yesterday briefly detained the country's main opposition leader, Lal Krishna Advani, during protests against the arrest of a colleague.
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Rokan defends formation of Bar's probe committee
Barrister Rokanuddin Mahmud, convenor of a six-member Supreme Court Bar Association probe body, on August 21 grenade attack has said they want to find out the culprits and evil forces involved in theheinous
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