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Tigers complete historic series double
Bangladesh completed one of the greatest fightbacks in the history of one-day cricket when they won the fifth and deciding one-day match against Zimbabwe by eight wickets at the Bangabandhu National Stadium yesterday.
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AL MPs besiege speaker's room, show black flags
Boycott JS session
The Jatiya Sangsad yesterday adopted an obituary reference on the main opposition Awami League (AL) lawmaker Shah AMS Kibria amid a boycott by the AL deputies and protests by the opposition parties in and outside the House.
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60-hour hartal ends with stray clashes
The 60-hour countrywide hartal called by the Awami Legue (AL) and its allies ended at 6:00pm yesterday paralysing life for the third consecutive day and stray incidents of clashes between rival political
 
Habiganj Grenade Attack
Cops watch a section of political activists
Preliminary investigations by the law enforcing agencies point the finger at a section of ruling BNP and Jamaat-e-Islami activists to be the prime suspects in the January 27 grenade blasts that killed
 
Interpol men arrive, no decision yet on US conditions for FBI help
Two Interpol officials arrived in Dhaka yesterday while the government was yet to decide on the US demand for full accessibility to evidence and witnesses in case of FBI assistance in the investigations
 
PM says Kibria killers must be punished
Prime Minister Khaleda Zia yesterday said the killers of former finance minister and Awami League (AL) leader Shah AMS Kibria must be tracked down and severely punished.
 
Saarc Summit
Agenda meet starts today
The agenda-setting process for the 13th Saarc Summit begins today with the Saarc Programming Committee meeting at Hotel Sheraton.
 
Fresh hartal on Feb 3, 5, 6
The main opposition Awami League (AL) and its allies will enforce another spell of countrywide hartal on February 3, 5 and 6 in protest against the killing of lawmaker and former minister Shah AMS Kibria
 
Rare treat for book lovers
Scripts as old as 350 years are on display at Public Library
Rare book lovers are in for a treat when they enter the Central Public Library, where hundreds of books published as long ago as 350 years including Yusuf Julekha, Shahanma, Bheda, Puran, Rare birdsbook,
 
Ctg Port
Container jam reaches record high for hartal
Container congestion in the Chittagong Port reached an all-time high yesterday in the wake of the 60-hour countrywide hartal enforced by the main opposition Awami League.
 
Hasina doubts govt's security for Saarc leaders
Leader of the Opposition and Awami League (AL) chief Sheikh Hasina yesterday expressed her doubt about the government's ability to ensure security for heads of the government of Saarc (South Asian Association
 
Iraqi vote count gets underway
Transport plane crash kills 10 British soldiers
Iraqi election workers yesterday were counting ballots from the country's first free election in half a century after millions braved insurgents' bombs, mortars and threats to cast their vote.
 
Kibria Killing
India to take up issue on summit sidelines
India yesterday hinted it would take up with Bangladesh the issue of assassination of former finance minister and front line Awami League leader SAMS Kibria on the sidelines of the 13th Saarc Summit.
 
2 outlaws die in 'crossfire'
Two leaders of underground outfits were killed in 'crossfire' between their accomplices and police in Jhenidah and Pabna early yesterday.
 
7 die in road accidents in Chittagong
Seven people died and eight others were injured in road accidents in the port city and at Dohazari on the Chittagong-Cox's Bazar highway yesterday.
 
Badruddoza says govt failed to ensure safety
Bikalpa Dhara Bangladesh (BDB) President Badruddoza Chowdhury yesterday said the present government has totally failed to ensure security to the lives of people.
 
Myanmar proposes meeting on tri-nation gas pipeline Feb 14
Myanmar has proposed holding of the first meeting of the working committee on the tri-nation gas pipeline in Yangon on February 14.
 
Raped girl set on fire
Criminals yesterday set on fire a teenage girl at Dhamrai, four days after she was raped by a youth.
Her mother suspects the rapist and his associates might be involved in the barbaric act.

 

 
   
 
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