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Kibria Killing
Kennedy, Kerry for impartial probe
Express 'concern over political terrorism' in letter to govt
Three leading federal lawmakers from Massachusetts sent letters to the US and Bangladesh governments, urging an independent, impartial and transparent inquiry into the January 27 grenade attack that killed
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Meghnaghat Power Plant
Power Cell faces pressure to award deal to lobby
A politically backed business lobby is mounting pressure on the Power Cell to award a contract without any bidding to a power company to set up the third-phase Meghnaghat 450 mw power plant violatinggovernment
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Pope slips closer to death
Pope John Paul II is drifting in and out of consciousness but is not in a coma, the Vatican said Saturday, as millions of Catholics prayed and the world watched the agonies of the pontiff's dying hours.
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Teletalk suspends mobile selling on mad rush
The state-owned Teletalk authorities yesterday suspended the distribution of subscription forms for its newly launched mobile phone due to inadequate capacity to handle the huge rush and demand of aspirant
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Graft Cases Against Hasina
Lawyers walk out of courtroom
A group of lawyers walked out of the courtroom of a High Court Division Bench yesterday alleging bias against it during hearing of quashment petitions of seven corruption cases including three against
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New pay scale will inflame inflation
IMF mission warns Saifur, goes back on its advice to cut interest rates
A visiting IMF mission yesterday questioned the rationale of the new pay scale being designed at the moment, saying it would only aggravate and whip up the galloping inflation.
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Govt absolves Pintu of another criminal case
The government yesterday withdrew a criminal case, the second in the last two weeks, against ruling BNP lawmaker Nasiruddin Ahmed Pintu and a dozen others for assaulting and injuring police and AwamiLeague
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Manpower Export
Clampdown on travel with free visa
In a bid to bring discipline to the country's manpower export system, the government has imposed restrictions on individuals migrating abroad with individual free visas.
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Dhaka committed to strengthening Saarc
PM tells new secretary general
Prime Minister Khaleda Zia yesterday said Saarc process should progress unhindered and reaffirmed Bangladesh's commitment to strengthening cooperation in all potential areas under the aegis of the seven-nation
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Robbery in Mirpur
Charge sheet against Rab members
An investigation officer (IO) yesterday pressed charges against four Rab members and their two sources for involvement in robbing Tk 7.8 lakh from a cattle trader in the city's Mirpur area on March 23.
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India go 1-0 up in style
Virender Sehwag and Rahul Dravid cracked centuries and Sachin Tendulkar grabbed a five-wicket haul as India crushed Pakistan by 87 runs in their opening one-day international on Saturday.
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'Why magistrate won't be stripped of authority?'
HC on bail refusal to infant
The High Court (HC) yesterday ordered a metropolitan magistrate of Chittagong to appear before the court on April 23, and explain why he would not be stripped of his authority as a magistrate for refusing
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Ahsanullah Murder
Accused say they are victims of harassment
Almost all the accused in the Awami League (AL) lawmaker Ahsanullah Master murder case yesterday said they were implicated in the incident to harass them falsely.
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Drug peddlers attack cops, injure 3
Two policemen and an ansar were wounded when drug peddlers attacked them during a raid at a drug den on Agamashi Lane in old Dhaka's Kotwali area last night.
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Woman held with 21 dead fowls
Police yesterday nabbed a woman with 21 dead chickens she collected to feed her customers at a mess, six days into the arrest of a man in Mirpur with dead fowls.
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Beating Traffic Cop
Friend of MP's son arrested
Police arrested a friend of BNP lawmaker Ali Kadar's son Noman Kadar from Lalmatia area early today on charge of beating up a traffic constable.
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Sangu gas field goes for test run
Country's gas production for the first time crossed 1,500 million cubic feet mark when a new well of Sangu went for test run at 7:00pm yesterday.
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Parody poster costs his life
One physically challenged Master's student was killed allegedly over pasting of a parody poster at Bandar Police Station area in the city early yesterday.
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5 kidnapped in Bandarban
Armed criminals abducted five people including three indigenous persons in Roangchhari upazila in the early hours yesterday.
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Thakurgaon OC closed for bribery
Officer-in-Charge (OC) of Baliadangi Police Station was closed to the police Lines Friday on charges of demanding a bribe from a trucker.
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Rajuk distributes Uttara plots
The Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha (Rajuk) today distributes plots among applicants under the third phase of Uttara residential area project through a computerised lottery.
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9 Australians die in copter crash in Indonesia
An Australian military helicopter carrying specialist medical staff to aid victims of a massive earthquake in Indonesia crashed yesterday, killing nine of the 11 people on board, the Australian national
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Man pulled alive from Indonesia rubble
A man heard crying out for water was pulled alive yesterday from beneath the rubble of a building demolished by Indonesia's most recent earthquake, a day after rescue teams formally called off the search
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