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JCD men run riot again
100 hurt, bomb blasts near rally at DU, 3 probe body members resign; exams postponed
Pro-BNP Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) activists ran riot on Dhaka University (DU) campus again for the second day on trot, assaulting workers of all the opposition-backed student organisations after a bomb went off near the JCD rally, wounding at least 100 yesterday.
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Rab's 'shootout' claim shrouded in questions
Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) claimed that Jubo League leader Abul Kalam Azad Sumon was killed in a "shootout" in Rampura early yesterday but witnesses and other sources said he was killed in Rab custody
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3 killed in 'encounters' with Rab, police
A Jubo League leader and two alleged criminals, including a robber reportedly close to a minister, were killed in three incidents of shooting involving law enforcers in Dhaka and Rajshahi yesterday.
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Run-Up To Budget FY06
Tax evasion getting tough
Beefed up monitoring, quarterly targets, punitive measures on the cards
The government is stepping up tax evasion curbing measures to boost revenue collection, so as to feed the bigger than usual budget it plans for the next fiscal year.
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15 hurt in fire at chemicals depot
At least 15 people including 10 firefighters were injured, two critically, in a fire that broke out in a chemicals depot at Dayaganj in the capital yesterday.
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Narsingdi By-polls
Decision on giving AL symbol to Asad today
Main opposition Awami League (AL) leaders will sit today to decide whether it will give party election symbol to its Narsingdi unit president advocate Asaduzzman for contesting in the Narsingdi-1 by-polls
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11 killed in Pak riot
US fast food outlet torched after Shia mosque blast
Six workers of the US fast food chain KFC died when a restaurant was torched by a mob protesting the suicide bombing of a mosque in the Pakistani city of Karachi that killed five others, police said yesterday.
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Manmohan for better Indo-Bangla ties
Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has stressed the need for bilateral cooperation between India and Bangladesh to resolve all issues between them.
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Transit, port use, gas export to benefit Dhaka
Says Indian secretary
Bangladesh should take the advantage of its unique geographical location for reaping economic benefits through providing transits, allowing gas pipeline and access to ports for India, said visiting Indian
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Opposition for pro-liberation force alliance
Top leaders of the mainstream opposition parties yesterday called for launching a grand alliance of all pro-liberation and progressive parties to rescue the country from the grip of black money holders
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Bimstec meet today to review 6 areas
Senior foreign ministry officials of the seven-member Bimstec meet in Dhaka today to review cooperation in six priority areas and make recommendations as Bangladesh assumes the chair of the forum fornext
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Iraq governor found dead after abduction
4 Americans, 4 Italians killed in aircraft crashes
The kidnapped governor of Iraq's Anbar province has been found dead along with his suspected captors after a clash with US forces.
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Sardar Amjad may join AL today
Sardar Amjad Hossain, a former leader of the Jatiya Party (Ershad), is likely to join the Awami League (AL) with several hundred of his followers today.
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Liberation War era arms, ammo found
Police yesterday recovered a rocket launcher and 26 hand grenades from beneath the ground inside a bordering police station of Chapainawabganj.
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Villepin new French PM
French President Jacques Chirac named loyalist Dominique de Villepin, 51, his new prime minister on Tuesday. He replaced Jean-Pierre Raffarin who quit earlier yesterday.
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Observer publishers sentenced to jail
The First Labour Court has sentenced Khaled Hamidul Huq and Nazma Ali, directors of the Associated Printers Limited, which publishes the Bangladesh Observer, to jail for one year.
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