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Rab-Bdr Joint Drive in Naikhanchhari Forest
20 AK47 rifles, about 8000 bullets recovered
Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) and Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) in a joint drive recovered 20 AK47 rifles and 7,716 bullets from a deep forest of Naikhangchhari in Bandarban on Thursday.
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'Serial blasts planned in April, had foreign funding'
JMB to change colour, plans suicide squads
The August 17 countrywide blasts were planned in mid-April while Kuwait-based organisation Revival of Islamic Heritage Society (RIHS) and an imam of a UK mosque funded the terrorist operation.
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National Security Council
Born over 15 years ago, still unknown, ineffective
The National Security Council (NSC), the highest consulting body on security affairs, remains ineffective and to some extent unknown since its inception over 15 years ago, though national security isfacing
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Attempt on top Ctg official
4 suspects held, remanded
Police have arrested four people in connection with the Thursday's attempt on Additional Divisional Commissioner of Chittagong Golam Kuddus.
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Asia overtakes ME as Third world's top arms market
Asia has overtaken the Middle East as the largest arms market in the developing world, with India and China locked in a gruelling race to purchase weapons from Russia, according to a report sent to the
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observatory project to go ahead, finally
Ending a nearly three-year limbo, the process of implementation of the Tk 14.02 crore Seismological Service Development Project has resumed with the government allocating funds for it recently.
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IMF team due in city today
A six-member IMF (International Monetary Fund) mission arrives in Dhaka today to review progress on the lending agency-set conditions before releasing another instalment of credit under Poverty Reduction
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Arms flow in, but no clues
67 weapons seized in Bandarban in a week
The security forces and intelligence agencies are clueless about arms cache in Naikhangchhari from where they are repeatedly recovering huge number of sophisticated arms, ammunition and explosives.
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JCD cadres at JU attack opponents
Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) cadres severely injured the convenor of Jahangirnagar University (JU) unit of Bangladesh Chhatra Union (BCU), attempted to cut his foot tendons and beat up four generalstudents
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Sri Lanka clinch ODI series
Opener Upul Tharanga made the most of an early life to score a maiden one-day century as Sri Lanka took an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-match series against Bangladesh with a comfortable 75-runvictory
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UPDF frees 7 abducted villagers
Seven villagers, abducted by anti-peace accord United People's Democratic Front (UPDF) in Naniarchar upazila Wednesday night, were set free on Thursday, said a source in the army yesterday.
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Fear of floods over: Experts
Although some areas of the country have lately been inundated afresh, experts yesterday said the possibility of major flooding is over for this year.
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Indian, Nepali Maoists vow to fight together
Maoist rebels in Nepal and India have vowed to join together to promote communism, reinforcing fears that the bloody insurgency in the Himalayan kingdom could spill over into its huge southern neighbour.
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BCL faction calls strike at CU
A faction of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL), Chittagong University (CU) unit, has called for an indefinite students strike at the university from today.
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Saddam trial to open in October
Iraq's former dictator Saddam Hussein will go on trial in the second half of October after a referendum is held on the constitution, a government official said Friday.
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Top Chuadanga outlaw held in Sonargaon
Amirul Islam alias 'Shutki' Amir, local commander of outlawed Purba Banglar Communist Party (PBCP-Janajuddha) Alamdanga unit under Chuadanga district, was arrested in Sonargaon of Narayanganj yesterday.
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