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Four Years of Coalition Rule
Govt eyes polls but many pledges still unfulfilled
The ruling coalition completes four years in office today while preparations for the next election are on with many of the pledges the BNP-led alliance had made before the last election remaining mired
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Hasina, Manmohan discuss regional peace, security
Bangladesh Leader of the Opposition Sheikh Hasina yesterday called on Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and discussed regional cooperation, poverty alleviation, and bilateral business and trade.
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Politicisation Brings no Good, Seminar Told
BNP, AL should come to nation's rescue
Two senior leaders of ruling BNP and main opposition Awami League (AL) yesterday expressed the same view that politicisation of all areas, including professionals, is bringing no good for the countryand
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Criminal, two outlaws killed in 'crossfire'
Two outlaws and a criminal were killed in separate incidents of 'crossfire' between police, Rab and their accomplices in Kushtia, Meherpur and Keraniganj in Dhaka early yesterday.
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Khatme Nabuwat deadline to govt
Religious bigots led by International Khatme Nabuwat Movement Bangladesh (IKNMB) at a rally in the capital yesterday demanded that the government enact a law by December 23 declaring the Ahmadiyyas non-Muslim.
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Bid to Sexually Abuse Student
SUST students, locals clash: 25 injured
An attempt of sexual abuse on a female student by a local led to sporadic clashes between the students of Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (SUST) and locals at city's Madina market adjacent
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Slain Momen's house attacked
Unidentified gunmen opened fire on the house of the slain Mirpur Commerce College student Kamrul Islam Momin on Thursday night.
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As BNP, AL see Oct 1
Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) and Awami League (AL) will observe October 1 from opposite standpoints as the October elections of 2001 put BNP in power sending former ruling AL to the opposition seat.
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One killed as outlaws hurl bomb
One person died and another was injured when some cadres of an outlawed party hurled bombs on them at village Bharara in Kumarkhali upazila of the district early yesterday.
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Bus fares go up today
Bus operators will start taking increased fare across the country from today. Now per kilometre fare for 52-seater bus will be Tk .80, up from pervious Tk .72 and for mini-bus it will be Tk .
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Car bombs kill 110 people in Iraq
Car bombs have killed more than 110 people, 25 of them children, in a surge of violence in Iraq ahead of an October 15 referendum on a new constitution.
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Trade Act
Chafee assures Morshed of working together
US Senator Lincoln D Chafee, Chairman of the Senate Sub-committee for Near East and South Asia of the Foreign Relations Committee, has assured Foreign Minister M Morshed Khan of working together on the
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Downpour causes water-logging
Heavy shower for about two hours in the capital yesterday caused serious water logging and traffic congestion in Motijheel Shapla Chattar, Basabo, Goran, Madartek, Khilgaon (near the fly-over), Kamalapur,
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Jamal Uddin Murder
Samples yet to be sent abroad for DNA test
The probe into the abduction and killing of Chittagong magnate Jamal Uddin Ahmed Chowdhury seems to have stalled since the samples of the skeleton believed to be his were collected about one month ago.
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Thursday's Gunfight
RU yet to take action, forms probe body
The Rajshahi University authorities are yet to take any action against those involved in Thursday's gunfight on the campus between two rival factions of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) that left 10 including
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Anti-corruption Drive
Raids across India, 40 cases against 50 public servants
In a bid to check high-level corruption, CBI yesterday carried out raids at more than 100 places across the country and claimed to have recovered Rs eight lakh in cash from a senior Income Tax official
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Biman's NY flight returns today
The New York flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines (BG-011) will arrive at Dhaka at around 9:00pm today after a delay of over 60 hours.
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