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Bomber admits Aug 17 role
DCs asked to up watch on courts
One of the two bombers caught during Chandpur blast on Monday has admitted to having exploded bombs in the district on August 17, the day near-simultaneous explosions rocked the entire country.
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Govt, Tata agree on tax, duty structure
The government and the Tata Group yesterday agreed on several issues concerning tax and duty structure and acquiring land as the third round negotiations continued for the third consecutive day for Tata's
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Hannan discloses more alliance links
Khulna cops hunt for JMB leader Arif
Mufti Hannan, detained Bangladesh chapter chief of international militant outfit Harkatul Jihad, yesterday provided interrogators with significant information on his connections with some leaders of the
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Poles of fortune
REB abandons proven wooden poles to let a politically powerful lobby make crores of taka
When the Rural Electrification Board (REB) launched operation in 1977, it was designed to install a power distribution system using imported but cheap, durable and easily transportable wooden poles.
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World Teachers Day
Daunting job, miserable pay for primary teachers
As the nation observes the World Teachers Day today, at least 10 thousand community primary school teachers serving the underprivileged rural children remain stuck in miserable living conditions witha
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ACC plans to curb graft in education sector
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) will make surprise visits to the National Curriculum and Textbook Board (NCTB) and the Directorate of Education to take instant action against corruption and irregularities.
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Govt may rush trial on incomplete finds
Fears Kibria's son
The son of assassinated ex-finance minister SAMS Kibria has expressed fear that the government will try to rush the Kibria murder case based on incomplete probe reports.
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Flash Flood
30,000 marooned in Nilphamari
A flash flood caused by torrential rains in the last 24 hours in the district including the Nilphamari town has left some 30,000 people marooned and hundreds others homeless.
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2 fuel stations fined for fraud
A mobile court yesterday fined the city's two petrol pumps a total of Tk 40,000 and sentenced the manager of one to six months of imprisonment for cheating people with misleading measurement machines.
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Brac Office Blast Case
Galib, 18 others acquitted
Ahle Hadith Andolon Bangladesh (Ahab) chief Asadullah Al Galib and 18 others were relieved yesterday from the charges in the Mohimaganj Brac office bomb blast case.
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BSF kills 2, injures 10
Two Bangladeshi nationals were gunned down and 10 others injured as the Border Security Force (BSF) of India opened fire on them at Khalsi under North 24 Parganas of West Bengal, India, on Monday night.
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Rejoinder, our reply
The Jamaat-e-Islami Bangladesh yesterday protested a news item published in The Daily Star on Tuesday under the headline '3 Jamaat MPs recommended mercy petition, Mufti Hannan says'.
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Ramadan starts tomorrow
The holy month of Ramadan begins tomorrow as the new moon was not sighted anywhere in the country yesterday, according to the National Moon sighting Committee.
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Judges' body for judicial probe
The Bangladesh Judicial Service Association (BJSA) yesterday urged the government to conduct judicial probe into Monday's bomb attacks in courtrooms of three districts.
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US condemns Oct 3 blasts
The US government yesterday condemned the October 3 bombings in three districts of Chittagong division and urged the government to bring the perpetrators to justice in a prompted and lawful manner.
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Rab arrests 2 gunrunners after gunfight
Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) yesterday arrested two after an encounter and seized two foreign-made pistols and a pipe-gun at Raichatholi Para in Bandarban.
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Rab holds two with diamond
Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) recovered a diamond weighing 57.75gm and arrested two people in this regard at Sherpur in Bogra yesterday.
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US to open S Asian Security Desk
The US Department of State will soon open a new desk -- South Asian Security Desk-- to assist nine countries of this region to make the area safer in the wake of heightened security concerns.
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US condemns Oct 3 blasts
The US government yesterday condemned the October 3 bombings in three districts of Chittagong division and urged the government to bring the perpetrators to justice in a prompted and lawful manner.
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BSF kills 2, injures 10
Two Bangladeshi nationals were gunned down and 10 others injured as the Border Security Force (BSF) of India opened fire on them at Khalsi under North 24 Parganas of West Bengal, India, on Monday night.
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Bangla Bhai, Abdur Rahman chargesheeted
Fourteen central leaders and workers of Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB), including Saikh Abdur Rahman and Bangla Bhai, have been chargesheeted in the August 17 bomb blasts case in Khagrachhari.
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