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BCS Tests
JCD, Shibir men make hay with leaked questions
Illegal practices of leaking question papers of entrance examinations for the Bangladesh Civil Service and selling those have become a brisk business as the Public Service Commission (PSC) continues to
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3-kg time bomb planted under bus
Could have blown up the vehicle, say experts after recovery at Gabtoli
Explosives experts last night defused a three-kilogram time bomb, which was planted under a passenger bus at Gabtoli bus terminal in the city.
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JMB threatens to blow up 5 edn institutions
Banned Islamist outfit Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) yesterday threatened to blow up a number of educational institutions and kill six journalists.
 
Jamaat man on Satkhira JMB list
A Jamaat man, who figures high on a list prepared by district police of Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) operatives after the August 17 blasts, had been patronising the militants in remote villages
 
Govt may postpone uni-track edn system
Faced with serious criticism by academics and others concerned, the government is strongly thinking of postponing the implementation of the uni-track education system at the secondary level from the next
 
Hike in Savings Certificate Yield
Move to ease inflation at high interest cost
By the sudden interest-rate hike in savings instruments announced Thursday the government may succeed in easing the inflationary pressures, but the move will also scale up its interest expenditures.
 
Jamaat leader with militant links held
Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) yesterday arrested a Jamaat-e-Islami leader and his employee from Rangpur town on charge of militant links.
 
Madrasas under watch for JMB cadres
The law enforcers have brought several madrasas across the country under constant surveillance as part of a massive manhunt for cadres of outlawed Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB).
 
Bombs are blasted by AL-backed groups: IOJ
Islami Oikya Jote (IOJ) Chairman Mufti Fazlul Haque Amini MP yesterday said his party will ask the government to expel Jamaat-e-Islami from the 4-party alliance if it is proved that Jamaat has links with
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ENCROACHMENT ON A RIVER


 
Businessmen's move towards consensus
Meet with PM today
With the prospect of a dialogue between the government and the opposition fading fast, the country's major trade bodies have taken initiatives to create a national consensus on combating militant activities
 
Hartal today in tense Sylhet
Arges grenade detonated; 3 JMB men picked up
The main opposition Awami League (AL) has called an eight-hour hartal in the city for today and demanded immediate arrest of those involved in Friday's grenade attack on Sylhet City Corporation MayorBadar
 
Blasts caused serious damage to economy
MCCI says investments held up
Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MCCI) yesterday in a statement said due to the recent bomb blast incidents, foreign and local investors have become panicked and are delaying their investment
 
Militant linchpin Hannan shown held in another blast case
Mufti Abdul Hannan, operations commander of banned Harkatul Jihad's (HuJi) Bangladesh chapter, was shown arrested in another bomb blast case and remanded yesterday for the 10th time since his arrest on
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Catfish threatens local species
Sewers become breeding ground
A carnivorous alien species of African catfish is spreading in the natural eco-system of the country, posing a great threat to other local and indigenous fish species of the country.
 
Britain issues travel alert for its citizens in Bangladesh
The Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) of Britain has cautioned its citizens travelling to Bangladesh about high threat of terrorism, apprehending further bomb attacks in the country.
 
Bomb found at Feni school
A powerful bomb was recovered from a high school on the outskirts of Feni town yesterday.
 
Serial Blasts Case
Awal placed on 10-day remand
Abdul Awal, son-in-law of Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) chief Shaikh Abdur Rahman, was shown arrested in a case filed for the August 17 bomb blasts and remanded yesterday.
 
Bill Gates arrives tomorrow
Bill Gates, chairman and chief software architect of Microsoft Corporation, arrives in Dhaka tomorrow on a one-day visit amidst tight security.
 
Moudud terms court attacks a deep-rooted conspiracy
Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Moudud Ahmed yesterday said the conspirators are now out to destroy the judiciary after having failed to oust the government before its five-year tenure.
 
Attack on Courts
Hearing on govt appeal today
The hearing of government plea for staying operation of the High Court order directing the police to submit progress reports to the court every two weeks on the investigations into the recurrent bombattacks
 
4 more GIs, 11 Iraqi soldiers die in attack
Four more US soldiers have died in Iraq while 11 Iraqi soldiers were killed and two wounded yesterday when a roadside bomb detonated next to their convoy.
 
Clarification
Referring to a report run by The Daily Star on December 2, Supreme Court Bar Association President Mahbubey Alam in a clarification said he did not make the comment on killing of the Jama'atul Mujahideen
 

 
   
 
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