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Trade leaders for all-out action against militants
Place 9-point proposal; PM says bombing started in AL regime
A delegation of the country's top trade bodies at a meeting with Prime Minister Khaleda Zia yesterday demanded of the government immediate all-out measures to eradicate militant activities, particularly
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Govt okays release of fund to 'terror funder'
Just days before the November 29 carnage on two court premises, the government gave consent to release a fund of about Tk 2 crore to the Bangladesh branch of a Kuwaiti NGO, Revival of Islamic Heritage
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JMB threat continues
Arrests of activists of the banned militant Islamist organisation Jamaatul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB), and relentless death and bomb threats from the outfit continues at equal pace throughout the country.
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Bill Gates arrives today
Bill Gates, the richest man in the world and chairman and chief software architect of Microsoft Corporation, arrives at Dhaka today on a one-day visit amid unprecedented security.
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Mobile Power Source
Govt to go for 8 plants before next polls
After abandoning the scandalous small power scheme under the World Bank's pressure, the government is now resorting to install eight private skid or barge or trailer-mount power plants before the next
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Terrorism, political strife bar growth
ADB sees 6pc GDP growth if risk factors do not deteriorate
The GDP growth this fiscal year (FY) may level off at 6 percent provided some high-risk factors, particularly the overall security situation and political volatility, do not deteriorate further in the
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Rise of Militancy
Govt mulls 2 more battalions for Rab
The government is likely to add two more battalions to its elite force Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) against the backdrop of suicide attacks and alarming rise of militancy.
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Imams asked to preach against militancy
Director of controversial Kuwaiti NGO seen in meet with Babar
Leading Alems (Islamic scholars) of the country yesterday asked the government to stop "wholesale" police drives in madrasas in the name of search for militants and seek permission from the madrasas concerned
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PM goes to Makkah tomorrow for OIC meet
Prime Minister Khaleda Zia flies for Makkah tomorrow to attend the two-day third "extraordinary summit" of the Organisation of Islamic Conference (OIC) on December 7-8 called to finalise the organisation's
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Lawyer hurt in Gazipur blast dies at DMCH
Advocate Nurul Huda, who was critically injured in the November 29 blast on the district bar association premises, died yesterday, raising the death toll to nine in two suicide bomb attacks in Gazipur.
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SM Ali's birth anniversary today
Today is the 77th birth anniversary of Syed Mohammad Ali, founder editor and publisher of The Daily Star, better known as SM Ali.
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Alliance meeting postponed over Jamaat-IOJ rift
A meeting of the secretaries general of the four ruling alliance parties scheduled for yesterday was postponed on Saturday night as a result of the conflict between Jamaat-e-Islami and Islami Oikya Jote.
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Rab asked not to give militant info to media
Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) and police have been ordered not to provide any information about militants to journalists and not to let the media take pictures or video interviews of the militants.
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Woman's body found in 14 pieces
Body of a young woman sliced into 14 pieces was found at the playground of a kindergarten school in city's Mohammadpur area yesterday.
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BCS preliminary test results out
Bangladesh Public Service Commission (PSC) yesterday published the results of the preliminary test for the 27th Bangladesh Civil Service (BCS) examination where 26, 500 candidates were selected for the
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Gabtoli bomb found fake
The so-called time bomb recovered from under a bus at city's Gabtoli Bus Terminal on Saturday night was in fact a bomb-like object, says a Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) press release.
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Rice to talk prisoner issue during her Europe tour
During her trip to Europe this week, US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will tell allies the US does not transport suspected terrorists around the globe to be tortured, the president's national security
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