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Hosts face Italy in semis
Argentina, Ukraine bow out
Luca Toni scored twice as Italy beat Ukraine 3-0 in the World Cup quarterfinal here yesterday to set up a mouth-watering last four clash against hosts Germany.
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BTRC messes up mobile licence for operator
Despite paying the highest licence fees, Warid Telecom's entry into the fast growing mobile phone scene in Bangladesh seems poised to be jeopardised due to the telecoms regulator's repeated procedural
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EC admin limps as vital posts vacant for long
With the parliamentary election around the corner, the Election Commission's (EC) administration is having a hard time to carry out its duties due to vacancies in a large number of crucial posts bothat
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Road Thru' Graveyard
Protesters pull down structures again
Several thousand people from all over the capital again demonstrated yesterday and demolished the structures made for construction of a road over a few thousand graves in Azimpur Graveyard.
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Huge arms seized in Haluaghat
Items include 31,500 bullets, 348 mortar shells, 20 grenades, 2 AK47 rifles: 3 tribals held
Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) recovered a huge quantity of firearms and ammunition from Monikura village in Haluaghat upazila early yesterday.
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Israel pounds Gaza, setting interior ministry ablaze
Revokes residency rights of Hamas minister,3 lawmakers
Israel blitzed Gaza from the air overnight, setting the interior ministry ablaze and killing a Palestinian fighter in the latest offensive aimed at freeing a soldier held by Palestinian militants.
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Road accident in Dinajpur kills 8
5 more die in Ctg, Faridpur
At least 13 people died and 31 others were injured in road accidents in Dinajpur, Chittagong and Faridpur yesterday. Of them, eight died in Dinajpur, three in Chittagong and the remaining two inFaridpur.
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Angry soccer fans ransack two power stations
Football fans last night attacked and ransacked two power distribution stations in old Dhaka and in Keraniganj protesting power cuts during the Germany-Argentina World Cup Match.
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Govt let real culprits off, says Udichi
Raising questions over the government's sincerity in investigating the bomb attack on an Udichi conference in 1999, leaders of the cultural organisation demanded that the government net the real culprits
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Safta comes into being today
The agreement on South Asian Free Trade Area (Safta) becomes operational today under a pre-set tariff-cut roadmap aimed at boosting regional trade among the seven-nation grouping.
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Damage of Teesta Bridge causes traffic halt
Road and railway communication with Lalmonirhat and Kurigram with other parts of the country over Teesta Bridge was suspended for 16 hours as an overloaded truck damaged railway sleepers on the bridge.
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Skop to enforce 24-hr strike on July 31
The Sramik Karmachari Oikya Parishad (Skop) yesterday said it would enforce a 24-hour countrywide strike at factories and all mode of transport on July 31.
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Recognise rights of Santals
Indigenous leaders demand
Indigenous Santal leaders yesterday upheld the ethnic minority group's demands for constitutional recognition, right to ancestral land, primary education in their own language, equal opportunity in job,
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Shawkat Ali passes away
Former lawmaker and eminent lawyer Barrister Shawkat Ali Khan passed away at a hospital at Mirzapur in Tangail on Thursday night at the age of 82.
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Outlaw hurt in 'crossfire' dies in Rajshahi
A leader of outlawed Purbo Banglar Communist Party (PBCP) died at Rajshahi Medical College and Hospital (RMCH) on Thursday night, four days after he was shot while exchanging gunfire with Rapid Action
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Bush, Koizumi go tough on N Korea
US President George W. Bush and Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi warned North Korea over its weapons programs as they highlighted their close relationship at a White House finale for the Japanese leader.
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Rich and developing nations clash over WTO reforms
Old wounds reopened Friday when developing and rich countries accused each other of trying to hijack the elusive Doha Round of multilateral trade talks amid differences on how to remove trade barriers.
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Nepal's Maoists won't go back to war
Pranchada promises but warns of street protests if negotiations fail
Nepal's Maoist leader vowed Friday in an interview with AFP the rebels would not go back to war but warned they could call protestors back on to the streets if talks with the government broke down.
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Bank robbers loot Tk 2.5 lakh in Keraniganj
Armed robbers took away Tk 2.5 lakh from Ruhitpur Bazar branch of Sonali Bank early yesterday. Police said a gang of 12 arrived at the Bazar at about 2:30am and tied up three night guards of themarket.
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Iraq fight will go on despite Zarqawi death
Laden tape warns
Osama bin Laden warned that jihad (holy war) will go on in Iraq despite the death of local Al-Qaeda chief Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, according to a new message attributed to the fugitive leader of the terror
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