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26 JMB men held during training
Arrestees include one Afghan war veteran, 2 suicide bombers; Rab had their forest camp in Mymensingh under watch
Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) yesterday captured 26 Islamist militants while they were receiving military training in a remote jungle in Mymensingh.
 
Voter List
EC finally gets truncated fund of Tk 25cr
Two weeks after the Election Commission (EC) Secretariat's proposal for a fund of Tk 40.86 crore for updating the voter list, the finance ministry yesterday allocated Tk 25 crore.
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Alliance fever sidelines electoral reform talks
The much talked about electoral reforms have been sidelined by the latest politics of expanding electoral alliances, prompting political analysts to believe that the possibility of brining the reforms
 
Edible oil turns too pricey in fortnight
Syndicate cashes in on slight price rise in int'l market
Prices of the edible oil, spice, pulse and some import-based essentials shot up in the city markets as a syndicate of importers and wholesalers allegedly manipulated the market on the pretext of recent
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Caught red handed, let off the hook twice
The government did not take any action against Moulana Mufti Abdur Rouf, a veteran of the previous Afghan war, although he was arrested twice with militancy-related documents and training materials in
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Mashrafee spoils Shahadat party
Mashrafee Bin Mortuza was flayed for 19 runs in the final over as Bangladesh suffered a painful two-wicket defeat against Zimbabwe in the thrilling third one-dayer at the Harare Sports Club ground onWednesday.
 
Safta
Indo-Pak trade dispute to be reviewed before next summit
The Saarc Council of Ministers yesterday unanimously agreed that the commerce ministers of the member states would review the India-Pakistan trade disputes under Safta framework agreement before the 14th
 
Next Saarc summit in Delhi Apr 3-4
India yesterday formally announced to host the 14th summit of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (Saarc) in New Delhi on April 3-4 next year.
 
Failure to Reap Foreign Aid Benefits
Faulty projects, donor conditions blamed
Bangladesh has failed to take advantage of foreign aid for poverty reduction programmes due to faulty project designs, corruption and donor conditions, a recent study finds.
 
OIC Summit
Khaleda accorded warm reception in Kuala Lumpur
A warm reception was accorded to Prime Minister Khaleda Zia when she flew in here yesterday to attend an emergency meeting of the executive committee of the Organisation of Islamic Conference (OIC) on
 
Non-govt pry teachers start indefinite strike
Registered non-government primary school teachers went on an indefinite strike at their educational institutions and non-stop sit-in at the Central Shaheed Minar in the capital yesterday.
 
Fresh Agitation
14-party to hold road march in 8 districts
The 14-party opposition combine yesterday announced fresh anti-government agitation programmes including road march programmes in eight districts which are considered to be ruling BNP's strongholds.
 
Alliance to use black money in polls
Fears Hasina
Leader of the Opposition Sheikh Hasina yesterday apprehend that BNP-Jamaat alliance might use muscle and black money to snatch people's mandate and voting rights in the upcoming parliament election scheduled
 
Lobi among 100 hurt as BNP men clash with police in Khulna
Over 100 people were injured in a clash between police and activists of BNP loyal to lawmaker Ali Asghar Lobi yesterday afternoon at the Kalibari square near Khulna thana.
 
7 Jmb Militants
Hearing of death reference case continues
Hearing of the death reference case of seven militants including JMB kingpin Abdur Rahman and Siddiqul Islam alias Bangla Bhai continued yesterday while the state counsel completed reading half of the
 
BNP alone can win polls, says Bhuiyan
LGRD Minister Abdul Mannan Bhuiyan yesterday said the BNP alone is can easily win the next election. He also said his party will welcome anybody willing to join the ruling alliance.
 
JMB Regrouping
Home alerts police, local administration
The government yesterday instructed field-level police and administrative officials to ensure a sound law and order situation in the country during the remaining days of the ruling coalition's government
 
1st expert group consultation session today
Nagorik Committee 2006, which has identified eight goals for Vision 2021 for Bangladesh, is organising separate expert group consultation sessions for each goal throughout this month.
 
Richard Boucher arrives, talks to Imams
US Assistant Secretary of State Richard Boucher arrived in Dhaka yesterday on a two-day visit.
 
2 indigenous people shot dead in CHT
Unknown assailants opened fire and killed two indigenous people, an 11 year-old child and his elderly grandfather, in the early hours yesterday at Robindra Karbari Para, a remote village in Matirangaupazila.
 
Hezbollah showers rockets into Israel after commando raid
Israeli commandos struck deep into Lebanon early Wednesday and snatched five suspected guerrillas in a helicopter raid that provoked the heaviest rain of Hezbollah rocket fire in the 22-day-old conflict.
 
Outlaw killed in 'shootout' with Rab
An outlaw of Banglar Communist Party (BCP) was killed during 'shootout' between Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) and his cohorts at Nagda of Alamdanga upazila in Chuadanga early yesterday.
 

 
   
 
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