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Bangladesh to have own brand of democracy
Army chief says
Army Chief Lt Gen Moeen U Ahmed yesterday said Bangladesh will have to construct its own brand of democracy recognising its social, historical and cultural conditions with religion being one of the several
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Fuel prices hiked again by 16-21pc
The government yesterday increased the prices of diesel and kerosene by 21 percent and octane and petrol by 16 percent to minimise the staggering loss incurred by costly fuel imports.
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ICC World Cup 2007
Kiwi crush Tigers
Stephan Fleming struck a superb unbeaten century as New Zealand strolled to a nine-wicket win against Bangladesh in their second Super 8 match at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium in Antigua yesterday.
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Fakhruddin-Manmohan Meet
Vow to bolster bilateral link
In the first ever meeting between Chief Adviser Fakhruddin Ahmed and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh last night in New Delhi, the two leaders hoped to take the relationship between the countriesto
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Extortion Case
Tarique's petition for stay on proceedings rejected
A Dhaka court yesterday rejected the petition seeking stay on the proceedings of the Tk 1-crore extortion case filed against BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Tarique Rahman and his close aide Mian Nuruddin
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Depoliticising VC Selection
Seniority, competence will be key criteria
The caretaker government is going to introduce a new system for appointing vice-chancellors (VCs) in a bid to check the practice of political appointments in the top posts of the country's highest educational
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Miladunnabi observed
The holy Eid-e-Miladunnabi, marking the birth and death anniversary of Prophet Hazrat Mohammed (PBUH), was observed across the country on Sunday.
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Bird Flu
9,000 more chickens culled in Savar, N'ganj
Around nine thousand chickens were culled on Sunday night at two more farms in Narayanganj Sadar and Siddhirganj upazila of Narayanganj district and at a farm in Savar following detection of avian influenza
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Carry out agenda of Dhaka Declaration
Khaleda writes to Manmohan
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia has urged Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to carry out the Dhaka Declaration adopted in the 13th Saarc Summit in Dhaka in 2005.
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Sundarbans fire under control
Probe body formed
The devastating fire that broke out at Chandpai range of the Sundarbans on March 19 was brought under control on Sunday.
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9 more JMB militants held
Police arrested nine more militants and Bangla Bhai aides early morning yesterday in Rajshahi and Natore.
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Bus bomb kills 16 in Sri Lanka
At least 16 people, including three children, were killed and 25 wounded when a bomb ripped through a crowded bus in eastern Sri Lanka yesterday, officials said.
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Maoists sworn into new Nepal govt
UN, EU welcome new regime
Nepal's Maoists were sworn into a new interim government on Sunday, in a major step forward for a peace process that ended a decade of civil war in the Himalayan nation.
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15 killed in Solomons quake, tsunami
A powerful undersea earthquake unleashed a tsunami that pounded into the western Solomon Islands early yesterday, destroying entire villages and reportedly killing at least 15 people, officials said.
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