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Suicide bombing in Quetta mosque kills 44, injures 65
Indefinite curfew clamped to quell violence
At least 44 people were killed and 65 injured in a suicide bombing at a Shiite Muslim mosque in the southwestern Pakistani city of Quetta yesterday, sparking riots that forced the government to impose
 
Unocal mulls international consortium for gas export
US oil company Unocal is now examining the idea to develop an international gas consortium involving other oil companies and donors-lenders to make its gas export proposal more politically acceptable.
 
US troops kill eleven Iraqis in ambush
American soldier shot dead, 19 hurt in 2 attacks
US troops killed 11 Iraqis who attempted to ambush a patrol north of Baghdad yesterday, a US military spokesman said, adding that there were no US casualties.
 
AL demands judicial, parliamentary probe into ammo haul
The main opposition Awami League (AL) has demanded a judicial inquiry and a parliamentary probe into the biggest ever ammunition and explosives haul at Kahalu in Bogra.
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Lakhs marooned in northern dists, fresh areas flooded
Several lakh people in the northern regions were marooned as swollen rivers swamped fresh areas, but the flood situation improved slightly in Sylhet areas.
 
Another coalition partner pushes for power share
Another minor partner in the four-party coalition government has renewed pressure on the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) to carve a niche in the cabinet..
 
Another 500 bullets recovered in Kahalu
Police and paramilitary BDR in a joint raid yesterday recovered some 500 bullets from a drain at Jogarpara village in Kahalu in Bogra district.
 
Bodies of Khulna cops found: 47 picked up for quizzing
Bodies of the slain policemen of Rupsha police station were recovered from the Atharobaki river yesterday.
 
Arsenic removal plants yet to get go-ahead
Five technologies await approval
Chemical-based arsenic removal plants have been waiting for approval from the authorities for the last one year.
 
Minister's 'no' to AL demand
The government yesterday said it would not launch any judicial or parliamentary investigation into the ammunition and explosives haul in Bogra, demanded by the Awami League (AL).
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Jihad cells formed across Iraq: Saddam
Qatar's Al-Jazeera satellite television station yesterday brodacast what it said was a taped message from ousted Iraqi president Saddam Hussein dated June 14.
 
Down To Earth
Indiscriminate parking adds to traffic jam
Of late, the city's parking problems have been growing at an alarming rate, adding to the frightening traffic situation fraught with irregularities and indiscipline one could possibly imagine.
 
Verdict in Ratna Murder Case today
The Speedy Trial Tribunal-1 will pronounce the verdict in the Ratna Murder Case here today.

Judge Shahed Nooruddin will deliver the judgement at 12:30pm, court sources told BSS here yesterday.

 
Hasina says
How ammo was smuggled out of factory?
Leader of the Opposition Sheikh Hasina has accused the BNP-Jamaat government for destroying what she said "the three pillars of the state" -- the judiciary, legislature and the executive.
 
Police version of ammo haul
Police said yesterday the ammunition and explosives recovered from Bogra were smuggled into the country to cause deterioration of law and order, destabilise the situation and put the government in apickle.
 
Bush picks six to face military tribunal
President Bush designated six prisoners to become the first people who could be tried before military tribunals, drawing renewed criticism from defense lawyers of the secretive special courts.
 
Floods: Seven more drown in Assam, Tripura
Another seven people have drowned in India's northeastern states, taking the toll to 13 since a fresh wave of flooding and mudslides engulfed the region a week ago, police said yesterday.
 

 
   
 
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