Volume 4 Number 100 Wed. September 03, 2003    
 
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Shazneen Case Verdict
6 get death sentence
A tribunal yesterday sentenced six of the seven accused to death in the sensational Shazneen Tasnim Rahman rape case.
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Claps greet verdict
As the judge passed the death sentence on all the six accused in the sensational Shazneen rape case yesterday, hundreds of people present at the court greeted it with roaring claps.
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Chronicle of a crime
The much-talked-about and eagerly awaited judgement on the Shazneen rape case was delivered yesterday five years four months and ten days after the brutal killing and rape of the victim.
 
Teacher dearth hangs fate of 9 tech universities in balance
Uncertainties have clouded the launch of nine science and technology universities as the education ministry stopped implementation of the project.
 
Tigers eye to avert clean sweep
Bangladesh have decided to rest fast bowler Mashrafee bin-Mortuza for the third and final Super Asia Test against Pakistan that starts in Multan today and will try a new pace combination.
 
RPC's new power project to worsen gas situation
The Rural Power Company (RPC), generator of the costliest gas-fired electricity in the country, is setting up yet another similar 450MW plant in Savar by next year which might compound the gas supplysituation,
 
Dhaka to urge rich nations to cut farm subsidies
Bangladesh, coordinator of the 49 least developed countries (LDCs), will urge the developed economies to cut farm subsidies to carve a niche for the LDCs in greater market share of agricultural commodities,
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Wave of revenge attacks in Kashmir kills 15
Militant on suicide mission slain
Fifteen people, including a rebel on a suicide mission, were killed and 25 others injured yesterday in Indian Kashmir as militants vowing revenge for the slaying of a commander attacked Indian troopsin
 
Car bomb kills Iraqi cop, 2 US soldiers die in mine blast
A car bomb exploded yesterday at a police station in Baghdad's main police compound in the Rasafa district, killing one policeman, a US military spokesman said.
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Bashir jailed for four years for treason
'No proof that he heads terror network'
Indonesian judges yesterday found Muslim cleric Abu Bakar Bashir guilty of taking part in a plot to overthrow the government and jailed him for four years, but said there was no proof that he headed a
 
Tension runs high in admin over rumour of forced retirement
Tension runs high in the civil administration over speculations that officials of a particular batch, who were already discriminated against in promotion and superseded by their juniors, would be given
 
Boy dies as gunmen spray bullets on workers in Badda
A boy was shot dead and a young man sustained bullet wounds yesterday at Khilkhet Namapara, Badda when a group of assailants sprayed bullets on cargo vessels.
 
Army to control foreigners' entry into CHT
Entry of foreigners into three districts of the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) is soon going to be brought under army control.

Highly placed sources said traffic movement will also be controlled there.

 
Six elevated addl secys get postings
The government yesterday gave postings to six more newly promoted additional secretaries to different ministries and departments.
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Polluting the green
 
Corrigendum
The High Court Division had issued a rule upon the director and three doctors of Dhaka Medical College Hospital and also the officer-in-charge of Ramna Police Station to show cause why they should not
 
Giant asteroid heading for Earth, but...
A giant asteroid is heading for Earth and could hit in 2014, US astronomers have warned British space monitors.
 

 
   
 
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