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Char villagers still bay for bandits' blood
3 more robbers lynched; death toll rises to 34
Three more alleged jungle robbers were killed while two others had their eyes gouged out yesterday by angry villagers on the remote char areas of Noakhali, raising the death toll from lynching to 34 in
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Jungle rule to end jungle rule
People on the chars of seaboard Noakhali district are preparing to celebrate their 'freedom from robbers' fiefdom' after eight years of unspeakable torment, but at a cost of 34 lives as law remained starkly
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Pajero drags woman garment worker to death
A Pajero sports utility van (SUV) knocked down a woman garment worker and dragged her over one and a half kilometres to death on Tongi Diversion Road yesterday, echoing the killing of a physician in a
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ADB okays $286m for power corporatisation
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) yesterday approved a loan package of $286 million to help Bangladesh corporatise four power distribution zones and build a 200MW plant in Siddhirganj.
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AL likely to axe Hazari
Considers a probe body dossier on him at a meeting today
Six months after commissioning a probe into the alleged criminal activities of godfather-famed Awami League (AL) leader Joynal Hazari, the party is likely to expel the former lawmaker soon.
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Khaleda, Mobarak talk on coop
Prime Minister Khaleda Zia and Egyptian President Hosne Mubarak have agreed to further strengthen ties in various fields, including trade and economy, between the two countriesThe two leaders had a
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Contractor shot dead in front of son
A group of suspected extortionists shot dead a contractor of Roads and Highways Department (R&H) in front of his son in the city's Kalyanpur yesterday morning.
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Iron out hill problems
JS body asks CHT ministry
A parliamentary standing committee yesterday asked the CHT affairs ministry to iron out land dispute and refugee problem soon to bring order to restive Khagrachhari, Rangamati and Bandarban.
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The World Summit on Information Society
Summit begins with focus on information society
The World Summit on Information Society (WSIS) began in the Swiss city of Geneva yesterday stressing creation of an information society for optimum use of information and communications technology (ICT)
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Panels plagued by factional feuds
DU deans' election today
Internal feuds both within the BNP-Jamaat-backed White Panel and the AL-backed Blue Panel have come to the fore in DU (Dhaka University) teachers' politics centring today's deans' election of the seven
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US bars anti-war nations from Iraq contracts
Two American soldiers killed in guerilla attacks at Mosul
The United States has barred companies from France, Germany, Russia, Canada and other nations that refused to join the US-led coalition in Iraq from competing for billions of dollars in prime contracts
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Another 6 Afghan kids killed in attack
Six children were killed during an assault by US forces on a compound in eastern Afghanistan, a US military spokesman said yesterday, the second time in a week that civilians have died in action against
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Remain alert againstpropaganda
PM tells expatriates
Prime Minister Khaleda Zia has warned the Bangladeshi expatriates against anti-Bangladesh campaign in foreign lands.
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Sujan murder case verdict today
The Speedy Trial Tribunal in Dhaka delivers judgement on Sujan alias Michel murder case today.Judge Sheikh Jahangir Hussain will pronounce the verdict at 12:30pm, court sources said.
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Outlaw slaughtered
Tipu Molla, 35, a regional leader of the outlawed Purba Banglar Communist Party (PBCPM-L) and a listed criminal, was shot and then slaughtered Tuesday night.
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