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Trader, son feared killed in capital
Their driver's body found in Dhamrai
A missing old Dhaka business leader and his
son were feared killed yesterday after police
found the body of their driver in Dhamrai
yesterday.
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Submarine Cable
Dhaka signs deal in Dubai
Bangladesh signed a much-awaited agreement with 15 other international telecommunications companies in Dubai yesterday for a high speed submarine cable that will herald ultra-fast internet and low cost
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Sundarbans blaze rages on
The blaze that broke out last Wednesday in the Sundarbans engulfing compartment No. 27 under Dhanshagor station of Chandpai Range is yet to be doused.
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Independence Day celebrated
The nation celebrated the 33rd anniversary of its independence on Friday recalling the supreme sacrifice of millions who laid down their lives to free the motherland from Pakistani occupation and making
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Musharraf vows to 'eliminate' al-Qaeda
Militants kill 8 Pakistani soldiers
Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf vowed Friday that he would "eliminate" al-Qaeda and said that the terror network's second-in-command, Ayman al-Zawahiri, was on the run.
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AL govt survived 88 BNP deadlines
Hasina tells Barisal lawyers
Awami League (AL) President Sheikh Hasina yesterday said the BNP as an opposition party announced at least 88 deadlines for dislodging her government from power during the 1996-2001 period.
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AL heading for 'political burial'
Bhuiyan tells rally
BNP Secretary General Abdul Mannan Bhuiyan has said the main opposition Awami League (AL) is heading for a 'political burial' after its April 30 deadline to dislodge the BNP-led ruling coalition as the
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18 killed in Iraq violence
Bombings and shootings across Iraq have left 18 people dead, including a Marine and an ABC cameraman killed in fierce fighting between American forces and guerrillas armed with mortars and rocket-propelled
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50 hurt in attacks on pro-AL rallies
Over 50 people were injured across the country in attacks allegedly by activists of the ruling coalition on Awami League (AL)-sponsored rallies and cultural programmes to mark the Independence Day onFriday,
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Nasaka abducts 13 loggers from Bandarban
BDR proposes flag meeting
Myanmar's border force Nasaka abducted 13 Bangladeshi citizens from Naikkhangchari on Bandarban borders and took them to that country on Thursday, local residents and BDR sources said.
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Mob gouges out eyes of Noakhali bandits
A mob here in the early hours of yesterday gouged out the eyes of three forest bandits of coastal Noakhali, including the infamous Naybba Chora, who were arrested in a police raid in Chittagong's Bakulia
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Criminal shot cop, informant to escape
A listed criminal of Lalbagh area of the city escaped arrest by firing on a police team last night that left a Detective Branch (DB) havilder and an informant of police injured.
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SC Bar polls from today
The election to the executive committee of Supreme Court Bar Association begins today, with three panels and some independent candidates vying for 14 posts of office-bearers and members.
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Road accident kills four in Patiya
Bride's dream shattered
An 18-year-old girl had her dream shattered when a speeding bus rammed into an taxicab, killing four people, including her bridegroom and her father, in Patiya upazila on Thursday night.
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Baghabari Project
PDB signs deal with Westmont Power today
The Power Development Board (PDB) today signs a power purchasing deal with a Malaysian company to install and operate the second unit 130mw barge-mounted power project in Baghabari.
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UP member stabbed to death
Assailants stabbed a Union Parishad (UP) member to death at Kazirhat-Gopalpur village in Atgharia upazila Friday night.
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Dhaka, Delhi agree to map out product standards
India and Bangladesh have agreed on a time-bound programme to recognise each other's certification of commodities like food products, agro-products, textiles and leather, in a bid to remove a major non-tariff
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Sourav to miss first Test
India's captain Sourav Ganguly will miss his country's first Test in Pakistan in almost 15 years from Sunday after failing to recover from a back injury.
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Khosru spends busy day in his constituency
Says resignation gives him more time for his people
On a hectic day in his constituency Friday, the day after he resigned as the commerce minister, Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury said he would now have more time for the people of his area.
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3 killed Friday
Three people were killed in city's Mohammadpur, Ramna and Demra areas on Friday.
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