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Fresh clues hint at new suspects
Seizure list excludes BNP leader's car left on the jetty
Investigation has taken a dramatic turn with the latest clues hinting at some coalition leaders' involvement in country's largest arms smuggling in Chittagong on Friday.
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Dhaka-Yangon highway stone laid at Ramu
The foundation stone for Bangladesh-Myanmar Friendship Highway was laid at Ramu yesterday and Myanmar Prime Minister General Khin Nyunt, who witnessed the ceremony, said the initiative will strengthen
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Price Hike
JS investigation in wilderness
A parliamentary sub-committee tasked with finding out the reasons for price spiral of essentials five months ago is dragging its feet on the probe, while the main body is not sitting in meetings in aparody
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59 including 8 GIs die
Shia militia rules Baghdad streets, US forces surround Fallujah, arrest warrant for fiery cleric in Iraq
US helicopter gunships opened fire as tanks rumbled through Baghdad's sprawling Shuala district yesterday, but teenage militiamen with guns and knives were firmly in control when the clashes ended.
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Yuvraj hammers sizzling hundred
Yuvraj Singh struck a swashbuckling maiden Test century on Monday to help India reach a fighting 287 on the first day of the second Test against Pakistan.
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Ctg Arms Haul
Home secy heads probe, CMP DC dropped
A committee headed by Home Secretary Omar Farooq yesterday opened an investigation into the smuggling of 10 truckloads of firearms and ammunition, three days after joint forces seized the largest ever
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Gun smuggling plotted in Bangkok
Indian top cop says
Indian newspaper The Daily Telegraph (TDF) yesterday quoted the top Indian police as saying that insurgent leaders of its northeastern states held a meeting in Bangkok on March 16, which decided to send
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Govt may open int'l inquiry, says Bhuiyan
The ruling BNP secretary general and LGRD and cooperatives minister yesterday said the government might open an international probe into the arms haul if domestic investigation failed to find any clue.
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Street politics set to heat up
The political situation is apparently heading for a confrontational course as both the ruling and opposition parties are determined to go on with street agitation to mobilise public opinion in their favour
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Body found on DIG office premises
The body of a slaughtered young man was found on the deputy inspector general's (DIG) office premises here yesterday morning, prompting local people to blame police for the murder and stage demonstrations
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Archaeological sites in disarray
Country's archaeological sites are poorly maintained as the Department of Archaeology under the Ministry of Cultural Affairs is limping due to fund crisis and manpower shortage.
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Turag fish die as mills dump waste
Indiscriminate disposal of toxic waste by about 200 surrounding mills and factories in the fish sanctuaries of the river Turag and adjoining beels, is critically endangering freshwater fish species.
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Slain Old Dhaka trader's family gets threats
Prime suspect Kajal still on the loose
Slain businessman Shamsul Haq's family continues to receive threats over phone after filing a case against Jubodal leader Rafiqul Islam Kajal, the prime suspect in the gruesome murders of the businessman,
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Lightning kills four in Kurigram
Four people, including a father and his daughter, were killed, while five others suffered serious burns being struck by lightning during a nor'wester Sunday morning.
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Pak troops closing in on Laden?
Pakistani forces are closing in on a remote corner of rugged mountains and forest-clad gorges on the Afghan frontier where some people believe Osama bin Laden could be hiding.
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Tamil Tigers warn of war again
Chandrika struggles to form coalition
Sri Lanka's Tamil Tiger rebels warned yesterday they would return to war unless they were granted self-rule as President Chandrika Kumaratunga struggled to cobble together a coalition in a hung parliament.
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Sharon renews his threat to kill Arafat
Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon renewed his threats against Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat yesterday, risking more international criticism, as security forces went on high alert for Passover.
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DU to name dorm after Khaleda, not Sufia Kamal
Dhaka University (DU) authorities have decided to construct a hall for female students after the name of Prime Minister Khaleda Zia, brushing aside a committee's suggestion that it be named after poet
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Five Star group shot Jugantor journo
Journalist Delwar Hossain, injured with bullets in the city's malibagh area on Sunday, has said 'Five Star' group of Keraniganj headed by Haji Shamsul Haq attempted to kill him.
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UP member murdered in Chuadanga
A union parishad (UP) member was murdered by unidentified assailants at Kayetpara village in Alamdanga upazila of the frontier district on Sunday night.
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UP member murdered in Chuadanga
A union parishad (UP) member was murdered by unidentified assailants at Kayetpara village in Alamdanga upazila of the frontier district on Sunday night.
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Tk 20 lakh cellphones seized
Customs officials at Zia International Airport yesterday seized 384 cell phone sets reportedly worth Tk 20 lakh from two passengers.
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Key Unicef-run project ends in June
The Intensive District Approach to Education for All (Ideal), an exclusive Unicef-supported government project, comes to a close in June after running for eight years.
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28 killed in China bus crashes
Two buses collided and plunged off a mountain road yesterday in southwestern China, killing 28 people, according to official media reports.
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