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Madrasa man with 'Taliban link' under sharp watch
A madrasa principal with a history of working to establish a Taliban-style rule in Bangladesh came under sharp intelligence watch in the wake of Friday's bomb blast at Hazrat Shahjalal Shrine in Sylhet.
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RMG sector sends SOS to face quota-free regime
Central bonded warehouse seen vital to shrink lead time for survival
The readymade garment manufacturers have sent an SOS to the government for setting up central bonded warehouses in the export processing zones (EPZs) to improve lead time in export, a crucial factor for
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Rescue ships lack salvation ability
The capacity and equipment of the two rescue ships -- Rustam and Hamza -- prove to be too inadequate to cope with salvation of sunken launches.
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Shrine Blast
Scotland Yard team leaves Sylhet
Police nab 3, hunt a suspected beggar
The three-member Scotland Yard team left Sylhet yesterday afternoon, after a two-day investigation into the Friday's bomb blast at Hazrat Shahjalal Shrine, while police nabbed three and were busy hunting
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US wants to knock down Abu Ghraib
Gen. Karpinski suspended; 8 Iraqis, 1 GI killed in Iraq
The army general who was in charge of the US prison guards accused of abusing Iraqis has been suspended from command of the 800th Military Police Brigade, officials said yesterday. Brig. Gen.
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Primary, Mass Education
22 NGOs spotted for fund theft
The primary and mass education ministry has blacklisted 22 non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and relieved 40 others of their designated tasks for low performance and alleged fund embezzlement.
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Faisal awaits Test cap
Left-handed batsman Faisal Hossain looks set to win his Test cap for Bangladesh in the first Test against the West Indies in St Lucia starting May 28.
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PM, WB president meet in Shanghai
World Bank President James D Wolfensohn has highly appreciated Bangladesh's success in microcredit programme and said the success can be a role model for other countries of the world.
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3 days gone, no rescuer comes for MV Digonto
While all eyes were focussed on MV Lighting Sun, one of the two launches capsized in a stormy Meghna Sunday, no salvage operation commenced for the other motorboat, MV Digonto, three days into its sinking.
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Yunus wins Nikkei Asia Prize
The Grameen Bank Managing Director Professor Mohammad Yunus has won this year's Nikkei Asia Prize for Regional Growth.
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Akbar cites fund crisis for launch safety failure
Shipping Minister Akbar Hossain yesterday said he would not step down admitting his failure in ensuring safety of marine passengers because, "My hands are tied and I cannot do anything due to lack offunds.
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Plight of UK visa seekers prolongs
No fewer than 300 UK visa applicants of Sylhet have been left stranded as the visa facilitation office in the northeastern city remains closed after Friday's bomb attack on the Bangladesh-born British
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HC stays remand of Proshika chief
NGO's management team formed
The High Court (HC) yesterday stayed a lower court remand order of Proshika President Qazi Faruque Ahmed for eight weeks.
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Caribbean floods kill 270
At least 270 people have been killed in floods in the Dominican Republic and Haiti, many of them swept away when rain-swollen rivers burst their banks, authorities in the neighboring Caribbean countries
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Trader hacked to death, 'killer' lynched in city
Another shot dead
Assailants hacked to death a currency trader in the early hours of yesterday in Demra and a mob lynched one of the alleged killers in Sutrapur 12 hours after the murderAnd a former leader of ruling
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Ahsanullah Killing
Tongi chairman identifies two
Police yesterday recorded the statement of Tongi municipality chairman who witnessed the May 7 shooting and identified two local drug peddlers Kana Hafiz and Anwar Hossain Anu firing on Ahsanullah Master
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Bush outlines Iraq transition plans
France wants draft UN resolution to be improved; Council seeks control of oil, a say on troops
Iraq's US-appointed governing council welcomed yesterday a draft UN resolution to formally end the America-led occupation, but insisted Iraqis should control oil revenues and have the right to ask foreign
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India to review river link plan
Newly appointed Indian Water Resources Minister Priyaranjan Dasmunshi on Monday hinted the Congress-led government would give a fresh hard look at the controversial river inter-linking project.
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Mannan refused 'Kula' again
The returning officer for Dhaka10 by-polls yesterday once again refused to allocate the election symbol, kula, to Bikalpa Dhara Bangladesh, as an independent candidate was given the same symbol by lottery.
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US citizen held on suspicion
A Bangladeshi-born US citizen was arrested by law-enforcing agencies in Chittagong on Monday and taken on a ten-day remand for debriefing on his "suspicious movement".
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5 held Indians were on way to UK
The five Indian nationals who holed up in a Biman aircraft and were arrested at Zia International Airport (ZIA) on Saturday, came to Bangladesh after a gang assured them of sending to Britain.
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