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Khulna editor bombed to death by outlaws
Janajuddha claims responsibility; journalists in the southwestern city call hartal for tomorrow
Dainik Janmabhumi Editor Humayun Kabir Balu was killed and his elder son injured in a bomb attack yesterday apparently by a leftist extremist posing as a peanut vendor in southwestern Khulna City, police
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Bangla Bhai men come back with abduction
8 families in Naogaon robbed, houses vandalised
Islamic militants tied to vigilante commander Bangla Bhai abducted two women and a child in Bagmara in the northwestern district of Rajshahi on Saturday morning in their latest violent activity that came
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Dhaka-10 By-polls
Mannan again files writ petition for army deployment
Abdul Mannan of Bikalpa Dhara Bangladesh (BDB) and three other candidates for July 1 Dhaka-10 by-election yesterday filed a writ petition again with the High Court (HC) seeking a directive on the government
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Ministers skirt deployment demand
Senior ministers in parliament yesterday skirted round the issue of security measures for the July 1 Dhaka-10 by-election when an opposition lawmaker demanded assurance from the government of army deployment
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Pichchi Hannan sent to jail
Co-gangster Nitel found dead
Police yesterday showed 'Pichchi' Hannan as an arrestee in three cases of assault on law enforcers and illegal arms and drugs possession, while another operative of the dreaded criminal died from wounds
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Women, Child Trafficking
6 steps suggested to curb crime
An inter-ministerial meeting yesterday suggested six steps 'to significantly reduce the crimes related to trafficking' in the wake of a possible US sanction if Dhaka fails to stop trafficking in women
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13 journos killed in SW in 10 years
Thirteen journalists including four editors were killed in the last 10 years in the south-western region, a safe haven for underground operatives and criminals for decades.
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PM, Hasina condole Balu's death
Prime Minister Khaleda Zia and Awami League chief Sheikh Hasina have expressed their shock at the death of Khulna Press Club President Humayun Kabir Balu in a bomb attack in Khulna yesterday.
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Moulvibazar floods improve
Communications in Moulvibazar got back to normal yesterday as flash floods eased off and water levels of rivers receded, though not enough to significantly change the condition of nearly 1.
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Car bomb blast kills 23 in Iraq
Interim PM offers amnesty to insurgents
Shocked residents of this busy town south of Baghdad laboured yesterday to clear the wreckage left by a massive car bomb blast in a shopping district that killed 23 people and wounded 58, many of them
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Opposition terms budget impractical
The opposition lawmakers at the Jatiya Sangsad (JS) yesterday rejected the proposed budget for the next fiscal year terming it impractical.
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Indo-Pak talks off to a positive start
The first talks in three years between nuclear rivals Indian and Pakistan over disputed Kashmir got off to a "positive" start yesterday, officials from both sides said.
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Balu's killers will be punished
Bhuiyan tells JS
Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives Minister Abdul Mannan Bhuiyan yesterday said the killers of Humayun Kabir Balu, editor of Khulna-based daily Janmabhumi, would be arrested and punished.
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Crisis-hit RMG exporters look to end hartal fallout
With a falling garment exports to the US and the major order placing season approaching for the first quota-free year, garment exporters are worrying about hartal that could further jeopardise the industry.
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Shujaat interim Pak PM
Pakistan's parliament will elect a new leader of the house tomorrow following prime minister Zafarullah Jamali's surprise resignation, officials said.
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MR Akhtar Mukul laid to rest
Eminent journalist and freedom fighter MR Akhtar Mukul was laid to rest at the Martyred Intellectuals Graveyard in capital's Mirpur yesterday.
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German FM arrives on July 16
German Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer will arrive on July 16 for a two-day official visit at the invitation of his Bangladesh counterpart M Morshed Khan.
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Israel should talk about its nukes
Says UN watchdog chief
Israel should start talking seriously about ridding the Middle East of nuclear weapons, whether it admits to having them or not, the head of the UN nuclear watchdog said yesterday.
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UEFA Euro 2004 Portugal
Dutch fourth time lucky
Captain Frank De Boer's delight in seeing the Netherlands finally overcome their penalty jitters to clinch a semi-final date with Portugal was tempered by the harsh realisation that his role in Euro 2004
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BSF guns down one, wounds 2
The Border Security Force (BSF) shot dead one Bangladeshi national and wounded two others in the frontier Haluaghat upazila Sunday night.
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Govt mulls land transport police, new road fund
The government is considering formation of a 'land transport police' (LTP) force to ensure safety and security of the road traffic and creation of a fund to maintain the roads and bridges.
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Abducted girl rescued in Munshiganj
Locals yesterday freed a 5-year-old girl from Sreenagar in Munshiganj and held her captors, seven hours after she was abducted from the capital's Shyampur area.
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Wounded cop dies
Police constable Abdul Qader, fatally injured during Tuesday's clash between Jagannath University College students and Patuatuli traders, died at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) Hospital
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