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Govt ditches plan to rein in unruly bank unionists
The government has budged from its stance on reining unruly trade unionists in as it ditched proposals from the recently approved amendment to the Bank Company Act on stopping their abuse of propertyin
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Dhaka-10 By-polls
60pc votes cast were false, say observers
At least 60 percent of the votes cast in Thursday's Dhaka-10 parliamentary by-election were false, said election observers of Bangladesh Manobadhikar Somonnoy Porishad (Bamasop), a coalition of 300 rights
 
Probe on into Biman's Dubai cargo scam
Govt deprived of crores that find way into pockets of officials, agents
The government has launched investigations into a recently detected scam pointing to huge financial losses to Bangladesh Biman's cargo operations in Dubai.
 
Bangla Bhai men released on minister's 'diktat'
One of them was prime suspect in AL leader murder
Police on Thursday freed three Islamist zealots of Jagrata Muslim Janata Bangladesh (JMJB), including the prime suspect in Awami League leader Yasin murder case, allegedly after ruling coalition leaders
 
English Medium Schools
Guardians weary of high fees
Most private English medium schools in Dhaka charge guardians high fees for their children's education in the absence of a government policy.
 
AL's 12-hour hartal today
Ballot rigging added to issues
Awami League enforces a dawn-to-dusk countrywide hartal today to protest what it said was unprecedented rigging in Thursday's by-polls in Dhaka-10, bomb blast at a meeting of Suranjit Sengupta in Sunamganj,
 
Harris says vote Rigging photos tampered with
Prime Minister's Political Secretary Harris Chowdhury yesterday alleged the pictures ran by some newspapers on fake voting at Thursday's parliamentary by-polls to Dhaka-10 were not true.
 
Legal battle on Dhaka-10 By-polls this week
A legal battle will begin in a couple of days to challenge the validity of Dhaka-10 by-polls that ended Thursday amid allegations of fraud, intimidation and violation of a court order on all-centre army
 
JIC to quiz Barguna Militants
Barguna police failed to make any headway in their probe and sent six out of 33 alleged cadres of Islamic militant outfit Jagrato Muslim Janata Bangladesh (JMJB) to Dhaka yesterday for quizzing by the
 
Rockets hammer two Baghdad hotels
Saddam's lawyers term trial a farce in illegal court; 2 Marines killed; Jordan ready to send peacekeepers to Iraq
Defence lawyers for Saddam Hussein said yesterday that the first court appearance of the ousted president was a farce in an illegal court and challenged the legitimacy of Iraq's judicial system whichthey
 
Fertiliser, machines, irrigation to get cheaper: Anwar
With the doubling of farm subsidy this fiscal year, the government has chalked out a series of measures to cut input cost to make agriculture profitable for the long hard-pressed farmers.
 
6 killed in car bomb attack on Turkish governor
Six people died and 23 were injured yesterday when suspected Kurdish rebels carried out a car bomb attack on a Turkish provincial governor just as his convoy drove by, officials aid.
 
Law change soon to check brick-kiln emissions
The Ministry of Environment and Forest has prepared a draft to amend the existing law on checking brick-kiln emissions.
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UEFA Euro 2004 Portugal
Greece sizzle in ecstasy
Hundreds of thousands of people thronged Greek cities in wild celebrations after the Greek football team surprisingly qualified for the Euro 2004 final on Thursday.
 
Quake kills 18 in Turkey
Eighteen people were killed and 27 injured when an earthquake hit remote villages in the eastern Turkish province of Agri yesterday, devastating the local stone and earth houses.
 
Rab swings into action in Sylhet today
The Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) aiming at improving law and order of Sylhet swings into action today.

A spate of bomb attacks lately pushed Sylhet on the brink of law and order breakdown.

 
Biman food Poisons 50 passengers
At least 50 passengers of a Dhaka-bound flight of Bangladesh Biman yesterday were poisoned by the food catered to them on board.
 
Five killed in Rajendrapur Road accident
Five people were killed and 20 others injured in a road accident on the Dhaka-Mymensingh Highway at Rajendrapur in Gazipur Sadar uapzila yesterday morning.
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Marlon Brando dies at 80
Marlon Brando, one of the most influential actors of his generation, has died, according to media reports yesterday citing his lawyer. He was 80.
 
Islamists protest women's wrestling
Demonstrators with ties to Islamic organisations yesterday rallied to protest a plan for Bangladesh's first women's wrestling competition, scheduled for tomorrow.
 
Fruit trader stabbed to death
Muggers yesterday stabbed a fruit trader to death and took away Tk 50,000 from him on city's Tipu Sultan Road of Sutrapur.
 
Altaf returns to home, but temporarily
Commerce Minister Altaf Hossain Choudhury has temporarily taken charge of the home ministry after State Minister of Home Lutfozzaman Babar went to Singapore yesterday for treatment.
 
Alaska wildfire forces hundreds to flee
Hundreds of people -- including about 200 workers at the state's largest gold mine -- fled a wildfire in Alaska's interior and headed toward Fairbanks.
 
93 rescued from Traffickers
Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) personnel yesterday rescued 93 people, including 30 women and 19 children, from a bus near Kalaroa Upazila headquarters while they were being trafficked to India.
 
AL, BNP clash Leaves 26 hurt at Nilphamari
At least 26 people were injured in a clash between the Awami League (AL) and BNP activists at district headquarters yesterday.
 

 
   
 
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