Vol. 5 Num 165 Sat. November 06, 2004    
 
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DU probe reports never come to light
Dhaka University (DU) seems to have stuck in a rut of never making a probe report public.
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Arafat 'between life and death'
Palestinians strugle to select successor
Yasser Arafat remained in a coma in a Paris hospital yesterday as the Palestinian and Israeli governments made preparations to prevent a descent into anarchy in the event of the veteran leader's death.
 
Problems Dogging Power Sector
Donors may shy away
Political interference in setting up new power plants, mismanagement and the government's foot-dragging on power sector reforms have made uncertain donors' investment in the sector.
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Strong watch keeps bigots at bay
Six EU envoys visit Ahmadiyya mosque, Amnesty concerned
Strong police surveillance and civil society resistance yesterday kept at bay religious bigots who had threatened to seize an Ahmadiyya mosque in the city's Nakhalpara while Ahmadiyyas in Brahmanbaria
 
Bush vows no letup in Iraq, war on terror
Bolstered by a hard-fought election victory, President Bush says the United States will vigorously pursue wars in Iraq and against terror and will not retreat from trying to spread democracy through the
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Aftab shines but Kiwis take series
New Zealand withstood a five-wicket haul by Aftab Ahmed before snatching a tense three-wicket win the second RC Cola one-day international at the Bangabandhu National Stadium yesterday.
 
24-hr transport strike today
Bangladesh Road Transport Workers Federation will enforce a 24-hour transport strike across the country today protesting the killing of Rangpur transport leader Abul Kalam allegedly by Rab (Rapid Action
 
They open their heart to Danish princess
Adolescent girls of Ashura and Surpur villages in Debidwar in Comilla now have a say about their marriage which was quite unthinkablm only a few years back.
 
Mugging on rise before Eid
As Eid-ul-Fitr nears, more and more people are getting mugged in particular by gangs of a type who drug their preys to make them unconscious and steal.
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Shopping spree grips...


 
'40 lawyers in Ctg doctored certificates'
Chittagong Bar Association's probe bodies have identified that over 40 lawyers practising here had doctored their mark sheets and certificates of LLB examinations under Chittagong University.
 
Discussion on Jail Killing
Assassins, this govt have a link: AL
Awami League (AL) presidium member Suranjit Sengupta yesterday said the government has established state terrorism in the country by destroying the judiciary.
 
3 American, 3 British soldiers killed in Iraq
US steps up air strikes on Fallujah
A US soldier and two US marines were killed when their vehicle hit a roadside bomb north of Baghdad on Thursday, the US military said yesterday.
 
Pay toll or die, outlaws tell several people in Khulna
Several persons including physicians, industrialists, and traders in Khulna city and the district have received death threats through land and cell phones from armed cadres of Purbo Banglar CommunistParty
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Cellphone craze...


 
Indians kidnap trader from Chuadanga
Police early yesterday rescued a staff of Nasir Tobacco abducted four days ago from a village in Kushtia while an Indian gang kidnapped a garment trader from a bordering village in Chuadanga on Thursday
 
Extortionist injured in mob beating dies
An extortionist injured in mob beating at Mirpur on Wednesday died at Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) yesterday morning.
He was identified as Faisal alias Boltu, 22.

 
Outlaw lynched in Khulna
An armed cadre of outlawed Purba Banglar Communist Party (PBCP-Janajuddho) was lynched by a mob in the city yesterday.
 
Explosives Recovered in Tangail destroyed
The grenades, mortar shells, mines and other explosives recovered in Magontinagar village in Modhupur Thursday were destroyed yesterday.
 
PM leaves for Saudi Arabia tomorrow to perform umrah
Prime Minister Khaleda Zia leaves for Saudi Arabia tomorrow to perform umrah and offer fateha at the Rawza Mubarak of Prophet Hazrat Mohammad (SM).
 
FM hands over PM's letter to Bhutanese PM
Foreign Minister M Morshed Khan yesterday handed over a letter of Prime Minister Khaleda Zia to Bhutanese Prime Minister Lyonpo Yeshey Zimba inviting him to the forthcoming Saarc (South Asian Association
 
CID may quiz 'Kala' Mahbub today in Ctg
Criminal Investigation Department (CID) might resume quizzing Kala Mahabub, a close aide to the prime accused in Jamal Uddin abduction, today as his condition was improving at Chittagong Medical College
 
Filipino woman mugged in city
A Filipino woman was mugged in city's Demra area yesterday.
Her name could not be known immediately. Demra police said she is married to a Bangladeshi national and resides at Konapara.

 

 
   
 
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