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CCTV at public places to check terrorism
Databank of criminals to be readied
Closed-circuit televisions (CCTV) will be installed at large public places, hospitals, banks and key-point installations (KPIs) in a month to monitor public movement as the government fears subversive
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Blasts rock London again
Hit 3 Tube stations, bus
Explosions struck three London underground stations and a bus yesterday in a chilling but less deadly replay of the suicide bombings that killed 56 people exactly two weeks ago.
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Amnesty to Killer
JS body grills law ministry for opinion
A parliamentary body yesterday grilled the law ministry about its shady opinion on the presidential amnesty granted to a person who was sentenced to death in a double murder case, but the ministry shifted
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Fuel price to be hiked again
The government has no option but to increase the fuel price, as it has risen too high in the international market, Finance Minister Saifur Rahman said yesterday, without specifying any timeframe.
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WB concerned over governance, graft
Patel says economic performance satisfactory
Visiting World Bank Vice President for South Asia Praful C Patel yesterday appreciated the country's economic performance but expressed concerns at the slow pace of progress in addressing governance and
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4 robber cops held
Four policemen including an assistant sub-inspector (ASI) were arrested yesterday in the city for snatching 13.5 kilogram silver ornaments and extorting Tk 28,000 from two employees of a jewellery house.
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Flooding continues to deteriorate
With inundation of fresh areas, the overall flood situation in Sirajganj, Gaibandha, Nilphamari and Naogaon districts deteriorated further, while two children drowned in floodwaters in Gaibandha.
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JS body finds graft in Tengratila handover
Says jt venture with Niko sans PSC caused huge loss to govt
A parliamentary body yesterday observed that the country has faced a huge financial loss due to rampant corruption in handing over of the Tengratila gas field to Niko Resources Ltd through joint venture
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2 Algerian diplomats kidnapped in Iraq
14 Iraqis killed in violence
Algeria's charge d'affaires in Iraq and a colleague were kidnapped in Baghdad as two suicide car bombings and a string of other attacks in and around Baghdad yesterday killed 14 people, Algerian and Iraqi
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Natwar Singh arrives Aug 6
Indian External Affairs Minister Natwar Singh will arrive in Dhaka on August 6 on a two-day official visit at the invitation of his Bangladesh counterpart M Morshed Khan, a highly placed source at the
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Torture of Businessman
Probe body for action against 18 Rab men
The probe body constituted to investigate the July 15 incident in which some members of the Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) led by an ASP brutally tortured a business executive in Uttara submitted its report
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Ahmadiyya
EU envoys, UK MP call for end to persecution
The envoys of EU countries in Dhaka yesterday expressed their concerns at the continued persecution of the Ahmadiyya community, while a UK parliamentary leader in London asked the British government to
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Voter List
EC invites party chiefs for dialogue
The Election Commission (EC) yesterday started inviting the chiefs of the political parties to a dialogue on the voter list for the next parliamentary election.
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6th Wage Board constituted
The government yesterday constituted the Sixth Wage Board for journalists, press workers and general employees of newspapers and news agencies.
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Hotel Agrabad fined for unhygienic food
A mobile court yesterday punished 14 hotels and restaurants including the three-star Hotel Agrabad for unhygienic food, dirty atmosphere and failure to produce proper trade licence.
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PM to attend UNGA session in Sept
Prime Minister Khaleda Zia is expected to attend the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) sessions in New York in the middle of September, a senior official of the Ministry of Foreign affairs said yesterday.
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Shibir men confine RU proctor in office
Islami Chhatra Shibir activists yesterday confined the proctor of Rajshahi University (RU) in his office for an hour demanding withdrawal of a case filed against 16 Shibir activists.
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Ctg jolted by tremor, aftershock
A mild tremor followed by an after-shock jolted the Chittagong city and its adjoining areas yesterday, sparking panic among city-dwellers for a while.
The first quake, measuring 4.
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