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No scope for extremism in the name of Islam
Stresses PM, assures businessmen of actions against bombers
Export-oriented garment and textile sector leaders yesterday told the prime minister that most of the prospective foreign buyers have cancelled their recent scheduled visits to Bangladesh due to the August

Islamic Foundation ex-official held at ZIA
Link to Islamist militants suspected
The government yesterday arrested former Islamic Foundation director Moulana Fariduddin Masud, off-loading him from an Emirates flight at Zia International Airport on suspicion of his links to an Islamist

Bounty for JMB's Abdur Rahman
Govt finally orders his arrest
Initially confined to blaming Awami League for the August 17 blasts, the government has finally identified Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) leader Abdur Rahman as a top threat to the country andordered

Inside The Militant Groups-3
Extremists get trained in armed combat
On January 22, 2001, Chittagong police held Salumullah Selim, a 45-year-old man, from a residence in the port city.

Two Dists in Khulna
Massive hunt for blasts coordinator
Law enforcers have started a massive hunt to nab a man, who coordinated the bomb attacks in two districts of Khulna division, an investigator said.

11 Rajshahi Militants
Cops still await nod to file sedition case
Rajshahi police are yet to get the home ministry nod to file a sedition case against 11 militants, one month into their arrests in Paba upazila.

Aug 21 Blasts
Hasina demands int'l probe
Opposition leader Sheikh Hasina has once again demanded a fair and neutral international investigation into the August 21 grenade attacks on her rally.

Aug 17 Blasts
Intelligence agencies failed for politicisation
Prothom Alo roundtable told
Politicisation and recruitment not always on professional basis, among other reasons, over the years have crippled the intelligence agencies, which failed miserably to gather any prior leads about the

Curb on car imports by lawmakers
Bad news for the 45 would-be women lawmakers of the Jatiya Sangsad's reserved seats as the National Board of Revenue (NBR) has curtailed some facilities of the members of parliament.

Charge sheet in Aug 21 carnage case soon
Bhuiyan tells party rally
The charge sheet in the August 21 grenade attacks on an Awami League (AL) rally last year will be submitted in a few days, BNP Secretary General and LGRD Minister Abdul Mannan Bhuiyan said at a rallyin

Close watch on Qatar-based NGO linked to Ahab
Following information that the Qatar Charitable Society, with its station at Alambiditor under Gangachhara upazila in the district, is organising orphan youths and children in the region to prepare them

JS session begins on Sept 8
The Jatiya Sangsad goes into its routine session on September 8 to meet the constitutional obligation, ignoring demands for a special session to discuss the August 17 countrywide bomb attacks.

Islamabad asks Dhaka not to send madrasa students
Islamabad has asked Dhaka not to send madrasa students to Pakistan for higher studies, said a highly placed source at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs yesterday.

Comment on Blasts
Dr Kamal demands resignation of minister
Jatiya Oikya Mancha President Dr Kamal Hossain yesterday demanded resignation of one of the two cabinet ministers who made contradictory remarks on the August 17 countrywide serial bomb blasts.

Probe in right direction, says Babar
The State Minister for home Lutfozzaman Babar yesterday said the investigation into the serial bomb blasts is progressing in the right direction.

Morshed has no info about US expert in city
The foreign ministry has no knowledge about the arrival of any US explosives expert in Dhaka to assist the intelligence agencies in investigating the August 17 serial bomb blasts.

Desa employee gunned down
Criminals gunned down a Dhaka Electricity Supply Authorities (Desa) employee and wounded another in front of the Desa office at Lalbagh yesterday.

Three Khulna journos get death threat
Three journalists of Khulna yesterday received death threats allegedly from an extremist.

Meghna, Gumti Bridges Repair
Ferry service on Dhaka-Ctg highway from Sept 10
Ferry service will be introduced along the Dhaka-Chittagong highway from September 10 for nearly two months as the government starts repairs of the Meghna and Gomti bridges.

Spurious chemicals seized at Mitford
A mobile court yesterday fined five wholesale traders of spurious chemicals and essences in the Mitford medicine market in the city.

Saddam says he'd sacrifice his life for Arab cause
Former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein has said in a letter he would sacrifice himself for Arab nationalism and to end foreign occupation.

7 to die for killing businessman
A Dhaka court yesterday sentenced seven people to death and 10 others to life imprisonment for killing Enamul Haq Ratan, owner of Haq Fisheries and Poultry Farm, at Keraniganj 10 years ago.

Cop held for extortion
A police constable was arrested yesterday as he was caught for his attempt to extort money from a businessman at Bangabandhu National Stadium.

Govt gives nod to pipeline to link Bibiyana with national grid
The US company Unocal has got the government approval to set up a 46-kilometre pipeline to link its Bibiyana gas field with the national grid line, officials said.