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Huge bomb-making materials seized in Rajshahi: 4 held
Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) here in separate operations yesterday arrested four operatives of Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) including its Rajshahi district commander and seized a large quantity of bomb-making materials.

Victory Day Celebrated
Tribute to war heroes, vow to rid country of militancy
The nation yesterday celebrated the 35th Victory Day, taking a fresh vow to rid the country of religious militancy and paying glowing tributes to the Liberation War heroes who had sacrificed their lives

Compensation from Niko
9bcf gas, Tk 250cr bank guarantee demanded
The government last week claimed 8.

Sunny being quizzed to know JMB's'next targets'
Investigators are now trying to learn about the 'next targets' of the banned Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) from its remanded military commander Ataur Rahman Sunny, and concentrating on tracking

Bangladesh-India SAFF final today
The curtain falls on what is called 'South Asia's World Cup' today when defending champions Bangladesh take on India in the final of the Fourth SAFF Championship.

Terrorism cannot halt nation's progress: PM
Prime Minister Khaleda Zia yesterday expressed her firm commitment to find out the bomb attackers and give them exemplary punishment.

Tour operators elated as visitors throng fair
With the on-going tourism fair getting a huge response from visitors on the second day yesterday, the organisers of it and the participating organisations are expecting further boost in the tourism sector,

Draft package at WTO meet
Duty and quota-free access to imports from LDCs agreed
Negotiators at a World Trade Organisation meeting reached an agreement on a draft text yesterday that would grant duty-free and quota-free access to imports from so-called least developing countries,Indian

Treatment of Netrakona blasts victim uncertain
Munna Debnath, seriously injured in the Netrakona suicide bomb blast, is now undergoing a traumatic phase at Dhaka Medical College and Hospital (DMCH).

Sugar tastes bitter
Price of sugar and soyabean oil rose sharply in the last one month with sugar now selling at Tk 50 to 52 per kg and oil at up to Tk 60.50 a litre in the city markets.

Bomb scare forces Indian parliament to adjourn abruptly
The Indian security establishment was plunged into a tizzy yesterday following a bomb scare on the parliament premises here, after which the sessions had to be abruptly abandoned and Prime Minister Manmohan

Ulfa threatens to take up guns if talks delayed
The outlawed United Liberation Front of Asom (Ulfa) yesterday threatened to resume its armed campaign if New Delhi fails to begin immediate peace talks to end nearly three decades of militancy in Assam.

Colourful AL procession calling to root out militancy
Thousands of Awami League (AL) leaders and activists took out a colourful procession to mark the 34th Victory Day yesterday, calling for eliminating anti-liberation and communal forces and establishing