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Politics again on collision course
Politics is set to generate much heat from the beginning of next year, the last year of the BNP-Jamaat-led coalition in office, as the ruling and opposition blocs are competing to take control of street
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EC still in strife as fresh voter listing nears
The chief election commissioner (CEC) and the two election commissioners have not yet reached a consensus about electoral roll, though the launch of preparing a fresh voters' list is just a week away.
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Christmas today
The Christian community of Bangladesh, as elsewhere in the world, celebrates Christmas today in commemoration of the birth of Jesus Christ.
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Tk 67 lakh looted from Ctg firm
A gang in the city early yesterday robbed over Tk 67 lakh in cash and cheques for around Tk 12 lakh from a distribution firm of British American Tobacco Bangladesh (BATB).
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Bigots ask Babar to quit over police action
Anti-Ahmadiyya bigots yesterday demanded resignation of State Minister for Home Affairs Lutfozzaman Babar and passing of a censure motion in parliament for Friday's police attacks on its activists.
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ADB offers $315m semi-hard loan a yr
To help Bangladesh avoid commercial borrowing and improve infrastructure to boost FDI
Asian Development Bank (ADB) has proposed to give a $315 million near-commercial annual loan from its Ordinary Capital Resources (OCR) Fund for the next three to five years to help the country manageits
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Rivers of poison
Contamination of Buriganga, Turag continues
Acute pollution of waters of the rivers Buriganga and Turag is killing thousands of fish and other aquatic animals.
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Kathmandu Meet
Bimstec experts work out most of FTA issues
The seven-nation Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (Bimstec) regional grouping is all set to implement the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) among the member countries
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Stormy Weather
2,000 tourists stranded at St Martins
At least 2,000 tourists have been stranded at St Martins, the country's lone coral island, as the stormy weather hit the areas, making it impossible for the vessels to approach the island due to the rough
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Teenager shot dead by BSF
Indian Border Security Force (BSF) near Laxmipur frontier of Akhaura shot a Bangladeshi teenager dead on Friday and took his body away.
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Azerbaijan plane crash kills 23
All 23 people aboard a flight from the Azerbaijani capital, Baku, bound for Kazakhstan were killed when their plane crashed overnight on the Caspian Sea coastline, the airline said yesterday.
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Low-key Rajnath given BJP helm
India's Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has chosen a low-key team player to replace the hawkish Lal Krishna Advani as its leader, the Press Trust of India reported.
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Indian firm gets Tamiflu licence
Swiss firm Roche has licensed an Indian company to make a generic version of its anti-flu treatment Tamiflu for India and other developing countries.
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US monitors mosques for N-radiation
US officials have secretly monitored radiation levels at Muslim sites, including mosques and private homes, since September 11, 2001 as part of a top secret programme searching for nuclear bombs, US News
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UN averts financial crisis with vote
The UN General Assembly late on Friday passed a budget with an unprecedented spending cap aimed at pressuring countries into approving management and other reforms within six months.
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Qureia won't run in polls
Palestinian Prime Minister Ahmed Qureia said yesterday he will not run in next month's parliamentary elections because of an Israeli threat to ban voting in east Jerusalem.
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5 killed in fresh SL trouble
At least five people were killed in two gun battles in Sri Lanka yesterday in the troubled northern Jaffna peninsula, officials said.
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