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Voter List Controversy
Fortified CEC now calls meet today
Being absolutely sanguine that his two new colleagues are all for him, the CEC yesterday called a meeting of the Election Commission today to decide its future course of action on voter listing in light
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Huge arms hauled from Bandarban rebel den
Machinegun, AK47, M16 rifles, TNT in seized cache; 3 foreign militants held
Army and border guards yesterday arrested three foreign militants at a remote forest den and seized a huge cache of explosives, state-of-the-art firearms and ammunition in Naikkhongchhari Upazila here.
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Opposition kicks off agitation series today
Presses for electoral reforms with rally, hartal, long march
Awami League (AL) led 14-party opposition kicks off a series of agitation programmes through demonstrations across the country today to protest the recent appointment of two election commissioners and
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Burial of Ahmadiyya woman obstructed
B'baria bigots force authorities to set up separate graveyard
Bigots yesterday forced authorities to set up a separate graveyard for Ahmadiyyas to bury a woman of the sect in Nabinagar upazila.
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Zakaria now finds media fault
Newly appointed Election Commissioner SM Zakaria yesterday blasted the media for being "harmful" for the image of the Election Commission (EC) by putting the election commissioners against each other.
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New EC Men
Bar demands rescinding appointments
The Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) yesterday demanded immediate cancellation of the appointment of two new election commissioners and urged the president to form a supreme judicial council for removing
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PM blasts AL for resorting to hartal
Prime Minister Khaleda Zia yesterday blamed the main opposition party for trying to avoid elections under caretaker government by not accepting the Election Commission, which is independent and neutral.
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Zia's birth anniversary today
Today is the 70th birth anniversary of late president Ziaur Rahman, founder of the ruling Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP).
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ADP implementation slower by 5pc points
Despite a massive election-year boost in funding, the government's annual development programme (ADP) implementation in the first five months of this fiscal year is slower by five percentage points than
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Major demands of pry teachers still unmet
The government is still sitting on the four major demands of the non-government primary schoolteachers, including nationalisation of their jobs, although it accepted 10 of their 14 demands in principle.
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Submarine Cable
Bangladesh to be linked in February
With the recent completion of the international SEA-ME-WE4 submarine cable installation at the Cox's Bazar point, Bangladesh is all set to be connected to the global information superhighway from February.
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No more 'guns' found in trucks
Law enforcers yesterday completed a thorough search of the 20 trucks seized following the recovery of 11 'replica guns' at Chittagong Port on Monday.
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Plot to kidnap Blair's son foiled
British police have foiled a plot to kidnap Prime Minister Tony Blair's 5-year-old son Leo, the Sun newspaper reported on Wednesday.
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Kashmir dominates Indo-Pak peace talks on 2nd day
India and Pakistan held a second day of talks Wednesday on their bitter dispute over Kashmir, a day after saying their peace process is paying dividends and suggesting new steps to boost confidence.
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2 kids die of pneumonia
Two children died of pneumonia in Sadullapur upazila on Tuesday night while 71 others have been attacked with the disease due to a prolonged cold wave.
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Arms Loot
Four forest guards suspended
Four forest guards of Haldibunia forest camp in the Sundarbans from where pirates looted three firearms and some ammunition on Tuesday night were suspended yesterday for negligence of duty.
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Outlaw killed in 'crossfire'
A regional leader of outlawed Purba Banglar Communist Party (Janajuddho) was killed in 'crossfire' on Tuesday during a shootout between police and his accomplices at Mongla upazila in Bagerhat.
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France rejects Iran's request for talks
France rejected Iran's request for more talks on the Islamic republic's nuclear program, saying yesterday that Tehran first must suspend its atomic activities.
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Abbas may resign if policies opposed
Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas said yesterday he might resign if the government formed after a January 25 parliament elections opposes his policies, including peace talks with Israel.
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Aug 17 Blasts
Jessore cops files another case
Police have lodged another case accusing 14 arrestees of involvement in the series bomb blasts on August 17 last year.
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Illegal outfits on Ctg port property razed
Chittagong Port Authority (CPA) yesterday bulldozed several illegal structures in Chaktai and Asadganj and recovered about 7.25 katha of land worth about Tk 1.5 crore.
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