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Rocca Terms Next Polls Critical
Only level playing field will give winners legitimacy
The visiting US Assistant Secretary of State for South Asian Affairs Christina Rocca yesterday termed the next elections critical for Bangladesh and called for a 'level playing field' and free, fair polls
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Fuel prices shoot up in N-dists
Price hike rumour, stuck tankers blamed
Fuel prices in northern districts shot up suddenly as the region nearly ran out of its fuel reserves.
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Ijtema begins
Thousands of people came streaming to the bank of river Turag for Biswa Ijtema with delivery of sermons going on in full swing on the first day of the second largest congregation of Muslims yesterday.
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Fire kills 4 of a family at Pallabi
Four members of a family were burnt alive in a fire at a camp of the stranded Pakistanis at Morapara in the capital's Pallabi area early yesterday.
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Too tender to feel the loss
The fate of the two boys became uncertain with the death of their single parent mother who was burnt alive in a fire at the Bihari Camp in the city's Pallabi early yesterday.
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Burn Injuries Across Country
Specialists scant to handle situation
Burn injury patients in the country often do not get timely and proper treatment as there are only 10 burn specialists against a demand for at least 400, said experts at Dhaka Medical College Hospital
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Hasina Tells Rocca
Foreign help alone can't weed out militancy
Leader of the Opposition Sheikh Hasina yesterday said international assistance for combating militancy in the country would not bring any result unless the government makes sincere efforts to resolvethe
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Tengratila Blowouts
Displaced families afraid of going back to houses
Gas still spews through cracks, no water
More than 500 people of about 90 families displaced due to the blowouts in Tengratila gas field in Sunamganj last year are still afraid of returning to their houses because of continued spewing of gas
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US consular information
Potential for more JMB violence considered serious
A US State Department communiqué has said the security situation in Bangladesh is volatile, mentioning that a terrorist bombing campaign and threats to US and Western interests have led to increased security
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Police firing at Kansat
Shibganj goes on strike indefinitely
People enforced an indefinite strike at Shibganj upazila from yesterday protesting the killing of eight people in police firing at Kansat and demanding the release of arrested leaders who conducted movement
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Indians should protest Delhi's injustices to neighbours
Mannan Bhuiyan says
LGRD and Cooperatives Minister Abdul Mannan Bhuiyan yesterday urged the Indian citizens to raise their voice against their government's injustices to neighbouring countries, especially towards Bangladesh.
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Rocca discusses JMB, other issues with Jamaat
US Assistant Secretary of State for South Asia Christina Rocca met Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer and Industries Minister Matiur Rahman Nizami at Jamaat central office yesterday and discussed issues of Jama'atul
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Kibria murder
Family demands UN probe as Rocca visits residence
Family members of slain former finance minister Shah AMS Kibria yesterday demanded UN investigation into the killing when US State Department Assistant Secretary for South Asian Affairs Christina Rocca
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A lawmaker's brutality
A ruling BNP lawmaker assaulted a businessman yesterday and a party worker on Thursday for hanging up and distributing calendars containing the picture of a rival candidate for BNP nomination in the coming
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Hamas under pressure to pursue peace
Israel rules out possibility of talks
Hamas was under mounting pressure to renounce violence Friday after its shock election win as Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas prepared to task the radical group with forming a new government.
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World powers haggle over nuke resolution
Bush backs Russian plan on Iran
Western powers want the UN Security Council to call on Iran to suspend its nuclear fuel work, according to a draft resolution being refined while the United States and its allies pursue diplomatic efforts.
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13 Myanmar nationals held at Ijtema
Law enforcers yesterday held 13 Myanmar nationals from the Biswa Ijtema ground at Tongi for entering Bangladesh territory without legal papers but released them later.
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Six Bangladeshi smugglers arrested in West Tripura
The Border Security Force (BSF) has arrested six Bangladeshi nationals, including a forest staffer, as they were allegedly trying to smuggle out tree logs from Indian territory into Bangladesh through
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