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6 die in Gazipur factory fire
Machines, goods at Jamuna Spinning Mills gutted in 8-hr blaze
Six employees of a spinning mill were charred to death and three others received serious burns when a devastating fire ripped through the factory at Shafipur in Gazipur Wednesday night.
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Killing of Jhalakathi Judges
Sunny, Awal, bomber jailed for 40 years
Trial to continue as one denies charge and 4 others still at large
A Barisal court yesterday sentenced top Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) leaders Ataur Rahman Sunny and Abdul Awal and suicide bomber Iftekhar Hasan Al Mamun to 40 years' rigorous imprisonment each
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Danish envoy says sorry for cartoons
Security upped around embassy amid siege threat
Officials of the Danish mission in Dhaka are passing their days in "grave fear" in the wake of violent protests in some countries against the publication of cartoons of Prophet Muhammad, said the envoy.
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Multinationals patenting drugs despite WTO waiver
Local pharmaceutical companies risk losing business
Ignoring a WTO waiver of patent-protection obligations for the least developed countries (LDCs), a number of multinational pharmaceutical companies are patenting their drug formulas here, posing a serious
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Japan expects free, fair polls in Bangladesh
Japanese FM tells The Daily Star
Japan expects the next general election in Bangladesh will be free and fair, and it will reflect the will of the people, says Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Aso.
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Rural Maintenance Programme
42,000 women unpaid for 6 long months
About 42,000 women working under the Rural Maintenance Programme (RMP) in 4,150 unions across the country are living in destitution, as the Local Government Division has not released the funds for their
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EC ignores law on demarcation of constituencies
Last delimitation took place11 years ago
The Election Commission (EC) has been in violation of delimitation laws for not taking any steps to demarcate the parliamentary constituencies since the last population census held before the eighth parliamentary
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Ru Prof Murder
Pressure on cops not to arrest Shibir leader
Rajshahi University Islami Chhatra Shibir President Shalehi, one of the two suspected masterminds of Prof S Taher Ahmed murder, has managed to go into hiding as police delayed taking action against him
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Rab seizes 9 grenades in raid on JMB man's house
Members of the Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) seized seven grenades, 10 bullets and some books on jihad from the house of a Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) cadre at Parkasunda village in Atrai upazila
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PM condemns publication
Bangladesh has strongly condemned the publication of a cartoon of Prophet Hazrat Muhammad (SM) in a Danish newspaper, terming it an audacity of the highest order, malicious and communal misdeed.
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Outlaw killed in 'crossfire'
A regional leader of the outlawed Purba Banglar Communist Party (PBCP) Janajuddha faction was killed in a 'crossfire' during a shootout between his accomplices and members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab)
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Ashura today
The holy Ashura commemorating the martyrdom of Hazrat Imam Hossain (RA), grandson of Prophet Hazrat Muhammad (SM), will be observed in the country today.
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Hasina vows to rein in prices if voted to power
Awami League (AL) President Sheikh Hasina yesterday said if her party is voted to power again, they would bring down the prices of essentials, fertiliser, seeds and fuel within the reach of the common
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Ahmadiyyas live on their nerves
Trishal bigots to capture mosque today
Members of Ahmadiyya community and other residents of Dhanikhola village in Trishal are passing their days in panic as the Anti-Ahmadiyya zealots have announced programme for capturing their mosque after
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Hanif still in critical condition
The condition of city Awami League (AL) President Mohammad Hanif, kept on artificial life-support system at Birdem Hospital following a massive heart attack on Wednesday, remained unchanged till lastnight.
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33 killed in religious violence in Pakistan
5 more die in Afghanistan
A suspected suicide bombing and gunfire killed at least 29 minority Shia Muslims in northwestern Pakistan yesterday and gunmen killed at least four more people in an attack on a bus, officials said.
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Iran dismisses US threat over nukes
China welcomes Tehran's talks with Russia
Iran dismissed as "tough words" the United States' refusal to rule out using military force against the Islamic republic over its controversial nuclear programme.
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Bush waives Pak export restrictions
US President George W. Bush on Wednesday waived restrictions on exports to Pakistan, saying it would ease the democratic transition in the South Asian nation and help combat terrorism.
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Bird flu spreads fast in Africa
A disease similar to the lethal H5N1 bird flu is "spreading like wildfire" in northern Nigeria, farmers said yesterday, a day after the country reported Africa's first case of the virus that has killed
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