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Polls Expenditure
No political party submits return
EC yet to act on law violation
None of the 55 political parties that contested in the last parliamentary polls has yet submitted the return of their election expenditure to the Election Commission (EC).
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Nation celebrates 36th Independence Day today
The nation celebrates today the 36th Independence Day and National Day to pay tributes to the three million martyrs, who sacrificed their lives for independence.
 
Other groups behind major blasts since 1999
Suspects intelligence, feels HuJi linchpin Hannan be quizzed further
The intelligence officials enquiring into militancy and bomb attacks suspect that militant groups other than Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) might have been behind some major bomb attacks since1999.
 
3 Kushtia BCL men found slaughtered
Criminals slaughtered three Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) activists at Nawda Alampur village in Mirpur upazila of the district on Friday night.
 
Phulbari Coal Mine
Road march ends with call to cancel project
The Dhaka-Dinajpur road march of Oil, Gas and Mineral Resources Committee was concluded yesterday at Phulbari in Dinajpur, where thousands of people of Phulbari and its adjacent upazilas expressed their
 
Pvt land phones for capital shortly
Private land phones for the city dwellers are likely to be available shortly as Bangladesh Telecommunications Regulatory Commission (BTRC) is going to award four licences to private operators and hasinvited
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Tigers complete whitewash
Rajin Saleh grabbed the opportunity of a recall in grand style hitting an imperious unbeaten century as Bangladesh completed the Kenyan whitewash with a comprehensive seven-wicket win in the fourth and
 
Candlelight rally mourns 'black night'
Freedom fighters, their relatives and hundreds of people brought out a candlelight rally yesterday commemorating the 'black night' of March 25 in 1971 when the Pakistani military rulers started a massacre
 
Khaleda goes to Turkey April 12
Prime Minister Khaleda Zia will go to Turkey on a three-day visit on April 12 at the invitation of Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
 
BGMEA asks 53 garment units to set up 2 exits within 45 days
Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) has instructed its 53 member factories to keep two exits in their units to ensure protection of workers from fire incidents, sourcessaid.
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Cause of jolt in Tejgaon remains unknown
Inhabitants of the three four-storey buildings of Tejgaon Postal Staff Quarters are passing their days amid anxiety following Friday night's severe shock wave that caused fall of bricks and plaster from
 
Polls Reforms
BNP yet to decide committee's structure
The BNP secretary general delays his reply to the Awami League general secretary's letter due mainly to indecision whether the prime minister's proposed committee to discuss the opposition's reform proposals
 
Teesta Water Sharing
Dhaka expects interim accord
Bangladesh awaits an interim agreement on the sharing of Teesta water soon as New Delhi has assured considering Dhaka's proposal on the provisional arrangement among other fast-track measures for boosting
 
Try people responsible for deal with Asia Energy
Demands AL
Awami League (AL) yesterday demanded trial of the people responsible for the agreement with the Asia Energy Corporation concerning Fulbaria coalmine development in 1994 during the BNP regime.
 
Thais rally for king's help to force Thaksin go
Tens of thousands of Thais rallied in Bangkok yesterday, begging their king to intervene in a last-ditch effort to force Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra from office.
 
25 MLAs resign to express solidarity with Sonia
About 25 Congress MLAs from Madhya Pradesh and Lok Sabha member Jyotiraditya Scindia on Saturday met party president Sonia Gandhi in New Delhi and submitted their resignations to express "solidarity"with
 
Two killed in Ctg over land dispute
Two people were hacked to death in separate incidents in Hathazari and Chandanaish upazilas of Chittagong during the last two days.
 
Russia denies giving intelligence to Iraq
Russia's Foreign Intelligence Service yesterday denied that Moscow provided information on U.S. troop movements and plans to Baghdad during the 2003 invasion of Iraq.
 
Khulna power plant goes out of order
The 110-megawatt power plant at Khalishpur in Khulna remains out of order due to major mechanical problems since Friday night.
 
1 killed, 27 hurt in road accident
At least one garment worker was killed and 27 were injured as a bus carrying them careered across the road and fell into a roadside ditch in Ashulia last night.
 
Crossfire Killing
Outlaws threaten to blow up Khulna police headquarters
Outlawed Purbo Banglar Communist Party (PBCP-Janajuddho) has allegedly threatened to blow up the police headquarters in retaliation for the recent 'crossfire.
 
Maoist rebels kill 13 in India
Thirteen civilians were killed in eastern India when their vehicle hit a landmine believed to have been planted by Maoist rebels and intended for security forces, police said yesterday.
 
Clarification
Team Leader of the Jamuna-Meghna River Erosion Mitigation Project (JMREMP) Knut Oberhagemann sent a clarification to a report published in The Daily Star on March 18 with the headline "No river training
 

 
   
 
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