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HuJi link suspected in attack on UK envoy
2 more arrests made yesterday; investigators hope major progress in case after over two years of grenade throwing
Investigators suspect that the four persons arrested in the last two days in connection with the grenade attack on British High Commissioner Anwar Choudhury at Hazrat Shahjalal's shrine in Sylhet have
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Indefinite strike at all airports suspended
Govt assures staff to make Biman solvent; Saifur tells of bank loans for airline
The Bangladesh Biman staff yesterday suspended the indefinite strike called at airports across the country after the state minister for civil aviation and tourism assured them of solving the financial
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CEC sees no crisis despite reforms row
New EC assumes office, goes for 'photo shoot'
Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) MA Aziz does not see any crisis impeding the upcoming parliamentary election despite an open conflict between the opposition coalition and the government over electoral
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Foreign airlines take away Biman's 90pc business
Non-professional plans, politics blamed
Utter negligence of the government in equipping the national flag carrier Biman with adequate aircraft, absence of professional marketing plan and poor manpower planning are helping foreign airlines to
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Opposition Programme
Ban on gathering in, around EC secretariat
The government yesterday imposed a ban on any kind of gathering, procession, demonstration or laying siege to anything in and around the Election Commission (EC) Secretariat for 19 hours from 1:00am tomorrow.
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Polls to be held as per constitution
Says Khaleda
Prime Minister Khaleda Zia has categorically said the next general elections will not be held at the instruction of anyone or to appease anyone, rather it will be held as per constitutional provision.
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Rejoinder, our reply
Former secretary of the telecommunications ministry AKM Shamsuddin has sent a rejoinder to the news headlined "Telecom secy hid deal irregularities" published in The Daily Star on September 1, 2006.
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EU mission on polls due Sept 11
A six-member exploratory mission of the European Union (EU) will arrive in Dhaka on September 11 to gather basic information on the next general elections in Bangladesh.
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HC Show Cause
Why RU recent recruitment process not illegal
A High Court (HC) bench issued a show cause notice on Rajshahi University authorities as to why the recent recruitment process of the university should not be declared illegal and the recruitments annulled.
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Rab man jailed for hijacking covered van
A special court yesterday handed down a seven-year imprisonment to a member of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) for hijacking a covered van with some of his accomplices on July 12.
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AL expels two for attacking Tito
Two leaders of the Jessore district unit Awami League (AL) were expelled from the party following the attack on senior AL leader and ex-minister Khaledur Rahman Tito.
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Annan for skipping row with Iran
UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan yesterday stressed the need to avoid a confrontation with Iran over its nuclear ambitions, a day after Tehran told him it was determined to negotiate an end to its standoff
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Croc-grappler Irwin killed by 'peaceful fish'
The irony of "Crocodile Hunter" Steve Irwin's death is that he was not killed by one of the deadly creatures he regularly handled, but by a relatively peaceful fish, scientists said yesterday.
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Iraqi soccer star abducted
A popular Iraqi soccer star was kidnapped a day after Iraqi officials touted the capture of al-Qaida in Iraq's No. 2 leader as a move to reduce violence in the country.
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