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City bursts into violence to protest power cuts
Desco offices vandalised; Rab vehicle torched; 100 injured as protesters clash with law enforcers across country; Desa seeks special security
Thousands of people infuriated by severe power crisis set fire to power distribution offices in some parts of the capital, including the Desco headquarters at Mirpur, and elsewhere in the country, and
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Reform
AL ready to compromise, not on Hasan, Aziz
In the event of talks, the opposition might compromise on some of its reform proposals but not on its objections to Justice KM Hasan as the caretaker government chief and MA Aziz as the chief election
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Bangla Bhai ready to appeal today
Khaled Saifullah files application for appeal
Despite repeated refusals to accept the 'worldly courts' during trial, yet another top militant yesterday filed an application seeking permission to appeal in the Supreme Court while Siddiqul Islam alias
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Chaotic scenario in power sector
20 plants with 1,500 MW capacity remain shut
A chaotic scenario prevails in the country's power generation sector as 20 power units have remained shut and the Power Development Board (PDB) can't say exactly when eight of these could resume operation.
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Chair rejects talks in JS on power crisis
AL walks out in protest
The main opposition Awami League (AL) yesterday staged a walkout from parliament for two minutes as the deputy speaker rejected its request to hold a discussion on severe power crisis and people's movement
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Durga Puja begins
Hindu devotees are all set to invoke goddess Durga, daughter of the majestic Himalayas, with the Mahasaptami puja at some 19,000 puja mandaps across the country today.
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Govt delaying reforms in fear of polls defeat
Says Hasina
Leader of the Opposition Sheikh Hasina yesterday alleged that the BNP-Jamaat four-party coalition government is making delay in carrying out the proposed electoral reforms fearing defeat in the upcoming
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40 tortured bodies found in Baghdad
Twin blasts kill 5
The bodies of 40 men who were shot and had their hands and feet bound have been found in the capital over the past 24 hours, police said yesterday.
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ISI backs Islamist extremism, UK report says
British authorities have sought to head off expected protests by Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf over a report alleging that his country's intelligence service backs Islamist extremism.
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Ramna Blast Case
Mufti Hannan's brother remanded again
Banned Islamist outfit Harkatul Jihad's (Huji) operations commander Mufti Abdul Hannan's brother Mohibullah alias Mofizur Rahman was placed on a three-day fresh remand yesterday for the third time inconnection
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