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Oriental Bank
Tk 596cr siphoned off by a few shareholders
Reveals BB report; same group using political clout to take over bank again
A few politically powerful shareholders, their friends and top management of the Oriental Bank have defrauded the bank of Tk 596 crore through blatantly corrupt methods, said an interim investigationreport
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Talks at Sangsad Bhaban by tomorrow
Bhuiyan to call Jalil today to set time
Clouds over the much-awaited dialogue on electoral reforms between ruling BNP and opposition Awami League (AL) seem to have disappeared as both the parties yesterday decided to use the Jatiya SangsadBhaban
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Condemned militants won't be hanged in this govt's tenure
All sought permission to appeal
The Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) militants condemned to death for killing two judges last year will not be executed during the tenure of the present government as all the convicts have sought
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Speaker's new sense of time
Thinks Aug 21 grenade attacks an old issue to discuss but Rakkhi Bahini not
Speaker of Parliament Jamiruddin Sircar yesterday did not allow opposition lawmakers to speak in the House about the August 21 grenade attack on an Awami League (AL) rally and the killing of former finance
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Babar regrets police beating of shooters
State Minister for Home Affairs Lutfozzaman Babar yesterday regretted Monday's police atrocities on shooters and employees of National Shooting Federation complex while physicians said Commonwealth Games
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Khaleda-Hasina last face-off at JS today
Prime Minister Khaleda Zia and Leader of the Opposition Sheikh Hasina are likely to have their last face-off of the eighth parliament today when they deliver their winding up speech in the House.
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Opposition shied away from dialogue
Says PM
Prime Minister and BNP chief Khaleda Zia yesterday said her party wants to sit for discussion on reforms but the opposition does not want it.
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Terrorists to take chance if talks do not go well
Says visiting UK minister
Reiterating his optimism about the dialogue between the ruling and opposition parties over the reforms issue, Chief Secretary to the UK Treasury Stephen Timms yesterday said a consensus should be reached
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Butenis' tea turns cold
US Ambassador Patricia A Butenis finally cancelled her scheduled plan to have tea in her residence with Awami League General Secretary Abdul Jalil and BNP Secretary General Mannan Bhuiyan yesterday.
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Envoy's Invitation
US embassy clears the air
A spokesman for the US Embassy in Dhaka yesterday said they have no desire to mediate any political process but would support direct contacts between the ruling and the opposition parties to strengthen
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Ex-cabinet secy Halim joins BNP
ASM Abdul Halim, who faced criticism for his involvement with political activities during his job as cabinet secretary, joined the ruling BNP yesterday formally just after a month of his retirement from
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Game over for Thai Rak Thai as Thaksin quits
Deposed Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra quit as head of the Thai Rak Thai (TRT) party yesterday, signalling the de facto collapse of a political machine that had dominated the country until last
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8 US soldiers killed in Iraq violence
At least 17 US soldiers have been killed around Iraq since Saturday, including eight in a single day in Baghdad, the US military announced, saying the toll had brought "a tragic day".
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Fatah faction threatens to kill Hamas leaders
The al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, an armed wing of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas's Fatah faction, threatened for the first time yesterday to kill Hamas leaders, including exiled political chief Khaled
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Nobel Physics Prize goes to Big Bang backers
US scientists John C. Mather and George F. Smoot won the 2006 Nobel Physics Prize for their work on the Big Bang theory on the origin of the universe, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences said yesterday.
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Turkish plane hijackers surrender
Two Turks surrendered to Italian police yesterday after hijacking a Turkish Airlines plane amid conflicting reports over their motives, a civil aviation official said.
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Washington Times calls on House Speaker to resign
The Washington Times, a conservative newspaper that generally supports Republicans, called on Tuesday for the resignation of House Speaker Dennis Hastert over his handling of a congressional sex scandal.
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