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Dialogue making progress
Bhuiyan, Jalil decline to elaborate, to sit again tomorrow
The second day of the dialogue over electoral reforms between ruling BNP and main opposition Awami League (AL) yesterday progressed a bit towards resolving several demands relating to the Election Commission
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Over 30 garment workers missing in bus plunge
At least 35 people, mostly garment workers are feared drowned as a bus carrying them plunged into Bangshai river at Shalepur Bridge near Aminbazar yesterday.
 
ICC Champions Trophy
Bangladesh face Sri Lanka in opener today
Under a new format, the ICC Champions Trophy gets underway with a confident Bangladesh facing in-form Sri Lanka in the opening match of the preliminary round at the Punjab Cricket Association Stadiumhere
 
Sharing pains and woes of sufferers
BSMMU plans palliative care
Can we exactly feel the agony of one who knows that he has been suffering from a non-curable disease and that his days are numbered? Isn't it even more painful when doctors tell one such patient thatthey
 
No step yet to restore HR in Bangladesh
EU parliament members express concern to PM
EU parliament members have expressed deep concern over police action on opposition rallies, saying that such actions will weaken the fragile democracy in Bangladesh.
 
Ship survey continues flouting rules
Licence of one cancelled
A section of marine engineers and captains are engaged in ship surveying activities without obtaining certificate from the Department of Shipping while some are working in private shipping companies after
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Khatme Nabuwat bid to besiege Ahmadiyya mosque foiled
The religious bigots under the banner of International Khatme Nabuwat Movement Bangladesh (IKNMB) yesterday once again made a vain attempt to oust the Ahmadiyyas from their mosque at Nakhalpara in the
 
Violent protests against power outage in two districts
Demonstrations, vandalism and barricades continued at Chuadanga and Rajshahi even at the weekend yesterday when the power consumption is much less than the usual weekdays.
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RMG workers still unhappy, declare fresh agitation plan
Rejecting the minimum wages in the readymade garment (RMG) sector that was declared on Thursday, different workers' bodies yesterday declared countrywide strike on separate dates and vowed to 'force'the
 
50 hurt as AL, BNP men clash in Lalmonirhat
At least 50 people were injured in a clash between the activists of the ruling BNP and main opposition Awami League (AL) at Alokdighi in Sadar upazila of the district yesterday.
 
Thus spake Mayor Minu
Rajshahi City Corporation Mayor Mizanur Rahman Minu yesterday told Rajshahi city dwellers to wait for winter to get some relief from the acute power and water crises in the city.
 
Nagorik Committee to hold dialogue with young professionals
The Nagorik Committee 2006, as part of its initiative to formulate a vision paper for Bangladesh in 2021, will organise a dialogue with young professionals who are between 25-45 years on October 14.
 
Mufti Hannan placed on fresh remand
2 more HuJi men may be quizzed in Ramna case
Mufti Abdul Hannan, operations commander of banned Islamist outfit Harkatul Jihad (Huji), was placed on a five-day fresh remand on Thursday in the Ramna Batamul blast case.
 
Bombs were being made to blast at Hasina's meeting
Confesses militant in Sylhet
Moulana Abu Sayeed, who was arrested at a madrasa in Uttara in the capital last month, admitted his links with the September 26, 2001 bomb blast that took place in a house of Sylhet city's Fazilchistarea.
 
Depression over Bay
The low over east central Bay and adjoining area intensified into a depression over the same area yesterday.
 
ISI Support for Taliban
Nato commanders want their govts get tough with Pakistan
Nato commanders from five countries who have troops stationed in Afghanistan are demanding their governments get tough with Pakistan over its support for the Taliban militia, The Daily Telegraph reported
 
Six-power Talks in London
Hopes slim for any major decisions against Iran
Britain's foreign minister cast doubt yesterday on the prospect of immediate agreement on whether to slap sanctions on Iran over its nuclear plans, as key world powers arrived for crunch talks on thecrisis.
 
Japan's new PM rejects WWII 'war criminal' label
Japan's new premier Shinzo Abe risked new controversy yesterday ahead of a fence-mending visit to Asian neighbors, insisting World War II leaders tried by US-led forces were not "war criminals.
 
Benazir presses to return for elections
Former Pakistan premier Benazir Bhutto said on Thursday she wants to return to run in 2007 elections and accused the country's military ruler of failing to tackle religious schools that promote global
 
India close to missile deal with Israel
India is close to wrapping up a Rs. 1,800-crore deal with Israel for buying Spyder quick reaction air defence missile systems.
 
11 killed in militant ambush in Assam
A militant group ambushed and killed 11 people, including seven paramilitary soldiers, in northeastern India's troubled Assam state yesterday, police said.
 
17 killed in Pak sectarian battle for a shrine
Seventeen people have been killed during fighting between Sunni and Shia tribesmen over ownership of a shrine in northwest Pakistan, security officials said yesterday.
 
HR activists slam detention of migrants in Malaysia
Malaysian rights activists on Friday condemned the arrest of more than 200 alleged illegal immigrants including asylum seekers from Myanmar in a raid in the capital.
 
Graft busters to unveil Thaksin's assets
Thailand's corruption watchdog said yesterday it will publicly release hundreds of financial statements filed by ousted premier Thaksin Shinawatra and every minister who served under him.
 

 
   
 
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