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Blockade to be lifted if demands fulfilled
Says Hasina
Awami League (AL) President Sheikh Hasina yesterday once again asked the caretaker government to reconstitute the Election Commission (EC), revise the voter list and withdraw 300 politically appointed
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Military intervention won't help elections
Boucher says CG & EC must act neutrally
The United States yesterday said a military takeover would not help conduct a free and fair election in Bangladesh and urged the caretaker government and Election Commission (EC) to act neutrally to ensure
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Commentary
President's clarification is heartening
Blaming the media is unfortunate
We are heartened by Bangabhaban's clarification that, unnoticed to the people of Bangladesh, there has not been any change in the form of our government.
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All eyes set on Ctg port
Tension heightened at the country's premier seaport Chittagong as shutting it down is to be one of the crucial moves of Awami League (AL)-led 14-party coalition during its programme of countrywide indefinite
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Press Note
14-party asked to cancel 'unlawful' programme
The government yesterday urged the Awami League (AL)-led 14-party combine to cancel their "unlawful" programme like siege and instead stage peaceful procession and rally in the greater interest of the
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Blockade
22 hot spots in Dhaka
The Awami League (AL)-led 14-party alliance enforces indefinite road blockade at 22 points in Dhaka from today as part of its countrywide protest demanding removal of the chief election commissioner and
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BNP wants free, peaceful polls
Khaleda tells Boucher
BNP Chairperson and immediate past prime minister Khaleda Zia yesterday said her party wants a free, fair and peaceful election in right time.
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AL fears polls might not be free, fair
Boucher meets Hasina
Awami League yesterday apprised US Assistant Secretary of State Richard Boucher of its apprehensions that the upcoming general election in Bangladesh might not be held in a free and fair manner without
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14 DCs made OSD, 23 got new posting
The interim government yesterday withdrew 14 deputy commissioners (DCs) making them OSD (officer on special duty) at the establishment ministry and appointed 23 deputy secretaries of BCS (admin) cadre
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CG yet to remove BNP-appointed sports body chiefs
Despite going for reshuffling in other fields, the present caretaker government of President/Chief Adviser Prof Iajuddin Ahmed has not made any move so far in the sports arena in line with its predecessors,
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BGMEA for steps to end political crisis
Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) urged the President and Chief of the Caretaker Government Iajuddin Ahmed and leaders of all political parties to take steps for ending
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Acid-fed baby defies death
Having seen the struggle for life of a baby boy after he had been fed acid at the age of only 49 days in January last year, a doctor in a Khulna hospital gave the boy a name -- Durjoy (a person who is
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Peaceful Polls
CA asks law enforcers to take necessary steps
President and Chief Adviser to the Caretaker Government Iajuddin Ahmed yesterday asked the chiefs of the law-enforcement agencies to take all necessary measures for holding free and fair elections.
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AL to be blamed if blockade hinders polls
Says Bhuiyan
BNP Secretary General Abdul Mannan Bhuiyan yesterday said Awami League (AL) would be to blame if their blockade programme hindered elections and the democratic process.
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Iajuddin's comment on form of govt unpardonable
Says B Chowdhury
Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) President Prof AQM Badruddoza Chowdhury yesterday said President/Chief Adviser Iajuddin Ahmed's comment about the present form of government is unpardonable.
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Non-govt teachers threaten strike from Nov 27
Leaders of National Front of Teachers and Employees (NFTE) threatened to go for continuous strike and not cooperate in the coming general election activities from November 27 if initiatives were not taken
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RU teachers demonstrate for VC's removal
The Progressive Teachers' Society (PTS) of Rajshahi University (RU) yesterday demanded immediate cancellation of the ongoing mass recruitment and resignation of the vice chancellor (VC) and the pro-VC,
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5 killed in Mymensingh road crashes
Five people were killed and some 45 others were injured in two separate road accidents on the Dhaka-Mymensingh Highway under Bhaluka and Trishal upazilas of Mymensingh yesterday.
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Pentagon team reviews Iraq war strategy
Top US military leaders have begun a broad review of strategy in Iraq and other crisis areas in the Bush administration's campaign against terrorism, The New York Times reported in Saturday editions.
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al-Qaeda threatens to blow up the White House
Intelligence agencies warn of attacks in Europe on holiday
al-Qaeda's Iraq chief threatened Friday in an audio message posted on the Internet that the terror network will "blow up the White House".
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Correction
The headline of a story published in our yesterday's issue says: "Huda bent rules to lease out Tk 4.16cr rly land". It should read: "Huda bent rules to lease out 4.16 acre rly land".
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