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Blockaders fight with law enforcers on first day
Hundreds of rubber bullets, tear gas shells fired in Adabor in capital, cops beat up activists elsewhere; communication breaks down
More than 200 persons were injured as blockaders fought pitched battles with law enforcers in the capital and elsewhere yesterday on the first day of the three-day countrywide blockade called by Awami
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Election Duty
Armed forces now desire more power
They want authority to arrest anyone from anywhere; home asks agencies to take preemptive legal actions against anti-election elements
The armed forces expressed their desire to have the authority to arrest anyone from any place on the polling day without a warrant in addition to the power they already have to arrest any person within
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Commentary
Supreme Court holds the key
We appeal to the President not to close this door
The President in a statement on Saturday late night closed the option of a Supreme Court reference about whether the 90-day time limit for election can be extended by saying no such possibility exists.
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Civil admin reshuffle makes little sense
Key posts still held by past govt beneficiaries
A close look at the civil administrative reshuffle done by the caretaker government (CG) reveals that although a lot of changes have been made as claimed by BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia in her latest speech,
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CG moves again to bring all parties to polls
The caretaker government (CG) yesterday initiated a fresh move to bring all the parties to the parliamentary elections, if possible by holding the polls beyond the constitutional 90-day timeframe provided
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17 more die of cold
At least 17 more died due to the cold wave in three districts raising the nationwide death toll to 118.
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Wrong Policy
PDB faces Tk 1,100cr loss this fiscal year
Because of government's wrong policy, annual loss of the Power Development Board (PDB) will shoot up to around Tk 1,100 crore in the current fiscal year (2006-07), competent sources in the power ministry
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EC to spend Tk 200cr for Jan 22 polls
Over Tk 200 crore will be spent to hold the upcoming ninth parliamentary elections and the lion's share of it would be spent on maintaining law and order, Election Commission (EC) Secretariat sourcessaid.
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Polls under Iajuddin won't be allowed
Reiterates grand alliance
The Awami League (AL)-led grand alliance yesterday reiterated that it would not allow holding of any polls under President and Chief Adviser (CA) Iajuddin Ahmed.
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BB to probe Falu's defaulter clean chit
Lawyers appointed to overturn HC stay order on declaring 32 other candidates as loan defaulters
The investigation committee formed by the Bangladesh Bank to find out how the nominations of a number of loan defaulting electoral candidates including BNP ticket holder Mosaddek Ali Falu had been declared
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HC asks govt not to harass Dr Kamal until Jan 10
The vacation bench of the High Court yesterday ordered the government not to arrest or harass noted jurist Dr Kamal Hossain, charged with involvement in vandalism at the Supreme Court, until the reopening
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Port negligence makes Karnaphuli channel dangerous
The Karnaphuli channel for the country's premier seaport Chittagong has become dangerous for anchoring ships that often run aground and get stuck due to inefficiency of the pilots and negligence of the
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Cold related diseases spread in capital
Children the worst victims
As a cold wave sweeps through the country, viral, bacterial and respiratory diseases have broken out in the capital affecting mostly the children.
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Butenis, Anwar meet Khaleda
US Ambassador Patricia Butenis and UK High Commissioner Anwar Choudhury had a meeting with BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia at Hawa Bhaban yesterday evening.
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Outlaws among 6 murdered in 3 dists
Criminals murdered six people on Saturday night -- two in Daulatpur upazila of Kushtia, three in Laksam of Comilla and one in Kolaroa of Satkhira.
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Independent candidate held in Panchagarh
Panchagarh police on Saturday night arrested an independent candidate of the January 22 election and six others as part of the ongoing mass arrests launched targeting the grand alliance's countrywideblockade
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455 DU teachers ask Iajuddin to resign
A total of 455 Dhaka University teachers in a joint statement yesterday asked President Iajuddin Ahmed to resign from the chief adviser's post and appoint a neutral person as per the constitution to save
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Comilla Bus Fire
29 unidentified bodies buried
Only 12 could be recognised
The unidentified bodies of 29 victims of Saturday's bus tragedy in Comilla were buried yesterday as the family members failed to identify the bodies of their loved ones.
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Thakurgaon Border
BDR, BSF trade shots
Border Security Force (BSF) of India and Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) exchanged bullets yesterday morning near Ratnai border of Baliadangi upazila in Thakurgaon.
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Concern over mass arrest
Bangladesh Institute of Human Rights (BIHR) has expressed concern over mass arrest and harassment by police on the pretext of maintaining law and order ahead of the blockade programme enforced by Awami
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Troops raid rebel hideouts after Assam massacre
Hundreds of soldiers and policemen raided insurgent hideouts in jungles of restive state of Assam yesterday after separatist rebels killed at least 57 people in two days of coordinated strikes.
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3,000 soldiers killed in Iraqi attacks
More US troops expected, 12 Iraqis die in attacks
US military losses in Iraq touched 3,000, according to latest figures yesterday, amid reports another 20,000 troops are to be rushed to Baghdad to stabilise the violence-wracked capital.
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N Korea fully prepared for 2nd nuclear test
Says legislator
North Korea appears fully prepared to carry out a second nuclear test but is unlikely to go ahead in the immediate future, a South Korean legislator said yesterday.
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Democrats vow to fight for end to Iraq war
The new Democratic majority in the US Congress was poised yesterday for the first major policy confrontation with President George W Bush, demanding an end to the "intractable" war in Iraq.
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