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EC plans to complete voter list in 8 months
The Election Commission (EC) intends to finish preparing the voter list with photographs in 8 months and assesses that the number of voters will not exceed 7.
 
Khaleda will go to S'pore for treatment
BNP discloses formally, seeks govt permission for 15 leaders to see her off
BNP yesterday formally announced that its chairperson and former prime minister Khaleda Zia along with some of her family members will soon go to Singapore for treatment and will return by the end ofthe
 
Major parties ask EC to reconsider voter listing from camps
Major political parties including Awami League (AL) and BNP yesterday urged the Election Commission (EC) to reconsider its decision to prepare the voter roll and national identity cards at camps instead
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3 killed, 50 missing as cyclone Akash makes landfall
Three fishermen were killed in Saint Martin's Island while at least 50 others went missing in the bay as cyclone Akash crossed the coastal area yesterday morning and weakened into a land depression.
 
List of more graft suspects soon
Says Masud; ACC moves to amend rule
Chief Coordinator of the National Coordination Committee Maj Gen Masud Uddin Chowdhury yesterday said they have more corrupt suspects on the list, which is to be published soon.
 
Graft, Arms Cases
Charges framed against Huda, Nasir, Salahuddin
Separate Dhaka courts yesterday framed charges against detained former ministers Nazmul Huda, Mir Mohammad Nasiruddin, BNP lawmaker Salahuddin Ahmed and one of their family members in connection withtwo
 
Held robber killed in Rab 'crossfire'
2 gunrunners also die in shootout
The suspected robber arrested by Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) on Monday after he allegedly shot a top Rab official was killed in "crossfire" between his accomplices and Rab personnel at Mugdapara in the
 
Mamun sent to jail after 50 days in custody
After 50 days in police custody, detained controversial businessman Giasuddin Al Mamun was finally sent to jail custody yesterday.
 
Survey
85pc wants reforms in political parties
Political parties need reforms for the betterment of the country's democratic process, speakers yesterday said at a seminar on the outcome of a survey in which over 85 percent participants supported all
 
7.5pc GDP growth can see Bangladesh in middle-income group
Bangladesh can become a middle-income country by 2016 if it raises its GDP growth a little more to a sustained 7.5 percent a year, the World Bank (WB) country director said yesterday.
 
7 killed in road crash
Seven people were killed and 32 others injured in a road accident on the Rangpur-Kurigram road in Lalmonirhat Sadar upazila yesterday morning.
 
UK seeks consular access to its nationals held in Sylhet dragnet
The British government has formally sought consular access to the British nationals who were arrested in Sylhet on Monday for allegedly holding a meeting in a house violating the rules of state of emergency.
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Recovering Gulshan Lake


 
Public Universities
Body formed for appointment of VC, pro-VC
The government has formed a seven-member committee, headed by the education secretary, for appointment to the posts of vice-chancellor, pro-vice-chancellor and treasurer of the public universities.
 
Final ODI rained off
Heavy rain coupled with cyclonic weather forced the third and final one-day international between Bangladesh and India to be called off here at the Divisional Stadium yesterday.
 
HC agrees to hear graft case against Hasina
A division bench of the High Court yesterday ordered inclusion of the Meghna Ghat Power plant corruption case against former prime minister Sheikh Hasina in the cause list for hearing today.
 
CRP founder Valerie sidelined by board
The board of trustees for the Centre for Rehabilitation of the Paralysed (CRP) yesterday "arbitrarily" removed the organisation's founder and main promoter Valerie Taylor from her position as coordinator.
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Meeting at presidential


 
Kamal vows to rally for RMG woman workers without umbrella
Renowned lawyer and politician Dr Kamal Hossain yesterday said he will stage sit-in demonstrations in front of garment factories if he sees woman garment workers coming out of any factory without umbrella
 
Two gunned down in city
Two people were gunned down by a gang at Sayedabad in the city last night. The victims were identified as Muhammad Badol, 30, a grocer, and Babu Miah, 25, a bus driver.
 
Ex-PM Khaleda's assignment officer sued
Dr Firoz Hasan Mahmud, assignment officer of former prime minister Khaleda Zia, was sued for extortion.
 
Wolfowitz readies his defence
White house backs him
Embattled World Bank president Paul Wolfowitz is expected to fight to keep his job yesterday after an investigation found he put his "personal interests" above bank rules and jeopardized the very mission
 
Suicide bomber kills 25 in Peshawar hotel
A suicide bomber blew himself up at hotel in the northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar yesterday killing at least 25 people, mainly Afghan refugees, and injuring dozens more, officials said.
 
Gujarat bus fire kills 29
The death toll from a head-on smash between a passenger bus running on compressed natural gas and a chemical tanker rose to 29 yesterday, the Press Trust of India said.
 
BSF kills 2
Two Bangladeshis were shot dead by Indian Border Security Force (BSF) in Lalmonirhat and Jessore districts yesterday.
 
Body formed to probe assault on journos
The one-member body formed by the education ministry to probe Monday's incident of assault on journalists at Technical Education Board (TEB) in Agargaon submitted its report yesterday with recommendation
 
Rejoinder, our reply
Islami Chhatra Shibir sent a rejoinder to a The Daily Star report headlined "Shibir's Secret Training of DU Students" published on May 12, 2007.
 

 
   
 
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