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BDR, BSF fierce firefight along Zakiganj border
10,000 bullets, 400 mortar shells fired in both directions, 15,000 villagers flee home, tension runs high as both sides reinforce positions
Indian Borders Security Force (BSF) and Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) locked in a fierce firefight for about 14 hours until yesterday noon on Zakiganj border, exchanging around 10,000 bullets and 400 mortal
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Commentary
Hail the Super Patriot
The new arbiter of who can or cannot be a citizen
The BoI chief has shamed us all by his patriotism. Oh, how he loves Bangladesh.
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5 eminent citizens get bail
The High Court (HC) yesterday granted ad interim anticipatory bail to five prominent citizens following issuance of arrest warrants against them in a defamation suit filed by Executive Chairman of the
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UK cops foil plot to blow up US bound planes
21 mostly of Pakistan origin arrested; explosives planned to be put on board in luggage
British police are holding 21 people in connection with what they said was a foiled plot to blow up several passenger planes flying between Britain and the United States, police said yesterday.
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Protests on against filing of case
Researchers of the Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies (BIDS) expressed shock and dismay over the events between Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) and a high-level government functionary that have
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Graft, policy shift make a mess of healthcare system
Experts' consultation session told
Experts at a consultation meeting yesterday identified lack of accountability, rampant corruption, frequent shift in policy and having almost no role of the specialised persons in the decision makingas
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Import of Cars
Documents doctored to dodge Tk 25cr tax a yr
In blatant violation of the import policy, a section of vehicle importers are depriving the government of a huge amount of revenue counterfeiting import documents and tampering with engine and chassis
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Obstacle to Tk 400cr Tender
Charges pressed against 11 JCD men
Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) yesterday pressed charges against 11 Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) leaders and activists arrested in connection with preventing participants from buying schedules and bidding
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Verdict in graft case against Ershad Aug 17
A Dhaka court yesterday for the third time fixed a new date for the delivery of judgment in a corruption case against former president HM Ershad for illegal withdrawal of income tax money.
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Death Reference
Arguments of state side in judges killing complete
The government counsel yesterday submitted in the High Court (HC) that the lower court rightly convicted seven militant leaders including Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) kingpins Abdur Rahman and
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Jamal Murder Case
Court rejects charge sheet, IO showcaused again
The Chittagong Metropolitan Magistrate's Court yesterday again issued a show cause to Investigation Officer (IO) Anwar Hossain, in-charge of the sensational abduction and murder case of business tycoon
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Carjacking Case
Paban again denied bail
A Dhaka court yesterday rejected the bail petition of Akter Hamid Paban, son of Chief Whip Khandakar Delwar Hossain, arrested on charge of carjacking.
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Israel puts major offensive on hold for talks
Soldiers seize Christian towns
Israel plans to allow more time for US-led diplomatic efforts to resolve its dispute with Hezbollah before carrying out its decision to expand a ground offensive in Lebanon, a cabinet minister said yesterday.
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Bomber kills 35 near Iraqi Shia shrine
7 commandos killed in rebel ambush
A suicide bomber killed 35 people near one of Shia Islam's holiest shrines yesterday, in what Iraqi leaders branded an attempt to sow sectarian hatred and destroy a fragile peace process.
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Prodhan, Shil meet B Chy
Move to form a united front
Ganotantrik Jatiya Party President Shafiul Alam Prodhan and independent lawmaker from Dinajpur-1 constituency Monoranjan Shil met Bikalpa Dhara Bangladesh (BDB) chief AQM Badruddoza Chowdhury at his office
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Six drown as engine boat sinks in Haor
Six people, including three of a family, drowned when an engine boat with 11 passengers on board capsized in Kanlar Haor (water body) under Sadar upazila on Wednesday.
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443 Bangladeshis arrive in Syria from Lebanon
At least 443 Bangladeshis arrived in Syrian capital Damascus yesterday evening under the supervision of International Organization for Migration (IOM) on their way back home in Bangladesh.
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