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Israel strikes Syria after suicide attack
Israel yesterday took its battle against Palestinian militants to Syria, bombing near the capital Damascus for the first time in decades, after a suicide bomber killed 19 people in an Israeli restaurant.
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Hasina sticks to her 'no'
CPA chairman, secretary general fail to woo her to meet
A last-ditch attempt yesterday by the officials of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA) to convince the main opposition Awami League (AL) to join the CPA conference failed, as AL chief Sheikh
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Messy affairs still dog CPA conference
The nine-day 49th conference of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA) rolls into its third day today, amid utter mismanagement and the main opposition's resolute refusal to attend the grand
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UN meets today
Arab League terms raid state terrorism, Hamas vows retaliation
The United Nations Security Council is to hold a closed-door meeting today after the Arab world reacted with fury to Israel's raid in Syria yesterday.
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Governance, world peace to top Dhaka agenda
The Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA) at an agenda setting meeting yesterday decided to bring the issues of governance and global peace to the fore of its nine-day 49th conference that opened
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Durga Puja ends
Durga Puja, the biggest Hindu religious festival, ended yesterday through immersion of the image of the deity Durga.
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'Clock ticking for Arafat'
Israel will not immediately expel Yasser Arafat from his West Bank headquarters after a suicide attack in Haifa but the "clock is ticking" towards the Palestinian leader's removal, a senior official said
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ADP cut down, yet execution stays low
Despite heavy trimming of the Annual Development Programme (ADP) for the last fiscal (FY03), the government could implement only about 89 per cent of the funds.
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Listed criminal Jasim caught with AK-47 in Fatikchhari
12 accomplices, including 4 burqa-clad women, also nabbed
Listed criminal Jasim Uddin along with 12 accomplices was arrested in Fatikchhari upazila yesterday and huge firearms including an AK-47 rifle and ammunition were recovered from their possession, local
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Blair 'knew Iraq threat limited'
Britain's Prime Minister Tony Blair knew Iraq had no weapons of mass destruction ready for use within 45 minutes, former Foreign Secretary Robin Cook has claimed.
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Tk 2cr medicine haul at ZIA
Contraband medicines worth about Tk 2 crore were seized from a Bangladesh Biman aircraft at Zia International Airport yesterday.
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HSC results likely by Oct 16
Results of the Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) examinations are likely to be published between October 13 and 16, education ministry officials said.
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British queen on al-Qaeda hit list?
Intelligence services have warned that Britain's Queen Elizabeth II could be the target of an Al-Qaeda terrorist attack during a visit to Nigeria later this year, the Sunday Telegraph reported.
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Phensidyl peddlers kill accomplice
Phensidyl peddlers fatally injured fellow member, bagged up the body and then dumped it in lowland near the embankment in Mohammadpur on October 3.
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2 women commit 'suicide'
A young housewife and a teenage girl apparently committed suicide in Pallabi and Kafrul yesterday.
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Muggers shoot man, rob Tk 50,000
Muggers shot a man and robbed him of Tk 50,000 at Mirpur last night.Royal Khan, 30, was admitted to Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) with bullet wounds in the belly.
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Pakistan win second ODI
Pakistan beat South Africa in the second day-night limited-overs international by 42 runs at Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore on Sunday to take a 2-0 lead in the five-match series.
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