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Firearms flood in thru' porous Satkhira border
Gangs of gunrunners openly smuggle firearms into Bangladesh, making the Satkhira borders with India porous with bribes to 'mammonish law-enforcers', underworld operatives and local people said.
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Protesters torch 16 AL men's houses
Underground outfit claims responsibility for Gama killing, hartal in Natore today
Arsonists with ties to the ruling BNP burnt down at least 16 houses of Awami League adherents in police presence Saturday night in the outrage at the killing of a deputy minister's nephew in Natore, for
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Rivals kill two Khulna outlaws
Armed assailants yesterday killed two youths with suspected ties to an underground outfit in an attack over internal row in Khulna city, dubbed as the valley of death, in the latest in a series of killings
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DU student's date with destiny
Injured in field trip, denied medical help, faces disability
Md Motiur Rahman, 23, a student of Dhaka University's Institute of Nutrition and Food Science (INFS), is facing disability as the leg injuries he sustained in a road accident during a university field
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BIMST-EC Meet
FTA deal signed, door kept open for Dhaka
The commerce ministers of all BIMST-EC member states except Bangladesh yesterday signed a framework agreement on a free trade area (FTA) in the Thai resort town of Phuket, keeping an option open for Dhaka
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Bomb found near Khulna AL rally venue
Hasina points at alliance
Khulna police yesterday recovered a hand bomb from the roof of a shop at Shahid Hadis Park, a few yards away from the venue of an Awami League (AL) mourning rally.
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JP(E) walks out to protest bar on Ershad's visit
SQ Chy explains govt action
The Jatiya Party (JP-Ershad) stormed out of parliament yesterday protesting the government's barring its chief former president HM Ershad from flying abroad last week.
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Axe to fall on 2,741 BJMC staff
State-owned Bangladesh Jute Mills Corporation (BJMC) will axe 2741 of its personnel by the end of this month if they refuse to stand down accepting a golden handshake scheme, State Minister for Jute Lutfar
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Kerosene Shortfall
Kuwait responds to crisis, sending fuel
Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (KPC) will dispatch emergency consignments of kerosene and jet fuel to enable Bangladesh overcome a sudden fuel crisis.
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Computer Supply Fiasco
Govt baffled over Dutch court fine
The government is in a fix over payment of a Tk 31 crore fine sentenced by a court in The Hague for cancelling a contract with a Dutch company for supplying computers.
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Rover makes drilling debut on Mars
Fresh from being given a clean bill of health, the Spirit rover drilled its first tiny hole in a rock on the surface of Mars, Nasa scientists said Saturday. "We made some history here.
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Lankan parliament sacked, April 2 snap polls called
Govt seeks foreign election monitors
Sri Lanka's fragile peace bid and reconstruction from war were plunged into uncertainty yesterday after the president sacked parliament and called elections nearly four years ahead of schedule.
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B'ban hotelier Bablu still missing
Joint forces, until yesterday, failed to recover the abducted Bandarban hotelier Hasan Mahbub Bablu, a week after an indigenous outfit kidnapped him from his resort.
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Police yet to find rest of looted money
Look for city ward commissioner
Police could recover no more money after recovering Tk 5 lakh of Tk 22 lakh looted from a Pubali bank's vehicle Saturday evening in the city's Kodomtoli area.
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CHT Road Blockade
First day passes off quietly
The first day of the 48-hour road blockade in the three hill districts called by Parbattya Chattagram Jana Sanghati Samity (PCJSS) passed off yesterday without any violent incident as the army and police
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Biman averts accident in Sylhet
A Bangladesh Biman Airbus averted accident at the MAG Osmani International Airport in Sylhet yesterday just before take-off.
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Ekushey Book Fair
30 new books make way to shelves
The Amar Ekushey Book Fair 2004 was abuzz with bookworms who thronged the venue at the Bangla Academy premises yesterday on the second day of the three-week fair.
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Kerry rolls to big wins
Democratic front-runner John Kerry yesterday rolled to decisive wins in Michigan and Washington state, extending his domination of his party's presidential race and moving a step closer to the nomination.
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Death Threat to Journos
Rajshahi press club under police watch
Rajshahi Metropolitan Police have taken security measures at Rajshahi City Press Club (RCPC) following an outlawed organisation's letter pronouncing death of 11 local journalists.
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8 killed, 55 injured in road mishaps
Eight persons including a woman and two boys were killed and 55 others injured in three separate road accidents in Comilla, Chittagong and Feni yesterday.
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100 get death, 136 life in 2 years
JS told of speedy trial tribunals
In 50 sensational cases, the speedy trial tribunals have handed down about 100 death sentences and imprisoned at least 136 convicts for life in nearly two years.
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