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Azam Reza to die for killing wife
A Dhaka court yesterday in Jayanti Reza murder trial found Azam Reza guilty and sentenced him to death for killing his wife, an architect and a teacher of English-medium school, on January 8 last year.
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ACC stuck with unwanted five
Says it faces immense difficulties as they hamper functioning
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has asked the government to withdraw immediately five directors of the now-defunct Bureau of Anti-Corruption (Bac) as they are hampering the smooth functioning of
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Separation of Judiciary
SC rejects govt excuse of partial execution
The Supreme Court (SC) yesterday was utterly surprised that the draft rules prepared by nine bureaucrats for judicial service and sent to the president for approval prevailed over its directives on the
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Dhaka Test nicely poised
Bangladesh clawed their way back on the fourth day of the second and final Test against Zimbabwe to open the window of an exciting finish at the Bangabandhu National Stadium.
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Four top outlaw leaders killed in 'crossfire'
Four top leaders of different outlawed parties were killed yesterday in shooting incidents involving police, Rapid Action Battalion, and the outlawed operatives in Khulna, Kushtia and Rajshahi.
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Textbooks miss the session
Students of IX, X await English grammar, social science, history books
The students of classes IX and X are unlikely to get their English grammar book this month as the National Curriculum and Textbook Board is yet to finalise the script.
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JS body to talk violation of Mps' privileges today
A high-powered parliamentary body headed by the Speaker sits today to decide on lawmakers' claim that assault on them by law enforcers and arrests and search of their houses without warrant are violations
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Iraq attacks kill 18
Insurgents detonated a suicide car bomb at police headquarters in the Iraqi town of Baiji yesterday, killing at least 10 people, and shot dead eight Iraqi soldiers at a checkpoint in attacks ahead ofJan.
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Unknown Killer Disease
Samples sent to US for identification
The health directorate yesterday sent human tissue, blood and urine samples to the Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta, US, to determine the cause of an 'unknown' disease that has
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Poor legal system reason for increasing crimes
Asma Jahangir at discussion meet
International human rights activist Asma Jahangir yesterday said poor criminal justice and legal system in the region including Bangladesh is the root cause of increasing crime and urged the governments
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616 gas field fire victims get Tk 5,000 each
Tariqul demands more in compensation
Six hundred and sixteen affected families of two villages adjacent to the Tengratila gas field in Sunamganj were given Tk 5,000 each in immediate compensation yesterday, which instantly drew fire from
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Tk 37,413 spent a month on every govt car
The government spends Tk 37,413 a month against every car and Tk 58,722 for every jeep and microbus it owns, according to the estimate of government's transport directorate.
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Zhao Ziyang passes away
Zhao Ziyang, who was ousted as China's Communist Party leader after sympathising with the 1989 Tiananmen Square pro-democracy protests and became a symbol of the era's shattered hopes, died yesterdayafter
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Gujarat train fire accidental
Indian probe reveals
A train fire that killed 59 Hindu pilgrims, setting off deadly sectarian riots in Gujarat state in 2002, was an accident and not caused by a Muslim mob as originally alleged, an Indian government investigation
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Outlaws kill 2 in Kushtia
Cadres of an outlawed outfit chopped dead two persons including a businessman for refusing to pay toll in Mirpur upazila of the district early yesterday.
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Removal of fish plates led to train accident
Unidentified miscreants removed fish plates and fish bolts of the rail tracks to engineer Sunday's train accident on the Laksham-Chandpur route, according to preliminary findings.
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WB MD reassures support
The World Bank (WB) yesterday reaffirmed its continued support to Bangladesh's efforts to build a brighter future as the donor agency noticed 'immense potential' of the country for attaining prosperity.
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DITF deferred to Dec 1
Dhaka International Trade Fair (DITF) 2005, which was scheduled for February-March, has been deferred to the yearend and will now begin on December 1, according to an official announcement yesterday.
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Reckitt factory damaged in fire
A devastating fire broke out at the Reckitt Benckiser mosquito repellant manufacturing factory in the Nasirabad Industrial Area on Sunday morning, causing property damage worth approximately Tk 1 crore,
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Tsunami toll tops 175,000
Asia's tsunami death toll soared past 175,000 yesterday as Sri Lanka confirmed thousands more dead, while fears re-emerged over the safety of aid workers in Indonesia's shattered Aceh province.
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