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Journalist Belal succumbs to bomb injuries
PBCP-Maoist claims responsibility for the Feb-5 attack, police nab one
Daily Sangram Khulna Bureau Chief Shaikh Belaluddin yesterday succumbed to the injuries sustained in the February 5 bomb attack, for which the outlawed Purbo Banglar Communist Party (PBCP-Maoist) claimed
 
FBI man leaves assured of 'full cooperation'
Dhaka awaits next US steps
FBI (Federal Bureau of Investi-gation) agent Trung Vu yesterday left Dhaka for Washington on assurance that Bangladesh government will provide full access to evidence and witnesses for FBI assistancein
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Govt plans to kill AL leaders, activists in 'crossfire' to win polls
Hasina tells professionals
Leader of the Opposition and Awami League (AL) chief Sheikh Hasina yesterday said the BNP-Jamaat-led coalition government is planning to kill her party's grassroots leaders and activists.
 
Abduction of cops remains a mystery
Mystery surrounding the Wednesday's alleged abduction of two traffic sergeants and their release for Tk 2 lakh remains unresolved as police till last night were yet to be sure whether it was an abduction.
 
'Crossfire' kills 3 more raising toll to 228
Three alleged criminals including a regional leader of outlaws were killed in 'crossfire' between their accomplices and police in the capital, Pabna and Chittagong early yesterday.
 
Eminent citizens condemn 'killings in the name of crossfire'
One hundred and eight personalities from across the citizenry in a joint statement yesterday strongly condemned the killings in the name of 'crossfire'.
 
Schoolboy 'murdered', another abducted
Outlaws kidnap businessman
Police yesterday recovered the body of an abducted schoolboy in Chuadanga and rescued another abducted boy Thursday in Kushtia, while outlaws Sunday kidnapped a businessman.
 
67 killed in new spate of Iraq violence
Rumsfeld's surprise visit to Baghdad
US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld's paid a surprise visit to Iraq yesterday, as the country was rocked by yet more violence, with 14 people killed by a car bomb near a Shia mosque that added fuel to
 
50 die, hundreds missing in Pak dam burst
At least 50 people were killed and hundreds missing in Pakistan after a dam burst and swept whole villages into the sea, officials said yesterday, as the death toll from a week of record rains hit 112.
 
PM's envoy to meet Rice, other top US officials
Prime Minister's special envoy Reaz Rahman will meet US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and other high-ranking officials of the Bush administration to apprise them of the current situation in Bangladesh.
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The long wait...


 
BEA blasts govt for 'creating a climate of impunity'
Economists of the country mourning the killing of their fellow Shah AMS Kibria yesterday blasted the government for what they said was creating a climate of impunity that is allowing unabated murdersof
 
IIFC rejoinder and our reply
The Infrastructure Investment Facilitation Center (IIFC) has sent a rejoinder to the news titled 'BTRC to pay Tk 48 lakh for services it never got' published in The Daily Star on February 8, 2005.
 
Mymensingh Girls' Cadet College student found dead
A student of Mymensingh Girls' Cadet College was found dead in a bathroom of the college hostel yesterday morning.
 
Contractor shot dead
Extortionists gunned down a contractor at Sabujbagh in the capital yesterday.

The victim Abdus Sattar, 40, used to supply rations to the army in Rangamati.

 
No programmes allowed at Shaheed Minar Feb 13-20
Contrary to the tradition of holding cultural programmes on the Central Shaheed Minar premises in the month commemorating the language movement, authorities have suspended all kinds of programmes there
 
Civilised society can't accept killings without trial: Dr Kamal
Gono Forum President Dr Kamal Hossain yesterday said killings without trial these days seem to have been 'licensed' and such trend is never acceptable to a civilised society.
 
Grenade attack
Habiganj AL leader on 8-day remand
Zahedur Rahman, general secretary of Laskarpur union Awami League (AL), arrested in connection with the January 27 grenade attack at Baidder Bazar, was taken on eight days' remand yesterday.
 
Reza Kibria says
Non-political and non-violent agitation to continue
Reza Kibria, son of former finance minister Shah AMS Kibria, yesterday reiterated his pledge to carry on the nonpolitical and nonviolent movement demanding trial of those responsible for his father'skilling.
 
Militant Attacks on Israel
Abbas fires 3 security chiefs for failures
Washington backs move
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas fired three of his top security chiefs on Thursday after militants, puncturing a ceasefire he reached with Israel, bombarded Jewish settlements in Gaza with mortarrounds.
 
US House approves tough asylum rules
Illegal immigrants won't get driving licence
Foreigners could have a harder time seeking asylum in the United States and illegal immigrants would be barred from getting drivers licenses under a bill approved on Thursday by the US House of Representatives.
 
US House approves tough asylum rules
Illegal immigrants won't get driving licence
Foreigners could have a harder time seeking asylum in the United States and illegal immigrants would be barred from getting drivers licenses under a bill approved on Thursday by the US House of Representatives.
 
3 Brac staff hurt in twin bomb blasts
Three Brac employees were injured in two powerful bomb blasts at Brac office, Mohimaganj in Gaibandha district on Thursday night.
 

 
   
 
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