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Caretaker Govt Reforms
PM urges AL to place demand in JS
Plays down essentials price hike
Prime Minister Khaleda Zia yesterday urged the Awami League (AL) to place its demand for reforms of the caretaker government system in the House where it will be discussed, if necessary.
 
Govt to enact law for HC judge recruitment
Plan to bring competent people in judiciary, rid it of controversy
The government is going to introduce a law determining the criteria for appointment of judges to the High Court (HC) to bring more competent and experienced people in the judiciary.
 
20,000 evacuated on another bomb scare
Birmingham police say threat was specific; 3 held at Heathrow
Nerves frayed as the hunt for the London bombers intensified yesterday amid a scare in Britain's second city of Birmingham, where police evacuated some 20,000 people to investigate a suspect package.
 
Presidential Amnesty to Murderer
JS body to review law ministry's role
The parliamentary standing committee on law ministry yesterday decided to review the ministry's role in the much-talked about presidential amnesty granted to a person who was sentenced to death in a double-murder
 
Japan not signing Padma Bridge deal
Asks Dhaka to get Jamuna bridge financier group
Contrary to the expectation, Japan is not going to sign any agreement with Bangladesh over the proposed $1.3 billion Padma Bridge during Prime Minister Khaleda Zia's visit to Tokyo on July 12-15.
 
NSI regrets attack on lensmen
Case to be withdrawn
Director General (DG) of National Security Intelligence (NSI) yesterday expressed regret at the July 7 incident of attacks on the photojournalists and said that a case filed against the lensmen the same
 
AL, BNP stalwarts agree to talk political impasse
Two top leaders of the main opposition Awami League (AL) and the ruling BNP at a roundtable yesterday agreed to sit down and discuss ways to end the existing political impasse.
 
Forces fight with foreign groups in CHT
Security forces fought an hour-long gunbattle with alleged foreign miscreants and recovered some ammunition at Naikkhangchhari border in Bandarban district in the early hours of yesterday.
 
8 Bangladeshis feared killed in Saudi fire
Eight expatriate Bangladeshi workers are feared to have been killed in a devastating fire in the western Saudi Arabian city of Taef.
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Pumping out floodwater...


 
Dhaka doesn't harbour Indian insurgents
Says Indian state minister
The leader of a visiting Indian parliamentary delegation yesterday said Dhaka does not harbour any Indian insurgents, but they might be seeking shelter in Bangladesh and some other countries.
 
DC-10 finally salvaged
Int'l flight resumes today
Bangladesh Biman's crash-landed DC-10 aircraft at Chittagong Shah Amanat International Airport was finally salvaged yesterday after ten days of frantic attempts by joint teams of Biman, Army and Civil
 
PM flies to Japan today
Focus on trade, investment
Prime Minister (PM) Khaleda Zia flies to Tokyo today on a four-day high-profile visit to hold talks with Japanese PM Junichiro Koizumi to further promote trade, investment and economic ties.
 
7 Bangladeshis killed in fire in Saudi Arabia
Seven Bangladeshi and an Yemeni expatriate workers were suffocated by fumes when a fire swept through a locked furniture warehouse in which they lived in Taef of western Saudi Arabia on Saturday evening.
 
House passes tax ombudsman bill
The parliament yesterday passed a bill clearing way for appointment of a tax ombudsman with judicial power to probe taxpayers' complaints in the process of tax payment.
 
Ssc Result
Zero-performing institutions to face music
The education ministry is contemplating punitive measures against the educational institutions from which none came out successful in the Secondary School Certificate (SSC) examinations for three consecutive
 
Don't run stories that tarnish image even if they're objective
Press council says
Justice Abu Sayeed Ahmad, chairman of Bangladesh Press Council, has called upon newspaper owners, editors and journalists to refrain from running even objective stories that may tarnish the country'simage.
 
'Outlaw' killed in 'shootout' with police
An alleged cadre of underground Purba Banglar Communist Party's (PBCP) Janajuddha faction died in an encounter with police in the early hours yesterday.
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Still no respite...


 
Autopsy Report
Blood clots found in Dipu's body
Doctors said blood clots found in the head, back, hands and legs of schoolboy Dipu Islam's exhumed body suggest that he had been beaten severely.
 
Hartal, rally at Sunamganj against Niko activities
The half-day hartal called by the citizens' forum "Sunamganj Banchao Andolan" to protest the activities of Niko led to a standstill in Sunamganj town yesterday.
 
Grenade Attacks
Hasina reiterates demand for int'l probe
Awami League (AL) chief Sheikh Hasina yesterday once again blamed the government for August 21 grenade attacks on AL rally and demanded international investigation into all grenade attacks.
 
Suicide bombings kill at least 40 in Iraq
A man strapped with explosives blew himself up at an Iraqi military recruiting center in Baghdad as suicide bombers attacked five times in Iraq yesterday, killing at least 40 people and breaking a relative
 

 
   
 
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