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8pc growth possible if graft, political feuds go
Says WB chief Wolfowitz
Bangladesh can achieve even an 8 percent GDP growth a year instead of the present 5 percent, if corruption and confrontational political culture are contained, observed visiting World Bank (WB) President
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Aug 17 Terror Bombing
Cops try to decode Arabic phone call
More arrestees own up involvement
Investigators are trying to decipher a telephone conversation in Arabic mixed with Bangla tapped Saturday to check if there is any clue to the August 17 countrywide terror bombings that still remaina
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Islamist Terrorists' Presence
Morshed says it's too early to speculate
Terms Nizami's comment personal
The remarks made by Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer and Industries Minister Matiur Rahman Nizami blaming Indian and Israeli intelligence agencies for the countrywide serial bomb attacks on August 17 is not thestatement
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Inside the Militant Groups-2
Foreign funding, local business keep them going
From outward appearance they were doing social works as welfare organisations, building mosques and setting up madrasas for the underprivileged children, many of whom are orphans.
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Top boss of Kuwait-based RIHS leaves in a hurry
A top official of the Kuwait-based NGO Revival of Islamic Heritage Society (RIHS) accused of funding Islamist militants in Bangladesh has left the country yesterday, cutting short his trip drastically
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Turning into a militant
Tale of how a young boy joined Islamist extremist outfit
Rubel, a boy of Dharampur in the city, went missing just after registering for SSC examinations in 2002.
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Militants' diaries describe bomb techniques
Rajshahi police have found similarity between the way bombs blasted here on August 17 and the techniques described in the diaries and notes of the 11 militants held from Paba upazila last month.
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14 more held in four dists
Police arrested 14 suspected activists of Islamist militant groups Harkat-ul-Jihad and Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) in Pabna, Khulna, Gaibandha and Satkhira districts yesterday.
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Govt condemns 4 days after blasts
It took the government four days to officially condemn Wednesday's near-simultaneous blasts that rattled the entire nation and drew notes of strong disapproval from all over the world.
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WB support to continue
Wolfowitz tells PM
World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz yesterday said the World Bank (WB) would continue to support Bangladesh for implementing Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP) to alleviate poverty and for carrying
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BDR, BSF call peace
Another gunned down in Kushtia
The two-day border skirmish at Bholahat in Chapainawabganj ended yesterday in a "successful and cordial" regional flag meeting between Indian Border Security Force (BSF) and Bangladesh Rifles (BDR), while
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US expert in Dhaka to help probe bombing
A US explosives expert arrived in Dhaka yesterday to assist the Directorate General of Forces Intelligence (DGFI) in investigating the August 17 countrywide bomb blasts.
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India contradicts press reports
The Indian High Commission in Dhaka yesterday contradicted the Bangladesh media reports that BSF was entirely responsible for the recent border incidents and that BSF personnel fired hundreds of shots
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Rotten eggs on sale
A mobile court yesterday exposed a large-scale trade in rotten eggs following a raid on a wholesaler in the Sukrabad area of the city.
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US army plans four more years in Iraq
The Army is planning for the possibility of keeping the current number of soldiers in Iraq well over 100,000 for four more years, the Army's top general said Saturday.
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Aug 17 Blasts
India rejects allegation of Nizami
India yesterday denied involvement of its intelligence agency RAW in the August 17 explosions across Bangladesh as alleged by Industries Minister Motiur Rahman Nizami.
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Govt-backed religious fanatics behind blasts
Hasina tells rally
Main Opposition Awami League (AL) President Sheikh Hasina yesterday said religious fanatics backed by the government are carrying out repeated bomb attacks across the country for political gains in the
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BSP, Noab for tax withdrawal on newsprint
Bangladesh Sangbadpatra Parishad (BSP) and Newspaper Owners' Association of Bangladesh (Noab) yesterday protested the price hike of local newsprint and urged the government to withdraw all kinds of taxes
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Galib denied bail again
A Naogaon court yesterday denied bail to militant kingpin Dr Asadullah Al Galib and three of his cohorts.
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'al Qaeda letter' threatens grenade attacks
Unidentified people in a letter posted to Gaibandha Press Club in the name of al-Qaeda have threatened to carry out grenade attacks on several people and institutions including the press club in a week.
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Clarification
In reference to The Daily Star story headlined "Women's seat in JS: BNP aspirants find nominations costly" and published on August 16, BNP Vice-president Begum Sarwari Rahman sent the following clarification:
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Japan to give up bid for UNSC berth
Japan will give up its bid to secure a permanent seat on the United Nations Security Council for the time being after it failed to win enough international support, a daily said yesterday.
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