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4 held for Aug 21 grenade attacks
2 of them admit involvement in blasts
The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of police on Saturday arrested four people for alleged involvement in the August 21 grenade attacks on the Bangabandhu Avenue rally of Awami League (AL) last
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Saarc Summit
Officials arrive today to set agenda
Dhaka to propose 2006-2015 as Saarc Decade of Poverty Alleviation
In the run up to the 13th Saarc Summit set for November 12-13, senior officials from the member states start arriving at Dhaka today for the pre-summit meeting of the Programming Committee that will prepare
 
Bombs, mortar shells found
Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) and the police recovered large caches of arms and ammunition from Bandarban, Chapainawabganj and Chittagong city, during separate drives yesterday, Friday and Thursday.
 
HuJi kingpins' coalition link keeps cops at bay
Since clamping down the ban on the Bangladesh chapter of militant Islamist organisation Harkat-ul Jihad Al Islami (HuJi) last month, the government so far has made no visible effort to arrest its kingpins,
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Nation celebrates Eid-ul-Fitr
Eid-ul-Fitr, the biggest religious festival of the Muslims, was celebrated across the country on Friday with due religious fervour and festivity.
 
Road accidents kill 35 in 3 days
Thirty-five people were killed and at least 42 others injured in road accidents in last three days during the Eid in the capital and Naogaon, Chittagong, Comilla, Barisal, and Magura.
 
Traffic control for security from today
Control on vehicle movement on different roads in the capital begins today and will continue through November 14 as law enforcers imposed the temporary restriction on traffic for the sake of securityto
 
Saarc secretary general arrives
Saarc Secretary General Lyonpo Chenkyab Dorji arrived at Dhaka yesterday, a day ahead of the arrival of Saarc senior officials to attend the two-day meeting of the Programming Committee.
 
Khaleda first to be Saarc chair twice
Prime Minister Khaleda Zia will have the distinction of being the first person to hold the Saarc chair for the second time since its birth two decades ago.
 
Manmohan, Khaleda talk Nov 12
Indian Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh and Bangladesh Prime Minister Khaleda Zia would hold bilateral meetings on November 12 on the sidelines of the Saarc summit in Dhaka.
 
National Revolution, Solidarity Day today
The National Revolution and Solidarity Day will be observed today to commemorate the civil-military upsurge of 1975.
 
JMB threatens to blow up UNO, police offices in Khulna
Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) threatened to blow up Dumuria Police Station, UNO headquarters and Rangpur Union Police Camp of Dumuria upazila yesterday.
 
Rejoinder, our reply
The Power Cell in a rejoinder contradicted with some points of The Daily Star October 20 news headlined "Sirajganj Power Plant: Powerful lobby out to get in inferior bidders".
 
Govt forms now on website
A way to reach services to citizens easily, says PM
Prime Minister Khaleda Zia yesterday inaugurated a website and publication of a compact disc (CD) containing the digitised forms of Bangladesh government as part of a project to make those easily accessible
 
Four killed in Rab, police 'crossfire'
Four alleged criminals associated with BNP and New Biplobi Communist party (NBCP) were killed in "crossfire" with Rab and police across the country in the last three days.
 
Schoolgirl takes own life after rape, humiliation
Another girl in Rajshahi committed suicide at the humiliation of her rape and successive arbitrations in Durgapur upazila on Friday morning.
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Fire burns down 70 spice shops in Lalbagh
A fire that blazed until yesterday morning gutted some 70 shops at a spice market at Moulavibazar in the city's Lalbagh area Saturday night.
 
Rickshaws banned from Elephant Road to press club
The traffic department of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) yesterday banned all non-motorised vehicles including rickshaws, rickshaw vans and pushcarts from the stretch of Elephant Road to Jatiya Press
 
Riots fan out in French cities
1,300 cars, shopping mall, 2 schools torched
Gangs of youths torched 1,300 vehicles overnight in the 10th consecutive night of violence in Paris's poor suburbs and major French towns, despite the deployment of thousands of extra police.
 
Fun tragedy kills 2 at Foy's Lake park
Tragedy stole away the happiness of the visitors to the Concord Amusement Theme Park in the city's Foy's Lake on Saturday afternoon as three riders, including an elderly woman, were thrown off the park's
 
Mufti Hannan remanded for 7 days
Shown arrested in Rajuk bomb blast case
Mufti Abdul Hannan, operations commander of the banned Harkatul Jihad's Bangladesh chapter, was shown arrested in another case and placed on remand again on Thursday on charges of the August 17 countrywide
 
Khaleda urges people to resist anti-Solidarity Day forces
Prime Minister Khaleda Zia yesterday called upon the people to move forward the country by resisting all evil forces uniting again against the spirit of the National Revolution and Solidarity Day.
 
Five killed in city in last four days
Five people, including two boys, were killed in four separate incidents in Mirpur, Shyampur, Demra, Badda and Khilgaon in the capital in the last four days.
 
BNP-linked gang shoots at police gunman in city
A group of BNP-linked hoodlums shot at a police constable assigned as bodyguard to the commissioner of Dhaka City Corporation (DCC) Ward 62 in the city's Lalbagh area Saturday night.
 

 
   
 
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