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Secretariat on top alert
Even ministers must go through security check
Everyone even the ministers will have to go through security checking at the entrance to the Bangladesh Secretariat as the government has decided to make it fully secure in the wake of rising apprehension
 
Foreign airlines decline to carry pilgrims at $1,050
The aircraft crisis continued to haunt thousands of intending Hajj pilgrims as six foreign airliners yesterday declined to fly Bangladeshi pilgrims to Saudi Arabia at Biman's revised fare of $1,050.
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Nov 22 Rally
Opposition vows to paralyse country if govt attempts to foil
Just a couple of days before tomorrow's planned 'grand rally' of the 14-party opposition coalition, its leaders yesterday threatened to paralyse the entire country if the government continues to 'conspire
 
JMB threatens to blow up Ctg railway station
Jhalakathi judge gets death threat
A Jhalakathi judge who narrowly escaped death on November 14 received death threats yesterday while an anonymous caller claiming to be a Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) operative threatened to blow
 
Journalist Belal Killing
Jamaat leader, 5 outlaws involved
Charge sheet submitted
Charge sheet in journalist Belal murder case accusing President of Ward 24 unit of Jamaat-e-Islami Shahabuddin Lashkar alias Dhira and five outlaws was submitted to the Court of Chief Metropolitan Magistrate
 
JS Session Begins
Rules violated to greet PM as Saarc chair
AL continues boycott
Ignoring the rules of procedure, the 19th session of parliament that began yesterday spent about half an hour congratulating prime minister on her being elected the Saarc chairperson.
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Kiln kills canal way
A brick kiln owner has built a road connecting the kiln to a major road by blocking the water flow of Atir Khal, one of the surviving navigable canals on the outskirts of the city in Wasspur area under
 
Pvt Land Phone in Dhaka
BTRC sits on licence awarding decision
Awarding licences to private land phone operators in Dhaka zone is still not in sight although the long-drawn legal battle on the issue between Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC)
 
Judges to talk security, lawyers form chain
Judges from across the country meet today in the capital to discuss their security and to protest the killing of two judges in the November 14 bomb attack in Jhalakathi while lawyers formed human chains
 
Derailment
Dhaka-Ctg rail link snapped for 8hrs
Dhaka's rail communications with several key towns and cities, including Chittagong and Sylhet, were suspended for about eight hours as a train derailed near Amirganj station in Narsingdi yesterday morning.
 
JMJB raised its head during AL regime
Says BNP lawmaker Nadim Mostafa
BNP lawmaker Nadim Mostafa yesterday said the present government is not responsible for the rise of Jagrata Muslim Janata Bangladesh (JMJB), rather the Islamist militants raised their heads during the
 
State minister allegedly assaults reporter
State Minister for Housing and Public Works Alamgir Kabir allegedly assaulted a reporter yesterday at his Secretariat office.
 
Armed Forces Day today
The Armed Forces Day is being observed today to mark the counteroffensive against the Pakistani occupation army during the Bangladesh Liberation War.
 
Bush, Hu wrestle over trade, rights
Chinese President Hu Jintao yesterday rebuffed US President George W. Bush's calls to allow greater religious and political freedom but promised to show more flexibility on Sino-US economic disputes.
 
Terrorist attacks remind Obaid of 1971 killing of intellectuals
BNP standing committee member KM Obaidur Rahman told parliament yesterday that the recent spate of terrorist attacks on judges and journalists reminded him of the killing of intellectuals prior to the
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Dev Work By Army
Aggrieved locals block airport road for 2 hrs
Protesting the army members' development works on a road used by the residents of West Arzatpara in Shaheebagh, hundreds of people yesterday blocked the airport road near Mohakhali flyover from around
 
None involved in terrorism to be spared
Babar tells JS
Expressing deep shock over the killing of two judges in Jhalakathi, State Minister for Home Lutfozzaman Babar said none involved in terrorism will escape the hands of law.
 
Hearing of Mig29 graft case against Hasina Nov 23
The High Court yesterday fixed November 23 for hearing the corruption cases filed against former prime minister Sheikh Hasina in purchasing Mig-29s.
 
Cops hurt as bomb hurled on them
Criminals hurled a bomb at two traffic polices in the city's Picture Palace Square yesterday evening. The on duty traffic constables Munir Hossain and Nibir were injured in the attack.
 
BSF kills 1
Indian Border Security Force (BSF) yesterday shot dead a Bangladeshi at Daulatpur border in Kushtia.
 
Galib's plea for exemption from bomb charges rejected
A court yesterday rejected the appeal of Asadullah Al Galib, chief of Ahle Hadith Andolan, Bangladesh (Ahab), for exempting him from the charge of blasting bombs at Takier Bazar.
 
Sylhet cops to seek time for charge sheet in 5 cases
Police have submitted five charge sheets in connection with the August 17 blasts, but failed to complete investigations into five cases within the deadline fixed by authorities.
 
Six GIs die in roadside blasts
23 Iraqis killed in ambush
An ambush on a joint US-Iraqi patrol northwest of Baghdad left 15 civilians, eight insurgents and a US Marine dead from a roadside bomb and the firefight that followed, while 5 other US soldiers werekilled
 

 
   
 
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