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No chance for military involvement in politics
Army subservient to civil authority, Lt Gen Moeen tells editors, asserts press freedom
Army chief Lt Gen Moeen U Ahmed yesterday said power takeover by the military or their getting involved in politics is out of the question as the army is not the "proper institution" to run the government.
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Govt successes
Army Chief Lt Gen Moeen U Ahmed yesterday highlighted some successes of the caretaker government to the media, elaborating its achievements in recovering outstanding utility bills, money siphoned offshore
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EC now mulls door-to-door voter info collection
1-year jail for discouraging voters from being listed
The Election Commission (EC) is now actively considering sending its enumerators to door-to-door visits for collecting the particulars of prospective voters to start preparing simultaneously the voter
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Non-farm Sector
Male workers' earning goes up, females' down
BBS study shows inflation ate up the gains in Q3 of this fiscal year
Monthly income of the non-farm sector male workers marked a rise in the third quarter of the current fiscal year in comparison to the first quarter, but there is a decline in the earnings of their female
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Charges pressed against Dulu for JMJB link
23 others also accused; Nadim Mostafa's name dropped
Police yesterday submitted charge sheet against 24 people including former deputy minister for land Ruhul Kuddus Talukhdar Dulu in a Natore magistrate court for abetting Jagrata Muslim Janata Bangladesh
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Killing in Rajshahi 'Rab Action'
Autopsy report finds marks of torture
Police yesterday submitted the autopsy report of Quamrul Islam Majnu, killed in a Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) action on May 18, to a Rajshahi metropolitan court that says injury marks were found on the
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Admission Forgery
Culprits at large as no legal action yet
Dhaka University (DU) authorities are yet to untangle the nexus behind the large-scale admission forgery incidents that a university probe committee recently detected.
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Pabna lawyer held for 'patronising' militants
Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) yesterday arrested Advocate MR Khan, brother-in-law of militant outfit Allahar Dal chief Matin Mehedi, from his house in the district town allegedly for patronising militants
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Six engineers of Rajuk, PWD closed
Six engineers of Rajuk and Public Works Department (PWD) have been closed to the Ministry of Housing and Public Works, said a handout yesterday.
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Wet past on Mars found
The Mars rover Spirit has uncovered the strongest evidence yet that the planet used to be wetter than previously thought, scientists reported Monday.
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Falu sent back to jail after check-up
Detained BNP leader Mosaddek Ali Falu was brought to Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) Hospital from Kashimpur jail for medical checkup yesterday morning.
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Mobile phones banned in main customs office
Bangladesh authorities have banned use of mobile phones in the nation's main customs house to stop traders offering bribes to government officials, an official said yesterday.
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Mamun's wife brought to court to stand witness against him
Court does not take her deposition
Shahina Yasmeen, wife of businessman Giasuddin Al Mamun, was yesterday brought to the special court to stand witness against her husband detained in a graft case, but the court couldn't take her deposition
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Youth shot dead in city
A group of unknown criminals gunned down a young man at Pallabi in the city yesterday. The dead Mohammad Shaon, 18, was a Benarasi sari weaver at Mirpur.
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Mechanical Glitches
BAF chopper makes emergency landing on char
An air force helicopter made an emergency landing on a char in Buriganga river in the city's Adabar area yesterday due to mechanical problems. However, the three crew members on board were safe.
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Iraq attacks kill 9 US troops
20 killed in café blast
Nine US troops were killed on a single day around Iraq, the US military reported yesterday, bringing to 85 the number of servicemen killed in one of the most violent months of the war so far.
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US-led 'war on terror' dividing world
Warns Amnesty in annual report
Fears stoked by the post-9/11 "war on terror" are increasingly dividing the world, Amnesty International said yesterday, while rapping rights abuses from China to Darfur and Russia to the Middle East.
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Bush says Laden ordered attacks outside Iraq
Seeking to rally support for the war, President Bush released intelligence asserting that Osama bin Laden in 2005 ordered creation of a terrorist unit to hit targets outside Iraq, including the United
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US Navy sends aircraft carriers near Iran
The US Navy staged its latest show of military force off the Iranian coastline yesterday, sending two aircraft carriers and landing ships packed with 17,000 US Marines and sailors to carry out unannounced
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UK pushes for ex-KGB man's extradition
Britain said yesterday it was pushing forward with an extradition request for an ex-KGB bodyguard sought in the poisoning death of a former comrade, despite Moscow's insistence that it will not comply.
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