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Victim sues Khaleda for Aug 21 grenade attacks
Tarique, Nizami, 25 others also named in the case; court asks for probe
Former premier Khaleda Zia, her son Tarique Rahman, Jamaat chief Matiur Rahman Nizami and 25 others were charged with murder yesterday in the August 21 grenade attacks on an Awami League (AL) rally about
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EC Plan For Election
New candidates won't need to wait for 3yrs
Re-polling in case of at least 50pc 'no vote'
The proposed condition that a candidate will require at least three years of affiliation with a registered party to contest parliamentary polls will not be applicable for the next general elections only
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Houses up for grabs
The story of how BNP leaders including Tarique pocketed pricey lands and houses at throwaway rates
Just like Harris Chowhdury, a convicted fugitive and political secretary to former prime minister Khaleda Zia, some other influential leaders of the immediate past ruling four-party alliance also bought
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Inflation hits 9-year high
Measures planned to contain it; subsidy on diesel in next budget
Inflation rate on point-to-point basis hit a record 8.28 per cent in April of the current fiscal year after 1998 while the rate of inflation increase in rural areas was higher than in urban areas.
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Cooked up story
The investigators of the August 21 grenade attack now say the four-party government had cooked up the story that the blasts were carried out by a criminal gang, as 'confessed' by a petty criminal JojMiah,
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Tarique knew Khaleda would be sued
Detained BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Tarique Rahman yesterday told his lawyers that he thinks cases may be filed against his mother, former prime minister Khaleda Zia.
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Budget to be announced tomorrow thru' radio-TV
The national budget for 2007-08 fiscal year will be announced over all public and private radio and television channels in the country tomorrow at 3:00pm by Dr AB Mirza Azizul Islam, the finance and planning
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EU Troika due today
A European Union (EU) Troika delegation arrives here today on a four-day visit to evaluate the current political situation, state of human rights, political reforms and progress in the preparations towards
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Biman offers its staff voluntary retirement
Plan to cut manpower by 1,500
Biman Bangladesh Airlines yesterday offered its employees Voluntary Retirement Scheme (VRS) as part of the government plan to turn the national flag carrier into a public limited company (PLC).
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10,000 fear eviction
Over 10,000 Hindus in one of the largest Hindu enclaves in the city at Chakuli, in Mirpur-12 are living in gnawing fear of losing their ancestral homesteads and an age-old temple as the Cantonment Board
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Small Power Projects
37 local firms submit bid in re-tender
A total of 37 local firms have submitted their tenders to set up ten small power plants (SPPs) across the country as the caretaker government arranged re-tender for quickly addressing the severe power
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patronising militants
Charges pressed against Dulu, 32 others
Police yesterday pressed charges against former deputy minister for land Ruhul Kuddus Talukder Dulu and 32 others in a case of extortion and patronising militants.
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EC happy with ACC handling of graft cases
The European Commission is satisfied with the way the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) is handling the cases against corruption suspects, saying that they will follow the process closely.
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Properties of ex-minister Zia attached
The moveable properties of former state minister Ziaul Haq Zia and five others, who remained fugitive since an extortion case filed against them on April 4, were attached yesterday.
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Lightning kills nine more
Lightning killed nine people in four districts across the country yesterday. Our Chapainawabganj correspondent said five people including a woman were killed in the early hours of yesterday.
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Five held with 7 firearms, ammunition
Police in a raid yesterday seized seven firearms, 263 bullets and arrested five people from an abandoned rubber factory at the city's Nasirabad Industrial Area.
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US suffers setback in Guantanamo rulings
Judges throw out charges against al-Qaeda fighter, Laden's ex-driver
The US government suffered a stunning reversal on the legal front of its "war on terror" Monday as military judges threw out charges against a Canadian-born al-Qaeda fighter and Osama bin Laden's ex-driver.
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