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Killer Mohiuddin sent to jail on arrival
AKM Mohiuddin Ahmed, condemned to death for killing Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and most of his family on August 15, 1975, was brought back to the country yesterday, after over a decade on the run
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No initiative yet to bring back killers
There has been no government move for bringing back the convicted killers of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman absconding abroad, the issue overlooked by most of the previous governments.
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Khaleda welcomes reform proposals
Tells The Daily Star she never made decisions unilaterally
BNP Chairperson and former prime minister Khaleda Zia has said she would welcome any suggestions from her party leaders and workers across the country to reform the party.
 
Reformists now want Hasina in the move
Awami League (AL) President Sheikh Hasina's readiness to delve deeper into party reforms going beyond the 21-point proposal by some senior party colleagues seems to have prompted many of the pro-reform
 
Pro-reform BNP leaders agree to ask Khaleda to quit as party chief
Pro-reforms leaders of BNP have agreed on principle to ask BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia to step down from the party-chief position.
 
Possessing Liquor
Charges framed against Moudud
A Dhaka court yesterday framed charges against detained former law minister barrister Moudud Ahmed in connection with a case filed for possession of 32 cans of beer and 16 bottles of other alcoholic beverages.
 
NGOs want EC to relax rules for their officials to contest polls
Leaders of non-government organisations (NGO) at a meeting with the Election Commission (EC) yesterday opposed its draft proposal imposing restriction on NGO officials to contest parliamentary election
 
Bangabandhu Murder
No move for hearing despite having adequate judges in SC
There has been no move for hearing of the Bangabandhu Murder Case in the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court (SC) in last three months despite having adequate judges for the hearing.
 
Chaktai canal recovery drive starts
Chittagong City Corporation (CCC) and Chittagong Development Authority (CDA) started a joint eviction drive against the encroachers of the Chaktai Khal (canal) yesterday.
 
Agreement with IMF Expires Today
Last tranche of PRGF loan uncertain
Bangladesh's agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for Poverty Reduction Growth Facilities (PRGF) loan expires today, making the release of the last instalment of the loan uncertain.
 
US envoy discourages forming political party 'under pressure'
US Ambassador Patricia A Butenis has said Washington does not want to see any sort of military involvement in Bangladesh politics, as they think it will be a mistake.
 
3 murdered in city
Unidentified gunmen shot two youths dead in Malibagh in the capital yesterday while an employee of a dry cleaning shop was murdered in Dhanmondi.
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On the street...


 
Ex-lawmakers face more criminal cases
BNP's Falu, Rumi, Salim and Jamaat's Taher sued
Former BNP lawmakers Mossaddak Ali Falu, Syed Mehedi Ahmed Rumi, Shah Nurul Kabir Shaheen and MAH Salim, and former Jamaat MP Syed Abdullah Mohammad Taher were sued yesterday on various criminal charges
 
Obaidul Quader, Kamal Majumder submit wealth statements
Detained Awami League (AL) Joint General Secretary Obaidul Quader submitted his and wife's wealth statement to the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) yesterday showing movable and immovable properties worth
 
Runaway Train
Driver, staff were drugged
The probe body formed to investigate the Sunday incident of a Dhaka-bound passenger train running for half an hour with its driver, assistant driver and a sub-assistant engineer nearly unconscious yesterday
 
Minu's aide with criminal charges held
Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) arrested a BNP leader and close aide of the arrested Rajshahi mayor Mizanur Rahman Minu from the city early yesterday.
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Inundated area...


 
Dhighinala UNO held for bribery
The army-led joint forces yesterday arrested an upazila nirbahi officer (UNO) and two of his staff for their alleged involvement in taking bribes from a timber trader.
 
36 killed in fierce battle in Iraq
3 US soldiers slain
Iraqi and British forces fought a fierce battle with Shia militiamen while conducting house-to-house searches early yesterday south of Baghdad, and Iraqi police and hospital officials said 36 people were
 
Nepali PM urges king to step aside
Nepal's Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala has urged the embattled king to abdicate before upcoming polls, state media said on Sunday, increasing the pressure on the once revered monarch.
 
Palestinian cabinet gets to work amid aid hopes
Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas's emergency cabinet met for the first time yesterday since Hamas's bloody seizure of Gaza, with signs a crippling Western aid freeze may soon be lifted.
 

 
   
 
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