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Sunday, February 12, 2012

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Journalist couple killed

Kailash Sarkar and Shaheen Mollah
Left, Journalist couple Sagar Sarowar and Meherun Runi. Inset, mothers of the two cry their eyes out after the unbearable loss. Photo: facebook/palash khan

Five-year-old son first to spot his lifeless parents; PM orders police to track down killers immediately; Khaleda decries slide in law and order

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Bangladeshi woman tortured by BSF

Unb, Benapole

A Bangladeshi woman was chased, captured and tortured by Indian Border Security Force in Benapole border area yesterday.

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Spelling Bee

Monipur students sparkle

Shahnoor Rabbani

The inaugural Spelling Bee took place in Monipur School in Mirpur yesterday.

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Ownership Dispute

Cops guarding tea garden

4 arrested after shootout

Our Correspondent, Moulvibazar

Four people were arrested yesterday on suspicion of their involvement in the Friday's attack on a Moulvibazar tea estate.

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Maldives crisis deepens

Nasheed's demand for early polls rejected

Afp, Male

A top US diplomat met leaders in the Maldives yesterday to assess a political crisis as the nation's new president agreed to international calls to investigate allegations of a military-backed coup.

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Gaddafi son threatens to lead uprising

BBC Online

One of the sons of the late Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi yesterday threatened to lead an uprising against the country's transitional government.

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Journo killed in road accident

Unb, Gazipur

A journalist was killed and his wife injured in a road accident on Dhaka-Mymensingh highway in Sadar upazila on Friday night.

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Myanmar frees monk held for questioning

Afp, Yangon

Myanmar officials have freed a leading dissident Buddhist monk after a brief detention, his monastery said yesterday, following a call from the United States for his immediate release.

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Moderate quake shakes Chile

Afp, Washington

A moderate earthquake measuring 5.9 shook central Chile late Friday, US researchers reported.

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Uzbek man in US pleads guilty in Obama murder plot

Afp, Washington

An Uzbek man living in the United States pleaded guilty Friday in federal court in the southern state of Alabama to planning to kill US President Barack Obama.

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Megh now a lonely cloud

Julfikar Ali Manik and Pinaki Roy

“Mummy and Papa have died.”

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BCL factions clash

Salimullah medical shut; 10 hurt at dental college

Staff Correspondent

Rival factions of Bangladesh Chhatra League locked in fierce clashes at Sir Salimullah Medical College (SSMC) and Dhaka Dental College in the capital compelling the authorities to shut SSMC indefinitely.

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News Analysis

Caretaker system can still be legal

Shakhawat Liton and Ashutosh Sarkar

A restoration by parliament of the nullified constitutional provision relating to the caretaker government system will be legal since the Supreme Court has said the system can be kept in place for two more terms.

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BSF boss' remarks vex govt

Diplomatic Correspondent

Bangladesh government has expressed serious disappointment at the remarks made by U K Bansal, director general of Indian Border Security Force (BSF), during an interview on February 8.

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Odommo Chattagram

16-day Ctg festival unveiled

Arun Bikash Dey, Chittagong

The Daily Star yesterday revealed plans to hold a 16-day “Odommo Chattagram” festival to showcase the history, culture, heritage and prospects for the future of Chittagong.

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Students protested Nazimuddin statement

Syed Badrul Ahsan

Khwaja Nazimuddin's statement on the language question turned out to be incendiary and predictably led to swift and severe criticism all across East Bengal. Badruddin Umar, whose research on the Language Movement has been noted for its authenticity, has his account of the events following the governor general's speech. According to him, Nazimuddin's remarks had even Yusuf Ali Chowdhury, general secretary of the East Pakistan Muslim League, riled. Chowdhury echoed Nurul Amin's feeling that no one in the ruling party had any idea that the governor general would suddenly raise the language issue once again and in that manner.

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Propose; agitation won't work

Shafique advises opposition

Staff Correspondent

Law Minister Shafique Ahmed yesterday ruled out a possible restoration of the caretaker government system on the ground that the Supreme Court had declared the provision illegal and unconstitutional.

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India to carry essentials for NE through Bangladesh

Unb, Dhaka

In a significant development, the Bangladesh government has decided to allow India to ferry food grains and essentials for the mountainous northeastern states via its territory, Assam Tribune reported yesterday quoting a Tripura minister.

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Money-Spinning BPL

NBR sniffs for tax

Sohel Parvez and Mohammad Isam

The money involved in Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) T20 tournament has come under the scanner of the National Board of Revenue (NBR).

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Govt sees surplus power next year

Muhith bats for oil-based plants

Staff Correspondent

Finance Minister AMA Muhith yesterday defended the government's policy on costly oil-based power projects as a short term solution to the country's energy crisis, saying this has helped overcome the crisis and boost industrial growth and exports.

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Tajuddin's grandson 'beaten up by cops'

Staff Correspondent

Rakib Hossain, grandchild of the country's first prime minister Tajuddin Ahmed, was allegedly tortured by police on Friday.

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Iran set to open major N-projects

Vows not to cave in to sanctions, threats of West, Israel

Afp, Tehran

A defiant Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad vowed yesterday to inaugurate "important nuclear projects" within days and lashed out at Israel, saying the "story" of the Holocaust underpinning its existence had been "smashed".

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Six govt websites hacked

Staff Correspondent

A group of hackers, claiming to be Indians, has attacked websites of five ministries yesterday.

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