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Another drama over Khaleda's trip abroad
She hurried to fly to S'pore for treatment, abruptly postponed journey; Iskandar flies to London
In a last minute drama, former prime minister and BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia postponed her suddenly scheduled departure to Singapore for a later date although preparations had been underway to boardher
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Hannan Shah, son held on extortion charge
Placed on five-day remand
Former BNP minister Brig Gen (retd) Hannan Shah, who came to the limelight for being most vocal against the caretaker government's move to send former prime minister Khaleda Zia into exile, was arrested
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Cyclone Akash spawns tidal surge in coasts
Prompts Danger Signal 7 in Ctg; fishing boats called; flights cancelled
A depression over the Bay of Bengal intensified into a tropical cyclone yesterday and Danger Signal-7 at Chittagong and Cox's Bazar and Danger Signal-5 at Mongla Port in Khulna were hoisted to warn people
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12,000 teams to do voter listing at camps
No door-to-door visits
The Election Commission (EC) yesterday decided to partly start the task of simultaneously preparing the voter list with photographs and national identity cards from August by setting up camps insteadof
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40 AL men held from gathering in Sylhet
Arrestees include five expatriate leaders
At least 40 Awami League men, including five leaders of the party's UK and Canada units, were picked up from a gathering at a house in Bateshwar area in Sylhet yesterday afternoon and later sent to jail
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Growth of banks nose dives
Anti-graft drive a contributing factor
Credit and deposit growths of commercial banks fell drastically in the first quarter of the current calendar year as the ongoing anti-corruption drive significantly hindered the use of 'black-money' by
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Orion Group Companies
Banks asked to provide info of all accounts
The anti-corruption taskforce yesterday asked different banks to provide statements of all accounts of 30 companies under the Orion Group, its chief Obaidul Karim and his family.
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Rab officer bullet-hit in fight with robbers
A top official of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) received bullet injuries yesterday during a tussle with a suspected robber whose gang was preparing to rob a money exchange office at Moghbazar in the capital.
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Detained Ctg mayor taken to hospital
Detained Chittagong City Corporation Mayor ABM Mohiuddin Chowdhury was admitted to Chittagong Medical College Hospital (CMCH) yesterday after he fell sick in prison.
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Cyclone threatens Ctg ODI
Persistent rain due to cyclone Akash is set to completely washout the third and final one-day international between Bangladesh and India at the Chittagong Divisional Stadium today.
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Wanted JMB leader with life term held
A fugitive Jamaat-e-Islami leader-turned JMB commander, evading life sentence for the August 17 serial bombings, was arrested yesterday in Joypurhat.
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Ex-MP Wadud Bhuiyan's properties frozen
A cognizance court yesterday ordered freezing of all the movable and immovable properties of former lawmaker from Khagrachhari Abdul Wadud Bhuiyan until disposal of the cases filed by the Anti-Corruption
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Ex-MP among 194 Gazipur AL men sued
Nephew of arrested BNP leader Hannan Shah, Fakir Iskander Alam Janu, yesterday filed a case against 194 Kapashia thana unit of Awami League (AL) leaders and activists including a former lawmaker.
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No pressure on me to leave country
Says Ershad
Former president and Jatiya Party (JP) Chairman HM Ershad yesterday said the present caretaker government is not putting pressure on him to leave the country.
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Journos assaulted for reports on corruption
The chairman, secretary and a few officials of Technical Education Board at Agargaon in the capital yesterday assaulted two reporters and confined them for publishing reports on corruption of the board.
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Mahathir hospitalised
Malaysia's former premier Mahathir Mohamad has been admitted to intensive care on the resort island of Langkawi after suffering from breathing difficulties, his son said yesterday.
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US soldier shot to death in Pakistan
Strikes paralyse country amid fresh political violence
Militants opened fire yesterday on a convoy carrying US and Pakistani military officials near the Afghan frontier, killing one American and one Pakistani soldier, the Pakistani army spokesman said.
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