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21 August, 2006
Tragic memory of Aug 21 grenade attack recalled
On this day in 2004, twenty-three people, including Awami League leader Ivy Rahman, were killed and over 300 injured in the series of grenade blasts on a rally of Sheikh Hasina at Bangabandhu Avenue.
To mark the day, the AL observed also
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19 August, 2006
Weeklong mourning for Shamsur Rahman
A weeklong mourning programme taken by the National Poetry Council following the death of poet Shamsur Rahman begins on Sunday.
The programmes include opening condolence books at TSC of Dhaka University and Aziz Supermarket at Shahbagh on Aug 20,
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14 August, 2006
Incredible Mashrafee seals series
Mashrafee bin Murtaza held his nerve to steer Bangladesh to a nail-biting two-wicket win and with it the series in the second one-day international against Kenya at Nairobi on Sunday.
Bangladesh looked down and out after Kenya's merry band of slow
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12 August, 2006
Bangladesh coast home in Nairobi
Mohammad Ashraful returned to form with an unbeaten 67 which occupied just 43 balls after Tigers paceman Mashrafe Mortaza had taken 3-25 with the ball.
For Kenya, Steve Tikolo offered hope with a quick 47 but lack of experience told in a total
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11 August, 2006
Security Tightened At Airport, Diplomatic Zone In Bangladesh
Dhaka, Bangladesh (AHN) - Security has been tightened at the Zia International Airport and diplomatic enclaves in Dhaka following an abortive terrorist attempt to blow up U.S.-bound planes from United Kingdom.
Intelligence agents and detectives
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10 August, 2006
BDR, BSF trade fire along Sylhet border
Indian Border Security Force (BSF) and Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) again exchanged gunfire at Amalshid border in Zakiganj upazila for nearly eight hours Wednesday-Thursday creating panic and tension in the area.
There was no report of any casualty
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06 August, 2006
'We simply were not good enough' - Whatmore
Dav Whatmore, Bangladesh's coach, has said that Bangladesh were not good enough to beat Zimbabwe. Bangladesh lost the five-match series with a game to play after losing the fourth match by seven wickets at Harare on Friday.
"We simply were not
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03 August, 2006
Bangladesh arrests 25 Islamic militants in forest hideout
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AFP) - At least 25 suspected Islamic militants were arrested after Bangladesh's crack security force raided their hideout in a forest north of the capital, officials said.
The militants were training in the hideout close to a
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31 July, 2006
Bangladeshis return from war-torn Lebanon
The first batch of 132 returned with the help of the U.N.'s International Organization of Migration (IOM), which Dhaka had asked to evacuate some 10,000 Bangladeshis trapped in Lebanon in the wake of the current Middle East conflicts.
"We were
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