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  If govt opposes bail of Hasina, dialogue between her and Khaleda not possible
  Upazila elections will not be deferred: CEC
  ACC wants all special courts back in Dhaka
  Any detraction from December election not acceptable to Washington, says Boucher
  BNP meets Saturday to finalise reform
  BNP will revamp committees through polls: Khaleda
  Conspiracy to disrupt smooth functioning
  Dr Kamal doubts anti-graft drive as corrupts being released
  Explosives missing from French civil security site
  Govt practically not giving priority to agri-sector
  Khaleda-Hasina talks would restore political faith: adviser
  People start leaving city to celebrate Eid
 $900k for Iraqi Christians
 'Khaleda will have to leave the house'
 'Pak govt's first 100 days a total flop'
 10 killed in attack on Pakistan police training center
 14 more bodies recovered raising death toll to 41
 14-party against any new schedule: Menon
 154 cases to date against JMB for Aug 17 blasts: CID Bangldesh
 19 more BDR men remanded
 2 Bangladeshis shot dead by BSF
 3 acquitted of helping July 7 bombers
 3 test positive for swine flu in New Zealand
 30 injured as Bangladesh Chhatra League groups clash at JU Rival factions trade 25 rounds of gunshot
 300 migrants feared dead off Andaman islands
 35,500 polling centers finalized for JS polls
 45 women MPs to join JS as session resumes today
 450 Bangladesh Rifles men on the run
 47 dead, missing in Vietnam floods
 50,000 anti-government protesters amass in Thailand
 51 percent of eligible Iraqis cast ballots
 58 dead, 20,000 without shelter after Yemen floods
 9 arrested in NYC pro-Palestinian rally
 9,976 file papers for 481 Upazila
 9-foot dinosaur skeleton is no-sale at auction
 911 calls pour in
 A new way to fight the Mafia
 Abbas aims to stay in office to 2010 despite Hamas
 ACC law amended to stop misapplication & political harassment
 Access to half a dozen social media sites blocked
 Advance FBI team begins groundwork
 Adviser reaffirms emergency lift, gives no date
 Advisers say all steps being taken for successful polls
 Afghan president reaches India to strengthen ties
 Afghanistan postpones presidential election
 Afghanistan president tours U.S. aircraft carrier
 Aftershocks continue as Italian govt. turns to rebuilding
 Airstrikes hit Gaza for 6th day
 AL asks Bangladesh Chatra League leaders to rein in errant activists
 AL declares three-day mourning programmes
 AL doubtful about fairness of city polls
 AL extends nomination deadline to Saturday
 AL finalises list of women candidates for reserved JS seats
 AL finalises manifesto
 AL firm not to join polls without Hasina, amid emergency
 AL holds citizen condolence meeting Wednesday
 AL hopeful of deal as JP skips third day's talks
 AL leaders fly to London
 AL not to join polls without Hasina: Zillur
 AL polls preparatory body meets
 Al Qaeda message released
 AL ready to contest Dec18 polls: Hasina
 AL should join polls under relaxed emergency: Liton
 AL should offer friendship to BNP: Vendrell
 AL to contest polls under a redefined emergency
 AL to legalise activities of CG, if voted to power: Zillur
 AL to sell nomination forms today
 AL waits for govt, EC reactions to BNP stance
 AL warns against one-sided decisions
 AL won't boycott any election: Zillur
 AL's Abdus Shahid appointed chief whip
 AL(Bangladesh Awami Leage) out to destroy country: Khaleda
 AL, BNP await polls deferral decision
 AL, BNP demand lifting of emergency by Dec 11
 AL, BNP have no ideology: Dr Kamal
 AL, EC talk nomination snags
 AL-BNP dispute rages over JS seating plan
 ALCWC meets, congratulates people, Zillur
 Alleged plot to overthrow Raul Castro in Cuba draws skepticism
 Americans asked to pause and remember on Memorial Day
 Americans deported for Tibet protest
 Americans split on Guantanamo
 Amnesty International calls for arms embargo against Israel, Palestinians
 Amnesty International: Economic troubles heighten human-rights abuses
 Anti-graft drive to go on if voted to power: AL
 Anti-Israeli protesters march outside Israeli embassy
 Anti-terror task force to invite troubles: BNP
 Army brigade to leave Iraq early
 Army to be deployed across the country to ensure security from Dec 24
 Arrest terrorists, corrupt people before polls: Badruddoza
 Ashraful assails BNP, asks Khaleda to vacate house
 Asia tumbles after Wall Street slide
 Asia, Pacific market plunge
 Asia, Pacific markets mixed
 Asia, Pacific stocks down
 Asia, Pacific stocks follow U.S. rally
 Asia, Pacific stocks mostly up
 Asia, Pacific stocks up
 Asia-Pacific markets drop sharply
 Asian economic outlook ‘bleak’ for 2009
 Asian markets mixed in Monday trading
 Asian markets soar
 Asian markets trading mostly higher
 Asian Pacific stock markets fall
 Asian, Pacific markets mixed in Monday trading
 Asian, Pacific markets surge
 Asian, Pacific markets surge
 Asian, Pacific stocks follow U.S. lead
 At least 150 die in Pakistan quake
 At least 59 dead in Bangkok nightclub fire
 At least 7 die as Sri Lankan cricket team is attacked
 At least 8 file per seat, 23 for Dhaka-8: EC
 Attack kills 16 officers in China
 Australia sets up wildfire relief fund
 Australia’s wildfires shock authorities
 Automakers plead cases before House committee
 Awami League appears heading to big win in Bangladesh
 ‘Change’ begins thru killings, violence, says Khaleda
 ‘Nothing new’ in N. Korea talks
 ‘Permanent cease-fire’ declared in Swat Valley
 ‘Radio Want Ads’ are a hit with Louisville job-seekers
 ‘Rock the Vote’ says registration backlogged
 Badruddoza calls for 'no vote' ban
 Bamboo may help fight poverty
 Bangladesh Army will be glad to be back in barracks
 Bangladesh Awami League won't go to JS polls amid emergency: Ashraf
 Bangladesh Bank finds over 100 aspiring candidates as loan defaulters
 Bangladesh Bank identifies 88 candidates as loan defaulters
 Bangladesh deprived of Ganges water as India violates treaty
 Bangladesh feels the heat, clocks 14-year highs
 Bangladesh Government has heightened security in all key-point installations
 Bangladesh Government plans 50-mark computer course for secondary classes
 Bangladesh Government to make education up to graduation free: Faruk
 Bangladesh Govt admits to crises of textbooks, assures tough action
 Bangladesh Govt cuts fuel oil prices again by only 3.75-5.13 per cent
 Bangladesh Govt initiates to appoint special assistants to Prime Minister
 Bangladesh Govt makes major changes in civil bureaucracy
 Bangladesh Govt makes profit against fuel oils despite price cut
 Bangladesh Govt mulls over forming committee to review constitution
 Bangladesh Govt offers special benefits to top remitters
 Bangladesh Govt plans to send 40 lakh people on job abroad, says minister
 Bangladesh Govt plans to utilise seized ill-gotten money
 Bangladesh Govt seeks list of people convicted in graft cases so far
 Bangladesh Govt to ban 3 Chinese brands of milk powder
 Bangladesh Govt to buy sedan cars for ministers for Tk 12.5 cr
 Bangladesh Govt to enact new child rights act to create equal opportunities: PM
 Bangladesh Govt to invite bids for ICDs management
 Bangladesh Govt to make separate pay structure for teachers: Nahid
 Bangladesh Govt to release frozen bank accounts
 Bangladesh Govt yet to reply to HC rule on Chetia’s asylum
 Bangladesh has declared a border alert
 Bangladesh High Court passes split orders on fugitive convicts’ bail
 Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami collects registration certificate
 Bangladesh missions need more resources, training: experts
 Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) sells more than 1,700 forms for nomination
 Bangladesh Nationalist Party demands end to 'attacks' on Khaleda
 Bangladesh Nationalist Party top brass blamed for polls defeat
 Bangladesh Nationalist Party walks out of JS session
 Bangladesh President pays homage to Bangabandhu
 Bangladesh Presidential election next month: CEC
 Bangladesh Prime Minister in grip of power outage
 Bangladesh Rifles officers were killed within 2 hours after mutiny began: Faruk
 Bangladesh to link to Asian Highway
 Bangladesh to protest at Myanmar’s fencing: Touhid
 Bangladesh ushers in 2009
 Bangladesh, US to focus on security as Boucher arrives
 Bangladesh: Price of every day goods
 Bangladeshi, Korean immigrants spar over LA space
 Barak says attack to be lengthy, risky
 Bashundhara Group chief, family surrender
 BCL observes 61st founding anniversary
 BD earns Tk 2.57 lakh cr remittances since 1976
 BDR on high alert as Myanmar mobilises troops along border
 BDR sends list of absconding soldiers to thanas
 BGMEA warns of forced shutdown of garment factories if violence, vandalism don’t end
 Bhuiyan demands freedom for Khaleda
 Bill Clinton to make first campaign appearance with Obama
 Bin Laden’s No. 2 criticizes Pakistani leadership
 Blackwater era ending in Iraq
 Blagojevich calls trial rules unfair
 Blast hits Air Force vehicle in Pakistan
 Blasts at Thailand airports after protests
 Bnagladesh Govt will probe 'controversial' ACC actions: Faruq
 BNP all for polls, but in right climate: Delwar
 BNP alleges 'plot' against Khaleda's cantt house
 BNP announces new protests timetable
 BNP erred in shunning in local polls: Hafiz
 BNP expects 'positive climate' in parliament
 BNP expects 'positive climate' in parliament
 BNP for removal of roadblocks in next dialogue with CA: Tanvir Siddiqui
 BNP gives Tanbir 72 hours to explain
 BNP launches protests over power, water, gas
 BNP MP, FM argue over 'militancy'
 BNP prefers Hafizur Rahman as dy speaker
 BNP says won't take 'oppression' in name of 'change'
 BNP sells over 2000 forms, sits with allies over seats
 BNP set to protest countrywide
 BNP standing committee meeting: no apparent result
 BNP standing committee to meet for 'final result'
 BNP to disband district committees
 BNP to dissolve district committees next week
 BNP to get registered for its survival: Delwar
 BNP to nominate honest, qualified candidates in next elections: Khaleda
 BNP to rally at Paltan on May 2
 BNP to reform from grassroots after Jan 22: Delwar
 BNP to reorganise party units after polls debacle
 BNP wants all-party probe body
 BNP will not take Jamaat’s war crime responsibility
 BNP will participate in polls if all obstacles removed
 BNP will register, go to polls under new laws
 BNP yet to select deputy leader of opposition
 BNP, allies finalise nominations
 BNP, allies MPs-elect attend oath-taking ceremony
 BNP, allies stick to own position
 BNP’s MPs for boycotting JS: Khaleda to take final decision
 Bolivian president calls for U.S. ambassador to be expelled
 Bolivian president vows to continue hunger strike
 Borders of the Conscience
 Both CG, EC should quit if polls not held by Dec 31: Akbar Ali
 Boycotting 'staged polls' was right call: Delwar
 Britain pledges millions for Afghan elections in January
 Burris defends testimony during Blagojevich impeachment
 Bush ‘deeply concerned’ about Ike
 Bush cautions Obama on economic forecasts
 Bush chides China
 Bush declares state of emergency for ice-choked Massachusetts
 Bush dodges shoes
 Bush expands marine conservation
 Bush Justice Dept. documents released
 Bush sees ‘long, painful recession’ ahead
 Bush, indicted senator attend troop rally
 Bush’s final day
 By-elections to vacated seats on April
 CA calls for making Dhaka a modern city
 Cabinet ratifies SAARC convention on crimes
 Campaigns, meetings stop from midnight
 Campus unrest first 100-day embarrassment to Bangladesh govt: Faruq
 Canadian politicians jostle one another to lead as economy sours
 Caretakers will quit Dec 31: Ariff
 Cast vote judiciously, says CEC
 CDC: More Americans HIV-positive than previously thought
 CEC hopes all parties will accept polls results
 CEC rules out polls under emergency
 CEC underscores party registration
 CG hatches conspiracy to foil polls: Zillur
 CG in 20 months has set back country 20 years: Mojaheed
 Challenger claims victory over Stevens in Alaska
 Chargesheet against Khaleda a threat to fair polls: Delwar
 Chavez doubts Obama’s push for alternative energy
 Chavez faces test in Sunday elections
 Cheney: Too soon to declare worst economy since Great Depression
 Chicken, eggs rule high, rice almost unchanged
 Chief adviser looks to power handover soon
 Chilly wind sweeping country
 China backs alternative to U.S. dollar
 China fires back after U.S. criticism
 China prepped to send warships after pirates
 China retaliates for proposed U.S. weapons sale to Taiwan
 China tightens security after attack
 China tops world in net users
 China’s exports and imports plunge
 Chinese economic growth at 9 percent for 2008
 Chinese emperor died of arsenic poisoning, tests show
 CIA chief: Bin Laden not day-to-day al Qaeda head
 Citizens happy as opposition decides to return to JS
 City Corporations - Persons with criminal charges run in polls
 City, Municipality Polls - Code of conduct violators to face criminal cases
 Clinton civil rights chief at Justice for transition talks
 Clinton sets framework for U.S.-Asia relations
 Coalition warns of Afghan attack
 Coco charges are propaganda: Delwar
 Coleman moves out, says he’s still confident
 Commerce Adviser rules out announcement of fresh poll schedule
 Company fined for immigration violations
 Consumers warned not to eat raw alfalfa sprouts
 Contentious energy issues in store for next govt
 Controlled democracy the ultimate goal?
 Convict Morshed Khan sent to jail on surrender
 Court denies Khaleda bail
 Court sends Manju, Omar to jail on surrender
 Court to hear appeal from 9/11 conspirator asking for new trial
 Courts deny bail to Khaleda, Tarique
 Crackdown against Islamist militants launched: Sahara
 Credible polls needed for strong democracy
 Crude oil rises more than $6
 Cuba declines U.S. offer, State Dept. says
 Cuban officials urge U.S. to lift embargo
 Cyclonic storm Bijli lurks over Bay
 Czech ambassador to Pakistan missing since deadly blast
 Daewoo asked to avoid Bangladesh waters in bay
 Death toll in Pakistani suicide attack rises to 17
 Deaths climb in Haiti school collapse
 Decision on EC talks once Khaleda freed: BNP
 Defaulters with injunction having unfair edge: CEC
 Delhi talks pass over transit, border issues: adviser
 Democrats claim progress on plan
 Democrats flex political muscle as House passes kids health bill
 Deposed Thai PM’s relative picked for post
 Deprived BNP supporters protest in Gulshan
 Dhaka City dwellers want respite from stinky water, supply shortage
 Dhaka City people stage demo for water
 Dhaka continues diplomatic efforts to defuse tension
 Dhaka protests at Myanmar’s gas search in Bangladesh waters
 Dhaka set to resume TIFA talks with Washington
 Dhaka to buy 3 flats in NY while prices are still low
 Dhaka, Delhi agree to work out border management plan
 Dhaka, Delhi to renew water transit protocol for two years
 Diplomats seek 'better security'
 Discuss transit in JS before deal with India: Moudud
 Doctor: ‘A lot of children’ injured in Gaza
 Documents: Transit officer may have meant to fire Taser, not gun
 Doubts about transition to democracy remain: Khaleda
 Dramatic change in election scenerio
 Drone attacks in Pakistan counterproductive, official says
 Drunken Lennon tape fetches $30K
 EC begins process for presidential election
 EC declares 1,572 candidates as valid, finalises candidature
 EC for admin reshuffle before upazila, JS polls
 EC halts 14 more upazila polls results
 EC halts 9 more upazila polls results
 EC may extend registration time
 EC okays results of 435 upazilas polls, halts 40
 EC overturns 30 cancellations on appeal
 EC plans troop deployment for upazila polls
 EC sits with hajj list in wake of BNP demands
 EC sits with law enforcers today
 EC suspends polls results of seven upazilas
 EC takes special measures to ensure voting on Dec 29: Sohul
 EC wants to try transparent ballot boxes in DCC polls: official
 EC warns BNP over code violations
 EC winds up party registration for Dec 18 polls today
 EC won't attend hearings on UZ nominations
 EC won't register 'banned organisations'
 EC worried as 'criminals' pass through scrutiny
 EC's duty to hold upazila polls, not govt's: LGRD adviser
 Economic chief: Japan’s economy worst since end of World War II
 Economy tops voters’ concerns
 El Salvadoran troops leaving Iraq
 ELECTION TO 480 UPAZILAS OF BANGLADESH
 Election to be yardstick for future: CA
 Elections under emergency could be less credible: US envoy
 Emergency may go before polls depending on situation: Iftekhar
 Emergency to be eased when needed: home adviser
 Emergency was no hindrance to local polls: Lord Avebury
 Emergency withdrawal depends on law, order: Anwarul
 Ending Corruption Towards a collaborative strategy
 Energy Crisis of Bangladesh –Issues & options
 Ershad accused of selling party ticket
 Ershad acquitted in phone graft case
 Ershad flip-flops again on presidency
 Ershad presses his presidency case
 Ershad U-turns on UZ polls
 Ershad's ENG verdict on July 15
 EU to send poll observation mission
 European leaders hold economic crisis summit
 Ex premier Hasina released from jail, heads for USA
 Ex Thai leader skips court date
 Ex-minister Amir Khasru Chowdhury gets bail
 Ex-minister Omar told to surrender
 Ex-PMs may meet after Eid: lawyer
 Experts: Alaska volcano starts to erupt, alert level raised
 Fakhruddin directs taking quick
 Fakhruddin phones Khaleda
 FBI director cites terror concern in U.S.
 FBI launches criminal probe into U.S. vessel hijacking
 Feds say 2 plotted against Obama
 Fixation of edible oil price fails to impact on market
 Flood kills at least 77 in Indonesia
 FM goes to Myanmar Thursday to ease border tension
 Food security for all by 2012, says food minister
 Food situation in country is good: Azizul
 Former political prisoner sworn in as new Maldives president
 Four-party asks EC to reply in 24 hours
 Frantic volunteers rush Haiti school ruins
 Fresh voters’ list finalised with 8,11,30,973 voters
 Full House as by-poll winners sworn in
 G7 finance ministers meeting in Rome
 Galveston residents can go home Wednesday
 Gas prices tick upward
 Gates in Iraq for command transfer
 Gates likely to stay on as Obama’s defense secretary, sources say
 Gates OKs more troops for Afghanistan
 Gates says U.S. would back peace talks with Taliban
 Gaza cease-fire pact edging nearer
 Gaza cease-fire pact edging nearer
 Gaza video genuine, journalists say
 Gen. Jim Jones talks about consensus in Obama administration
 George W. Bush writing a book
 Georgia ‘Octomom bill’ would limit embryo implants
 Georgia Dems walk out over blocked Obama resolution
 Get control of BCL: Ershad to Prime Minister
 Ghana voters to return to polls
 Global swine flu count approaches 900
 Globalization brings new issues for medical research
 Goods prices soar up to 84pc in interim govt tenure
 GOP targets Reid in new ad buy
 Government decides to appoint VC, pro-VCs, treasurer at BSMMU
 Government declares 3-day mourning
 Govt accused of not trying war criminals despite opportunities
 Govt actions making polls uncertain: AL
 Govt actions making polls uncertain: AL
 Govt announces zero tolerance against militancy
 Govt cancels Pakistan tour of Bangladesh
 Govt decision unacceptable, extreme: BNP, allies
 Govt describes newspaper reports incorrect
 Govt efforts on to release Khaleda soon: CA
 Govt has no work but detaining politicians: Zillur
 Govt in two minds over rest of the rural job scheme
 Govt intent to sign TIFA, transit deals, says minister
 Govt makes major changes in civil bureaucracy
 Govt must admit ‘failure’ to handle Bangladesh Rifles crisis: Khaleda
 Govt plans to involve MPs in local govt activities
 Govt plans to restructure taxation systems to save local industries: Dilip Barua
 Govt pledges full support to SMEs
 Govt plotting "selection through election": Khaleda
 Govt recasts probe body as Operation Rebel Hunt begins
 Govt set to give statement on election: CEC
 Govt should meet BNP’s demands to dispel doubts: Delwar
 Govt takes extensive security measures
 Govt to build 1 lakh flats in Dhaka suburbs
 Govt to build 4,256 flats for officials
 Govt to divert CUFL gas to power plants
 Govt to form cell to return Sheikh Mujib's killers
 Govt to lift all bars on political activities
 Govt to step up Khaleda security, if needed, says Sohel Taj
 Govt wants loan defaulters out of polls: adviser
 Govt will quell unrest over cantt house: Sahara
 Govt, EC fully ready to hold credible polls
 Govt, EC pass the buck to each other
 Govt, parties drive hard bargains
 Grand Alliance soon after Hasina’s green signal: Zillur
 Group calls for improved relations with Muslims
 Gunbattle breaks out inside Bangladesh border security force HQ
 Gunfire at Dhaka University hall leads to overnight raid
 Haji Selim cleared of murder charges
 Hamas to Israel: ‘Gaza will be your cemetery’
 Haniya: ‘People of Gaza will not retreat’
 Hasina alleges plot against nat’l polls
 Hasina alleges plot to make polls uncertain
 Hasina appeals against bail rejection in Noor Ali’s case
 Hasina congratulates winners, voters
 Hasina fears polls results manipulation
 Hasina in Tungipara
 Hasina set for Paltan address
 Hasina should return home 'free': lawyer
 Hasina turns back on BCL
 Hasina turns down opposition demand
 Hasina urges all parties to contest Dec 18 polls
 Hasina urges all to show tolerance
 Hasina vows to contest polls
 Hasina wants to return end of Sept: doctor
 Hasina warns against corruption at ALPP
 Hasina warns party men of infiltrators
 Hasina, Khaleda get special security
 Hasina, Khaleda have no legal bar to contesting polls: Sohul Hossain
 Hasina, Khaleda to get VIP security for 3 months
 Hasina, Khaleda to visit in Ctg for polls campaign
 Hasina, Khaleda’s participation in polls to be ensured thru’ legal process: Hossain Zillur
 Hasina-Khaleda talks up in the air
 Hasina’s release, emergency lifting high on agenda
 Hazari refused bail, sent to jail
 HC allows Khaleda to file extra petition
 HC de-lists Hasina Niko case
 HC dismisses writ challenging permission as “US forces did not use BD sky”
 HC expected to give order on Hasina bail petition
 HC gives verdict on tainted milk rule on govt today
 HC orders 10 judges to be made permanent
 HC rules national mourning day be restored
 HC starts delivering verdict in Jail Killing Case
 Heavy fighting in Sri Lanka
 High Court Bangladesh orders action against errant poll contestants
 High drama over, HC hears Khaleda petition Sunday
 Highest 64 women elected to 9th JS
 Holding fair polls under emergency is difficult: Blears
 Hossain Zillur rules out link between BNP’s registration and dialogue
 House and Senate close in on compromise
 House bill aims at bonuses
 HR commission begins work
 Hurricane roars toward islands
 I'm very happy for new govt: Ershad
 Iajuddin should be impeached: Delwar
 Ill-attempts, wilful negligence in polls duty won’t be tolerated: Fakhruddin
 Improvement from Iraq contractors needed, report says
 Incidents of violence rising in edn institutions of Bangladesh
 India confirms first case of swine flu
 India free to make nuclear bomb: Pranab
 India has not shared info on Mumbai: Interpol
 India launches first moon mission
 India launches radar-imaging satellite
 India seeks ‘pause’ in Sri Lankan fighting to free civilians
 India, Pakistan meet over Kashmir border skirmish
 India, US official discuss Mumbai attack probe
 India’s Home Minister quits
 India’s opposition party plays security card Vows to fence off border with Bangladesh
 India’s ruling party ahead in vote count
 India’s Tata shifts Nano plant to another state after protests
 Indian city pays residents to use toilet
 Indian forces gun down suspected insurgents
 Indian Kashmir to hold elections in November
 Indian nuclear trade decision hailed
 Indian prime minister recuperating after successful heart surgery
 Indian survey ships leave Bangladesh waters
 Investigators comb clues for homegrown links to Mumbai terror
 Investigators taking stock of arms, ammo at BDR HQ
 Investment in Bangladesh to grow: UAE minister
 Iran blasts Obama
 Iran hangs man for spying for Israel
 Iran launches satellite, local reports say
 Iran, Iceland denied Security Council seats
 Iran, Iraq to exchange remains of ’80s war soldiers
 Iranians training assassination squads, U.S. says
 Iraq sticks with U.S. withdrawal plan
 Iraq wants withdrawal plan in pact with U.S.
 Iraq, U.S. discuss troop withdrawal
 Iraq’s Cabinet approves U.S. security pact
 Iraqi lawmakers reject first draft of bill extending foreign troops’ stay
 Iraqi leaders applaud withdrawal plan
 Iraqi reconstruction efforts a ‘mixed bag’
 Islamic group calls for law minister to quit
 Isolated Paraguayan Indian group wins legal battle
 Israel and Palestine, Lebanon and Syria, “never so close”
 Israel launches strikes in Gaza
 Israel rejects Hamas offer for kidnapped soldier
 Israel says Gaza pullout complete
 Israel says war nearing end as fighting rages in Gaza
 Israel to show spy plane
 Israeli government meets Wednesday on Gaza campaign
 Israeli military launches air strikes on Gaza
 Israeli PM Olmert formally announces resignation
 Israeli tanks push into Gaza City
 Israeli troops split Gaza
 Israeli warship hits Gaza volunteer boat during intercept
 Israelis and Palestinian clash near Gaza City
 It's upto EC, not govt to declare corrupts ineligible for polls: Home Adviser
 Jalil to 'take rest'
 Jamaat changes name, recognises War of Independence
 Jamaat flip-flop shocks EC
 Jamaat wants May 30, Nov 7 holiday
 Japan industrial output increases for first time in six months
 Japan may withdrawal military from Iraq
 Japan minister suggests additional stimulus plan
 Japanese destroyers off to Somalia on anti-piracy mission
 Jatiya Party was always with ‘grand alliance’: Ershad
 JP hopes to settle seats with AL Saturday
 JP MP attacked twice by AL mob, blames traded
 JS seating plan row continues Session resumes today
 JS to decide legitimacy of interim govt: Hasina
 JS women reserved seats may go
 Judge delays sentencing for Iraqi insurgent
 Jury selection underway in Simpson trial
 Justice Habibur Rahman Khan made Truth Commission chief
 Justices deny former Black Panther’s appeal in officer murder
 Kamal again backs tax holiday, Muhith firm
 Kashmir under curfew
 Khaleda announces she will run for election
 Khaleda asks EC about voter registration: official
 Khaleda calls PP meet on return to House
 Khaleda challenges govt notice
 Khaleda cleared of allegation of illegal wealth possession
 Khaleda demands fair investigation
 Khaleda denounces politics of vengeance
 Khaleda gets notice to leave
 Khaleda home hearing deferred to Tuesday
 Khaleda mourns Wazed
 Khaleda release rests on bails: adviser
 Khaleda says 'No, thank you'
 Khaleda says curbing prices number 1 task
 Khaleda set to address Paltan gathering
 Khaleda slams ruling party’s ‘injustice’
 Khaleda stops short of rejecting results
 Khaleda to lead BNP 'for life'
 Khaleda trashed probe report out of jealousy: Faruq
 Khaleda urges unity in nat’l interest
 Khaleda, Hasina address nation today
 Khaleda, Hasina’s leadership politically established: Hossain Zillur
 Korea: Talks with North were short and abrupt
 Kyrgyzstan raid targets U.S. unit
 Land registration fee to be slashed
 Lanka asks Tigers to surrender or risk rout
 Lanka battle zone facing food crisis: FAO
 Latin American leaders buoyed by Obama victory
 Law minister spoke out of turn: Delwar
 Law will tell polls status of Hasina, Khaleda: adviser
 Lawsuit challenges patents on human genes
 LDP registered, Oct 20 deadline stays: EC
 Let’s put an end to politics of confrontation: Hasina
 List of government holidays in 2009
 Lobbying on for positions in govt, authorities
 Local polls to go political
 LPG, furnace oil prices likely to be cut by 13-15 per cent
 Major parties yet to file poll returns
 Malaysia cuts work visas for 55,000 Bangladeshis
 Malaysia gets a new prime minister
 Manju secures bail in final case
 Massive administrative reshuffle soon to ensure fair polls: Commerce Adviser
 Massive riot in Syrian jail
 Mayor killed in Russia’s North Ossetia region
 McCain camp accuses Obama camp of ‘Swift Boat-style’ attack
 McCain says he’ll make comeback
 McCain, Obama face off in debate
 McCain, Obama trade attacks over Iraq
 Media a party to diplomatic intrusion: report
 Memo filed for Hasina's release
 Message blames Obama, Egypt on Gaza
 Mexican beauty queen arrested outside Guadalajara, Mexico
 Mexico faces stigma from flu fears; says Haiti rejects aid ship
 Militancy still a threat: Moriarty
 Militants attack Pakistan checkpoint
 Militants killed in s. Afghanistan
 Militants warn Pakistan to stop mobile phone expansion
 Military takes over presidential palace in Madagascar
 Millat goes to prison
 Millions hungry in North Korea
 Mind decision on mayors, AL tells govt
 Minister, security adviser quit over Mumbai attacks
 Monk sets himself afire in China
 More areas swamped, people marooned
 Morning after a series of attacks, situation chaotic
 Morocco cuts diplomatic ties with Iran
 MPs demand Pak envoy should apologise for war crimes remark
 MPs fear agitation by city dwellers over water shortage
 Much talk on militancy may hurt country’s prospect: FBCCI
 Multi-state plane chase ends on Missouri dirt road
 Mumbai death toll reaches 173
 Mutiny probe body recommends Army Act
 Myanmar Muslims stay put despite Bangladesh misery
 N Korea to resume nuclear plant dismantling
 N. Korea holds parliamentary elections
 N. Korea notifies international community of plans to launch satellite
 NASA waves off first landing opportunity for Endeavour
 National leaders should be respected by all: adviser
 NATO troops fire into Pakistan during Afghan skirmish
 NBR seeks to engage local govt, clerics in tax campaigns
 Nearly all trapped miners freed after flood, agency reports
 Network infiltrates computers in 103 countries
 New govt to take over in 10 days, says adviser
 New laws to banish rubber stamp parties: EC
 New plan will inject capital into ’struggling banks”, Bush says
 New president returns to Somalia
 New President, old problems — Gates has much to navigate in new administration
 New satellite system announced
 New York’s top cop warns of possible Mumbai copycats
 Next budget to slash luxury imports
 Next govt to inherit $1.8b extra
 Next president inherits difficulties in Iraq, Afghanistan
 No decision yet on BDR rebellion trial: Shafique
 No deputy speaker from opposition on first day: Ashraful
 No election on Dec 18: CEC
 No election under Emergency: Tofail
 No fear of blasphemy law, hint AL, BNP
 No going back to jail if Hasina parole extended: lawyer
 No militants, says Ershad
 No more polls under existing law: CEC
 No participation in polls without Hasina: Zillur
 No place for the 'tainted'
 No pressure on Khaleda, Hasina to talk: adviser
 No registration before accord: Delwar
 Nobel Peace Prize winner Dr. Muhammad Yunus Interview on CNN
 North Korea launches rocket
 North Korea says it tested 2nd nuke
 North Korea threatens nuclear test, more missile tests
 North Korea to resume nuclear dismantling
 North Korea vows to protect itself
 Nothing can defer general election: Sakhawat
 Number of diarrhoea patients on rise
 Number of diarrhoeal patient keeps rising
 Obaidul Quader allowed to go to New Delhi for treatment
 Obama a risk, McCain says
 Obama administration expected to unveil bank rescue plan early next week
 Obama approves Afghanistan troop increase
 Obama asks Clinton about cabinet post
 Obama calls Rice about Gaza strikes
 Obama can’t fix US capitalism: Fidel Castro
 Obama discusses job-creation proposals
 Obama embraces Iraq’s timetable call
 Obama internal investigation will exonerate team, sources said
 Obama nominee to meet with McCain
 Obama orders Guantanamo cases halted for 120 days
 Obama pitches budget to House Dems
 Obama remarks on Iran nuclear issue come under fire
 Obama ribs politicians at Alfalfa Club speech
 Obama says economy, security linked
 Obama stem-cell reversal a distraction, GOP leader says
 Obama sweeps historic US vote
 Obama team meets with Rice, Defense officials
 Obama to add ’so help me God’ to oath
 Obama to challenge Cabinet to cut $100 million in expenses
 Obama to meet with Bush
 Obama to name potential rival as envoy to China, sources say
 Obama to pull most troops out of Iraq by 2010
 Obama to unveil ‘game plan’ to beat financial crisis
 Obama train rolls to Washington
 Obama ups jobs goal to 3M
 Obama wants ‘full vote’ to MI, FL delegates
 Obama wins business support for health care reform
 Obama wins in 1st voting
 Obama, Bush meet at White House
 Obama, McCain work swing states
 Obama: ‘I screwed up’ on Daschle appointment
 Obama’s half brother arrested in Kenya
 Obama’s offer to talk shows US failure: Iran
 Official: Bailout overhaul will include public-private partnerships to ease lending
 Official: Small number of Pakistani troops moved to border
 Officials: Iran has material for nuke, but “not close” to one
 Officials: U.S.-Pakistan-Afghan summit “a work in progress”
 Oil jumps 3.6 percent on supply worries
 Oil price slumps below $34 a barrel
 Oil prices bounce back
 One held with 29 Home Ministry files: All are of detention cases: Probe committee formed
 One killed, 58 more hurt in Bangladesh post-polls violence
 Online dating scam nets $47,000 — and a 19-year sentence
 Only election can allay crisis: Hasina
 Only qualification for ‘Unemployment Olympics’? A pink slip
 Only Zillur runs for Bangladesh presidency
 Operation Rebel Hunt won’t harass innocent: army HQ
 Opposition set for return
 Opposition to chair 4 JS standing committees
 Outlook declines for states, local governments
 Over 200 hurt as polytech students, lawmen clash
 Over 50,000 troops deployed on polls duty
 Pakistan gets IMF loan
 Pakistan hit hard by global crunch
 Pakistan opposition leader Sharif placed under house arrest
 Pakistan president extends olive branch to opponent
 Pakistan put troops on alert
 Pakistan quake toll rises to 200
 Pakistan says it had lead on al-Zawahiri, but missed
 Pakistan sees ‘hope’ in Obama approach toward Afghanistan
 Pakistani government OKs Taliban’s strict Islamic law
 Pakistani president to address nation
 Panel has no powers to summon me: Delwar
 Parties need to finalise candidates by tomorrow
 Party registration draws to an end
 Party registration to continue as 3rd deadline over
 Path to solution is polls: Hasina
 Path to solution is polls: Hasina
 Pelosi calls on Bush to release reserve oil
 Pentagon bans flash drives
 Pentagon concludes detainees treated humanely
 Pentagon reviewing Afghanistan strategy
 Pentagon sees Russian forces breaking Georgian troops
 Pentagon to keep, improve cluster bombs
 People want cut in diesel, kerosene price
 People will respond, honour their opinions
 People yet to see cut in prices of most essentials
 Perpetrators of carnage must stand trial, Khaleda
 Petraeus to leave behind a very different Iraq
 Photo shows North Korea rocket on launch pad
 Pipeline explodes in Russia
 Pirates attack U.S. cargo ship but fail to get aboard
 Pirates’ former hostage arrives in U.S.
 Plan on simultaneous national, UZ polls was scrapped: adviser
 Plan on simultaneous national, UZ polls was scrapped: adviser
 Pleased with date, but lift EPR: BNP
 PM asks agencies to ease power, water crises fast
 PM commits more peacekeepers, national defence policy
 PM pledges to execute CHT deal, protect minorities
 PM vows to tackle militancy Staff Correspondent
 Police in city allegedly involved in extortion
 Policy drafted for VSAT hub
 Political leaders may be subjected to public wrath for poll date deferment
 Political leaders urged to ensure freedom
 Political Party Development
 Politician shot, killed in Iraq
 Politics and poverty
 Poll finds most Americans blame GOP for financial woes
 Poll finds Obama has edge in compassion
 Poll may be affected by SC order validating disqualified candidates
 Poll of polls shows Obama with 6 point lead
 Poll: Americans give Obama thumbs-up in choosing Cabinet
 Poll: Californians say their state’s on the wrong path
 Poll: TARP not working; don’t spend more, Americans say
 Polling centres to remain open until last queues cleared: CEC
 Polls close in Iraqi provincial elections
 Polls freer, fairer under emergency: Ershad
 Polls in line with previous laws: BNP
 Polls must be held in Dec: Hasina
 Polls timeline on Nov 2: CEC
 Polls timeline on Nov 2: CEC
 Poor could gain from financial crisis: Yunus
 Post-polls violence results from in-party BNP conflicts: Ashraful
 Post-Soviet nations agree to collective military force
 Power crisis begins
 Powerful earthquakes rattle northeastern Indonesia
 President orders pullout of troops
 Price hike during Ramzan
 Prices of baby milk, rice, flour, vegetable, spices up
 Prices of rice, edible oil rise further as govt lacks control over market
 Priest found dead in northern Mexico
 Probe reports shouldn't be much different: Sahara
 Progress reported in N. Korean nuclear talks
 Prosecutors dropped as election monitors
 Protesters try to disrupt Palin motorcade
 Publish draft on anti-terror taskforce: BNP
 Rajuk plot application deadline extended
 Recession worries pull markets lower
 Reconstitution of BDR biggest challenge: DG
 Redrawn constituencies to vex voters
 Reduce fuel oil price
 Reforms to electoral process are for people's benefit: CA
 Registration doesn’t mean contesting polls: Delwar
 Registration of Urdu-speakers as voters uncertain
 Religious leaders offer PM help to detect militants
 Report eyes U.S.-Latin American relations
 Report: N. Korea prepares to launch satellite
 Report: N. Korea says it will retaliate if ’satellite’ intercepted
 Report: Protocol reached in Moscow gas talks
 Report: Russia detains 29 suspected pirates
 Report: S. Korea, EU reach tentative free trade deal
 Revolutionary Workers Party asks govt, EC to concentrate on nat’l polls
 Rice export ban extended by 6 months
 Rice in Pakistan for Mumbai probe talks
 Rice lands in India
 Rice says nuclear deal with India to be signed ‘very soon’
 Rice, vegetables, spice mark up even after Eid
 RMG unrest leaves
 Road Show ‘Esho Bangladesh Gori’ at Comilla for second day
 Rocker sues U.S. Senate candidate
 Russia and Ukraine sign deal aimed at ending in gas dispute
 Russia eyes ‘freeze’ on NATO ties over Georgia
 Russia rachets up forces against Georgia
 Russia says U.S. faces choice over Georgia
 Russia threatens ‘military-technological’ response to U.S. missile defense system
 Russia to build 6 nuclear subs
 Russia-Georgia deal spawns accusations
 Rwanda-Congo troops fight Hutus
 S. Korean, N. Korean officials meet
 Saarc meet ends with vow to implement Safta
 Saifur's son goes to jail on surrender
 Saudi King appoints first female to council
 Saudis see slight market dip; other Mideast markets drop sharply
 Sayedee denies war crimes charges
 Schools hit in Israeli strikes on Gaza, officials say
 Search for bodies continue amid fear of army retaliation in Bangladesh
 Search resumes for survivors and bodies after Bangladesh mutiny
 Security Council passes resolution on Somalia
 Selection of Israel’s next leader under way
 Senate passes $600 billion spending bill
 Senate rejects fast-track procedure for global warming initiative
 Senators debate stimulus after bipartisan deal
 Seven MPs-elect to take oath Wednesday
 Several outfits found involved in BDR rebellion: Faruk
 Shafiq urges Muslim nations to unite to try war crimes in Gaza
 Shuttle mission going ‘extremely well’
 Sircar, Delwar, Siddqui summoned on June 10
 Sit together, says their lawyer
 Somali pirate promises more attacks
 Somali president grants Islamic law
 Some investments back militant outfits: Muhith
 Source: Saudi hosts Afghan peace talks with Taliban reps
 Sources say Obama to name Clinton Monday
 Sources: India prepped for attack on Pakistan
 Sources: Israel surrounds Gaza City
 South African president asked to step down
 South Africans go to the polls
 South Asia set to introduce integrated border management
 South Korea, Europe hold free trade talks
 Speaker rejects opposition adjournment motions
 Special elections begin in Iraq
 Spillover of Mexican drug violence concerns U.S. lawmakers
 SQ Chowdhury, Pintu and Hashem get bail
 Sri Lanka downs rebel plane, military says
 Sri Lanka says 10,000 civilians flee fighting
 Sri Lanka to summon U.N. spokesman over ‘bloodbath’ comments
 Sri Lankan cricketers home after deadly attack in Pakistan
 SSC exams begin today
 SSC, equivalent exams begin
 State Department warns passport applicants of breach, possible credit card fraud
 State responsible for Hasina’s security: Menon
 Steps be taken to keep essentials’ price stable during Ramadan: Commerce Adviser
 Stimulus bill has limits on executive pay
 Stimulus deal hits road bump
 Strikes in Pakistan kill 28, sources say
 Submission of nomination papers deferred by 3 days
 Sudan government, Darfur rebels agree to talks
 Suspect’s name released in Australia wildfire
 Suspected U.S. drone attacks Pakistani village
 Swine flu cases rise; scientists scramble to create vaccine
 Swine flu count at 658
 Swiss hotel brand eyes Bangladesh market
 Syria says U.S. hits targets across Iraqi border
 Syria, Iraq relations on the mend after U.S. strike caused tensions
 Syrian president arrives in France ahead of summit
 TAC resumes activities
 Taiwan, China sign mutual agreements
 Take measures to stall further emergence of terrorists: Fakhruddin
 Tamil rebels ready for cease-fire, but won’t lay down weapons
 Tarique will be released in the afternoon: Siddiqui
 Textbook crisis may force 18,500 schools to defer exams
 Thai PM declares state of emergency; former PM calls for revolt
 The Anti-Corruption Commission won’t accept compromise by Truth Commission with big corruption: Mashhud
 The Problem in Bangladesh
 The Ugly Americans
 There was never likelihood of martial law: Moeen
 This year, Saudi Arabia’s National Day is marked by change
 Thompson blasts Obama, sings praises of Palin, McCain
 Thousands attend funeral of Austria’s Haider
 Thousands gather to hear, cheer Iran’s Michelle Obama
 Thousands of flagged voters can vote, court rules
 Thousands trapped in Sri Lanka fighting
 Threats won't scare us, protest to go on: BNP
 Tibet activists stage Olympic protest
 Timely holding of polls doubtful unless constituency issue resolved: Ashraf
 Timing of Sircar probe is 'intentional': Delwar
 Tk 52.55cr embezzled in BTCL funds: ACC
 Top U.S. military officer in Pakistan
 Town pulls together after killing rampage
 Transparent ballot boxes arrive
 Transport strike threatened over fuel prices
 Tsunami warning after earthquake off Indonesia
 Tsvangirai: Zimbabwe needs new government to prevent starvation
 Turkey holds nationwide elections
 U.N. carried 700 Georgians from Abkhazia to safety
 U.N. chief: Sri Lanka camp ‘appalling’
 U.N. opens prosecution over Hariri assassination
 U.N. report critical of Rwanda, Congo
 U.N. Security Council session ends without formal N. Korea response
 U.N. Security Council talks continue on North Korea launch
 U.S. citizen killed in Pakistan
 U.S. finds shipping partner for Afghanistan
 U.S. looking at Afghan tribal militias, officials say
 U.S. negotiator unsure of North Korea’s tactics
 U.S. not fair to Pakistan, Musharraf says
 U.S. providing rocket defenses to Israel, official says
 U.S. seeks ways to punish Russia for Georgia conflict
 U.S. sees Pakistan tie to bombing
 U.S., South Korea conduct spy plane missions, North Korea says
 U.S.: Cuba tried to hurt American morale
 UAE sheikh on torture tape reportedly detained
 UK 'counts down' to return of democracy in Bangladesh
 UK appeals for release of British hostages in Iraq
 UN team lands Sunday to gauge polls prep
 Unconstitutional: CEC on new Upazila law
 Understanding reached for coalition government, Labour official says
 Unity government urged for Zimbabwe
 Unregistered party not to be allowed to contest poll under own symbol
 Up to 13 dead in small New York town gun rampage
 Upazila electioneering begins
 US against polls amid emergency: Joy
 US government rushes to secure terror prisoners
 US issues travel alert ahead of Bangladesh polls
 US Kuwait troops suffer swine flu
 US says experience fighting terrorism could help Mexicans in drug fight
 US to send envoy to Iran talks
 VIPs seek HC bail, Tarique's bail extended
 Vote a 'big fraud': BNP
 Vote for alliance to save country, people: Khaleda
 Voter or not, Khaleda can run polls: Sircar
 Voting begins in important election in Iraq
 War crimes panel to oppose JI registration
 War crimes tribunal to be formed with honest, efficient people: Kamrul Islam
 Warrant issued for arrest of Tanveer’s son
 What is a Caretaker Government?
 WHO: Swine flu ‘emergency of international concern
 Will gender be a factor in Obama’s decision on Souter’s replacement?
 Winning bidder says he won’t pay for Chinese relics
 Withdrawal of Ganges water by India posing threats to Bangladesh
 Women voters outnumber men for first time in Bangladesh
 Work sincerely to achieve country's development: Adviser
 World powers to seek new Iran sanctions
 Writ on govt for equipment to fight high-rise fire
 Yunus warns of global market meltdown fallouts
 Zardari: Pakistan’s nukes are safe
 Zimbabwe’s govt. sued over cholera

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 Leaders arriving for G20 summit
 US drone 'kills five in Pakistan'
 Asian stocks rattled by US falls
 Africa border opens for Gaza aid
 Venezuelan leader wins key reform
 Israel declares ceasefire in Gaza
 Israel poised for ceasefire vote
 UN head set for talks on Gaza
 Gaza hit by new Israeli strikes
 UN chief demands Gaza ceasefire
 Israel pounds Gaza for fourth day
 Emergency talks on Guinea crisis
 New mandate for DR Congo UN force
 UN chief rules out Somalia force
 Opec discusses falling oil price
 Apec leaders make free-trade vow
 World leaders begin crisis talks
 UN appeals for DR Congo back-up
 Al-Qaeda's 'mild' message to Obama
 A case study of power and media: The Washington Post
 UN pulls out of north Sri Lanka
 India wary of being US card in China play
 Honduras delays accrediting U.S. ambassador
  Commentary: Russian bombs' message is 'this is for America'
  Russian military pushes into Georgia
  Bush chides Beijing over rights
  Troops out in Seoul for Bush trip
  Somalia bombing 'kills 15 women'
  Support for Darfur mission urged
  Russia claims world-record dive
  Darfur force 'failing civilians'
  Obama in London for talks with UK leaders
  U.S. sticking with tough stance on Iran negotiations
  Obama gives pledge on Israel ties
  Barack Obama arrives in Baghdad
 US 'to open Iran base in weeks'
 US Marine Corps wants to survey BD-India border
 Sudan war crime charges expected
 Professor warns of 'greenhouse politics'
 French firm 'quits Iran gas deal'
 US criticises 'bellicose' Russia
 Rising costs to dominate G8 talks
 G8 leaders face series of crises
 Hidden camera footage exposes Mugabe 'vote-rigging'
 North Korea refuses to complete de-nuclear work
 The Big Question: What are the consequences if Nato expands further to the east?
U.S. Politics
 US sacks top Afghanistan general
 US to review Afghan air strikes
 Californians flee deadly wildfire
 Obama hails unity over al-Qaeda
 Obama offers Cuba 'new beginning'
 Obama seeks extra funds for wars
 US warship reaches Somali coast
 Gates unveils US defence budget
 Obama meets Brown for G20 talks
 Obama pledges economic recovery
 Obama ponders Afghan 'exit plan'
 US 'needs new Pakistan strategy'
 US halts Madagascar aid over coup
 Fed pumps $1.2tn into US economy
 US to force AIG to repay bonuses
 Obama 'outraged' at AIG bonuses
 Obama condemns Darfur expulsions
 Obama hints at talks with Taleban
 US ready to aid Mexico drug fight
 US resists Karzai poll date call
 US may boycott racism conference
 Determined Obama vows to renew US
 US urges Nato to up Afghan effort
 US to boost troops in Afghanistan
 US welcomes Venezuela's term vote
 US to include Afghans in review
 US Congress passes stimulus plan
 £1bn 'spy jets' join RAF squadron
 US senators 'agree' economy bill
 US Senate eases 'trade war' bill
 Obama admits errors over cabinet
 US rescue deal clause 'dangerous'
 US House passes stimulus package
 Obama urges quick economic action
 Obama issues US recovery pledge
 Obama lifts ban on abortion funds
 US 'agrees Afghan supply route'
 Obama urges US to work together
 US 'fake death businessman' found
 'US drone kills trio' in Pakistan
 US increases Afghan troop pledge
 Obama urges carmakers to 'reform'
 US rates slashed to nearly zero
 Bush hails Afghan 'hopeful gains'
 US hails Lisbon Guantanamo offer
 General picked as US veteran boss
 US in new push for auto bailout
 US gives Mexico anti-drug funding
 US gives Mexico anti-drug funding
 US carmakers publish rescue plans
 Bush regrets Iraqi WMD failure
 Rice starts Europe tour in London
 Obama makes crisis the priority
 US shares up on 'Treasury choice'
 Bush 'seeks to ease wildlife law'
 Obama 'picks' US attorney-general
 Obama vows to 'work with' McCain
 Uncertain times for US Religious Right
 Summit pledge to 'restore growth'
 Obama and the rest of the world
 Has US politics changed forever?
 US 'in secret overseas strikes'
 Obama builds up White House team
 Democratic Senator Barack Obama has been elected the first black president of the United States.
 US rivals in last push for votes
 US rivals in final dash for votes
 Obama pushes for McCain territory
 US rivals take battle to Florida
 'US troops' strike inside Syria
 US to host global finance summit
 Bush to hold crisis talks with EU
 McCain and Obama in tense final debate
 Canada sees eve-of-poll vote push
 McCain in 'hatred' war of words
 McCain and Obama clash in TV debate
 US lawmakers publish rescue deal
 Bail-out 'vital to easing crisis'
 US hopefuls focus on debate clash
 Obama hammers McCain over Social Security
 Bush hails financial rescue plan
 Commentary: The Obama-Palin dream ticket
 Ike winds don't cool tone on the trail, as Obama blasts McCain
 US missile attack kills 14 in Pakistan
 Bush to announce troop reshuffle
 McCain, Obama plan to honor 9/11 victims together
 GOP points to McCain's character, derides Obama
  Obama raises more than $51 million in July
  Arkansas Democratic chairman killed in shooting
  Bush, Cheney signal support for Georgia
  US cracks 'biggest ID fraud case'
  Obama switches on voting rights
  US holds Mexican police official
 Barak urges US to keep all options open against Iran
 Bush impeachment comes up again
 What happens next in US election year?
 US concerns prompt market falls
 US moves to bolster lending firms
 Bush approves surveillance bill
 Panel demands US war power reform
 Republican buoyed by calls for energy exploration
 US loses 62,000 jobs during June
 US candidates practise their U-turns
 Verdict soon on World Trade Center third tower
EU Politics
  It's grim up north
 German president wins re-election
 Brown launches Labour Euro push
 Brown wants all claims reviewed
 'Nazi guard' Demjanjuk deported
 Anti-government clash in Georgia
 Nato to begin Georgia exercises
 Six killed in Austrian avalanche
 UK Iraq combat operations to end
 Centre-left wins Iceland election
 EU debates new mobile price caps
 S Ossetia releases OSCE observers
 Italy takes in stranded migrants
 Belarus gets EU summit invitation
 EC starts legal action over Phorm
 The British National Party (BNP) 'threat' to Labour in Europe
 Georgia set for political rallies
 Net firms start storing user data
 Judge attacks human rights court
 ECB reduces rates to record low
 EU in tough talks on working week
 EU presses for web users' privacy
 Migrant boat wrecked off Libya
 Greek police 'violating rights'
 EU warns Spain over development
 G20 protesters to march in London
 Czech MPs oust government in vote
 Unions press G20 to take new tack
 Crowds march against Naples mafia
 Renault jobs row rocks EU summit
 New nationwide strike hits France
 Fritzl goes on trial in Austria
 G20 ministers meet amid divisions
 France ends four-decade Nato rift
 Libertas enter EU elections in UK
 Brussels EU quarter to get revamp
 EU calls for crisis talks over GM
 Kosovo Serbs block EU-run trial
 Brown to hold Obama economy talks
 Mixed results in Spain elections
 EU holding economic crisis summit
 Eurozone jobless queues lengthen
 European states defend currencies
 EU Commission hails enlargement
 EU Commission hails enlargement
 EU acts as budget deficits bulge
 Minister defends EC grant scheme
 Nuclear subs collide in Atlantic
 Euro Parliament robber at large
 Europe hit by economic slowdown
 Increase in foreign-born workers
 EU moves to prevent protectionism
 Teens targeted in net safety push
 Swiss to extend EU worker access
 Swiss to vote on EU worker rights
 'French base' for German troops
 Snow to bring further disruption
 Fatal fire at Russia nursing home
 Thousands protest across Russia
 Eurozone jobless at two-year high
 Transport hit by French strikers
 Leaders gather for Davos summit
 EU tightens sanctions on Zimbabwe
 EU gives boost to dairy exports
 Gas supplies restored to Europe
 Row over Clarke Europe comments
 Russia orders gas supply restart
 Czechs warn on EU fiscal plans
 Accord signed in Russia gas row
 EU bidding to resolve gas dispute
 Russia 'stops sending Europe gas'
 European gas supplies disrupted
 EU ponders Russia-Ukraine gas row
 Ukraine warns EU of gas 'problem'
 Russia looks to re-route EU gas
 Russia-Ukraine gas talks collapse
 Pound hits new low against euro
 Migrants rescued off Malta coast
 EU approves UK finance measures
 Brazil and EU leaders hold summit
 EU agrees deal on fishing quotas
 EU deal on new pesticide controls
 UK troops to leave Iraq 'by July'
 EU voting on working week opt-out
 EU leaders reach new climate deal
 Ireland PM confirms EU vote plan
 EU leaders reach new climate deal
 No deal amid EU climate deadlock
 EU bans imports of Chinese soya
 Nato 'to resume ties with Russia'
 No 10 denies shift in euro policy
 Romania election outcome unclear
 France-UK split over EU farm plan
 EU calls for aid to poor nations
 UN approval for EU Kosovo mission
 Europe to set out economic plans
 Europe to examine conflict centre
 Sweden ratifies EU Lisbon Treaty
 'Elite troops' needed in DR Congo
 European online library launches
 EU thumbs-up for 'Polish plumber'
 EU rule change 'threat to birds'
 Eurozone officially in recession
 EU to end freeze on Russia talks
 PM to urge global finance reform
 EU 'united' on financial reforms
 Russia to move missiles to Baltic
 Rome hosts Vatican-Muslim summit
 Eurozone is on verge of recession
 Georgia denies 'war crimes' claim
 Georgia's PM fired by president
 EU formally renews ties with Cuba
 White stallion presented to Queen
 Vote splits Czechs over EU role
 EU chiefs confront markets crisis
 Rescue plan for UK banks unveiled
 EU to open 'job centre' in Africa
 Far-right gains in Austria vote
 Russia to upgrade nuclear systems
 Finnish deaths spark gun law call
 EU to slash more mobile charges
 Opposition leads Slovenia's polls
 Russian forces withdraw from key Georgian checkpoints
 Russia weighs response to NATO ships
  NATO to meet over Russia-Georgia crisis
  Georgia: Russian tanks in Gori to help withdrawal
  Georgia, Russia claim cease-fire violations
 Russia warns of push into Georgia
  Troops patrolling Italian cities
  Karadzic flown to Hague tribunal
 Profile: The PKK
 Half of UK forces 'ready to quit'
 EU includes aviation in CO2 curbs
 UK politics: Dead or dormant?
 Labour MSP joins by-election race
Asian Politics
 Alert level raised on North Korea
 North Korea conducts nuclear test
 Pakistan army 'progress' in Swat
 Is stability returning to South Asia?
 Congress hails India poll victory
 India election starts final phase
 Sri Lanka war zone hospital 'hit'
 Pakistan steps up Swat offensive
 Sri Lankan shelling 'kills 257'
 UN rebukes Israel over Gaza raids
 Nepal head tells general to stay
 Nepalese army general fired by PM
 'Taleban killed' in Pakistan raid
 India voting 'enters key phase'
 Sweden's FM denied Sri Lanka visa
 Taleban announce key withdrawal
 Pakistani district head missing
 Sri Lanka army accused of carnage
 'Thousands flee' Sri Lanka combat
 Sri Lanka rejects UN truce appeal
 Weak exports hit China's growth
 Tensions high in North Korea row
 Oil prices slide in Asian trade
 Thailand to prosecute protesters
 Balochistan deaths spark strikes
 Deadly bomb attacks hit Baghdad
 Defiant N Korea launches rocket
 Afghan focus for key Nato summit
 Malaysian prime minister resigns
 China deal for Australian miner
 UK troops begin Iraqi withdrawal
 Siege at Pakistan police academy
 Iraq battle after militia arrest
 US warns Pakistan on Taleban link
 Taleban tap into Swat's emeralds
 World's cheapest car goes on sale
 Pakistan rejects US strike report
 Fresh attack on Koreans in Yemen
 China seeks export carbon relief
 Hezbollah chief defiant on Israel
 Pakistan protest crackdown widens
 N Korea 'satellite test date set'
 Malaysia cuts Bangladeshi visas
 Shalit campaign steps up a gear
 N Korea warning over 'satellite'
 11 killed in Pakistan blast amid political feuds
 Sri Lanka cricketers arrive home
 UN concern over Afghan elections
 Islamic banks 'better in crisis'
 Asean group seeks economic action
 Australasians in Asia trade pact
 Taleban Swat truce 'indefinite'
 S Lanka rebels 'ready for truce'
 Taleban consider Swat ceasefire
 Pakistan 'may share Mumbai probe'
 Israeli jets strike Gaza tunnels
 Large Hezbollah rally in Lebanon
 Clinton makes first visit to Asia
 Israel puts terms on Gaza truce
 'US strike' kills 25 in Pakistan
 Deadly attacks hit Afghan capital
 India accuses Pakistan on Mumbai
 People in Afghanistan have far less confidence in the direction their country is taking than four years ago, a new BBC/ABC opinion poll suggests.
 Afghanistan 'tougher than Iraq'
 Red Cross 'incites S Lanka panic'
 India denies Chinese sub reports
 India signs nuclear inspections deal Agence France-Presse . Vienna
 Deadly strike on S Lanka hospital
 Japan announces Asia aid package
 Iraqis vote in landmark elections
 India state in alcohol crackdown
 India plea for S Lanka civilians
 Call to protect S Lanka civilians
 Last Tamil Tiger bastion 'taken'
 Deadly missiles strike Pakistan
 Cairo talks on ceasefire in Gaza
 Wide rifts on show at Arab summit
 China 'wants strong links to US'
 UK demands quicker Mumbai probe
 Saudis deport Chinese labourers
 China's exports in record decline
 Army pressures Tamil Tiger base
 Israeli reservists sent to Gaza
 Gaza conflict enters third week
 Army closes in on key Jaffna pass
 Israel 'expands' Gaza offensive
 Mumbai evidence given to Pakistan
 Israeli troops enter Gaza Strip
 Pakistan resumes Afghan supplies
 S Asia New Year festivity subdued
 Pakistan urges new India dialogue
 Pakistan 'should avoid conflict'
 Bomber targets Sri Lanka capital
 US warning on South Asia tension
 Tight security as Kashmir votes
 Heavy fighting in north Sri Lanka
 Iraq MPs block non-US troop bill
 Afghan blast kills Danish troops
 Frustrations of America's 'long war'
 Indian PM in Pakistan ties plea
 Brown in India for terror talks
 Japan extends Afghan mission
 Pakistan 'feared Indian attack'
 Deal for Afghan-Pakistani border
 McCain hails Bangladesh elections
 India asks Pakistan for fugitives
 India makes protest to Pakistan
 Mumbai state head offers to quit
 Iraqi parliament backs US pullout
 Police declare Mumbai siege over
 Troops confront Mumbai attackers
 Sri Lanka rebel HQ 'to fall soon'
 S Lanka attack on rebel 'capital'
 Curfew is enforced in Srinagar
 India 'to step up piracy battle'
 Sri Lanka army 'takes rebel area'
 Pakistan backed raid, says Nato
 Countering the Taleban's 20-year war
 Kashmir votes amid tight security
 Tibet exiles discuss China policy
 Chinese 'living longer than ever'
 India-Bhutan rebel link 'exposed'
 India Marxists 'guilty of murder'
 Pakistan hijacked trucks released
 Pakistan releases Taleban in swap
 'US strike' on Pakistan militants
 Taiwan leader meets China envoy
 Warships on battlegear over boundary dispute: Myanmar refuses to suspend drilling
 Pakistan warns US over missiles
 India minister escapes rebel hit
 SAS commander 'quits over kit'
 Deadly blasts rock Indian state
 New attempt to seek Taleban peace
 US suffers losses in Afghanistan
 India to send food aid to S Lanka
 Leaders urge world finance reform
 Japan leads Asian shares' plunge
  Nato's Afghan effort 'disjointed'
 Iraqis stage mass anti-US rally
 Pakistan Taleban 'want to talk'
 Hunger in India states 'alarming'
 Indian PM seeks end to violence
 Hamas ready to discuss elections
 PM launches Kashmir train service
 US and India sign nuclear accord
 Karzai's brother 'met ex-Taleban'
 Pakistanis bury 'US strike' dead
 Rice in India for nuclear talks
 US House backs India nuclear deal
 Pakistan welcomes US 'blessing'
 India, Pakistan agree to resume talks
 US panel backs India nuclear deal
 Soldiers hurt in Jerusalem attack
 Pakistan to target rebel hotspots
 North Korea 'to restore reactor'
 Thai MPs elect new prime minister
 Report: N. Korea conducted missile engine test
 India faces threat from home-grown militants
 Gunmen force refugees overboard off Yemen
 N Korea to mark 60th anniversary
 Hong Kong votes in legislative elections
 India mounts mammoth rescue effort
 Musharraf Resigns
  Iran test fires rocket, says state media
  New vote piles pressure on Musharraf to quit
  Iraq to revive oil deal with China
  Oil prices hit Cathay Pacific profits
  Indian PM calls Kashmir meeting
  Chinese border assault kills 16
  N Korea steps up row with South
  Israel warns on Iran nuclear aims
  India accuses Pakistan on Kashmir
 SAARC leaders likely to sign counter-terror deal
  India on alert as death toll from bombs rises
 Hamas arrest 120 Fatah men after six die in Gaza blast
 Pakistan, India trade fire on Kashmir border
  Pakistan warns of nuclear arms race
  Action call over Pakistan missing
  India MPs to hold confidence vote
  Military: Fighting in Sri Lanka kills 27
 Saudi king appeals for tolerance
 Malaysia's Anwar Ibrahim arrested
 The truth about China and the Olympic Games
 Israel PM: Peace closer than ever
 North Korea Rejects Talks Offer
 Teheran tests missiles capable of targeting Israel and US bases
 Asia’s rapid growth rate threatened by inflation
 Israel getting ready for early elections
 Medvedev in central Asia for energy monopoly
 50,000 S. Koreans protest 'unsafe' U.S. beef
 Political manipulation in Pakistan
Bangladesh Politics
 The BDR massacre investigations and wither the trials
 The BDR massacre investigations and wither the trials
  Tipaimukh Dam: All-party JS body to be formed
 Khaleda’s writ hearing continues
 14 injured as BNP clashes with cops
 IOJ chief Amini goes to jail
 BNP forms human chains countrywide
 War crimes: Case against Ghulam Azam, Nizami withdrawn
 Hasina's trial in extortion case to continue
 HC refuses to hear Khaleda writ
 Dynamic leaderships to BNP front organisations soon
 Delwar slams 'govt failures'
 Case withdrawal by executive order defies rule of law
 Minimum wages for workers to be fixed: Hasina seeks coop of all to foil conspiracies
 Khaleda asks incumbent Hasina: Quit chair before time runs out: Govt has failed to resolve electricity, water, gas crises
 Khaleda, her family members’ appeal for withdrawing cases against them
 BNP 'to act' if govt ignores Khaleda notice
  BNP announces month-long agitation programmes
 Hasina meets Saudi king in hours
 Administration limps as reshuffles go on
 Let's take it to the courts: BNP to govt
 Pahela Baishakh celebrated amid tight security
 'Free education up to graduation from 2013'
 BNP to politically handle move to evict Khaleda
 Voting begins in Indonesia poll
 Action demanded for violation of EC code in poll spending
 OCs warned against recording false cases
 Country profile: Bangladesh
 Border fencing: Bangladesh seeks official version from Myanmar
 BNP MPs walk out of JS over Selim’s remarks
 Nation commemorates Independence but most people unaware of its significance
 Nation commemorates Independence but most people unaware of its significance
 BNP reviewing country reports for party reform
 Ex-deputy speaker in 30-day detention
 Political unrest, disunity make Bangladesh insecure
 Bangabandhu’s birthday
 Bangladesh Government mulls rebels’ trial by court martial
 What will be the trial procedure for Bangladesh Rifles mutineers
 PM pays tribute to Bangabandhu on historic March 7
 Govt recasts probe body as Operation Rebel Hunt begins
 PM leaves cantonment after meeting officers
 Govt’s overture for extremists: Negotiated settlement still possible
 Hasina for building Bangladesh Rifles a trained force
 Hasina addresses orientation course for MPs: Guard against 'backdoor’ attempt to derail democracy
 Hasan’s remarks about handing over Anup Chetia to India misrepresentation by media, says Foreign Ministry official
 Hiring lawyers: Prime Minister of Bangladesh orders probe into ACC spending
 UN for setting new political discourse in Bangladesh
 Govt to quash 'political harassment' cases
 By-elections to 7 seats March 30
 Fate of caretaker ordinances: JS may nod 50, others may die
 President says goodbye to 3 services chiefs
  Anti-corruption watchdog lets 340 graft suspects off hook
 India’s lukewarm response to taskforce move
 Dhaka, Delhi sign 2 trade deals
 Chief whip files Zillur's nomination for presidency
 PM's public programmes curtailed on security alert
 BNP prefers multilateral transit facilities
 ACC to be recast, Hasina tells JS
 Row over share of front seats: Opposition abstention from JS session continues
 Khaleda vows to launch street agitation if govt does not stop oppression
 Debar fleeing war criminals: Govt directive to exit points
 PM seeks UN support to try war crimes
 JS session begins with opposition walkout
 Row brews as Speaker overrides whips’ plan
 Police and AL party men start collecting tolls jointly from traders
 President, PM greet Obama
 Upazila polls: AL has more than one candidate in each seat
 Electioneering for upazila peaks
 BNP likely to lean on the young for comeback
 Zero tolerance for political muscle in UZ polls: Sakhawat
 Ministers, MPs to disclose assets
 PM warns cabinet members: Stern action if allegations found
 Hasina urges partymen: Forget personal interests, devote to service of commoners
 Ninth parliament opens on January 25
 Fakhruddin says goodbye to CAS staff
 BNP to join cabinet's oath-taking ceremony
 Ershad leaves his fate to Hasina
 AL, JP bargain over power-share
 Grand alliance MPs sworn in
 Work together rising above winner-loser feeling
 87.16pc turnout in 9th JS polls
 Hasina to target poverty as prime task
 Hasina urges rival to accept poll
 Heavy turnout in peaceful voting
  EC wraps up poll prep with 'special code'
 Electioneering ends tonight
 EC body to watch law, order affair
 Govt to sit with Hasina, Khaleda over ‘smooth’ transfer of power
 CA asks field-level govt officials: Maintain neutrality in the discharge of election duty
 Corrupt deals with govt. land
 Sabotage attacks to foil polls feared: Law-enforcers alerted
 Bangladesh lifts emergency rule
 What the political parties are promising us: Pros & Cons
 Bangladesh poll campaign begins
 Nomination scrap sends parties on salvage mission
 Only 13pc of ADP executed in 4 months
 Time runs out for parties, alliances
 Emergency to be lifted before polls
 AL rules out uncertainty over seat sharing with JP
 We crave for a healthy parliament and good governance
 Beyond the ballot box: Social groups and voting in democratic polities
 4-party joins polls on 2 conditions
 Academics want parties to talk peaceful polls
 EC to sit with AL, schedule to follow: CEC
 Police on red alert
 Two-thirds of AL nominees confirmed
 AL starts distribution of nominations
 Rohingya repatriation in the doldrums
 Modus operandi get prominence over substance: Smokescreen surrounds dialogue
 Communications ministry to report corruption by Dec. 10
 No poll campaign or demo before Nov 27 Govt decision follows frequent violations of EPR by AL, BNP, Jamaat
 Saifur, Nizami, Mojahid sent to jail on surrender
 BNP rejects revised polls schedules
 Bangladesh Rifles on alert on Myanmar border: officials
 Ensure atmosphere for election: Khaleda
 AL starts distributing nomination forms
 Relaxation of emergency - It squares up with the demand of the situation
 Army withdrawn, asked to return to barracks: Restriction on poll campaign, media goes
 Bangladesh poll date is announced
 Delay over constituency writ to spoil polls fixture
 CEC warns them against their 'roles in past polls'; directs them over loan defaulters, EPR convicts
 'We all are against the corruption'
 Global index: Press freedom: Iceland top, US 36th: Media plays role of parliament in Bangladesh
 Anti-graft drive slowing down
 107 parties apply to EC up to deadline
 More dialogue in sight
 Govt, EC or political parties responsible!
 No result yet from govt's talks with BNP, Jamaat BNP wants to sit again before registration
 Long awaited dialogue begins
 Dhaka proposes tri-nation talks on link with China
 Khaleda charged with Barapukuria graft
 Refrain from harassing Hasina till Oct 20
 AL prepares for polls next week - BNP working on election manifesto
 CTG and two major parties
 Politicians engage in destroying cultural heritages and spaces
 Over 500 get bails extended by four months
 Digitisation must for land reforms
 Politicians discount unity calls from business leaders
 EC, BNP sit in dialogue
 Khaleda meets allies at 3pm
 RCC Mayor to remain apolitical
 EC dialogue awaits wrap-up, one year on
 Khaleda may agree to meet Hasina, join Sunday polls talks
 Tarique departure delayed: lawyer
 Floods, dialogue to decide UZ polls fate
 EC to re-invite BNP
 Third-round EC talks begin
 Concentrate on holding fair polls
 EC watches time tick away
 Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman
 Threats, trickery were Harris’ tools for ill-gotten gains
 CA sits with top bureaucrats next Monday
 Adviser blames media for creating 'smokescreen’: Khaleda refuses to apply for release
 Khaleda refuses to be voter while in jail
 Govt reinstates Aug 15 as Nat'l Mourning Day
 Process in releasing Begum Khaleda Zia is at the final stage: Commerce Adviser
 DCC and Upazilla elections after Ramadan: Sohul Hossain
 Row over Bangladesh Chhatra League leader’s release: DU VC confined for 5 hrs
 Assets worth Tk 82 lakh to be confiscated - Morshed Khan jailed for 13yrs
 12 detained in Barisal for violating election code
 Polling centres to remain open until last queues cleared: CEC
 Upcoming JS polls under shadow
 Parties plunge into electioneering after High Court rule
 Bhuiyan demands freedom for Khaleda
 Undoing the wrongdoings
 Bar candidates providing false or incomplete info
 News analysis: Politics of shifting stands
 BNP regaining image, AL-CG entente portends disgrace
 Time not ripe for lifting emergency: CA
 Experts ask govt to carefully handle transit issue
 EC wants a shakeup in local administration
 Government "fears" behind mass arrests in Bangladesh
 ACC to start drive against different ministries next month
 Govt's ready for interim release of Khaleda: CA
 Poor people being fettered with loans by NGOs
 Ban on trade unionism to go partially
 None other than politicians and media can make democracy work: roundtable
 Pro govt. mini parties flexing muscle
 Islam in Bangladesh politics: the role of Ghulam Azam of Jamaat-I-Islami
 Testimony in Hasina trial remains on hold
Top Headlines
 'Aila' starts crossing coasts
 HC asks govt to stop river encroachment
 Azam J Chy case against Hasina withdrawn
 2 ex-DGs of NSI arrested over arms haul
 Pay commission for teachers soon
 Court summons Golam Azam, Nizami, Mujahid
 HC again embarrassed to hear Khaleda appeal
 Third HC bench admits Khaleda petition
 Suspected Mexico flu toll hits 81
 BNP set for street protests over Khaleda notice
 Moeen quits NSC over sponsorship row
 Thai soldiers open fire on crowd
 Govt cancels lease of Khaleda’s cantonment residence
 Hasina gives up role as BCL guardian
 Capital experiences hailstorm
 Steps against smuggling urgent
 Bangladesh High Court orders halt to ship-breaking
 Bashundhara City Tower up in flames
 Nat'l mourning day declared for death in chopper crash
 Jessore GOC, pilot killed in chopper crash
 Prime rebellion suspect, four others arrested
 Bangladesh manhunt for mutineers
 New Bangladesh mass grave found
 Border guard mutiny in Bangladesh
  PM pledges to rebuild fire-hit Australia
 Pakistan nuclear scientist 'free'
 Biswa Ijtema seeks global peace
 Biswa Ijtema begins: All roads lead to Tongi
 Telegraph scripts trouble
 Hamid elected JS speaker, Shawkat deputy speaker
 Parliament ready for business
 Heat may spark world food crisis
  Hasina unveils her surprise team
 Hasina takes oath as PM today: She is first to become premier for second term from AL
 No politics of vengeance, says Hasina
 Israel renews air strikes on Gaza
 The poor and the G20
 Hasina, Khaleda break the ice
 Huge explosives haul after JMB man held
 Country still reels from Sidr havoc
 New uncertainty looms over polls: Jamaat seeks time as EC hears objections
 Cyclone rips through coastal region: 11 killed
 Rain paralyses life in capital
 Declare war criminals ineligible for polls
 The global financial crisis and Bangladesh
 UN supports election under emergency
 US banks make shock status switch
 Terror pledge after Pakistan bomb
 Hasina, Selim bailed in bribery case
 Khaleda steps towards freedom
 Tarique freed on bail - May go abroad for treatment
 Tarique set to be freed today - Release delayed due to unsigned bail bond in bribery case
 'Exit of autocracy, victory for democracy'
 Hasina ordered to appear in court on Aug 20
 Upazila polls may become political - EC plans to scrap its plan for non-partisan election
 Nasim, Mamun get HC bail
 AL candidates rule city polls
  HC validates August 15 as National Mourning Day, public holiday
 Politics & economics of Indian transit demand
 HC asks CG to explain Why proclamation of emergency
 BSF kills two BDR personnel in Chapainawabganj frontier
 Fresh step to shut convicts out of polls
 India coalition in shake-up over US nuclear deal
Election Overview
 Delhi's turn in Indian election
 India kicks off marathon elections
 Hasina wins Bangladesh local vote
 Govt mulls MP power back in upazila
 Landslide mandate
 No mobile phones in polling centres: EC
 Election 2008: The latest cross-currents
 2,500 foreign observers to watch JS polls
 Election 2008: The race for edge
 Steps taken to avert violence ahead of polls
 Khaleda warns of 'polls engineering'
 Vote down corrupt, militants' patrons
 Change? Sounds contagious
 Bangladesh: Elections and Beyond
 Nomination rejects flood EC with appeal
 AL pledges to tackle graft, food prices
 Khaleda, Hasina may face off
 Multiple nomination lands EC in a mess
 Looking beyond the 2008 election
 200 picked so far to run for BNP
 AL, JP closing in on 40-seat deal
 AL cautious about seat sharing
 Relatives of convicts too vie for BNP ticket
 AL gambles on seven new faces in Dhaka
 Convicts, reformists too rush to get BNP ticket
 AL's yes to JS polls, no to upazila schedule
 AL, allies decide to keep mum on polling date
 Govt, political parties’ talks flop: JS polls on Dec 18 as scheduled
 BNP, allies to join polls if demands met in 48hrs
 Polls schedules revised, polling dates unchanged
 Parties yet to ready election manifestos while polls near
 4-party demands fresh JS poll schedule
  JS, Upazila polls schedules announced :
 EC in trouble with party registration process
 Many malpractices to be put to rest
 No polls without Hasina, under emergency: AL
 'JP will never form alliance with BNP'
 Steps for security of possible candidates
 All parties to take part in polls
 Final voter list submitted: CEC confident about JS elections by Dec
 Proposed polls face challenges due to politicians’ attitude: Analysts
 BNP, Jamaat apply to EC for more time
 Emergency will have to be withdrawn before national poll: Hasina
 BNP demands extension of registration deadline
 Major parties yet to apply for EC registration
 AL optimistic over polls, hopes BNP will join
 4-party tags RPO scrapping with poll participation
 Govt totally focused on pledge to hold Dec 18 election
 AL's poll allies meet amid WP frustration
 Govt & EC have to solve RPO problem’ Politics now turns into JS poll
 Time running out for 2 vital poll tasks
 JS polls on Dec 18
 BNP, allies stand against electoral reforms
 Khaleda, Hasina agree to hold dialogue after Eid
  BNP yet to fix date for dialogue with govt and EC
 AL working for electoral alliance
 Unconditional release of Hasina can create level playing field
 Hold JS polls first
 Hasina demands lifting emergency, parliamentary polls first
 National election under emergency?
 BNP out to jeopardize JS polls, No elections under emergency: AL
 EC sees a trouble-free election
 AL demands election date
 Draft voter list of DCC areas kept on display
 5,500 observers to monitor polls
 Hasina demands JS polls first
 Govt not deploying army during local polls: CEC
 Khaleda to be released ‘very soon’, adviser repeats
 Option for 'no' vote made, party registration must
  Moeen calls to select better candidates in local election
 After Cyclone, Bangladesh Faces Political Storm
 Corruption in Bangladesh: An Analytical Framework.
Arts & Entertainment
 PCL cricket gala begins at Ctg
 Terrestrial facility reserved for BTV
 Baishakhi shopping gains momentum Prices of hilsha-sky rocketing
 New Zealand cricketers delay Zimbabwe tour
 Bangladesh capture series victory
 Tigers face Lions in 2nd Test today
 India pull out of Pakistan tour
  Olympic relay in Beijing climax
Technology & Science
 Providing quality engineering education
 Major cyber spy network uncovered
 Nasa launches Earth hunter probe
 Green light for faster broadband
 Digital politics is different
 Explosion in space: Biggest ever gamma-ray burst
 Is DART the solution?
 Russian and US satellites collide
 Job cuts ground Flight Simulator
 Microsoft is accused by EU again
 Windows 7 now 'available to all'
 China to 'clean up' the internet
 Repairs begin on undersea Submarine cable
 Endeavour space shuttle lifts off
 Income from ICT likely to exceed $300m by 2011
 Obama uses iPhone to win support
 EU to slash more mobile charges
 Bangladesh Open Source Network
 Bangladesh Telecentre Network:
  EU hits Intel with fresh charges
 Bangladesh can explore ICT sector for her massive development
Health news & articles
 Swine flu cases spread across US
 Swine flu arrives in Asia
 More countries confirm swine flu
 Dhaka Medical College Hospital emergency reopens as doctors resume work
 Bangladesh warning on milk powder
 Proposed health policy would not ensure treatment of mass people: BMA
Environment Policy
 On history and human actions
 Lawmen asked to take action to stop extortion, looting
 New nuclear site options unveiled
 Asia climate policy on track despite recession
 Europe is set to launch one of its most challenging space missions to date.
 Global warming 'underestimated'
 Stinky flows the Buriganga
 UK energy saving policy 'failing'
 Climate shift 'killing US trees'
 Light pollution forms 'eco-traps'
 Coral springs back from tsunami
 Climate change and food security
 Sarkozy to seek EU climate deal
 Myanmar brings warships to explore Bangladesh waters
 Climate damage science studied
 US, EC to support environmental management in Bangladesh
 Poverty and global water crisis
 Climate plan concern as EU meets
 Quest for roadmap to face series of challenges
  Clean deadline call on coal power
 Environment ministry, ERD at loggerheads
Bangladesh Economic Policy
 Tk 30,500 crore ADP approved by NEC
 Govt pledges full support to SMEs
 Central Bank caps import interest at 12% for Ramadan
 Muhith pledges financial support to RMG exporters
 Tk 29,000cr bigger ADP planned: NEC meets today; Stress on power and agri sector
 PM assures expatriates of welfare bank
 Review incentive package: Business leaders urge govt
 RMG exporters express dismay
 Tk 3,424cr stimulus plan announced
 Bangladesh Govt plans 20pc bigger ADP to fulfil poll pledges
 Regulation hinders local brands’ global journey
 Trade bodies seek further cut in rice price
 ADP projection on Bangladesh economy: GDP growth to decline in next fiscal Global recession may hit export earnings, remittances
 UAE investors to make more investment in Bangladesh
 Rice prices hit two-year low, Vegetables on the rise
 PM pledges special recession deal
 Tax-revenue 16pc short of target
 LPG, furnace oil prices slashed by 13-15 pc
 Impact of recession on Bangladesh likely by May-June
 Mutiny shutters businesses
 PM's adviser backs step to cut banking risks
 BoI plans road show abroad to attract FDI
 Bangladesh Bank warns banks over credit stretch
 Bangladesh-Canada trade to reach a new high
 Market to determine value of Taka: Muhith
 Stocks shake off losses
 Political committee in 15 days to face affects of global recession
 Bangladeshi co to invest $1.002m to set up water treatment plant at CEPZ
 Rein in profits: Faruq to business leaders
 Diesel price cut unlikely to help farmers
 Diesel, kerosene made cheaper by Tk 2 a litre