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BNP names candidates for 270 seats |
| 29 / 11 / 2008 |
| he Bangladesh Nationalist Party amid hectic tussle within and outside the party on Saturday almost completed nominating candidates for about 270 constituencies for the December 29 general elections.
Many BNP leaders, including the party’s secretary general Khandaker Delwar Hossain and some other senior leaders, were also in hectic moves to make last-minute efforts to secure nomination for some aspirants. |
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Hostages said dead in Mumbai Jewish center |
| 28 / 11 / 2008 |
| MUMBAI, India – Commandos who stormed the Mumbai headquarters of an ultra-orthodox Jewish group found the bodies of five hostages inside, including a New York rabbi and his wife, officials said, as a fresh battle raged at the luxury Taj Mahal hotel and other Indian forces ended a siege at another five-star hotel |
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Countrywide alert: BSF goes red on border |
| 27 / 11 / 2008 |
| Home Secretary Abdul Karim and Inspector General of Police Nur Mohammad yesterday dispelled the possibility of any militant attack in the country.
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Mumbai under siege as terrorists take hostages |
| 27 / 11 / 2008 |
| Death toll rises to 125
Agence France-Presse . Mumbai
Indian commandos fought to end a multiple hostage crisis Thursday in Mumbai, battling Islamist gunmen holding foreign guests in two luxury hotels after attacks across the city left over 125 dead. |
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Interview today: Distribution of BNP tickets begins |
| 26 / 11 / 2008 |
| The interview of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) nomination seekers will be held at 10:00am today at the party Chairperson\'s office at Gulshan in the city.
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AL asks govt to specify date for emergency withdrawal |
| 26 / 11 / 2008 |
| Awami League (AL) led 14-party alliance yesterday asked the caretaker government to specify the date of withdrawal of state of emergency, following the remarks of the army chief and an adviser to the caretaker government on Tuesday.
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Moeen backs end to emergency |
| 25 / 11 / 2008 |
| Dhaka, Nov 25 (bdnews24.com)—Army chief General Moeen U Ahmed Tuesday said he would back lifting of emergency ahead of the general election scheduled for Dec. 29.
\"I would particularly request the government to withdraw emergency before the elections,\" he told a ceremony at the China-Bangladesh Friendship Conference Centre.
\"The government needs to do this,\" general Moeen said. |
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Bangladesh to lift emergency before poll - minister |
| 25 / 11 / 2008 |
| DHAKA, Nov 25 (Reuters) - Bangladesh\'s army-backed interim government will lift emergency rule before the Dec. 29 election, a government adviser (minister) said on Tuesday, but he gave no specific date.
\"The emergency will be lifted in phases before the election,\" Hossain Zillur Rahman told reporters. |
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Business leaders accord reception to Gen. Moeen: Pledge to request emergency lifting before polls |
| 25 / 11 / 2008 |
| Army Chief Gen Moeen U Ahmed yesterday said that the caretaker government will withdraw the state of emergency before national election scheduled for December 29.
\"I would request the government and the chief of the government to lift emergency before the election,\" he said while speaking as chief guest at a reception accorded to him for the contribution of Bangladesh Armed Forces to the nation at the Bangladesh-China Friendship Conference Centre. |
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BNP sells more than 1,700 |
| 25 / 11 / 2008 |
| The Bangladesh Nationalist Party on Tuesday sold more than 1,700 application forms for party nomination for the ninth parliamentary polls scheduled for December 29. |
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