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Bangladesh to offer benefits to expatriate workers to boost remittance |
| 21 / 12 / 2008 |
| DHAKA, Dec. 19 (Xinhua) -- The Bangladeshi caretaker government has decided to offer special benefits to the country\'s several million expatriate workers to boost inflow of remittance. |
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Bangladesh deploys 50,000 troops ahead of polls: officials |
| 20 / 12 / 2008 |
| DHAKA (AFP) — Bangladesh has deployed nearly 50,000 troops across the country to avert pre-poll violence ahead of landmark elections on December 29 to restore democracy, officials said on Saturday. |
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Huji plans to kill Hasina’: 6-member suicide squad given assignment |
| 20 / 12 / 2008 |
| The home secretary has said \"preventative measures\" were being taken after an Indian television network Saturday reported that Islamist militants were planning to assassinate Awami League president Sheikh Hasina. |
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Singapore freezes Tk 11.6 cr of Koko: ACC begins probe |
| 18 / 12 / 2008 |
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The Anti-Corruption Commission began inquiry into former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia\'s younger son Arafat Rahman Koko\'s alleged financial transactions in foreign currencies worth crores of taka in Singapore. |
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Parties, candidates plunge into full-scale campaigns |
| 17 / 12 / 2008 |
| Political parties and candidates contesting the December 29 general elections have plunged into full-scale campaigns with the withdrawal of the state of emergency after restrictions on civil and political rights for two years. |
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Bangladesh lifts state of emergency after 23 months |
| 16 / 12 / 2008 |
| DHAKA (AFP) — Bangladesh\'s army-backed government has lifted a state of emergency after almost two years of restricted political activity ahead of December 29 elections to restore democracy, the country\'s police chief said Wednesday. |
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Hasina seeks mandate to end terrorism |
| 16 / 12 / 2008 |
| Awami League (AL) president Sheikh Hasina yesterday said her party, if elected to office, would not pass any laws that go against the Quran or Sunnah.
She made the declaration at an election rally of Jahangir Kabir Nanak, the grand-alliance candidate for Dhaka-13 constituency. |
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Sabotaging polls will be catastrophic: Khaleda |
| 16 / 12 / 2008 |
| BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia yesterday warned that people of the country would not accept any attempt to sabotage the forthcoming parliamentary elections on December 29. She said any attempt to sabotage the polls will be catastrophic. |
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Bangladeshi \'forced marriage\' GP due back in Britain tomorrow |
| 15 / 12 / 2008 |
| An NHS doctor allegedly held captive by her parents is due to arrive back in Britain early tomorrow after she was freed by a Bangladesh court in a landmark legal victory under the UK\'s Forced Marriage Act. |
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Islamic militants held in Bangladesh ahead of polls: police |
| 15 / 12 / 2008 |
| DHAKA (AFP) — Thirteen people with links to a banned Islamic militant network have been detained in northern Bangladesh in the past week for plotting attacks ahead of elections later this month, police said Monday. |
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