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Bangladesh ex-PM Hasina begins election campaign |
| 11 / 12 / 2008 |
| DHAKA (Reuters) - Bangladesh\'s former prime minister Sheikh Hasina formally launched on Thursday her campaign for a Dec. 29 parliamentary election that aims at bringing the South Asian country of 140 million people back to democracy. |
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Bangladesh to lift emergency rule |
| 11 / 12 / 2008 |
| Bangladesh\'s government says it will lift a state of emergency, in place for almost two years, ahead of the parliamentary elections. |
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31 killed, 86 injured in road accidents in Bangladesh before key festival |
| 9 / 12 / 2008 |
| Some 31 homebound people were killed and 86 others injured in different road accidents in Bangladesh on Monday, one day before the Muslims\' second largest festival Eid-ul-Azha, private news agency UNB reported. |
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Brits try to free doctor in Bangladesh |
| 9 / 12 / 2008 |
| A British lawyer is trying to help a U.K. resident allegedly being held by relatives in Bangladesh by using a new law that allows British courts to prevent someone from being forced into marriage. |
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EC validates 34 more candidatures |
| 9 / 12 / 2008 |
| The Election Commission on Sunday validated 34 more candidatures for the December 29 polls after hearing appeals of the aspirants, whose nomination papers were rejected during scrutiny, officials said. |
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Higher cattle prices distract buyers |
| 7 / 12 / 2008 |
| Prices of cattle were found comparatively higher yesterday in the city though there has been a steady supply of sacrificial animals in the cattle markets.
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Bangladesh gets its own Taj Mahal |
| 7 / 12 / 2008 |
| SONARGAON, Bangladesh (AFP) — A wealthy Bangladeshi film-maker has told how he built a replica of the Taj Mahal so that the poor of his nation can realise their dream of seeing neighbouring India\'s famed monument. |
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Bangladesh party urges s.Asia force against militants |
| 7 / 12 / 2008 |
| DHAKA, Dec 7 (Reuters) - A powerful Bangladeshi political party said on Sunday it would seek support for a south Asia task force to combat the growing menace of terrorism in the region, if it came to power in elections later this month. |
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Restriction on trans-border movement: Cattle markets to be affected |
| 6 / 12 / 2008 |
| Eid-ul-Azha cattle markets in the city formally opened to the buyers yesterday amid sparse supply of cattle due to heightened watch on the cross border movements in the wake of terror attacks in Mumbai.
The frenzy of buying sacrificial animals by the upcoming parliamentary polls contenders to woo their constituent is likely to skyrocket prices of the scanty number of cattle and other sacrificial animals in the markets, said a buyer. |
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Half of disqualified candidates fail |
| 6 / 12 / 2008 |
| More than a half of the aspirants whose nominations for the December 29 general polls were cancelled by the election officials have failed to comply with new provisions of electoral laws, officials in the Election Commission said on Friday. |
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