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One held with 29 Home Ministry files: All are of detention cases: Probe committee formed
Staff Reporter
Police yesterday recovered 29 important Home Ministry files from a staff of the ministry at the Secretariat gate and arrested her in connection with the heist.
The arrested was identified as Aziran Nesa, cleaner of the Home Ministry.
Police said Aziran was returning home from the office at 10:45am when the security police at Gate No 3 being suspicious of her movement wanted to search her handbag, but she refused. Then the security police apprehended her and recovered the important files from her. Police said that she stole the files from the store of the Ministry.  |
Non-lethal weapon training programme by US Marines ends
Staff Reporter
At least 100 security personnel of the country achieved a non-lethal weapons practical demonstration on how to control angry civilians without causing fatal injuries by the group of trainers of the US Marine Corps.
The local trainees demonstrated the acquired tactics in the BDR Golf Field yesterday.
The Director General of Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) Maj Gen Shakil Ahmed witnessed the demonstration as chief guest and distributed certificates among the participants. |
Commentary: Gordon Brown should instead have called for nuke-free Middle East
British prime minister Gordon Brown during his two-day visit to Israel early this week asked Iran to suspend its nuclear weapons programme or face global isolation.
If Iran did not accept the incentives, the next step would be to ratchet up sanctions against Tehran, possibly including sanctions on Iran’s oil and gas industry, he was quoted as saying.
Gordon Brown urged the setting up of an international coalition against Iran to increase the pressure to stop enriching uranium, according to messages carried by wire services from Israel. |
Indian Govt survives confidence vote: Bribery scandal mars debate
BBC Online
India's Congress party-led government has survived a vote of confidence over a civilian nuclear deal with the US.
The government motion received 275 votes with 256 against, Speaker Somnath Chatterjee said, hours after adjourning the debate amid claims of vote buying.
The vote came after the government's left-wing allies withdrew their support in protest at the controversial accord.
If the government had lost the vote, India would have faced early elections, casting the nuclear deal in doubt. There was brief confusion over the counting process. |
Hasina for JS polls first as per Constitution: Anti-graft drive a lesson for corrupt politicians UNB, London
Former premier and Awami League president Sheikh Hasina, now abroad on interim release for treatment, renewed her demand for holding general election first ahead of Upazila elections as per Constitution.
Addressing a UK Juba League meeting at the Impression hall in East London on Monday evening, she said it is the constitutional responsibility of the caretaker government to hold the general election. "Upazila elections are to be held after the national polls."
Hasina remarked that it is a good sign that the caretaker government started realizing that there is no alternative to elections and transfer of power to an elected government. |
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Internet Edition. July 23, 2008, Updated: Bangladesh Time 12:00 AM 
