Volume 4 Number 99 Tue. September 02, 2003    
 
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Ration stopped for indigenous CHT refugees
Hills people irked as free supply to Bangalee settlers continues
The government is not providing rice ration for 65,000 indigenous refugees, but giving the free supply to 26,000 Bangalee settlers in different cluster villages in the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT).
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PM asks people to keep vigil against 'a party'
Prime Minister Khaleda Zia has asked people to mount watch on 'deep-rooted conspiracy' against the country and a particular party that resorted to violence and asked them to politically face the 'liars
 
Japanese investors tell of business distresses
Japanese investors in Bangladesh accused government officials of demanding bribes for customs clearance, visa issuance, work permit, permission for selling products and other services in a recent survey.
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Pakistan concedes bin Laden may be hiding in tribal belt
Pakistan conceded yesterday that al-Qaida chief and terror mastermind Osama bin Laden may be hiding in its rugged tribal belt bordering Afghanistan.
 
Playing hosts the Pakistan way!
Tigers herded into economy class, left fuming at disparity
The touring Bangladeshi cricketers hit out at the blatant discrimination meted out to them yesterday when they were herded into the economy class against the hosts' executive class on their flight toMultan
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Hasina now thinks gas export an option
AL chief asks US to assess actual reserves
Leader of the Opposition in the Jatiya Sangsad Sheikh Hasina yesterday urged the United States to help conduct a survey in Bangladesh to know the actual reserves of natural gas and its domestic requirement.
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Verdict on Shazneen case today
The much-awaited judgement in the Shazneen rape case will be delivered today.
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Kelly felt betrayed by defence ministry
Widow tells judicial inquiry
The widow of British weapons scientist David Kelly testified yesterday that her husband felt "betrayed" when the defence ministry allowed him to be named as the source of a BBC report that Prime Minister
 
No respite from toll-takers yet
The government initiatives to curb illegal toll collection at bus terminals saw some success only in the capital, but elsewhere it is going on with the same intensity as before.
 
Jamal kidnap
4 suspects' movable property seized
Police yesterday seized the movable property of four suspects in the kidnap of businessman Jamal Uddin Ahmed Chowdhury.
 
Politicisation of civil service reason for corruption
Top bureaucrats at workshop
Noted economists and former top bureaucrats at a workshop yesterday identified politicisation of recruitment, promotion and transfer as one of the main impediments to delivery of better service to society.
 
PMO goes online this week
The Prime Minister's Office (PMO) will go online as part of efforts to increase transparency and accountability in administration through e-governance, PMO sources said.
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Nurjahan Murshid passes away
Nurjahan Murshid, a renowned leader of women renaissance of Bengal and one of the major organisers of the War of Liberation, passed away at 4:00am at her Gulshan residence in the city yesterday.
 
Cabinet okays proposal to amend Bar Council Order'72
The cabinet has in principle approved the proposals to enact a new law -- "Private Medical Services Law- 2003", and amend the "Bangladesh Legal Practitioners and Bar Council Order-1972".
 
Ulan-Dhanmondi power cable restored
Power supply to some parts of the city was restored yesterday after Dhaka Electric Supply Authority (Desa) managed to repair a ruptured 132KV cable in the Ulan-Dhanmandi underground electric line that
 
Cops comb Sundarbans for criminals
A massive combing operation was launched in the Sundarbans late Sunday night by police forces of four districts of Barisal and Khulna range to nab pirates, dacoits, underground extremists, smugglers and
 
CID to take up Joypurhat case
Authorities have decided to transfer the case of police arms looting by the members of Jama'atul Mujahidin at Uttar Moheshpur of Khetlal in the district to the Criminal Investigation Department (CID)soon.
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Keeping their feet dry
 
Pak lawmakers asked to submit assets details
Election Commission of Pakistan has asked the members of the Parliament and provincial assemblies to submit statements of assets and liabilities with the Commission by September 30.
 
4 DMCH docs, Ramna OC showcaused
The High Court Division yesterday asked the director and three doctors of Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) and the officer-in-charge (OC) of Ramna Police Station to explain why they should not be
 
Border trade with Myanmar halts on trader strike
Border trade between Bangladesh and Myanmar came to a halt yesterday as traders at the frontier went on an indefinite strike to protest harassment by law enforcers while transporting goods through the
 

 
   
 
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