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Bac backs doubts over potency of anti-graft body
The Bureau of Anti-corruption (Bac) in a recent report to the prime minister seconded the deep doubts expressed by the civil society about effectiveness of the proposed independent anti-corruption commission.
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WTO talks risk breakdown
Poor states threaten to block 'bad' farm deal; US, EU accused of trying to split G21
As rich and poor nations struggle to find a compromise deal to save the Cancun trade talks threatened by disputes over farm subsidy, Singapore has been asked to mediate the tottering farm talks and is
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Move to expel Arafat draws world flak
Israel's decision to expel Yasser Arafat has drawn warnings from around the world that the move would threaten the Middle East peace process, as Palestinians vowed to fight to the death to protect their
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Anti-WTO protest rally in city
Hundreds of protesters yesterday mourned the suicide of a South Korean farmer at a demonstration in Dhaka against the world trade talks in Cancun and demanded punishment to the guilty.
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Tigers lose trail midway
A sensational middle order collapse saw Bangladesh swallow a 74-run defeat against Pakistan in the second game of the five-match one-day international series at the Iqbal Stadium in Faisalabad yesterday.
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Fire at substation
Mirpur, Pallabi without power for 10 hours
A big fire at a power sub-station at Mirpur in the city damaged its transformer yesterday morning, snapping power supply both in Mirpur and Pallabi areas for about 10 hours.
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US 'friendly fire' kills 10 Iraqi security men
Two American soldiers killed in attacks
A volatile area west of Baghdad broke out yesterday in a frenzy of violence, including a wild "friendly fire" incident that left 10 Iraqi security men and a Jordanian hospital guard dead from US gunfire,
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Tonatuni Festival opens
Tonatuni, a cultural organisation, launched its five-day festival, Tonatuni Utsav 2003, for children at a colourful function in Dhaka yesterday.
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Rootless in own backyard
Odyssey of a displaced highlander
Kripachandra Chakma returned home to Dighinala in Khagrachhari district from a refugee camp in the northeastern Indian state of Tripura in 1997.
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Cheap medicine pact under fire from NGOs
Some WTO members may be patting themselves on the back for the agreement on low-cost medicines for poor countries, citing it as proof that they can indeed work together, but NGOs in Cancun for the Fifth
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Jazeera airs new tape of 'Sept 11 hijacker'
Arab television channel Al Jazeera yesterday aired a new videotape of a man it said was one of the September 11 hijackers, reading his will and saying it was a Muslim duty to fight the "American enemy".
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Correction
In the story of The Daily Star's Thursday edition headlined, "Home ministry media cell recast", it was inadvertently written that Shamsuddoha Shoeb was a journalist of the Daily Manavzamin.
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