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Delhi concedes to Dhaka's concern
Agrees to put river-link worries on meeting minutes
New Delhi has agreed to include Dhaka's concern over India's controversial river-link project in the minutes of the crucial water talks in the face of unrelenting pressure from Bangladesh.
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Massive changes in public purchases
The government yesterday approved Public Procurement Regulations to ensure transparency, accountability and efficiency in purchases in the public sector and fulfil a World Bank (WB) and InternationalMonetary
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Bottled danger
Old Dhaka traders make quick bucks on tap water in used container
Unscrupulous traders in Old Dhaka fill up thousands of empty plastic water bottles with tap water and fix fake security seals to them for commercial sale.
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GDP to grow
Asian Development Outlook Update released
Bangladesh's gross domestic product (GDP) should accelerate from 5.3 percent in 2003 to 5.
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BDR push back push-in victims
The Border Security Force (BSF) forced nine Indian Bangla-speaking people into Bangladesh in a predawn push-in Tuesday, but Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) pushed them back after hours of detention.
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Lawyers stay off courts today
Pro-govt lawyers ask for boycott call-off
Lawyers under the banner of Six-point Demand Implementation Committee will be boycotting courts across the country today to press for repeal of the amended Civil Procedure Code (CPC).
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I'd do it again
Blair tells Iraq war critics
British Prime Minister Tony Blair told anti-war critics in his ruling Labor Party yesterday he would "take the same decision again" to join the US-led invasion of Iraq.
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Over 1,000 raped in last 9 months
Odhikar survey says
The first nine months of the year saw 1,021 women and children raped, with 106 of them subsequently murdered, according to a report by Odhikar, a coalition for human rights.
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Highest priority put to develop ICT sector
PM tells professionals at a nat'l conference
Prime Minister Khaleda Zia yesterday said the government is implementing programmes to deliver on its election pledges to develop information and communication technology (ICT).
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Saifur slams TIB report
Finance Minister M Saifur Rahman yesterday rejected the just-released Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) report on corruption.
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President, PM, Hasina send greetings on Durga Puja
The president, prime minister and leader of the opposition yesterday sent separate messages greeting the Hindus on the eve of Durga Puja, their greatest religious festival that begins today amid festivities.
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8-hr hartal on Oct 16 in Sylhet Division
An eight-hour hartal from 6am has been called in Sylhet Division on October 16 by the Arpita Sampatti Ain Protirodh Andolan (vested property law resistance movement).
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HC stays graft case against Ershad
The High Court (HC) Division yesterday stayed further proceedings of a corruption case against former president HM Ershad till October 19.
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