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PDB's questionable deal with Westmont
Keeping the Cabinet Purchase Committee in the dark, the Power Development Board is modifying a 130 MW barge-mounted power project deal with Malaysian company Westmont Power giving it unauthorised benefits,
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Anti-Ahamadia group gives one-week deadline to govt
An anti-Ahamadia group gave the government a one-week ultimatum to declare followers of the sect non-Muslims from a hate-filled demonstration of over 30,000 people in Tejgaon yesterday, sparking security
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Twin arms hauls
Gun, pistol, 954 bullets seized at Mohakhali
Police seized a foreign-made gun, a pistol and 954 potent bullets in two sweeps in the city's Mohakhali area yesterday, six days after a high-profile weapon bust sent waves of broad warnings throughout
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Save the guest birds
They are school-age children but turned away from reading table for a day to join a human chain to protest the mindless killing of guest birds that fly to Bangladesh for winter refuge every year.
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36 killed as suicide blast tears thru' Russian train
150 hurt, Chechen rebels blamed
At least 36 people died and more than 150 were injured when a suicide blast blamed on Chechen rebels tore through a Russian commuter train near the war-torn republic yesterday, two days before a national
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Democracy Day today
The country observes 'Democracy Day' today, commemorating the fall of autocratic ruler HM Ershad who stepped down on this day in 1990 in the face of a mass uprising.
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Govt takes hard line on contractual service
In a break with a two-year trend, the government has this time determined not to cave in to the high-pitched lobbying of contractual appointees for service extension in the civil administration.
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Dark shadow dogs AL in godfathers' former bases
The Awami League's efforts to enhance its image ahead of launching an anti-government movement by erasing the dark shadow of godfather-famed former party leaders have been facing resistance in the pockets
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CNG conversion looks set to miss Dec deadline
The government's move to convert all petrol-powered public vehicles into compressed natural gas (CNG)-run ones is not progressing because of opposition from drivers, blamed for fuel pilferage.
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Down to earth
French leave at festival time
Dhaka seems to fall under a spell of work abstention mainly on occasions of big religious festivals. In the cases of big festivals the spree continues for quite some time, say lasting no less than a week.
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B Chy meets professionals
Former president Prof Badruddoza Chowdhury, who stirred the political arena with his recent announcement of an initiative to form a civil society platform, passed another busy day yesterday exchanging
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Blast kills US soldier, four Iraqis
A homemade bomb killed at least four Iraqis and one US soldier when it exploded in a crowded shopping street of the capital yesterday as a US army convoy passed by, hospital and military sources said.
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Zimababwe rift dominates day one of C'wealth summit
McKinnon reelected secretary general for second term
Discord over how to deal with the escalating crisis in Robert Mugabe's Zimbabwe dominated the first day of the Commonwealth summit in Abuja yesterday, as leaders struggled to sidestep the issue.
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2,500 Bodo rebels to surrender today
One of the main rebel groups fighting Indian rule in northeastern Assam will disband this weekend under a peace accord that grants autonomy to the Bodo tribe, officials said yesterday.
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