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Cut crime, essentials' prices to get reelected
BNP lawmakers ask Saifur in pre-budget talks
Ruling BNP legislators at a pre-budget meeting with Finance Minister M Saifur Rahman yesterday said if the party wanted to get re-elected, it must improve law and order and tame (the wild horse of) price
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Rain may ease heat and dust tomorrow
The rising temperature in the capital and the northwest and southwest may come down slightly by tomorrow, as there are chances of rain today in some parts of the country including Dhaka.
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Twister
Homeless camp out, 2 more die in Netrakona
Two more people injured in Wednesday's tornado died at Netrakona General Hospital yesterday, bringing to 42 the number of victims killed in the storm, while residents of five twister-affected villages
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PM invites big pvt investment in textiles
Promises all-out govt help to local, foreign investors
Prime Minister Khaleda Zia yesterday urged private sector entrepreneurs to invest in a big way in textiles and promised them all assistance of her government.
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RU appoints 544 staff against 270 posts
Irregularities alleged in employment process
The Rajshahi University (RU) authorities yesterday appointed 544 third and fourth class staff against 270 vacant posts for the categories.
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The Daily Star-Campe Roundtable
Govt welcomes pvt sector contribution to basic edu
The government will welcome any private sector initiative to the basic education programmes, like the setting up of foundations or trusts in cooperation with it, Finance Minister M Saifur Rahman saidyesterday.
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Ctg Arms Haul
Dhaka to share information with Delhi
Dhaka will share 'substantive' and 'conclusive' information with Delhi on the April 2 arms haul in Chittagong, Foreign Minister M Morshed Khan said yesterday.
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Judiciary Separation
Govt faces contempt charge
The government faces contempt of court proceedings for violating the Supreme Court (SC)'s directives on separation of judiciary.
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Ship sinking near Patenga coast
A cargo ship owned by the state-owned Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Corporation (BIWTC) started sinking near Patenga coast on Friday, as seawater entered into its hatch following a leakage in theengine
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Regional council to oversee CHT uplift efforts
The government yesterday decided to delegate the authority to oversee development in the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) region to its regional council in line with the peace accord on the highlands.
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Explosives Seizure`
Bank, customs officials' roles under lens
Authorities of all land ports have been asked to exercise maximum caution in handling imported goods following Wednesday's seizure of about 14.
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Budget steps to ease rice production cost on cards
Anwar tells workshop
Agriculture Minister MK Anwar yesterday said the cost of rice production is alarmingly high in Bangladesh, but the next fiscal's budget will provide enough support measures for farmers to offset the high
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Bush, Blair support UN broad control over Iraq
President Bush and British Prime Minister Tony Blair, standing united on two turbulent fronts, endorsed giving the United Nations broad control over Iraq's political future Friday and said a much-criticised
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US soldier kidnapped, Japanese freed
A 20-year-old US military reservist was paraded as a hostage by insurgents in Iraq as talks resumed Saturday on ways to end the bloodshed in Fallujah, the Sunni stronghold west of Baghdad.
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KEPZ chief clinically dead in Bangkok
The body of Golam Rabbani, managing director of Korean Export Processing Zone (KEPZ) and also an ex-naval commodore, may be flown back to Dhaka from Bangkok today.
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Hasina renews call for unity to dislodge govt
Lefts join AL's meet on Mujibnagar Day
Awami League (AL) President Sheikh Hasina yesterday renewed her call to all like-minded parties to launch a united movement to dislodge the coalition government.
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Myanmar junta allows Suu Kyi's party to reopen HQ
No word on the leader's release
Military-ruled Myanmar has allowed Aung San Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy to reopen its headquarters nearly a year after it was closed in a crackdown against the opposition, a party official
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Pak foreign secy not coming tomorrow
The visit of Pakistan's Foreign Secretary Riaz Khokar, who was scheduled to arrive tomorrow, has been rescheduled in the first week of next month.
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Harun appears in court for bail tommorow
Leading businessman Yussuf Abdullah Harun will appear before a Comilla court tomorrow to seek bail in a case filed against him on charge of attempting to kill a resident of Muradnagar in Comilla.
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JCD men beat up journalists during looting
Police failed to make any headway into their probe into Friday's assault on four people including two journalists allegedly by Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal ( JCD) cadres while ransacking and looting a drug
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'Criminal' shot dead in Mohammadpur
Unknown assailants gunned down a youth, allegedly second-in-command of a criminal outfit, at Shekhertek in Mohammadpur yesterday morning, witnesses said.
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