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Little growth in next year's ADP
At Tk 21,475cr, the ADP for FY05 will see only 5.78pc increase
The Annual Development Programme (ADP) for the next fiscal year beginning July has been proposed to be set at Tk 21,475 crore, a meagre 5.78 percent higher than this year's development outlay.
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14th Amendment Bill
Govt drops provision for interim local govt chief
The government last night withdrew from the proposed 14th constitution amendment bill the controversial provision for appointing interim administrators to elected local government bodies on expiry oftheir
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Congress, allies sweep in Andhra, BJP jolted
India's ruling Hindu nationalists were jolted yesterday when their largest partner was crushed in state elections, compounding fears that national polls held at the same time will end in a hung parliament.
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Polls reform key to fighting graft
WB VP Patel tells The Daily Star
World Bank's Vice-president for South Asia Praful C Patel sees electoral financial reform as a very vital element to prove the government's seriousness to deal with corruption and malpractices in polls.
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Drop case or we dig out body
Killers threaten Ahsanullah's family
The assassins of Awami League (AL) lawmaker Ahsanullah Master are threatening to take away his body from the grave in an attempt to press the family into withdrawing the murder case.
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WI tour opener today
Seventy-two hours of travelling had tested the physical limits of the Bangladesh cricket team when they landed at the ET Joshua Airport in St Vincent on Saturday afternoon.
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AL on course to join JS today
The main opposition Awami League (AL) is likely to stage a comeback to parliament today as the Jatiya Sangsad goes into session this afternoon ending a 12-day recess to adopt an obituary reference onslain
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HSC exams off to a clean start
For the first time in the country, only about 180 examinees were expelled for adopting unfair means on the first day of the Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) examinations under the seven education boards
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EPZ workers to vote on TU
Saifur, US envoy agree on draft proposal
Workers at the country's six export processing zones (EPZs) will vote to decide whether or not to have trade unions, according to a revised draft proposal agreed to by the finance ministry, US government
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Proshika HQ raided again
Police arrest 12 staff
Law enforcers arrested 12 Proshika employees in a raid on the non-governmental organisation's headquarters in Mirpur yesterday for attacking some of their disgruntled colleagues, who demonstrated allegedly
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US, UK seek to limit abuse damage
Red Cross asked to drop confidentiality policy on dealing with Iraqi prisoners
The United States and its main Iraq war ally, Britain, sought Monday to limit fallout from the Iraq prisoner abuse scandal as a leaked report said the Red Cross alerted them months ago to such mistreatment.
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3 artillery units, 3 infantry battalions soon: PM
Prime Minister Khaleda Zia yesterday said three more artillery units, three infantry battalions, three field workshop companies and three field ambulance units would be commissioned soon to strengthen
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Six Israeli troops blown up in Gaza
Palestinian militants yesterday blew up six Israeli soldiers riding in an explosives-packed troop carrier during a raid in the Gaza Strip in the deadliest ambush against Israeli forces in 18 months.
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Ershad Shikder buried
Dreaded homicidal killer Ershad Shikder was buried at Tootpara graveyard at 9:53 yesterday morning after Khulna District Jail authorities handed over the body to his first wife Khodeja Begum at 7:20am.
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Zealots besiege Ahmadiyya mosque today
Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat, Bangladesh (AMJB) yesterday expressed concern for the security of its followers in Patuakhali town as religious bigots have threatened to lay siege to their mosque there.
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O, A levels examinees fear hartal fallout
Guardians of O-level and A-level examinees are wary of hartals interrupting the examinations in the wake of the latest political uncertainty over the assassination of an opposition lawmaker.
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ADB to fund 2 power units
Asian Development Bank (ADB) will provide fund to set up two power generation plants each with 450 megawatt at Sirajganj and Meghnaghat in Siddhirganj.
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Ahsanullah Killing
AL asks govt to withdraw press note
The main opposition Awami League (AL) yesterday asked the government to withdraw what it said is the false, baseless and motivated press note on the killing of AL lawmaker Ahsanullah Master and demanded
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PBCP kills four rival outlaws
Another extremist leader hacked to death
Suspected underground operatives of the outlawed Purbo Banglar Communist Party (PBCP) yesterday killed four members of a rival extremist group and seriously injured another at Ataikula of Sadar upazila.
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Alliance picks Falu, Momin for by-polls
The ruling Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) yesterday nominated Prime Minister's Political Secretary Mosaddak Ali Falu and Momin Ali as candidates of the ruling four-party alliance for the June 6 parliamentary
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US to slap sanctions on Syria this week
President George W. Bush will this week impose sanctions on Syria for allegedly supporting terrorism and failing to close its border with Iraq to forces targeting US troops there, a US official said Monday.
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Election tribunals formed
The Election Commission (EC) has constituted election tribunals to settle disputes relating to the just concluded pourasabha polls.
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