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Manmohan Singh to be Indian prime minister
Congressmen resign to protest Sonia's decision; distraught workers protest; regional group to join government
India's president yesterday asked the Congress party's Manmohan Singh to form a government, ending days of crisis that paralysed the nation and spooked financial markets.
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Deal signed with Washington to trace groups hostile to US
Software to be installed at ports to track down terrorists
Bangladesh yesterday signed a memorandum of intent (MoI) with the United States to protect American interests in the country and extend full cooperation to the US in identifying individuals or groupssuspected
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Ban on Ahmadiyya Books
Dhaka's tradition as moderate Muslim state going off-track
Rocca also tells Bangladesh may seek US help in arms haul probe
US Assistant Secretary of State for South Asia Christina Rocca yesterday said she conveyed the US concern to the government that Bangladesh's tradition as a moderate Muslim society is going off trackbecause
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Unapproved projects, relentless spending
R&H spends Tk 3,329cr on 2 projects for years under pressure
The roads and highways (R&H) department has spent as much as Tk 3,329 crore until 2003 under two unapproved projects.
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Bangla Bhai men slaughter 2 today
Invite villagers over loudspeaker to attend execution; Naogaon SP unaware
Operatives of Jagrata Muslim Janata Bangladesh (JMJB) last night announced their latest vigilante action by loudspeaker to slaughter in public two villagers with apparent ties to an underground gang in
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500 fishermen missing
Cyclonic surge floods coast
The cyclonic storm brewing over the Bay of Bengal crossed over to Akiyab coast of Myanmar yesterday afternoon, whipping up a tidal surge that flooded parts of the coastal districts and left some 500 fishermen
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10 kids die as missile fired on Gaza crowd
World condemns Israeli raid, death toll rises to 50 in two days
Israeli forces fired a missile and a tank shell yesterday into a large crowd of Palestinians demonstrating against the invasion of a neighboring refugee camp, witnesses said.
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Caribbeans chase 119
Bangladesh put up 118 for 7 on board after electing to bat first in a rain-reduced 25-overs-a-side contest against West Indies yesterday.
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US kills 40 Iraqis at wedding party
A US helicopter fired on a wedding party early yesterday in western Iraq, killing more than 40 people, Iraqi officials said. The US military said it could not confirm the report and was investigating.Lt.
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Govt seeks $75m WB medical aid
Funding uncertain for health ministry's neglect
The government has formally asked its development partners for an aid of $74 million for essential drugs, vaccines, contraceptives and other medicines for union level health centres.
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Air patrol on cards to curb crime at Ctg port
The government has decided to introduce regular air patrol on the outer anchorage of Chittagong port and villages along the port channel of Karnaphuli river and the Bay of Bengal coast in a bid to curb
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Internet telephony caught in red tape
Bureaucratic tangles keep holding back the internet telephony licensing process, denying people access to modern, cheaper technology and the public exchequer counting huge loss.
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EC asks officials to act against code violators
The Election Commission (EC) yesterday asked returning officers responsible for next month's parliamentary by-polls to take stern action against people violating election code of conduct.
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PM briefs Rocca on dev steps
Prime Minister Khaleda Zia yesterday apprised the visiting US Assistant Secretary of State for South Asia Christina Rocca of her government's efforts to consolidate democracy and improve the lot of the
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ADP cut by 6pc
The National Economic Council (NEC) yesterday approved a Tk 19,000 crore revised annual development programme (ADP), 6 percent less than the original one.
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Left parties blast MoI with US
Term it anti-sovereignty
The left-leaning political parties yesterday strongly protested the memorandum of intent (MoI) that Dhaka signed with Washington, terming it a US intervention in Bangladesh's internal affairs.
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'BNP men' attack Proshika office in Pallabi
Alleged adherents of ruling BNP yesterday beat up staff of the Pallabi area development centre (ADC) of non-governmental organisation Proshika, looted cash and valuables said to be worth over Tk 2.
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Rejoinder and our reply
Giasuddin-Al-Mamun protested a report headlined "Posh Gazipur house mystery to locals" published in The Daily Star on May 15.
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US soldier jailed over Iraq abuse
An American soldier was convicted yesterday of abusing Iraqi prisoners in the first court-martial to come out of the Abu Ghraib prison scandal.The judge, Col. James Pohl, gave Spc. Jeremy C.
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Bad governance thwarts uplift
WB country director tells Hasina
World Bank Country Director Christine Wallich yesterday met Leader of the Opposition Sheikh Hasina and identified non-economic factors including lack of governance, law and order downslide and corruption
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Break ties with two forums
Proshika asks Faruque
The governing body of Proshika, a non-government organisation, has asked its president Qazi Faruque Ahmed to disassociate himself from two civil society forums in the greater interest of the organisation.
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Water transport workers threaten strike tomorrow
Water transport workers threatened to go on indefinite strike tomorrow as their deadline to the government to meet their demands, including publication of a government gazette on a new pay scale and its
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Ahsanullah Killing
Four suspects sent to jail
Four suspects in Awami League lawmaker Ahsanullah Master assassination case were sent to jail yesterday on expiry of their six-day police remand.
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Ittefaq not coming out today
The Daily Ittefaq, one of country's oldest dailies, will not hit newsstands today.Sources blamed a dispute over ownership of the vernacular paper for the suspension of its publication.
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Three to die for Trisha murder
The High Court yesterday rejected appeal and confirmed the death sentence to three young men awarded by the lower court for harrying to death a 10-year-old schoolgirl of Gaibandha in 2002.
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