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Bar on Medical Lab Reagents
Tests go haywire as substandard chemicals used
A restriction on import of 12 categories of lab chemicals prompted widespread use of low-grade substances in private diagnostic laboratories and hospitals, leading to false and inaccurate diagnoses.
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Probes into sensational cases fizzle out
Probes into three sensational cases in recent times -- arson attack on a double-decker bus at Sheraton Hotel crossing, assassination of frontline opposition lawmaker Ahsanullah Master and attempt on writer
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Rain waterlogs Dhaka
Much of the city was reeling from water after daylong driving rains virtually clogged the drainage system yesterday.The capital experienced 49 mm of rainfall that caused waterlogging in severalplaces.
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Candidacy was not a cause for OIC defeat
Morshed says it was victory for the organisation's democracy
Foreign Minister M Morshed Khan has dismissed accusations by opposition parties and former diplomats that the nomination of Salauddin Quader Chowdhury as candidate for the post of secretary general of
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Schoolboy escapes abduction attempt
A schoolboy on Thursday escaped from the hands of kidnappers and traffic police caught two alleged abductors in front of Motijheel Railway Hospital.
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US hostage in Saudi Arabia beheaded
An al-Qaeda group said yesterday it killed American hostage Paul M Johnson Jr, posting an Internet message that showed photographs of a beheaded body.
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CNG Autorickshaw Scam
JS body itself to probe as PM wants report
Sub-committee still in slumber
A parliamentary body plans to open a probe into the alleged autorickshaw scam on its own as its sub-committee assigned with the task dragged its feet and the prime minister prodded the parent committee
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Paradox of poverty and unspent funds
Tk 60,000 crore lies in aid pipeline, banks, coffer, yet vital areas lack money
A paradox in Bangladesh's economy is that huge amounts of money remain unused whereas 40 percent of its people live below poverty line.
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WB provides $91m for water supply, education
The World Bank yesterday approved US$ 91 million grant for two projects aimed at the development of rural water supply and primary education, said a press release by the World Bank.
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Bulgaria's Euro dream killed off
Bulgaria became the second country to be knocked out of Euro 2004 when goals from Jon Dahl Tomasson and Jesper Gronkjaer lifted Denmark to a 2-0 win over the 1994 World Cup semi-finalists here yesterday.
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Mayors want more power, single authority
Five of the country's six city corporation mayors have decided to demand and press for more power and an immediate end to dual administration in their metropolises.
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EU close to deal on new constitution
Leaders from 25 countries of the European Union are "tantalisingly close" to reaching a deal on a new constitution, a top official said yesterday.
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3 of a family acid-burnt
Criminals in Comilla threw acid on three members of a family including two children, a sequel to previous enmity over land dispute, in the early hours of yesterday.
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Terror suspects kept in 'secret' US detention centers
HR group says
The United States is holding terrorism suspects in more than two dozen detention centers worldwide and about half of these operate in total secrecy, said a human rights report released on Thursday.
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Journalist Syed Quahhar dead
A senior journalist, veteran unionist and assistant editor of the now defunct Dainik Bangla Syed Abdul Quahhar died at his Mirpur residence yesterday morning. He was 65.
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Cop held on charge of extortion
A police constable claiming himself to be a detective was arrested on Thursday evening for his attempt to extort money from a businessperson.
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