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Judiciary Separation
Nine bureaucrats face contempt proceedings
SC finds distortion of its 12-point directive
The Supreme Court (SC) yesterday asked nine government officials why contempt proceedings should not be drawn against them for distorting the decisions of the court on separation of the judiciary.
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Election to reserved seats for women to be indirect
AL deputies walk out as House passes bill
The Jatiya Sangsad yesterday passed a bill for election to the 45 reserved seats for women in parliament on the basis of proportional representation of parties or alliances amid strong protest and a noisy
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3 of a family, another killed in Jurain fire
150 makeshift houses burnt down, 600 rendered homeless
A blazing fire killed four people including three of a family at a shanty town in west Jurain in the capital on Sunday, burning down at least 150 makeshift houses and leaving more than 600 residents homeless.
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HR workers against indemnity to law enforcers
Local and international rights activists yesterday called for nullifying the impunity provision from the constitution as they found it a fundamental obstacle to the promotion and implementation of human
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8 GIs killed in Iraq attacks
12 policemen die in suicide bomb blast
A suicide car bomber ploughed into policemen waiting to collect their salary at a police station west of Ramadi yesterday, killing 12 people in the latest insurgent attack on Iraq's beleaguered security
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Drowning in debt
Flood damage forces hungry families in Gaibandha into the jaws of loan sharks
Villagers in Thana Kalsi say small loans that at first lessened their hardship after July-August twin floods in this northern region massively damaged crops and houses have now mired them in high-interest
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All set to hold Ijtema
Preparations for holding the Biswa Ijtema at Tongi near the capital have been completed and devotees will start arriving at the Ijtema ground tomorrow.
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Govt Recruitment
BNP, allies happy with withdrawal order
Leaders of the BNP-led ruling alliance are happy with the withdrawal of the cancellation order of recruitment of class three and four employees for district administrations and other low-level government
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Opposition holds rally at Tentulia
Leaders of 14 opposition parties led by the Awami League (AL) yesterday expressed their resolve to dislodge the BNP-led coalition government through a mass movement across the country.
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100m may die if flu pandemic occurs
A global outbreak is almost certain: WHO
Up to 100 million people could die within weeks if a bird flu pandemic broke out, a senior World Health Organisation official warned Monday as he urged nations to make urgent preparations to mitigateits
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Russia offers supplier's credit for 420MW units
Russian Energy Minister Sergey A Oganesyan yesterday proposed to set up two more 210-megawatt power units at Siddhirganj under supplier's credit, a lending system the government discourages.
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Tata opening Dhaka office
Indian industrial giant Tata Group yesterday told the government that it is opening an office in Dhaka 'very soon'.
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AL leaders slate deaths in Rab 'crossfire'
Two senior Awami League (AL) lawmakers yesterday criticised the deaths in 'so-called crossfire' involving Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) and demanded the home minister's statement on the matter in parliament.
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Pakistan test-fires N-capable missile
Pakistan test-fired a short-range nuclear capable missile early yesterday, its fifth missile test this year alongside peace talks with nuclear rival India.
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Tigress found dead in Sundarbans
Some fishermen found the body of a Royal Bengal tigress Saturday afternoon from the Sundarbans adjacent to Koira Patrol Outpost under Baniakhali Station of the western wing of the Sundarbans Forest Division
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Suu Kyi's house arrest extended
Myanmar's detained democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi has had her period of house arrest extended by another year, her opposition party and officials said yesterday.
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Partha's discharge petition hearing on Jan 5
Lawyers yesterday submitted a petition for discharging Saibal Saha Partha, arrested on suspicion of e-mailing the Prothom Alo with a threat to kill the Leader of the Opposition Sheikh Hasina.
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Doctored Certificates
CU meet today to find new chief of special committee
An emergency meeting of Chittagong University (CU) syndicate today takes place to appoint a new chief of the special committee formed earlier to work out a way of cancelling doctored certificates.
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