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HC halts election to JS reserved seats for women
The High Court (HC) yesterday directed the government and the Election Commission (EC) not to hold polls to 45 seats reserved for women in the Jatiya Sangsad, until hearing of a writ petition challenging
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Huge Gas Bill Arrears
Petrobangla seeks cabinet help
Petrobangla has turned to the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs to recover its arrears of gas bills worth Tk 697 crore from 30 government entities, including a number of ministries, and three autonomous
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ACC hamstrung by crises
Acting Secretary Matin resigns; commission stumbles without staff, rules
Confusion reigns supreme at the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) which is yet to set its rules, regulations and staffing one and a half months into its formation.
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Baghdad governor assassinated
Bomber kills 11 at police checkpoint
Gunmen killed Baghdad's governor in Iraq's highest-profile assassination in eight months and a suicide bomber killed 11 people at a police checkpoint yesterday in an escalating campaign to wreck the January
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NGOs, groups to run community clinics
The Ministry of Health has decided to run 12,000 community clinics (CCs) at union level across the country through non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and local community groups in phases beginningthis
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Rapists, traffickers prey on tsunami survivors
Death toll nears 146,000
Thieves, rapists, traffickers and hoaxers are preying on tsunami survivors and families of victims in Asian refugee camps and hospitals and in the home countries of European tourists hit by the wave.
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Changes in admin
The government yesterday brought some changes to the civil administration and gave postings to a number of senior officials who have been OSDs (officers on special duty) since their promotion.
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7.1pc rise in cost of living
Cost of living in 2004 rose by 7.10 percent on average while prices of essentials by 3.42 percent, a consumer watchdog said yesterday.
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Rezakul new NSI boss
The government yesterday appointed Brigadier General Rezakul Haider Chowdhury PSC as the director general of National Security Intelligence (NSI) on deputation, according to an official notification.
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Hasina, Joy visit Tungipara today
Opposition leader Sheikh Hasina along with her son Sajib Wajed Joy and daughter-in-law Christine will visit her ancestral home at Tungipara in Gopalganj today.
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Tanore rape
Court orders probe
A magistrate court yesterday ordered a Criminal Investigation Department probe into the Tanore gang-rape that took place 17 years ago.
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Anti-govt Action
CPB skips opposition meet
Leaders of the Communist Party of Bangladesh (CPB) yesterday did not attend a meeting of the mainstream opposition parties.
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Acc Secy Appointment
Chamber judge refrains from passing order
The Supreme Court (SC) yesterday refrained from passing any order on the government move against a High Court (HC) stay on the appointment of Reza-e-Rabbi as secretary to the Anti-Corruption Commission
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Clarification
The Ministry of Agriculture has sent a clarification to The Daily Star regarding a report titled "Ministry 'ignorance' blocks Tk 43 crore farm funds" published on January 2, 2005.
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Another held in Banshkhali carnage
Another accused in the brutal Banshkhali carnage, which left 11 members of a minority family burnt alive over a year ago, was arrested yesterday.
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Kuwaiti troops held over 'plot'
The Kuwaiti army says it has detained a number of soldiers suspected of plotting to attack "friendly forces" - a reference to US troops there.
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