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Donors warned not to interfere
Says PM in JS, denies Islamist militancy
Prime Minister Khaleda Zia in parliament yesterday warned the donor agencies and foreign nations against interfering in the country's domestic affairs.
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Caretaker System
Govt rejects reforms demand
The government yesterday sniffed at the opposition's demand for reform of the caretaker government system, asking it to table its suggestions for ensuring free and fair elections in parliament ratherthan
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Buriganga turns into a toxic dump
Severe pollution has reduced the river Buriganga into a 'dumping drain' of toxic refuse, threatening millions of people living on its banks with serious health hazards and a loss of their livelihoods.
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Judiciary Separation
HC grants govt one more month
The Supreme Court yesterday granted one more month to the government to separate the judiciary from the executive in line with its 12-point directive.
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Gas supply likely to improve this month
2 new fields to add gas to national grid
Gas supply is likely to improve from this month as two new fields-- Moulavibazar and Haripur -- will supply gas to the national grid, and the off-shore Sangu field will increase its supply.
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Talks at Agartala
BDR firmly opposes border fencing
Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) yesterday firmly opposed construction of barbed wire fences by Indian Border Security Force (BSF) within 150 yards of the no man's land on the first day of the high-level BDR-BSF
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Kolkata Test starts today
India are undecided over whether to include off-spinner Harbhajan Singh for the second Test against Pakistan starting today because of a green Eden Gardens pitch.
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Lensmen protest Rab assault on colleague
Photojournalists yesterday kept their cameras shut for 15 minutes demanding punishment of the Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) men responsible for assaulting SM Gorky, chief photojournalist of the daily Jugantor.
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Deadline setting goes against constitution
Says Huda on judiciary separation
Communications Minister Nazmul Huda yesterday said the direction issued to the government to separate the judiciary was in violation of the constitution.
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Bangladesh most dangerous country in S Asia for journos
Threats against press freedom 'spiked' in Asia
Threats against press freedom in Asia "spiked" last year, as authoritarian regimes in North Korea and Myanmar kept a tight grip on the media while the Philippines remained the deadliest place in the continent
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Premier, Al-Arafah Banks
BB assigns officials to monitor activities
Bangladesh Bank (BB) yesterday assigned two senior officials to monitor the activities of the board members of Premier Bank and Al-Arafah Islami Bank.
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Health programme to get $105m more aid
The Ministry of Health will receive a supplementary fund of $105 million, in addition to $200 million already committed by the World Bank last week, for the on-going Health, Nutrition, Population Sector
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Saifur's wrong statistics
Finance Minister M Saifur Rahman has lately been spreading misinformation and citing incorrect figures in support of his censures of the media.
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HC grants bail to Partha
The High Court (HC) yesterday granted interim bail in both the cases filed against Shaibal Saha Partha, 201 days after his arrest on charge of sending email threat to kill opposition leader Sheikh Hasina.
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Women's reserved seats a blow to democracy
Says Dr M Zahir
Senior Supreme Court lawyer Dr M Zahir yesterday said the 14th amendment to the constitution that introduced the provision for 45 reserved seats of women in parliament is a big blow to the concept ofdemocracy.
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Clarification
Ruling BNP lawmaker Abdul Mannan in a clarification said that the prefix 'heated debate' used in a report headlined 'Reining in BNP MPs' run by The Daily Star on March 13 was incorrect.
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Alternate Job
Microcredit for tobacco growers soon
Health and Family Welfare Minister Khandakar Mosharraf Hossain has said a microcredit project will be launched soon for the tobacco farmers to discourage tobacco production.
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Flats to get costlier
Real estate developers are going to raise the price of flats in the face of increasing cost of construction materials, Real Estate and Housing Association of Bangladesh (Rehab) leaders yesterday saidat
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Rice kicks off Asia trip with push for Indo-Pak peace
US may signal willingness to sell F-16s to both rivals
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice arrived in the Indian capital yesterday at the start a six-nation tour of Asia which she said was in the midst of "tremendous change".
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2 senior bank staff jailed
A Dhaka court yesterday sentenced two senior bank officials and three others to seven years' rigorous imprisonment (RI) for misappropriating Tk 30 lakh in August 1988.
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Fisherman fights tiger for life
A fisherman on Monday fought for about 15 minutes with a man-eating Royal Bengal Tiger and managed to survive the attack in the deep forest in the Sundarbans.
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Nephew admits killing doctor, maid
Aminul Islam yesterday confessed to killing his aunt-in-law Dr Nazneen, a dengue specialist at Suhrawardy hospital, and her maid, Parvin, on March 7 at her Central Road house in the city.
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Contempt Case
Judgement against 2 dailies Monday
The High Court (HC) will deliver on Monday the judgement in the contempt case filed against two Bangla dailies for running reports on an HC additional judge's alleged tampering with his LLB results.
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Fun fire injures army man
Sepahi Delwar Hossain of Bandarban Sadar zone was injured while on duty by a bullet fired out of fun by his colleague at the Bengehari Army Camp of Roangehari upazila at about 8:30pm on Monday.
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Cop held with phensidyle
The Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) last night arrested a constable of Savar Police Station along with 200 bottles of phensidyle.
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Pakistan 'lost' Laden trail
Pakistani forces had their best chance of capturing Osama bin Laden last year, but they lost the trail, President Pervez Musharraf has told the BBC.
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Home secy's contract ends today
The government is still undecided about appointing a new secretary for the Ministry of Home Affairs while the contract of the incumbent secretary expires today.
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