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Rich-poor gap widens
The income disparity between the poor and the rich widened in six years until 2004, a new national survey has revealed, making it a case that growth does not touch everyone equally.
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New pay scale to get cabinet nod Monday
WB, IMF have reservations about it, says Saifur
Finance Minister M Saifur Rahman yesterday said the new pay scale for government employees will be approved in next Monday's cabinet meeting.
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Saarc Summit
Pakistan may declare date for Nov 12-13
Congo ambush won't deter Dhaka, says Morshed
Pakistan is likely to formally announce a fresh date for the 13th Saarc (South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation) Summit in Dhaka -- November 12-13 -- as proposed by host Bangladesh.
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New wind in Bimstec
Negative list exchange for FTA in June, foreign secretaries meet in Dhaka May 31
Officials of the member countries of the Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (Bimstec) will meet in Colombo in the first week of June to exchange the negative
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69 Bangladeshis arrested in Kenya
Cops probe their 'links' to terrorism, drugs, human trafficking; Dhaka asks its mission for report
Kenyan police said yesterday they were investigating 69 Bangladeshi nationals arrested in the country's port city of Mombasa for possible links to terrorism, drugs and human trafficking, reports AFP.
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HC rule on govt as HR body not formed
The High Court (HC) yesterday asked the government and the Parliament Secretariat to explain why it (government) should not be directed to form a National Human Rights Commission for protecting humanrights.
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PM avoids Nasir at Ctg to fuel rumours
Official at PMO dismisses resignation report
Khaleda Zia's avoiding meeting Mir Nasir during her visit to Chittagong yesterday fuelled speculation that the defeated mayoral candidate would be forced to resign as the state minister for civil aviation
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Extra-judicial Killings
Hasina demands judicial inquiry
Sheikh Hasina has demanded a judicial inquiry into the extra-judicial killings by Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) in the name of 'crossfire'.
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WB Immunity Bill
JS body to place report with note of approval
Chairman of the parliamentary standing committee on finance ministry will submit a report recommending passing of the much-talked about bill that proposes immunity to the World Bank in its operation in
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'Hundreds' die in Uzbek cop firing
Killing ensues protest over arrest of 23 on charge of Islamist militancy
Thousands of terrified Uzbeks fled for the border yesterday but hundreds angrily returned to the square where police fired on demonstrators to put down an uprising against country's authoritarian US-allied
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9 US troops,100 Iraqis killed
The US military said yesterday nine of its troops were killed in an offensive against insurgents and foreign fighters in western Iraq, and guerrillas struck again in Baghdad, leaving at least five people
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BNP man killed in 'crossfire'
'Highway robber' dies in 'shootout'
A BNP man allegedly linked with outlaws was killed in 'crossfire' in Kushtia and an alleged highway robber died in a 'shootout' with police in Jhenidah yesterday.
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Sea quake hits Sumatra again
An earthquake measuring 6.9 on the Richter scale rocked parts of Indonesia's Sumatra island yesterday, renewing fears of a tsunami but there were no immediate reports of casualties or damage.
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7 cops sued for killing a man
Seven policemen including the officer-in-charge (OC) of Kafrul Police Station were sued yesterday for "killing" a youth in Agargaon in the capital on May 8.
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Decorators of Pm's Dais
Indian HC staff visit 9 detainees in Comilla jail
First Secretary of the Indian High Commission Niraj Singh and Assistant Consular ZK Mukharjee visited Comilla district jail yesterday to see the nine Indian nationals detained there for about two months.
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China opposes new US textile quotas
China said yesterday it opposed a US decision to impose new quotas on some Chinese clothing imports, calling the move a violation of international standards of free trade.
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Karzai urges US action over Quran
Afghan President Hamid Karzai urged the United States yesterday to prosecute and punish anyone found guilt of desecrating the Quran as anti-US protests flared for a fifth day.
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