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Fuel price hike again
Pricey diesel to hit farmers; inflation feared to spike further
Bowing to multilateral donors' insistence, the government yesterday increased the prices of diesel, kerosene and petrol only six months into the last price hike.
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HC asks EC to collect info on MP aspirants
The High Court yesterday ordered the Election Commission (EC) to collect information on parliamentary election candidates' academic qualification, profession, source of income, criminal records, if any,
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New CEC also wants free secretariat
Believes opposition will accept him
New Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) MA Aziz yesterday said he favours an independent Election Commission (EC) secretariat but has not looked into his predecessor's proposals about reforms to the ECand
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Savar Factory Collapse
HC asks why not probe by judge
Blocks owners' disposing of assets
The High Court yesterday issued a rule asking the government why it should not be directed to form a commission headed by a sitting or a retired Supreme Court judge to inquire into the factory collapse
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Bloated ADP finalised with polls in view
The government has finalised a Tk 25,290 crore outlay, 10.62 percent higher than the current one, for the next fiscal year's Annual Development Programme (ADP) and non-ADP.
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SCBA mulls ways to continue agitation
The Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) is mulling going ahead with its agitation by modifying some of its aspects to take it out of the purview of the Supreme Court ban on agitation by lawyers on its
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50,000 marooned in Moulvibazar flashfloods
At least 50 thousand people of Kamalganj and Kulaura upazilas in the district have been marooned as 80 villages under 12 unions of the two upazilas have been inundated by flood water due to excessiverainfall
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Hasina says Aziz picked to rig national polls
Rules out co-operation with new CEC
Leader of the Opposition Sheikh Hasina yesterday said the government has unilaterally appointed the new chief election commissioner (CEC) to clear the way for rigging the ballot in the coming generalelections.
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Cops nab 566 in crime busting drive
To quash a sharp rise in robbery and mugging in recent months, the law enforcement agencies in special drives nabbed as many as 566 suspected criminals from different areas of the city in only 24 hours
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Trination pipeline
Private firm in talks for financing consortium
A Dhaka-based private company began negotiations with public and private investors and financial institutions to set up an international consortium for financing the planned tri-nation Myanmar-Bangladesh-India
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Nazrul's birth anniversary today
Today is the 106th birth anniversary of Rebel Poet Kazi Nazrul Islam.
To mark the day, the government as well as socio-cultural and political organisations have chalked out elaborate programmes.
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Satkhira bigots hold rallies defying ban
Religious bigots led by Khatme Nabuwat held two rallies in violation of the district administration's prohibition of assembly in Shyampur bazaar of Satkhira yesterday, causing panic among the local Ahmadiyyas.
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Illegal Operation
14 more cargo vessels seized
Fourteen cargo vessels were seized and fined yesterday, the second day of a government clampdown on unregistered and unlicensed vessels.
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Car bombs kill 8 GIs, 6 Iraqis in Baghdad
A car bomb exploded yesterday near a Baghdad junior high school for girls, killing six people, and seven American soldiers were killed in two days of bombings in and around Baghdad, a day after 62 Iraqis
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Kibria Killing Case
Why 4 accused can't retract their statement
HC orders govt to explain
The High Court yesterday issued a rule on the government to explain in three weeks why four accused in the former minister Shah AMS Kibria killing case would not be allowed to retract their confessional
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16 fall sick of gas poisoning
At least 16 people including a newly wed couple fell sick after an incident of suspected gas poisoning at city's South Kattali area in the early hours yesterday.
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Rab asked to track down phone extortionists
State Minister for Home Affairs Lutfozzaman Babar yesterday said 50 percent task of executive investigation has so far been completed to try the accused Rab (Rapid Action Battalion) members under theexisting
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AL, BNP men's politics abroad tainting image
JS body observes
A parliamentary body yesterday observed that activists of the political parties, particularly the Awami League and the BNP, are tarnishing Bangladesh's image abroad by squabbling with each other on foreign
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3 killed in road crash
Three people including a Union Parishad (UP) member and a school teacher were killed when a passenger bus collided head-on with a truck on Dhaka-Mymensingh highway yesterday morning.
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RU JCD men block highway for 2 hours
Activists of Rajshahi University Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal unit barricaded the Rajshahi-Dhaka highway near Kajla for two hours yesterday to get a Rajshahi University teacher's motorbike released.
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Mob kills mugger, extortionist
An extortionist and a mugger died yesterday after being critically injured in mob beatings in city's Khilgaon and Kafrul areas.
Three muggers and an extortionist were also arrested during the incidents.
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Contempt Charges
Judge, Shoaib,PP apologise to High Court
A Dhaka court judge, the public prosecutor (PP) and the sacked managing director (MD) of Inqilab TV appeared in person before the High Court to face contempt charges yesterday and tendered unqualified
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Ghalib remanded
A court here yesterday placed four people, including Dr Asadullah Al Galib, leader of the outlawed Jamiatul Mujahideen, on a three-day remand in the Ullapara Grameen Bank blast case.
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