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JS body for better ties with India
A parliamentary body yesterday asked the government to take special efforts to improve diplomatic ties with India, as the committee believes relations with the next-door neighbour are at their lowestebb.
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Sirajganj Power Plant
Another bidder pulls out
Bangladeshi power company Summit backtracked from participating in the second tender for the 450 megawatt Sirajganj Power Project following the retreat of Malaysian bidder Genting Barhard expressing its
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Crawling ADP projects
Projects take five times the normal duration to get nod
Although the guideline dictates that approval of a project under the Annual Development Programme should not take more than 105 days, a recent government study found the development projects actuallytake
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Tata wants 2 TCF gas for 30 years
Tata Group, leading Indian industrial house, on the second day of the first-round negotiations with Petrobangla yesterday said it requires 2 trillion cubic feet (TCF) gas over 30 years for its proposed
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England take control
England were in the driving seat of the first Test against Bangladesh halfway through the final session on the first day at Lord's here Thursday.
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Politics stops DU to honour professors
Dhaka University (DU) could not award its eminent professors the highest post of honour, Emeritus Professor, in the last 23 years due to politics and alleged rivalry among the teachers.
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Waters keep rushing in from Manu river
The flood situation in Moulvibazar district worsened further yesterday with inundation of fresh areas by gushing waters coming through some new breaches of the Manu flood protection embankment.
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Inefficient judiciary holds back good governance
Says Moudud, stresses permanent posts of govt attorneys as remedy
Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Barrister Moudud Ahmed yesterday said inefficiency of the judiciary is a major obstacle to establishing good governance in the country.
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Crackdown Backfires
Malaysia eases rules for foreign workers
Under pressure from an acute labour shortage caused by the expulsion of hundred of thousands of illegal workers, Malaysia has eased its rules for employing foreigners, saying they can seek jobs afterentering
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Us Envoy on Millennium Funds
Dhaka has to take steps to qualify
Bangladesh has to take certain measures to qualify for development assistance from the United States' Millennium Challenge Account (MCA),a special aid programme for developing countries, US Ambassador
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AL to dissolve Dhaka city unit
The main opposition Awami League (AL) policymakers have decided in principle to dissolve the existing Dhaka city unit committee of the party and bring in new faces by dropping both Mohammad Hanif andMofazzal
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Assam CM now says 'illegal Bangladeshis' no threat
Within weeks of informing the Indian Supreme Court that "large-scale illegal immigration from Bangladesh" was a problem, Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi changed his position and said he did not consider
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Crackdown on Khulna thugs next month
Khulna Metropolitan Police (KMP) will begin in the middle of the next month a crackdown on criminals in accordance with a new list now in preparation, said a KMP source.
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Kibria Killing
Peaceful protest to continue, says Reza Kibria
Reza Kibria, son of former finance minister Shah AMS Kibria, yesterday said the "Blue for Peace" campaign to protest the killing of his father in the January 27 grenade attack will continue until thereal
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'Crossfire' kills outlaw leader in Chuadanga
A regional leader of outlawed Purbo Banglar Communist Party (PBCP) was killed in "crossfire" during a gunfight between Cobra unit of the police and the PBCP cadres at village Sailgari in Chuadanga Sadar
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Correction
The table attached to yesterday's The Daily Star report headlined "Ambitious ADP okayed for next fiscal year" had inadvertent mistakes.
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Global warming to increase world hunger: UN
Global warming is likely to significantly diminish food production in many countries and greatly increase the number of hungry people, the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organisation said yesterday.
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Iraq unveils massive security offensive
Iraq's government will pour tens of thousands of Iraqi troops into Baghdad in an unprecedented operation to seal off the city and hunt insurgents who have launched a fresh wave of violence, ministerssaid
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