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Dollar Crisis
Saifur rejects MCCI bailout call
Says profiteering put banks in trouble, govt needs forex reserve for priority imports
While a leading business chamber urges the central bank to release foreign currency quickly before a current dollar crisis further dents the country's image abroad, the finance minister brushes off any
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Corruption eats up Desa's Tk 2,000cr
JS body blames the power authority for not collecting bills
A parliamentary body yesterday blasted Dhaka Electric Supply Authority (Desa) for a Tk 2,000 crore deficit in its account, saying the huge amount of money is traceless due to corruption and irregularities
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Waterlogging in Dhaka
Unplanned roads, illegal structures blamed
Unplanned crossroads and illegal structures blocking water flow in the city's remaining canals are the main causes of waterlogging, said the steering committee studying the nagging problem.
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Dhaka waterlogged again
Heavy rainfall for six hours at a stretch yesterday caused immense sufferings to city dwellers as temporary waterlogging obstructed traffic movement at city's major junctions slowing down movement ofthe
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News Analysis
JS bodies' anti-graft moves turn futile
The parliamentary committee system is a glaring example of how a good initiative to curb corruption and irregularities in the government machinery turns futile due to lack of cooperation from the ministries
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BDR man dies in gunfight with smugglers
A BDR (Bangladesh Rifles) man was killed and a smuggler injured in a gunfight between the border guards and a gang of smugglers on Benapole border early yesterday.
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PM seeks Japanese help for Padma Bridge
Prime Minister Khaleda Zia yesterday urged Japan to assist in building another major bridge over the river Padma, which will complete the linking of different parts of Bangladesh into a single economic
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Lalmatia 'robbers' were petty traders
Cops say at least one had no criminal record
Five of the six alleged robbers killed in police firing at Kazipara and Lalmatia in the capital on Tuesday have been identified.
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London Bombings
4 'Pakistan origin attackers' were UK bred
Police on Wednesday hunted for a mastermind behind suicide bombings in London as the country reeled from news that the four suspected attackers, Muslims of Pakistani origin, had been born and broughtup
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Hospitals get equipment before staff
The health ministry is furnishing two hospitals with expensive equipment without recruiting adequate number of physicians and technicians for three years under the constituencies of the prime minister
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Rajuk's dilemma over illegal buildings
Rajuk is facing a dilemma over 17 illegally constructed buildings in the city which need to be demolished immediately for safety reasons, Rajuk officials said.
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Non-allocation of Funds
Khulna stops for an hour in protest
The entire Khulna city came to a standstill yesterday in response to a one-hour work stoppage called by the Greater Khulna Development Action Coordination Committee (GKDACC) in protest against non-allocation
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150 dead in Pak train crash
Three crowded passenger trains collided in a devastating crash at a station in southern Pakistan Wednesday, killing up to 150 people, injuring 1,000 and leaving many others trapped, officials said.
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US envoy asks Hasina about AL stance on next polls
US Chargé d' Affaires Judith Chammas yesterday called on Opposition Leader Sheikh Hasina at her Dhanmondi residence and discussed the opposition's demands for electoral and caretaker government reforms
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Ex-Shibir man confesses to killing Belal
Ex-Islami Chhatra Shibir leader Ekhlasur Rahman Ekhlas, an accused of the killing of Khulna Metropolitan Journalists' Union president Sheikh Belaluddin, gave a confessional statement yesterday at theKhulna
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24 Iraqi children killed in blast
Twenty four Iraqi children and one US soldier were killed Wednesday morning in a suicide car bomb attack in southeastern Baghdad, hospital sources and US forces said.
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Js Reserved Seats
Hearing on stay petition begins
The hearing on the leave to appeal and stay petitions filed against a High Court (HC) order, which had discharged the writ petitions over holding election to 45 reserved seats for women in the JatiyaSangsad,
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Tengratila
Drilling rig arrives
The rig for drilling a second relief well reached Tengratila from Unocal's Moulvibazar gas field yesterday.
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