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WB for special pool of top govt officials
Suggests incorporating members from pvt sector, separate pay scale, promotion mechanism
The World Bank (WB) is pushing the government to form a special pool of 1,200 to 1,300 bureaucrats, incorporating qualified professionals and managers from the private sector.
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Pro-BNP Lawyers' Conflict
PM weighs in, gives nod to Aminul-backed rally
Huda faction takes back horns but decides to boycott
Following Wednesday's flare-up of conflict between two factions of pro-BNP lawyers, Prime Minister Khaleda Zia yesterday instructed the ruling party's lawyer ministers to let Jatiyatabadi Ainjibi Forum
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50 tonnes of medical waste dumped a day
Poses serious health risks in Dhaka, promotes unscrupulous trade
A lack of coordination among health agencies and hospitals, combined with outdated waste management policies, contributes to the open dumping of medical waste at city hospitals, posing a threat to public
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Food joints shut for second day
People suffer; hygiene drive goes undaunted
The suffering of the public, including office goers, students and others who take their meals outside, peaked yesterday, the second and last day of the strike called by the food producers.
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Clemency to Jhintu ignites her pain
The presidential clemency to Mohiuddin Jhintu has again ignited the unbearable pain Nilufar Yasmin has been bearing for the last 23 years after Jhintu and his thugs killed her husband Firoz Al Mamun in
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Dhaka pins high hope on Natwar's visit
Bangladesh is expecting to dissolve the irritants with India and settle bilateral issues during Indian External Minister K Natwar Singh's three-day visit to Dhaka beginning tomorrow.
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No control on medical consultation fees
Law becomes outdated, patients suffer as doctors charge fees at will
The outdated law on doctors' consultation fees, which is inconsistent with the present market situation, has been practically hindering for long the government control on the private medical practitioners
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Govt not addressing media-exposed grafts
TIB laments, hands over awards to 2 for investigative reporting
Speakers at a roundtable yesterday praised the role of the media in exposing and fighting corruption in the country and blamed the government for not taking any action against these unveiled cases ofcorruption.
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Two killed in Ctg landslide
Two construction workers were killed and two others injured in a landslide at OR Nizam Road Housing Society in the port city's Panchlaish area on Wednesday, police and witnesses said yesterday.
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Strike in Ctg, Mongla ports threatened
Trades stay stopped at Benapole
The Clearing and Forwarding (C&F) Agents' Association has threatened to impose a strike on other ports including Chittagong and Mongla from Monday if their demands are not fulfilled.
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Faridpur By-polls
BNP picks Sirajul
The ruling BNP has nominated Kazi Sirajul Islam to contest as coalition candidate the by-election to Faridpur-1 parliamentary seat that he lost for floor crossing.
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UNSC
US, China join hands to block expansion
The United States and China have agreed to work together to block a plan to expand the powerful UN Security Council backed by Brazil, Germany, India and Japan, China's UN ambassador has said.
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Withdraw Iraq troops to protect Britain
Urges London mayor
Britain must withdraw its troops from Iraq in order to prevent further terrorist attacks, London Mayor Ken Livingstone wrote in a British newspaper yesterday as thousands of police took to the streets.
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Substandard Juice
Cab sticks to its claim
The Consumers Association of Bangladesh (Cab) authorities and experts again claimed yesterday that eight out of 12 brands of juice available in the market are substandard and challenged the companiesconcerned
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Mamata 'quits' Lok Sabha
Trinamool Congress leader Mamata Banerjee yesterday submitted her resignation to Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee after creating a commotion in the House by throwing a bunch of papers at the Speaker's
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BSF kills 1
A villager was shot dead by Indian Border Security Force (BSF) at Dangapara village near Tilahati border under the district yesterday.
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Qaeda video warns US, UK of more attacks
al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden's right-hand man Ayman al-Zawahiri warned Britain and the United States of more horror and destruction in a new videotape shown on Al-Jazeera television yesterday.
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Sust reopens on Aug 14
Shahjalal University of Science & Technology (SUST) reopens on August 14 after being closed for a month.
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India's airspace violation concerns JS body
The ruling BNP lawmakers yesterday at a parliamentary body meeting expressed concern over "repeated" violation of Bangladesh airspace by Indian airforce's jet planes and called for effective steps tostop
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