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Austerity measures cosmetic, won't work
Economists observe
The finance ministry's austerity measures, if carried out successfully, will save the government Tk 37 crore from its current revenue expenditure, which constitutes only .
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Dhaka got a bad name despite good records
Saifur laments at Washington meet
Finance Minister M Saifur Rahman highlighted at a Washington meet Bangladesh's good record in economic growth, poverty reduction and human development, brushing aside adverse criticisms by some quarters
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News Analysis
JS ignores burning issues
The parliament session that was prorogued on Wednesday once again proved that important issues are not addressed in the House, it rather sits mainly to meet the constitutional obligation and pass some
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Seminar Adopts Declaration
Dhaka can take leadership in upholding 'real' Islam
Islamic scholars from South and Southeast Asia yesterday said Bangladesh can take the leadership role of the Muslim countries for being a model state of the Islamic world and a moderate nation with functional
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Fraud grips security printing press
It owns no hot stamping machine, but pays for it every year
The state-run Security Printing Corporation (Bangladesh) Ltd (SPCBL) has been trapped in fraudulent practices in the supply of holographic cigarette stamps, the single largest source of government revenue
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Rain paralyses Ctg, lightning kills 8
At least eight people were killed by lightning while torrential rain accompanied by gusty winds yesterday paralysed the port city with many of its areas including the city centre reeling under water.
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Police Report
Closed OC, family of Momin had property dispute
A police report on Friday admitted dispute between the closed officer-in-charge (OC) of Motijheel Police Station and the family of the slain Mirpur Commerce College student Kamrul Islam Momin.
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Income Tax Return
Submission date may be deferred by one month
The deadline for submitting income tax return may be deferred by one month from the earlier fixed September 30 as the newly introduced elaborate tax return system becomes effective from this fiscal year.
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One wounded in BSF firing on Jessore border
4 missing
One person was seriously injured and four people were reportedly missing after the Border Security Force (BSF) of India opened fire on the Borni border in Jessore in the early hours yesterday.
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Force govt to accept reforms for fair polls
Hasina urges people
Leader of the Opposition and Awami League (AL) President Sheikh Hasina yesterday called upon the countrymen to be strongly united for compelling the government to accept the opposition's electoral reforms
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Hurricane Loses Steam After Hitting Land
Rita pounds Gulf Coast, triggers floods, fires
Hurricane Rita gave the US Gulf Coast its second pounding in four weeks yesterday, felling power lines and triggering fires and floods, but apparently sparing the region a feared knockout blow after Hurricane
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Where Asian workers face harsh realities
Under a blistering sun, a Pakistani worker covered in dust peers at a luxurious tower block rising from the desert sands of Dubai, an eldorado for expatriates which can turn into a life of misery forAsian
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Four Palestinians killed in Israeli airstrikes
Blast kills 15 at Hamas rally in Gaza
At least four Palestinians were killed yesterday in an Israeli airstrike in an eastern district of Gaza City, medical sources and the Palestinian interior ministry said.
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Thousands join anti-war march in US, Europe
Opponents of the war in Iraq rallied by the thousands yesterday to demand the return of US troops, staging a day of protest, song and remembrance of the dead in marches through Washington and other cities
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Dinajpur BNP leader dies in mob beating
A BNP leader of Ghoraghat upazila unit was lynched by a mob at Guagachhi village early yesterday.
Witnesses said 15 to 20 armed youths came to Guagachhi village of the upazila at about 1:30am.
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Elderly man murdered after torture
Mugger dies in custody
Criminals gouged out the eyes and cut private parts of an elderly man before killing him while a mugger died, allegedly of torture, in police custody in the capital yesterday.
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20 injured in JCD factional clash at DU
At least 20 activists of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) were injured in a clash between two groups of the ruling BNP's student wing at Dhaka University's Jasim Uddin Hall last night.
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