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Implementation of Reforms
AL may give govt 2 months time
Joins parliament this week
The main opposition Awami League (AL), which has announced its plan to place in parliament the proposals for reforms in the caretaker government and electoral systems, might give the government a two-month
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Inflation rate dips in Dec
Non-food items still dearer in villages for high transportation costs
Though overall inflation rate on point-to-point basis declined in December 2005 by 0.88 percentage point, rural people are still paying higher for non-food items due to increased transportation costs.
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Talks With Tata
Gas price remains thorny issue
In the fourth round of negotiation with Tata that started in the city yesterday, the Indian giant shocked the government by proposing a gas price of $1 per thousand cubic feet (mcf) or less.
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Tata unhappy with prolonged negotiations
Tata is unhappy about the delay in talks with the government about its proposed $2.5-3 billion investment plan for Bangladesh, a top negotiator of the company has said.
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Finley takeover ceremony in UK next week
The tea gardens and other properties of the century old British tea company James Finley Limited will be formally handed over to Bangladeshi buyers in a formal ceremony in Glasgow, Britain next week.
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Dollar price in LC opening rises to Tk 69.50
Despite a sharp decline in total import, rising expenditure for petroleum import and profit repatriation of the multinational companies saw greenback prices soaring a record high, selling at Tk 69.
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2,500 beggars to work for a living
Grameen, Citigroup come up with micro-credit project
Around 2,500 beggars are expected to live by working within next three years under a microcredit project jointly introduced by the Citigroup Foundation and Grameen Trust.
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Hili port closed for 8 days
The deputy commissioner (DC) of Dinajpur held a meeting yesterday with Bangla-Hili customs officials and traders, and the Truck Owners Association of India in an effort to resume international trade through
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Danish envoy says sorry for blasphemous cartoons
Danish Ambassador in Bangladesh Niels Severin Munk yesterday called on Foreign Minister M Morshed Khan and regretted for the blasphemous cartoons published in a Danish daily on Prophet Hazrat Mohammad
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Teacher Killing
DU teachers protest against govt inaction
Dhaka University (DU) teachers yesterday observed a two-hour abstention from work and staged a sit-in programme on the campus, alleging that the government's indifference has encouraged repeated killings
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Maulana Mannan no more
Former religious affairs minister Maulana MA Mannan died of old age ailments at his Banani residence in the city yesterday morning. He was 71.
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Shooting Incident
Bulu's brother finally gets bail
Motiur Rahman Pintu, younger brother of Advisor to the Ministry of Commerce and BNP leader Barkatullah Bulu, finally obtained bail from a Dhaka court yesterday.
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Kibria Killing
Trial at fast court starts today
Trial of the former finance minister SAMS Kibria murder case begins in the Speedy Trial Tribunal of Sylhet today.
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Ctg Ammo Haul
SC stays bail to accused
The Supreme Court (SC) yesterday stayed for three months a High Court (HC) order granting bail to Haji Abdus Sobhan, one of the 44 accused in Chittagong arms haul case.
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Iran Nukes
US not ruling out use of military action
US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said the United States does not rule out using military force against Iran to prevent it from obtaining nuclear weapons.
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India reduces troops level in Kashmir
India has withdrawn at least 3,000 troops from Jammu and Kashmir as the level of violence there falls, the country's defence minister and army chief said yesterday.
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