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Irrigation strained as water table drops
The predominantly groundwater-based irrigation system in the country has reached a critical phase with croplands in many areas going out of the reach of shallow-level aquifer due to fast depleting groundwater
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PM Meets Indian Business Leaders
Invites investment, seeks to bridge trade gap
Bangladesh Prime Minister Khaleda Zia yesterday wrapped up her three-day official visit to India inviting investment from that country and suggesting strategic partnership between investors and traders
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Fires, stampede at Ctg RMG units
Tk 50cr goods gutted, 40 hurt
Goods worth over Tk 50 crore were gutted in a devastating fire at a textile warehouse in the city's Kalurghat industrial area yesterday within 17 hours into another fire that broke out at Creaslan Sweater
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Dialogue Offer
AL sends letter to BNP for clarification
In reply to ruling BNP's official invitation to discuss the opposi-tions' proposed electoral reforms, Awami League yesterday sent a letter to the ruling party seeking some clarifications including the
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Khaleda invites Advani to visit Bangladesh
Prime Minister Khaleda Zia yesterday invited Indian Leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha LK Advani to visit Bangladesh to see for himself the actual scenario and the progress being made in Bangladesh.
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Bird flu poses threat to Bangladesh
Fears UN
The United Nations has expressed fears that bird flu (Avian Influenza) poses an imminent threat to Bangladesh in the wake of spread of the disease in India and Myanmar.
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Home heightens security on more attack fears
The home ministry has ordered further strengthening the security system, as the government does not brush aside the possibility of further militant attacks in the country, State Minister for Home Affairs
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Tortured Shanta now faces criminal cases
Two criminal cases were filed with a Dhaka court yesterday against Shahin Sultana Shanta, a victim of police brutality during a 14-party agitation on March 12, and her husband.
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Nasir's wounded daughter dies
Former minister Mir Nasiruddin's daughter succumbed to her injuries yesterday at a Madina hospital 17 days after a fatal accident that also killed her mother and aunt besides injuring her father and sister.
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Dhaka Subway Plan
Firm increases length, tracks in revised plan
A local firm, which had submitted the lowest bid in a tender call by Bangladesh Railway for constructing an underground railway in Dhaka city, submitted a revised proposal to the government, increasing
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Blasts since Aug 17
22 awarded death penalty so far
Twenty-two people have been awarded death sentence, seven others life imprisonment, and another person 15 years in jail in the verdicts of five cases filed for militant bomb attacks since August 17 last
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New Mooring Terminal
Akbar moves to convince Ctg mayor on privatisation
Shipping Minister Akbar Hossain yesterday sent an official letter to the Chittagong city Mayor ABM Mohiuddin Ahmed Chowdhury to convince him about the government's plan to privatise the operation of New
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Iman Ali Killing
Court does not accept case against Babar
A Dhaka court yesterday did not accept the case filed against the state minister for home affairs and 52 others in connection with the death of Jubo League leader Masudur Rahman Iman Ali in Rab-claimed
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BSF, BDR trade fire at Panchagarh
Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) and Border Security Force (BSF) of India traded gunfire on Bodapara border in Panchagarh district early yesterday.
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Sunny, Awal give important clues to Aug 17 blasts
The investigation officer (IO) of an August 17 bomb blast case has said JMB Military Commander Ataur Rahman Sunny and its Majlish-e-Shura member Abdul Awal gave important information on the countrywide
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Eden College Chaos
Probe body submits report
The probe committee formed to investigate alleged shady business over seats at the Eden College hostels has submitted its report to the acting principal of the college and it will be sent to the education
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Saifur rejects notion about Dhaka aiding insurgents
Bangladesh yesterday expressed shock at reports that some Bangladeshis were involved in some recent terror attacks in India, including the twin blasts in the temple town of Varanasi and on Indian Institute
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Troops to stay in Iraq for years: Bush
President Bush said Tuesday that American forces will remain in Iraq for years and it will be up to a future president to decide when to bring them all home.
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Jamuna Bridge Cracks
Probe body seeks 3 more weeks to find cause
The probe committee to find the cause of the cracks in Jamuna Multipurpose Bridge applied for extension of time yesterday as it could not submit the report by March 20, the deadline.
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Two killed in 'crossfire'
A cadre of an outlawed party and a top criminal were killed in incidents of "crossfire" during shootouts between their accomplices and the law enforcers in Kushtia and Comilla early yesterday.
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Couple rescued 2 hrs after kidnap in Syhet
A gang of armed people led by a ward commissioner of Sylhet City Corporation kidnapped a man and his wife from the house of a former adviser to the caretaker government in the city's Housing Estate area
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Correction
In the news item headlined "BGMEA spots three highly risky plants" published on page 16 on March 20, it was mentioned that the Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) identified
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