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Cry for infrastructure development in Ctg
The Daily Star roundtable with business leaders bemoans govt's myopic policy
Lack of foresight of the successive governments and absence of a business and investment-friendly policy for the premier port city holds back Chittagong from contributing to the country's overall economic
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BB worried over sliding Oriental Bank health
Mulls options of appointing administrator, liquidating bank or taking it over
The Bangladesh Bank (BB) has given the government three choices on how to deal with the ailing Oriental Bank that has gone through repeated change of ownership.
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'Neutral EC must for electing honest candidates'
Speakers at the fifth round of regional dialogue of civil society initiative for accountable development at Sylhet yesterday said honest and competent candidates cannot be elected without a proper voter
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Workers' Unrest
3 DEPZ units closed
Three garment factories in the Dhaka Export Processing Zone (DEPZ) were closed sine die yesterday following a meeting between workers' representatives and chairman of Bangladesh Export Processing Zone
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No polls before CEC resigns
Insists opposition combine
The Awami League (AL)-led 14-party opposition combine yesterday vowed to resist any polls before resignation of Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) MA Aziz and two other "politically" appointed commissioners
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Barapukuria plant trips again
Production at the 250 megawatt Barapukuria Coal Power Plant remained suspended since Friday as it tripped again due to technical glitches.
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Forensic expert got threat calls for days
Family suspects he was killed in planned road accident
A son of Prof Akteruzzaman, head of the Department of Forensic Medicine at Dhaka Medical College, filed a case with Lalbagh Police Station on Friday alleging that his father might have been 'killed' in
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Red rules bad-tempered tie
9-man USA hold 10-man Italy
Italy and the United States slugged out a bruising 1-1 draw in the most controversial match of the World Cup so far in which three players were sent off in their Group E clash early today.
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Ghanaians stun Czechs
Ghana pulled off the biggest upset of this World Cup and might have helped the United States along the way.
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Portugal move to next round
A stunning strike from Deco and a Cristiano Ronaldo penalty gave Portugal a 2-0 triumph over Iran on Saturday, sealing their place in the World Cup second round.
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BDR, BSF exchange fire in Satkhira
The Border Security Force (BSF) of India and Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) traded gunfire on Gazipur border in Sadar upazila during early hours yesterday.
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Primary teachers starts non-stop strike
Teachers of government primary schools began an indefinite strike across the country yesterday to realise their 21-point demand, including elimination of salary discrimination and introduction of school-based
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One killed in billboard collapse
One person was killed in Friday night's storm in the capital when a billboard collapsed on a filling station at Pragati Sarani.
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Bridge on Manu named after Saifur's wife
Finance Minister M Saifur Rahman yesterday inaugurated a newly constructed bridge on the Manu river in Moulvibazar named after his late wife Durre Samad Rahman.
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Fire breaks out at garment unit
Staff assault newsmen on duty
Officials of a garment factory at Pallabi confined seven reporters and photographers for about 12 minutes yesterday when the newsmen went there to cover a fire break out on the unit's top floor.
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Cops arrest 3 Mirpur teenage offenders
Mirpur police arrested the three teenagers yesterday who slit throats of three Monipur Cadet School students and looted valuables from one of the victims' house on Thursday.
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Sundarbans robber killed in 'crossfire'
A notorious robber of the Sunderbans was killed in 'crossfire' between Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) and his accomplices around 2:20am yesterday at Kadamtala of Swarankhola upazila in Bagerhat district.
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Iraq attacks kill 31
Bomb and mortar attacks killed at least 31 people in and near Baghdad yesterday in violence that showed no sign of easing despite a security crackdown against al-Qaeda in the Iraqi capital.
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51 killed as Lankan troops take on LTTE
At least 15 Sri Lankan naval troops, 30 Tamil Tiger rebels and six civilians were killed in major sea and land battles along the island's northwestern coast yesterday, officials said.
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Canada finds bird flu case
Canada has detected a case of H5 avian flu in the eastern province of Prince Edward Island and plans further testing over the weekend to determine whether it is the highly pathogenic H5N1 strain, government
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Koirala leaves for medical treatment in Bangkok
Nepal's ailing Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala left for medical treatment in Bangkok Saturday, a day after hammering out a deal with Maoists that will see the rebels join an interim government.
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