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Khaleda, Hasina cross swords over elections
Prime Minister Khaleda Zia and Awami League President Sheikh Hasina yesterday sounded tough on each other's election stances, indicating further escalation of conflict between the two main parties --the
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Fuel dealers start indefinite strike
300 petrol pumps closed
Fuel distributors and the tank-lorry owners and workers went on an indefinite strike in Dhaka division from yesterday demanding cancellation of fuel rationing and smooth supply of petroleum to the dealers
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EC Secretariat Siege Plan
14-party vows to go ahead defying ban
Defying the government ban on all kinds of gatherings and rallies in the areas around the Election Commission (EC) Secretariat, the Awami League (AL)-led 14-party combine has vowed to lay siege to ittoday
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Voter List Preparation
EC now passing buck on court for delay
In defence of seeking exemption from Public Procurement Regulation (PPR) 2003 for printing updated electoral rolls, the Election Commission (EC) is now passing on the blame for delay in preparing thelist
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NUF presents huge pens to CEC to resign
The newly formed National Unity Front (NUF) in an unprecedented move tried to give chief election commissioner (CEC) and three other election commissioners four eight-foot-long pens, symbolically asking
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Productivity higher in bribing firms
RMG units pay 1.3pc of sales, others 0.65pc to cut thru' customs, red tape
A World Bank study reveals that productivity in Bangladesh is higher in those industries and locations where firms spend a large chunk of their sales in bribes to get through bureaucratic and customshassles.
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A village that loves birds
Thousands of birds, both resident and migratory, have turned backward village Pochamaria in Puthia upazila into a bird sanctuary.
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NCBs fail to catch top 20 loan defaulters
3.62pc target achieved in six months
The nationalised commercial banks (NCBs) in the first half of the year have attained only 3.62 percent of the target they set for recovering loans from the top 20 defaulters. The rate was 3.
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Slave traders dump them in China
Cheated by modern "slave traders", a few hundred Bangladeshis have been languishing and leading inhuman life in secret cells and jails in different states of China.
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Feeder operators cease agitation in Ctg Port
Chittagong Feeder Trade Committee (CFTC) withdrew its agitation programme of suspending loading and unloading of containers at Chittagong Port yesterday with immediate effect.
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Peacekeepers laid to rest
The six Bangladeshi peacekeepers, killed in a road accident in Ivory Coast, were buried with full military honour at their family graveyards yesterday.
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Criminal killed, 3 cops hurt in shootout
A suspected criminal was killed and three policemen were wounded at Baruihati in Bagmara upazila early yesterday in a shootout between the terrorists and members of the law enforcement agencies in Bagmara
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BDB won't take part in polls without reforms
Bikalpa Dhara Bangladesh (BDB) will not participate in the next general election unless 'minimum reforms' in the Election Commission (EC) are carried out, its President AQM Badruddoza Chowdhury saidyesterday.
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Adulterated Drugs
IO summoned to explain final report
A Dhaka court yesterday directed an investigation officer (IO) of a criminal case to appear in person before it on September 19 to explain why and how he submitted a final report against three peoplearrested
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Results of HSC exam tomorrow
Results of the Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) Examinations and its equivalent examinations held this year under all the education boards of the country will be published tomorrow.
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2 killed in shootout with Rab
A regional leader of Purba Banglar Communist Party (PBCP) was killed during a shootout between Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) and his accomplices early yesterday in Pabna while a criminal was killed in'crossfire'
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Man held with 2.5kg gold
Police yesterday arrested a man with five gold bars weighing 2.5 kg on a Dhaka bound bus from Chittagong at Gazaria of the district.
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Iraq extends state of emergency for a month
Insurgents kill 3 GIs, 20 Iraqis in attacks
Parliament voted yesterday to extend a state of emergency for a month, and Britain's foreign secretary emphasised the importance of transferring control of security from the US-led coalition to the Iraqi
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Lebanon blockade to end in 48-hr: Annan
Hezbollah, Israel accept UN mediation on prisoners
UN Secretary General Kofi Annan said yesterday in Egypt that he expected Israel's blockade of Lebanon to be lifted within 48 hours.
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Indian agencies warn PM of terror attacks
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said yesterday that intelligence agencies had warned more terrorist attacks were likely, possibly on economic and religious targets as well as on nuclear installations.
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Correction
In our yesterday's report headlined "BoI chief again takes a swipe at 5 eminent citizens" it was inadvertently mentioned that foreign currency reserve is $3.6 million instead of $3.6 billion.
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