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Separation of judiciary in sight, at last
Interim govt goes for publication of gazette notifications after a landmark move
The newly appointed caretaker government in a landmark move last night published the gazette notifications of four rules relevant to separating the judiciary from the executive.
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5 more advisers in CG; 3 sworn in
President Iajuddin Ahmed yesterday appointed five more advisers, completing the reconstitution of the council of advisers to the caretaker government headed by Dr Fakhruddin Ahmed.
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More raids, more arrests
Ex-deputy mayor of Chittagong, port union leader held, block raids in Dhaka
A number of district-level leaders of BNP and Awami League (AL) and of their front organisations, and some ward commissioners backed by the two parties were arrested yesterday as the army, police andRapid
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No plan to probe EC's flawed voter list
ACC asked only to investigate Tk 140cr voter ID card scam
The caretaker government has not yet planned any investigation of the Election Commission's (EC's) making of the grossly flawed voter list, which stands as one of the key reasons for the ongoing intense
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Textbooks riddled with errors
Students in a quandary
Textbooks for classes IX and X published by the National Curriculum and Textbook Board (NCTB) contain numerous errors and anomalies, including spelling mistakes, faulty chapter and paragraph arrangement,
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BDR, BSF trade heavy fire on Joypurhat border
Two Indians killed; BSF kills one Bangladeshi on Dinajpur border
A heavy gunfight between Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) and Border Security Forces (BSF) of India left at least two Indian nationals dead at Hatkhola border of Panchbibi upazila in Joypurhat early yesterdaymorning.
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Hold election immediately
AL-led alliance asks interim govt
The Awami League (AL)-led grand alliance yesterday urged the caretaker government (CG) to take measures for holding a free and fair election immediately.
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BNP beefs up standing body
The BNP high command in a striking move yesterday rewarded a couple of its veterans by appointing them in the National Standing Committee -- the party's highest decision-making body.
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EC moves to 'revive' voter ID card project
The Election Commission (EC) is now looking into the abandoned voter ID card project, six years into its cancellation, following the new caretaker government's initiative in this regard.
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200 staff recruited at RU in 3 days
Move to appoint 800, mostly BNP-Jamaat men
Rajshahi University (RU) authorities have appointed some 200 third and fourth-class employees in the last three days largely on political considerations ignoring the budgetary provisions of the university.
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DU ignores rule to recruit 3 teachers
Political consideration alleged
Violating university rules, Dhaka University (DU) authorities are set to appoint three lecturers at Arabic department allegedly on political consideration.
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Boat Purchase Case
Ershad to surrender today
Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad will surrender before the trial court today in connection with a Japanese boat purchase case.
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Energy adviser for polls after nat'l ID card
Power and Energy Adviser Tapan Chowdhury yesterday said the next general elections should take place after national ID cards are prepared even though it would take longer than for preparation of voter
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Baghdad university bombing kills 65
UN says 34,000 Iraqis killed in 2006
Sixty-five people, including students and teachers, were killed yesterday in the most devastating attack this year as a suicide bomber and a car bomb wreaked havoc outside a Baghdad university.
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Report on Ershad
JP asks army to close down Prothom Alo
Jatiya Party (JP) Secretary General Ruhul Amin Hawlader yesterday asked the armed forces to close down Prothom Alo following publication of a report saying JP Chairman HM Ershad took money from AwamiLeague
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PCJSS activist shot dead in Khagrachhari
An activist of Jubo Samity, a youth front of Parbatya Chattagram Jana Sanghati Samity (PCJSS), was shot dead allegedly by the activists of United People's Democratic Front (UPDF) at Chongrachhari under
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Rice receives cautious Saudi backing for Iraq plan
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice was due to hold more talks with Arab leaders in Kuwait Tuesday in a bid to rally support for Washington's plan to quell violence in Iraq after winning cautious Saudi
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Olmert faces criminal probe over bank deal
Israel's state prosecutor yesterday ordered a criminal investigation into Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's role in the 2005 privatisation of an Israeli bank, the Justice Ministry said in a statement.
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