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Separation of Judiciary
Govt completes process
Ordinance to be promulgated for removing last obstacle in absence of parliament
The long-awaited separation of the judiciary from the executive now only requires declaration of an ordinance on necessary amendments to the Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC), the gazette notification of
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Corrupt Former Ministers, MPs
ACC yet to make any move
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) is yet to initiate legal steps against corrupt ministers, lawmakers and leaders of the immediate past government despite growing demands for investigation againstthem.
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Boat Purchase Case
Ershad won't have to serve term
He can now contest polls
Jatiya Party (JP) Chairman HM Ershad was freed yesterday from serving out the sentence given by the High Court (HC) on December 14 last year in a Japanese boat purchase case.
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BCL GS, 5 other top leaders held in city
Army continues drive
The army yesterday arrested six top leaders of Awami League's (AL) student wing Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) including its General Secretary (GS) Mofazzal Haider Chowdhury Roton in the capital.
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Yunus critical of politics for money
Crisis-wracked Bangladesh's politicians are only in it for the money, Nobel Peace Prize winner Muhammad Yunus said, but refused to reveal if he intended one day to seek the helm of the embattled democracy.
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Barapukuria Coal
Cash-strapped mine may restart in Feb
Production at the Tk 1,700 crore Barapukuria Coal Mine remains suspended since October last year due to financial constraints, forcing the Power Development Board (PDB) to import coal to run its coal-fired
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Faiz Khan not made adviser
The government cancelled Faiz Khan's appointment as an adviser to the caretaker government following press reports on his dual citizenship and controversial involvement with the failed machine-readable
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4-party worried at leaders' arrests
The BNP-led four-party alliance yesterday expressed concern over the recent arrests of its leaders across the country and said party activists may "lose nerve" because of this action taken by the interim
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EC reconstitution govt's highest priority: Mainul
Law and Information Adviser Mainul Hosein has said the caretaker government is giving the highest priority to reconstitution of the Election Commission (EC) rather than having dialogue with politicalparties
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All ECs asked to resign
Citizens campaign for judicial council if they do not quit
Shushashoner Janney Nagarik (Shujan) yesterday said all commissioners of the Election Commission (EC), including the chief election commissioner, should resign for the interest of a fair election acceptable
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Textbook Errors
Board defends publishers
Instead of taking actions, the National Curriculum and Textbook Board (NCTB) yesterday defended the publishers for errors and anomalies in the textbooks for classes IX and X saying these are 'nothingbut
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Gang leader killed in Rab 'shootout'
A top cadre of the notorious gang Lalchad Bahini was killed in a 'shootout' between Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) and his cohorts in Daulatpur upazila of the district early yesterday.
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Muggers shoot man, loot Tk 3 lakh
A gang of snatchers mugged Tk three lakh from a rickshaw passenger after spraying bullets in the capital yesterday. The incident occurred at around 11: 30 am at Uttara sector 3 road no.
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India wants credible polls in Bangladesh
Says new envoy after meeting with Hasina
Newly appointed Indian High Commissioner to Dhaka Pinak Ranjan Chakraborty yesterday said his country wants a free, fair and credible election in Bangladesh with participation of all political parties.
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3 die after falling from train roof
Three train passengers were killed and two others injured critically as they fell from the roof of a moving train at Kulaura station here on Tuesday night.
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15 die as car bomb rocks Baghdad
Bombers targeted Baghdad's volatile Shia district of Sadr City yesterday, killing 15 people a day after dozens of students and teachers were slaughtered in twin bombings outside a university.
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Nepali Maoists start handing arms to UN
Nepal's once feared Maoist forces began putting their weapons under United Nations supervision yesterday, a key part of a peace deal in the Himalayan country, a Maoist leader said.
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Army arrests editor of a Kushtia daily
The army last night held Monjur Ahsan Chowdhury, the editor of Dainik Andoloner Bazar and the district correspondent for Channel-i, from his Madanpur residence in the town.
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