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New rule to bar the corrupt from polls
Convicts cannot contest any polls until proven innocent in appeal; suspected corrupt have to report wealth within 72 hours or face property confiscation
The government has barred corrupt people from participating in any parliamentary or local government election by amending the rules of Emergency Power Ordinance (EPO).
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Intelligence gathers info on 50 defaulters
Central bank also provides papers of dubious bank transactions
Intelligence agencies have collected information from Bangladesh Bank (BB) about top 50 loan defaulters, including detained Vice-Chairman of Beximco Group and Awami League leader Salman F Rahman.
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BNP demands immediate release of leaders, workers
Urges govt to hold polls without delay
The BNP yesterday demanded immediate release of its leaders and workers, people's representatives at the field level as well as the general people arrested "without specific allegations".
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Detention cases for petty crimes to be reviewed
No programme under cover of 'indoor politics'
The caretaker (CG) government yesterday decided to review the cases of those detained on suspicion and charges of petty crimes and to release them gradually from crammed jails.
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Barapukuria lacks working capital
Govt to pay $100m more to China by 2012 for the flawed mine
Faced with severe liquidity crisis that led to suspension of coal production, the Barapukuria coal mine immediately needs a minimum working capital of Tk 30 crore for its survival, a highly placed Petrobangla
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Power-cut to shopping malls from next week
Business community agrees to 6:30pm-11:00pm load management plan
The government is set to halt power supply to the shopping malls during the peak hours (6:30pm to11:00pm) from next week as the business community agreed to a load management plan.
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Over 1 lakh to get jobs in Malaysia
Foreign Affairs Adviser Iftekhar Ahmed Chowdhury yesterday said Malaysia has given approval for recruiting over one lakh workers from Bangladesh.
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Mobile Court
5 acid traders jailed for 6 yrs
A mobile court in the city yesterday sentenced five acid traders to six years imprisonment and fined each of them Tk 3 lakh for violating the Acid Control Act.
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Sakhawat sets a rare standard
Discloses his wealth voluntarily
Newly appointed Election Commissioner Brigadier General (retd) Sakhawat Hossain in a rare move yesterday disclosed a detailed account of his wealth. "As a soldier, I want to set an example.
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UNDP Survey
Politics poses biggest problem to policemen
90pc problems to go if no interference takes place
Most problems of the police department will be solved if there is no interference in the force's services, senior police officials said yesterday.
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Relief goods found at Jhenidah BNP office
Former lawmaker Lalu sent to jail
Joint forces and local administration in Jhenidah seized over 200 pieces of corrugated iron sheets from the office of former BNP lawmaker Shahidul Islam Master, houses of two local BNP leaders and market
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Falu's bail petition rejected
A Dhaka court yesterday rejected the bail petition of detained former BNP lawmaker Mosaddak Ali Falu in a case filed against him for misuse of government property.
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60 children die in a month
Lack of medicare alleged in Dinajpur hospital
As many as 60 children aged between one to thirty days died in Dinajpur Sadar Hospital since January 1.
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14-day remand sought for ex-BNP MP Salahuddin
An investigation officer (IO) yesterday sought a 14-day remand to interrogate former BNP lawmaker Salahuddin Ahmed in connection with two cases filed against him for possessing illegal arms and foreign
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Five killed in Mymensingh road crash
Five people, including father and son, died in a road accident on the Dhaka-Mymensingh highway at Seed Store Bazar under Bhaluka upazila of the district yesterday.
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Gold Smuggling
Verdict in case against Ershad today
A Dhaka court will deliver today the verdict in the gold smuggling case filed 16 years back against former president and Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad.
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Coal mine movement leader Nuruzzaman released
Dinajpur leader of National Committee to Protect Oil, Gas, Mineral Resources, Electricity and Port M Nuruzzaman, who was arrested by the army-led joint forces on Sunday, got release the next day.
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Gunfight again on Satkhira border
Indian Border Security Force (BSF) and Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) traded gunfire on Chanduria border in Kalaroa upazila and Gazipur border in Debhata upazila early yesterday.
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11 dead in car bomb on Iran elite force
Eleven people were killed yesterday when a car bomb ripped through a bus carrying members of Iran's elite Revolutionary Guards in a sensitive southeastern border province, official media reported.
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