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Build a mega seaport to revolutionise economy
Prof Yunus says at reception in Chittagong
Nobel Laureate Dr Muhammad Yunus yesterday stressed the need for setting up a mega seaport, a mega airport and a transnational highway to speed up the wheel of economy and to materialise 'the dream of
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Housing Projects, Plot Allocations
Special team probing Rajuk corruption
Corruption, nepotism and irregularities of Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha (Rajuk) in approving housing projects of some influential real estate companies and allocating plots in some posh areas of thecapital
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Joint Forces Continue Raids
AL leader Jhontu, his brother Pintu held
Relief goods seized from houses of two former BNP lawmakers
The army-led joint forces detained Awami League (AL) central committee leader and former lawmaker Sharfuddin Ahmed Jhontu and his brother district Zaker Party leader Abu Asghar Ahmed Pintu on Thursday
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All parties evade filing election spending returns
None of the 55 political parties including BNP, Awami League (AL), Jamaat-e-Islami and Jatiya Party, which contested the 2001 parliamentary election, has submitted the return of their election expenditure
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4,000 likely to be freed to ease load on jails
Around 4,000 prisoners, who were arrested on charges of 'petty crimes', are going to be released, as the government recently decided to free them gradually in a bid to lessen the load on the crammed jails,
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Eviction Drive
Prior permission from advisory body needed
The government has asked the authorities concerned to take permission of the advisory committee on law and order before any eviction drive in the capital as well as in other metropolitan cities.
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Indian FM to arrive Feb 19
India's External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee will visit Dhaka on February 19 to extend the invitation to Bangladesh leaders to the 14th Saarc summit to be held here on April 3 and 4.
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Sohel Taj seeks permission for India tour
Former Awami League (AL) lawmaker Tanjim Ahmed Sohel Taj, who was earlier offloaded from an aircraft as he was about to travel to India, has sought government permission for going on an India tour.
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Poetry festival begins at DU tomorrow
The two-day National Poetry Festival 2007 begins tomorrow on Dhaka University (DU) campus with around 200 poets of the country participating. The festival has been dedicated to poet Shamsur Rahman.
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Tiger kills one in Sundarbans
One person was killed by a Royal Bengal Tiger in Baikari forest area near the river Chunkuri in the Sundarbans yesterday morning.
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6 bombs found in Natore
Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) recovered six bombs from Roy Amhati area on the outskirts of the town on Thursday night.
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Hamas cabinet resigns to bring Fatah in
Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh of Hamas faces the task of forming a new Palestinian government with the moderate Fatah, despite unresolved internal disputes and the warning of a US boycott.
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US, developing nations accept Iran aid cut plan
Bush not looking for an excuse to attack Iran: Gates
Western and developing nations broadly accept a UN nuclear agency plan to cut almost half its aid projects in Iran, diplomats say, easing fears of a row over how strictly to apply UN sanctions against
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Cleanup goes on in US after winter onslaught
National Guardsmen towed stranded vehicles from highways and officials toiled to clear roads early Friday following a monster storm that has been blamed for at least 15 deaths.
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