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Fish market raids reveal formalin horror
6.5 tonnes medicine-mixed fish destroyed; 10 traders jailed
Metropolitan Magistrate Rokon Ud-Doula never discloses early which place his mobile court is going to raid, not even to his team.
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AL focuses on party reforms
Moves for internal democracy, transparency in accounts, EC registration
Awami League (AL) is making a move to reform itself by strengthening internal democracy, bringing transparency to the party's accounts, and modernising the system of induction of members.
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ACC deadline ends today
Only 5 out of 50 submit wealth statement
The 72-hour deadline for submissions of wealth statements by 50 corruption suspects to the Anti-corruption Commission (ACC) expires at 5:00pm today with only five of them so far complying with the order.
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Sonadia forestland freed from grabbers
The joint forces and local administration yesterday recovered 1,486 acres of forestland from 15 land grabbers and demolished many illegal structures in Sonadia island in the district.
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Relief seized from BNP, Jamaat men's houses
Mir Nasir's son sent to jail
A Dhaka court yesterday sent to jail former state minister Mir Nasiruddin's son while the joint forces in countrywide drives arrested the public prosecutor (PP) of Meherpur and several ward commissioners
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Crackdown on to get financial sector in order
Says chief adviser
Chief Adviser Dr Fakhruddin Ahmed yesterday said the government is cracking down on the corrupt and criminals to restore discipline and ensure accountability in the financial sector.
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Tight fiscal steps cut bank borrowing
Government bank borrowing reduced by Tk 700 crore in the first month of the present caretaker government thanks to a number of tighter fiscal measures and increased revenue collection.
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Voter ID cards ignored for 7yrs
Reconstituted EC still weighing options
Successive Election Commissions (ECs) have been ignoring electoral laws regarding voter identity (ID) cards for the last seven years by stalling the process of issuing the cards to the voters.
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Reckitt's illegal unit sealed off
A mobile court in an anti-pollution drive here yesterday unearthed an illegal factory of Reckitt Benckiser Bangladesh and sealed it off.
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Shopping in the dark from today
Shopping malls all over the country will shut at 7:00pm daily from today under load management plan aimed at tackling a chronic power crisis.
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Poppy fields destroyed in CHT
Myanmar citizens held with arms
The joint forces of army and Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) arrested three Myanmar citizens with arms and opium in the bordering area of Alikadam upazila in Bandarban on Friday night.
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Mir Nasir taken ill
Former state minister for civil aviation and tourism Mir Mohammad Nasiruddin fell ill at Bogra jail on Friday, hearing the news of arrest of his son Barrister Helaluddin.
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Water-tank Blast
3 succumb to injuries
Three people, who were injured in an underground water-tank explosion at East-West University on Wednesday, died at Dhaka Medical College Hospital yesterday.
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Prof Yunus for pro-poor world edn policy
Nobel laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus yesterday advocated for redesigning the world education policy to give a chance to the poor but meritorious students to enroll in top class universities for higher
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Outlaw dies after Rab arrest
A top cadre of the outlawed New Biplobi Communist Party (NBCP) died in Kushtia after five hours of his arrest by the Rapid Action Battalion (Rab).
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Advisers of Khaleda review situation
BNP chairperson's advisory council at a meeting at Hawa Bhaban last night discussed the country's latest political situation and the party's next course of action in the changed situation.
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Main accused of Khaleda's motorcade attack held
The main accused of the attack on Khaleda Zia's motorcade in June 2001 was arrested here yesterday. The joint forces arrested the accused, Majnu Khan, 28, an Awami League activist, in Char Gumuria.
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15 cops killed in Indian ambush
Separatist rebels killed 15 police commandos and injured four more Saturday in the deadliest ambush in the northeast Indian state of Manipur in five years, officials told AFP.
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400 militants killed so far in action
Iraq PM says
US and Iraqi forces have killed around 400 suspected militants since the start of a major security crackdown in Baghdad, Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki said yesterday.
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UN N-watchdog heads to t N Korea
The head of the UN nuclear watchdog will meet the North Korean government next month to discuss the shutdown of its nuclear program and bring the secretive communist state back under UN supervision.
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Shiites decry detention of leader's son
Thousands of Shiites rallied in the holy city of Najaf yesterday to protest the nearly 12-hour detention of the eldest son of Iraq's most influential Shiite politician as he crossed back from Iran.
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Former UN envoy supports Iraq pullout
President Bush should follow British Prime Minister Tony Blair's lead and start withdrawing troops from Iraq, former UN Ambassador Richard Holbrooke said yesterday.
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