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Tarique disclosing his financial web
Obaidul Quader sent to jail
Tarique Rahman, now under custody of the joint interrogation cell (JIC), has disclosed names of some top 'Hawa Bhaban men' who used to control major businesses and look after his bank accounts, said sources.
 
Appointment of 300 UZ Poll Staff
Agency reports graft, suggests action
An intelligence agency report identifying corruption and opacity in recruiting 300 upazila election officers through the Public Service Commission (PSC) in 2005 has recommended taking actions to freethe
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Partying on the beach
Ex-ministers, MPs from four-party take over Cox's Bazar's coastline, destroy its pristine beauty
The BNP-led alliance government during its five-year term allotted 90 plots on the Cox 's Bazar beach to its top leaders for setting up hotels and motels.
 
Mayor's graft costs CCC Tk 19cr
A special audit of the accounts of Chittagong City Corporation (CCC) for the years 2003 '04 and '05 detected specific cases of irregularities including embezzlement and violations of government rules,
 
Ctg port functions better after new steps taken
The performance of Chittagong Port improved significantly after a number of steps were taken by a taskforce formed by the joint forces.
 
Dhaka acceding to UN convention on nuke terrorism
Foreign Affairs Adviser Iftekhar Ahmed Chowdhury yesterday announced that Bangladesh is in the process of acceding to the UN Convention on Suppression of Nuclear Terrorism.
 
ICC World Cup 2007
WC opens in Windies today
Caribbean heritage will be put on show in the opening ceremony of the eighth Cricket World Cup when the gala event takes place at the Trelawny Multi-Purpose Stadium in Jamaica today.
 
Ex-AL MP Azam charged with car sale paper forgery
Former Awami League (AL) lawmaker Mirza Azam, one of the 50 graft suspects listed by the Anti-Corruption Commission, was yesterday charged with forging documents to sell a luxury car.
 
Govt must be alert to adverse effects of war on corruption
Says finance adviser
Finance and Planning Adviser AB Mirza Azizul Islam yesterday said the government must be on guard against adverse effects that might result from its 'war against corruption'.
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Cop held for bribery
The joint forces yesterday arrested a police sub-inspector (SI) while he was taking bribe from a city hotel.
 
New car found abandoned on road
A brand new Toyota Raum car with no number plate has been found by the Barisal-Dhaka highway in abandoned condition.
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Ban of political activities...


 
Khaleda visits ailing party leader in city
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia yesterday visited ailing party leader Advocate Khandaker Mahbub Uddin Ahmed at his Naya Paltan residence.
 
Suspected JMB man held
Police yesterday arrested an alleged member of the outlawed Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) in Debadangi Union of Thakurgaon Sadar upazila.
 
Violent protest after 2 RMG workers killed in road crash
Hundreds of garment workers yesterday blocked traffic on the Dhaka-Sylhet highway at Kanchpur for two hours, damaged a number of vehicles and set fire to a bus that killed two garment workers at Tatki
 
UNHCR for citizenship of Biharis
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) wants the Bangladesh government to declare the Urdu-speaking Biharis as Bangladesh citizens and include the eligible ones in the voter list.
 
CPA fixes 57 as age limit for dockers
Chittagong Port Authority (CPA) has fixed 57 as the age limit for the dockworkers. The decision was taken at a meeting between the CPA and the joint forces yesterday.
 
Weekly meeting of advisory council now on Saturdays
The regular weekly meeting of the council of advisers was held at the chief adviser's office yesterday. Earlier on March 5, the council decided to hold its weekly meeting on Saturdays instead ofMondays.
 
2 journos arrested in Barisal
Editor of a local weekly Md Idris Ali and district correspondent of Bangla daily, the Jugantor, MA Muhit, were arrested and sent to jail here on Friday evening.
 
10 BNP men held in Bogra for violating emergency rules
Ten BNP activists, arrested for staging a demonstration in protest against the arrest of Tarique Rahman, were sent to jail yesterday.
 
18 killed in Baghdad suicide bombing
A suicide car bomb struck Baghdad's Shia militia stronghold yesterday, killing at least 18 people as international envoys met in the Iraqi capital to talk about stabilising the violence-shattered country.
 
Lankan fighting escalates
8 killed in wildlife park
Suspected Tamil Tiger rebels shot dead four security personnel and four park officials inside a wildlife sanctuary as fighting escalated elsewhere on the island, the military said yesterday.
 
Bin Laden 50 today?
Osama bin Laden, if he's alive, celebrates his 50th birthday yesterday, and his friends in the Taliban prayed for his long life.
 
Iraq militants threaten to kill German hostages
A militant Islamist group in Iraq has threatened in a videotape showing two purported German hostages to execute them if the Berlin government fails to withdraw its troops from Afghanistan.
 
US, Iran hold rare direct talks
US and Iranian envoys exchanged direct talks Saturday on efforts to end Iraq's violence and bolster its government, opening limited but potentially significant contacts that could ease their nearly 28-year
 

 
   
 
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