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Current budget set to be downsized 5.9pc
Dearth of foreign aid, poor revenue collection key reasons
The government is going to downsize the current budget by 5.9 per cent due to declining foreign aid, poor revenue collection and slow implementation of Annual Development Programme (ADP).
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ACC's first charge sheets against 5 in graft cases
Accused include MK Alamgir, Mir Nasir, Amanullah Aman
The Anti-corruption Commission (ACC) yesterday pressed charges against three detained ex-state ministers and two of their family members in connection with three graft cases filed for amassing huge wealth
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Voter List, National ID Cards
Project proposal to be ready in two months
Work begins next week
The work of preparing a project proposal for a voter list with photographs and for national identity cards is likely to begin next week, a month after the 18-month timeframe for voter registration was
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HC refuses to accept Hasina's writ petition
The High Court (HC) yesterday refused to accept a writ petition seeking a directive for the authorities not to arrest or harass Awami League (AL) President Sheikh Hasina on her return home.
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Probe on into 21 major crimes, says Matin
The national coordination committee against major corruption and crime is investigating 21 cases of major crimes, said MA Matin, chairman of the committee and adviser for the Ministry of Communications.
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Burglary at Indian diplomat's Baridhara house
Burglars snuck into an Indian diplomat's residence at the highly secured Baridhara diplomatic zone in the capital in the early morning yesterday and made off with valuables worth around Tk 3 lakh.
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TK 628cr Swindling
BB sends finds to ACC for action against Ctg businessman
Bangladesh Bank (BB) yesterday sent the findings of its preliminary inquiry into the alleged defrauding of several banks by a businessman in Chittagong to the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) for in-depth
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Hearing in Mamun's arms case May 16
A Dhaka court yesterday fixed May 16 for hearing on charge framing against controversial businessman Giasuddin Al Mamun in the case filed for possessing illegal firearms and ammunition.
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20 to die for murder
Twenty people were sentenced to death yesterday by a district court for murder of businessman Hasan Ahmed 15 years back.
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US pounds Baghdad after Karbala carnage
70 Iraqis, 9 more GIs killed in bombings, attacks
American forces fired an artillery barrage at targets in southern Baghdad yesterday following deaths of nine more US troops while Iraqi rescuers scoured wreckage for the victims of another deadly carbomb
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Tigers bomb Colombo fuel facilities
Airlines suspend flights as military pounds rebel positions
Tamil Tiger rebels bombed a fuel refinery and gasoline storage facility near the Sri Lankan capital early yesterday, and authorities cut power to the city, officials said.
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US may hold talks with Iran at Iraq conference
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said yesterday she would not rule out a meeting with her Iranian counterpart on the sidelines of a multinational conference on Iraq security next week.
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EU proposes tripartite talks on Iraqi refugees
The European Union's development and humanitarian aid commissioner said on Sunday that he has proposed joint talks with Damascus and Baghdad to discuss the plight of Iraqi refugees in Syria.
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Kidnapped Chinese workers freed in Ethiopia
Seven Chinese workers captured in an attack last week on an oil plant by separatist rebels in eastern Ethiopia in which 77 people died have been released, their kidnappers told AFP yesterday.
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