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16-Town Power Distribution Project
PDB spends Tk 271cr without approval
Power Development Board (PDB) spent an excess of Tk 271 crore in a power distribution project without approval of the authorities while a severe power crisis persists in the country.
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India clinch ODI series
Gautam Gambhir and debutant Piyush Chawla starred as India clinched the three-match one-day series against Bangladesh 2-0 with a convincing 46-run victory in the second ODI at the Sher-e-Bangla National
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US Security Team to Bush
Give Bangladesh high priority as US strategic partner
A US security delegation comprising a congressman and military veterans has asked President George W Bush to give Bangladesh "high priority" as a strategic partner in US foreign and national securitypolicies
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UN offers help in holding fair polls
Govt to welcome UN support in recovery of siphoned out money, says Farook Sobhan
The United Nations (UN) will provide technical and financial assistance for holding a free and fair election in Bangladesh.
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Protest Over Top Judge Sacking
34 killed in violence ahead of rally in Pakistan
Fierce gun battles between rival political activists left 34 people dead and 100 wounded yesterday in the worst violence since President Pervez Musharraf suspended Pakistan's top judge two months ago.
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Bangladesh to sign deal with UAE on manpower export
Bangladesh will sign an agreement with the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on exporting manpower to promote and regulate recruitment of Bangladeshi workers to the UAE, the second largest destination for Bangladeshi
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Health services dipped for lack of proper policy
The Daily Star, NSU, Health 21 roundtable told
Lack of proper policy and monitoring and non-implementation of existing regulations have led to severe deterioration in the country's health services, medical experts and civil society members said at
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Saifur for end to 'dynastic' politics
Acknowledges 4-party govt's 'mistakes'
Senior BNP leader M Saifur Rahman yesterday called for an end to 'dynastic' politics and said a number of mistakes committed by the last BNP-led four-party government brought on the present situation.
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TIB Investigation on Ctg Port
Bribery goes on secretly despite vigilance
Although underhand dealings at Chittagong seaport seem to have ceased in the changed scenario, bribery still continues stealthily despite strict monitoring under the current anti-graft drive, says a private
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CG's reform move good but delay will harm democracy
Speakers tell BBC Bangla Sanglap
Speakers at a discussion yesterday said the country's democracy will suffer if the military backed caretaker government stays in power for a 'long period of time', but they endorsed its reform initiatives.
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Khaleda still under pressure
Says Hannan Shah
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia's adviser Brig (retd) ASM Hannan Shah yesterday said Khaleda is still under pressure to leave the country, a charge that the government denied shortly afterwards.
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Amnesty concerned at death, torture in custody
Amnesty International has expressed grave concern over the alleged "tortures and deaths in custody" since the declaration of the state of emergency in January 11 in Bangladesh, it said in a statement.
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Worker's death in road crash sparks violence
Bus set ablaze
A passenger bus was set ablaze and several other vehicles were vandalised at Jatrabari on the Dhaka-Chittagong highway following death of a garment worker in a road accident yesterday morning.
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Wolfowitz broke ethics rules
Says WB board
The World Bank executive board has concluded that bank president Paul Wolfowitz broke ethics rules in arranging a pay rise for his girlfriend and will try to end his tenure next week, The Washington Post
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5 GIs killed, 3 others go missing in Iraq
Five US-led soldiers were killed yesterday and three reported missing after an attack south of Baghdad, the US military said, amid reports that the three troops had been captured.
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Farm owner shot dead in city
Unidentified gunmen shot a dairy farm owner dead at Pallabi in the capital yesterday. The dead was identified as Mansur Mallik, 45, a resident of Mirpur-10.
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8 held for visa,passport forgery
Immigration police yesterday arrested eight people from the city's Fakirapul area on charges of passport and visa forgery and sending people abroad illegally.
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God will punish drug dealers
Says Pope
Pope Benedict XVI warned drug traffickers yesterday that they would face divine justice for the scourge of illegal narcotics across Latin America, telling them that, "God will call you to account foryour
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