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Govt restricts Hasina's going abroad
The army-backed caretaker government yesterday imposed restrictions on Awami League (AL) President Sheikh Hasina's leaving Dhaka today for USA for "the sake of investigation" into the graft cases filed
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Lifting ban on indoor politics not now
Mainul says it is in the interest of pro-reform politicians
Law and Information Adviser Mainul Hosein yesterday said the government is not thinking of election or resumption of indoor politics at the moment in the interests of pro-reform politicians.
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Falu on fresh remand, Tarique denied bail
Verdict in Aman's graft case on June 21
Detained former BNP lawmaker Mossaddak Ali Falu was placed on a fresh four-day remand in a criminal case while Chief Conservator of Forests Osman Gani was placed on a three-day remand yesterday.
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Meghnaghat-2 Power Plant
Financial closure timeline extended on Obaidul's plea
Responding to a plea of scamster Obaidul Karim's shell company BON Consortium, the Power Development Board (PDB) has agreed to extend the deadline for financial closure of the Meghnaghat-2, a 450MW power
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Tariff proposals to hurt industry
8 chambers, exporters' bodies fear
The tariff changes in the proposed budget will hurt the country's industrial sector as the strong import bias will encourage imports at the cost of local industries, a joint press statement of eight leading
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Budget size, financing sources not unrealistic
Finance adviser tells CPD dialogue
Finance Adviser AB Mirza Azizul Islam rejected outright the notion that the proposals in the budget for fiscal year 2007-08 are unrealistic or unattainable.
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Bar to Ctg Visit
Hasina terms govt decision 'undemocratic'
Awami League (AL) President Sheikh Hasina yesterday described the government restriction on her travelling to Chittagong to visit the landslide victims as "unconstitutional, undemocratic and contraryto
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Wife meets Tarique
BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Tarique Rahman's wife and mother-in-law visited him at the Dhaka Central Jail yesterday.
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Tk 280cr Water Supply Programme
WB may withdraw grants for slow progress
The World Bank (WB) has warned that it would withdraw its Tk 280 crore grants for the Bangladesh Water Supply Programme Project because of its slow implementation pace and "reactive" project management.
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Bomb planted by Jadid found in Rajshahi
True to their earlier declaration, the newly emerged Jadid Al Qaeda yesterday planted another powerful bomb on the campus of Rajshahi University of Engineering and Technology (Ruet) evading tight security.
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Noor Ali's Case
Cops checking visitors' register of Ganobhaban
Police started checking the visitors' register of the then Ganobhaban to find out whether businessman Noor Ali visited the building on specific dates to handed over 12 cheques to the then prime minister
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Ex-BNP MP Gias sued for land grabbing
Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority (BIWTA) filed a case against former BNP lawmaker Mohammad Giasuddin yesterday in connection with grabbing six acres of BIWTA land at Shiddhirganj in Narayanganj.
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Wealth Report
Hamim Group chief Azad owns Tk 29cr properties
Proprietor of Hamim Group AK Azad, one of the 21 corruption suspects and the publisher of daily Shamokal, yesterday submitted his statement to the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) disclosing wealth worth
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Nepal parliament gets armed to axe king
Almost five years after it was dissolved for defiance, Nepal's resurrected parliament has finally got its revenge - becoming empowered to axe King Gyanendra ahead of the crucial November election.
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Bird Flu
2,000 poultry birds culled
Live Stock Department (LSD) of Rangpur culled about 2000 poultry birds at Ghagotpara of Lakhmitari union under Gangachara upazila on Wednesday night following detection of avian influenza (bird flu) virus.
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Rejoinders, our reply
Saifa Siddique, daughter of former finance minister M Saifur Rahman, has protested a report headlined "Babar talks about illegal VoIP network" published in The Daily Star on June 13.
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Russians fixing space station computers
Russian computers that control the international space station's orientation and oxygen and water supplies were partly working again yesterday after failing the day before.
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BSF kills 1
Indian Border Security Force (BSF) shot dead a Bangladeshi on Ghona border in Satkhira Sadar upazila yesterday morning.
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Rejoinder, our reply
Saifa Siddique, daughter of former finance minister M Saifur Rahman, has protested a report headlined "Babar talks about illegal VoIP network" published in The Daily Star on June 13.
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