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Italy in fourth heaven
Italy won the World Cup final on penalties Sunday after a dramatic final destined to be remembered for the sensational sending off for French captain Zinedine Zidane in his farewell match.
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EC to update voter list in only 20 days
Door to door visits after July 20
The Election Commission (EC) decided to start sending its officials for door to door visits after July 20 to update the voter list and it intends to complete the task in 20 days.
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Gazipur garment workers go berserk after accident
At least 30 people including six policemen were injured when garment workers clashed with law enforcers and blockaded Dhaka-Mymensingh highway for three hours after rumours spread that their three colleagues
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Dengue strikes in city
The number of viral fever patients, including the dengue-affected, has gone up recently in the capital, in some cases almost doubling the number of patients hospitalised the previous week.
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Tax ombudsman to start work in six months
His first responsibility will be to stop harassment of taxpayers
The newly appointed tax ombudsman will start receiving complaints and other tax related grievances from taxpayers within the next six months.
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Iajuddin back to work
President Iajuddin Ahmed returned to work yesterday after 45 days and agreed to give an appointment to Leader of the Opposition Sheikh Hasina to meet him in person at noon today.
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Govt says wait but Tata pushes on
Mannan Bhuiyan wants to talk to opposition before decision
While top ministers of the ruling alliance yesterday were of the view that the government needs more time to take a decision on Tata's investment proposal, the Indian industrial giant said it cannot wait.
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Heated debate in JS on TIB report
Parliament yesterday witnessed a heated debate between the ruling party and the main opposition party, Awami League (AL), legislators over the report of Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) and
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Bangladesh a success story in reproductive health
UNFPA country representative tells The Daily Star
Bangladesh has been a success story in population and reproductive health programme looking at the socio-economic and demographic indicators but it still has to go a long way, observed Suneeta Mukherjee,
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US envoy worried at political violence
Meets Kibria family
The US Ambassador in Dhaka Patricia A Butenis yesterday expressed deep concern over the political violence in the country, and inadequacy of investigation into those saying that the guilty should be brought
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Shazneen case
Delivery of verdict resumes today
The High Court Death Reference Bench on Shazneen murder case resumes delivering its verdict today regarding the appeal of the convicts against the lower court's death penalty.
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Teachers, staff strike continues
Most non-government high schools, colleges and madrasas remained closed yesterday as the teachers' and employees' indefinite strike continued yesterday.
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HC Verdict
Children must be tried in juvenile court
The High Court (HC) in a verdict yesterday said if the accused is a child under the Children Act, 1974, they must be tried in a juvenile court and not any other court irrespective of the offence alleged.
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Mob lynches 1 suspected mugger
A mob beat up three people at Malibagh in the city yesterday killing one after the three allegedly attempted to mug Tk 9 lakh of officials from a garment factory firing and injuring two of them.
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AS Mahmud's 72nd birthday today
Today is the 72nd birth anniversary of AS Mahmud, founding managing director of the Mediaworld Limited and the first publisher of The Daily Star.
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Babar asks for list of wanted criminals in 7 days
State Minister for Home Affairs Lutfozzaman Babar yesterday asked the law enforcement agencies to prepare within seven days a list of the wanted criminals and runaway convicts of sensational cases while
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Shia gunmen kill 42 in Baghdad rampage
Roving bands of masked gunmen went on a rampage yesterday in a predominantly Sunni Baghdad neighbourhood, killing at least 42 Sunni Arabs in a gruesome sectarian attack despite a massive security crackdown,
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150 killed in Siberian airplane crash
A Russian passenger plane ran off the runway on landing early yesterday, hit a concrete barrier and burst into flames, a government spokeswoman said.
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Astronauts may inspect shuttle tiles
Nasa managers could decide Sunday whether a piece of fabric filler sticking out from thermal tiles on space shuttle Discovery's belly needs to be plucked out by astronauts during a spacewalk this week.
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