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Grabbers swoop on Gulshan Lake again
Fresh onslaughts on the Gulshan-Banani-Baridhara Lake continue unabated with some 'landowners' demarcating the waterbody to fill the entire 35-acre of Banani stretch of the lake.
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Second Mou Signed With Ncbs
BB sets default loan recovery target
Bangladesh Bank (BB) has signed a second memorandum of understanding (MoU) with each of the four nationalised commercial banks (NCBs) dictating stricter terms on default loan recovery and providing new
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Biman Food
Probe report on origin of poisoning today
The Biman Catering Service (BCS) is investigating whether the food poisoning, which left some 50 people sick on Friday, had an on-flight origin on the Jeddah-Dhaka route as a primary probe ruled out the
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BDB challenges legality of Dhaka-10 by-polls
Falu takes oath in an unprecedented hurry
The Bikalpa Dhara Bangladesh (BDB) yesterday demanded cancellation of Dhaka-10 by-election challenging its legality in an appeal to the Election Commission (EC) on the sidelines of swearing-in the ruling
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Hartal passes off without events
The dawn-to-dusk countrywide hartal enforced yesterday by Awami League passed off more or less peacefully except a few stray incidents of violence, including over a dozen women activists of the main opposition
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Untouchable victims of violence
Private hospitals refuse to treat people with stab, bullet or bomb wounds
Any person requiring emergency medical support in the city for stab, bullet or bomb injury has only one choice -- go to a state hospital.
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Iraq tribunal outlines prosecution path
Gaddafi's daughter to defend Saddam; 5 Iraq troops, Marine killed in attacks
The head of the Iraqi Special Tribunal prosecuting Saddam Hussein and 11 of his lieutenants has outlined the path forward in the biggest legal case in the history of Iraq.
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Euro 2004
First-timers clash for trophy today
The surprises littering Euro 2004 and the presence of Portugal and Greece in Sunday's final should be seen as triumphs for teamwork.
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6-storey house tilts in old city
A six-storey building on Aga Sadek Road in Old Dhaka tilted by at least two inches early yesterday morning as the owner of the adjacent plot excavated his land to construct a new structure.
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Saturn's rings eroding
An eruption of atomic oxygen spotted around Saturn by the Cassini spacecraft suggests that the planet's iconic rings are eroding and could be gone in 100 million years, Nasa scientists said on Friday.
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Rab nabs close aide to 'Kala' Jahangir
Another 'top criminal' also arrested
The Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) on Friday night arrested the top-listed criminal of Cantonment Police Station, who is also a close aide to country's top criminal 'Kala' Jahangir.
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Correction
The Daily Star news headlined "Govt ditches plan to rein in unruly bank unionists" yesterday inadvertently mentioned a maximum three-year jail term with Tk 1 lakh penalty if a trade union activist isfound
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Cops release another Bangla Bhai man
Police yesterday freed another alleged cadre of Jagrata Muslim Janata Bangladesh (JMJB) whom villagers of Shikdari-Sakua in Bagmara upazila handed over to them on Friday.
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Govt to table bill for TU at EPZs
Js session resumes today
The government will place a bill allowing limited trade unionism (TU) in the country's EPZs (export procession zones) in the Jatiya Sangsad today as it resumes after a three-day recess.
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JS women seats to be distributed in this session
A meeting of the ruling BNP last night decided to distribute 45 reserved seats for women in parliament in the current session and finalised draft of rules for the distribution in line with the 14th constitutional
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Saber takes swipe at Harris over polls remark
Awami League President's Political Secretary Saber Hossain Chowdhury yesterday took a swipe at Prime Minister's Political Secretary Harris Chowdhury for his comments that newspapers ran doctored pictures
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Hasina sued for graft
The Bureau of Anti-corruption (Bac) yesterday sued Awami League President and former prime minister Sheikh Hasina, former state minister Obaidul Kader and two others on charge of embezzling Tk 41.
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President, PM greet Bush on 4th of July
President Iajuddin Ahmed and Prime Minister Khaleda Zia have felicitated US President George W. Bush on the occasion of his country's Independence Day, the 4th of July.
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Khulna journos end protest Programme
Khulna journalists yesterday concluded their seven-day programme to protest the murder of Dainik Janmabhumi editor Humayun Kabir Balu with a mourning procession.
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Man charged with murders in US denied bail
A Barisal court yesterday refused bail to Iqbal Ahmed Bulbul who had been arrested by the Detective Branch police from Babuganj upazila of the district on charge of murdering three people including his
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DCC to award Development Contributors
Dhaka City Corporation (DCC) is going to award individuals, journalists and organisations for their contributions towards the development of the capital city.
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AL hartal belies its own proposal, says Mannan
BNP Secretary General and LGRD and Cooperatives Minister Abdul Mannan Bhuiyan yesterday said Awami League's (AL) countrywide shutdown came on the heels of their proposal for banning hartal in the country.
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17 hurt as goons try to occupy house in city
At least 17 people were injured in a clash when hired goons attacked a landowner and his tenants in an attempt to occupy his house in Dhaka's Sabujbagh yesterday, police and the landowner said.
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