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Dhaka to tag strings to allowing gas pipeline
Saifur flies to Delhi; plans to seek Indian transit to carry goods to Nepal, removal of trade barriers
Bangladesh will allow a proposed tri-nation gas pipeline to be drawn from Myanmar through its territory if India lets Bangladesh use its land to transit goods to and from Nepal and removes barriers to
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Date with death on the road
BRTA blames it on reckless driving, unfit vehicles; Minister points at lax enforcement of law
Last year alone 4,749 road accidents claimed nearly 4,000 lives and seriously injured over 3,500 people around the country, according to the Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA).
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CNG Conversion
Govt limps halfway as deadline nears end
The government is only halfway to achieving its target of converting over half of its petrol and diesel vehicles into compressed natural gas (CNG) fuelling by December 2004, said sources in the government
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One killed in Rab crossfire
A man with criminal records was killed while another person accompanying him injured reportedly in a shootout involving Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) in Keraniganj in the early hours yesterday.
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Akheri munajat today
The three-day Biswa Ijtema on the bank of Turag River in the suburban town of Tongi is set to end today with akheri munajat (final prayer).
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More controversial recruitment at RU on the cards
The Rajshahi University (RU) authorities have initiated the process of yet another controversial recruitment, this time of three teachers to Social Work department and six teachers to Islamic Historyand
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Shun partisanship in cultural arena
PM opens National Theatre with call for spirit of patriotism
Prime Minister Khaleda Zia yesterday urged the cultural activists to wage a strong cultural movement, shunning partisanship to establish people's rights to recreation along with their basic needs.
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Riip to help farmers reap better return
Dusk is falling. A middle-aged farmer is heard singing in an undertone. He is coming from the fields in a bull cart laden with the day's harvest along an under-construction feeder road that runs 15.
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Twin blasts outside Iraq police station
7 killed, 59 hurt; US soldier dies in separate attack
In the second major assault on Baghdad's police force in two days, two car bombs exploded next to an Iraqi police station just outside Baghdad's Green Zone yesterday, killing seven people and wounding
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Threat to loot radio transmitter at Bandarban
Miscreants have allegedly threatened to loot the newly installed Bandarban Betar Kendra's (radio centre) 10-kilowatt transmitter as it disrupted electronic networking systems among "the terrorists," sources
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Iraq suicide attacks kill 14, injure 59
Suicide attackers carried out a string of car bombings against Iraqi policemen in Baghdad and Kurdish militiamen in the north, killing 14 people and wounding at least 59 yesterday in the latest majorassaults
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Contempt rule on four dailies
The High Court (HC) yesterday issued a suo moto rule on the editors and five others of four national dailies asking them to explain why it should not draw up contempt charges against them for publishing
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Govt plans law for improving CNG standards
State Minister for Energy and Mineral Resources AKM Mosharraf Hossain yesterday said the government is considering passing the CNG (Compressed Natural Gas )Act in parliament for development of codes
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Jahangir Gate-agargaon
Work on tunnel road from March
Huda slams indiscriminate digging of roads
Work on a tunnel road from Shaheed Jahangir Gate to Agargaon intersection will start in March next under a plan for minimising traffic jam and easing transport movement along the Old Airport Road.
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Hepatitis E main cause of jaundice at DU
Institute of Entomology, Diseases Control and Research (IEDCR) identified hepatitis E virus as the main cause of jaundice at Dhaka University (DU) that affected around five hundred students.
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Pepsi music mela from tomorrow
A month-long 'Pepsi music mela' begins tomorrow at Musical Café of Dhaka Billiard Centre (DBC) at Gulshan in the capital.
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Triple Murders
Arrest warrant against Jubo Dal leader Kajal
A Dhaka court yesterday issued warrant of arrest against Jubo Dal leader Rafiqul Islam Kajal and seven others for the triple murder of an Old Dhaka businessman, his son and chauffeur in March this year.
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BCL agitates at Ctg to protest Mohim killing
Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) city unit yesterday staged demonstration in front of Chittagong Press Club to protest the death of its central leader Mohim in 'crossfire' in Rapid Action Battalion's (Rab)
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Rumsfeld stays put
Overcoming criticism about his handling of Iraq, Defence Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld has won a strong vote of confidence from President Bush and will remain at the Pentagon.
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