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Govt, ACC at loggerheads
Circular asks 1,107 Bac staff not to work for the commission
The government yesterday ordered employees of the now-defunct Bureau of Anti-Corruption (Bac) not to work for the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) until rules and regulations of the newly formed body are formulated.
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1,500 ADP schemes to go under 3yr investment plan
The government will place around 1,500 schemes of the Annual Development Programme (ADP) under a three-year rolling investment programme from the next fiscal year for its effective implementation.
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Kuakata Rakhains pushed out of land
Hundreds of families from the Buddhist Rakhain community in Kuakata have been forced from their land as a result of the activities of an influential group of local Bangalis, an investigation by The Daily
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News Analysis
BTTB mobile puzzle
It is still unclear what prompted the telecommunications ministry to fix the call tariff for its new cellphone service at a rate much higher than expected -- and in particular at a rate similar, if not
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Historical Fact Distortion
JS body asks textbook board to explain
The Parliamentary Standing Committee on the Ministry of Primary and Mass Education yesterday asked the National Curriculum and Textbook Board (NCTB) and the Ministry of Education to explain the ambiguities
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PWD staffs fear 8,000 job loss
Decision to shift work to ministries protested
More than 18,000 staff of the Public Works Department (PWD) will lose their jobs if the government creates mini engineering cells in different ministries for construction and maintenance works instead
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Tsunami death toll crosses 144,000
The confirmed number killed in the massive earthquake and tidal waves that hit Indian Ocean shorelines a week ago passed 1,44,000 on Monday, as over 14,000 more deaths were confirmed by Indonesian officials.
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Grassroots-level Activity
BNP begins conferences on 18-point agenda
The ruling BNP (Bangladesh Nationalist Party) starts a countrywide organisational campaign on an 18-point agenda with a grand conference of grassroots-level party leaders and activists here today.
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Transport fares to go up soon
In the wake of increases in the prices of diesel and kerosene the fares of passenger carrying buses and launches will shortly be increased by as much as 15 percent, The Daily Star has learnt.
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Hasan new navy chief
Commodore Mohammad Hasan Ali Khan has been appointed as the chief of naval staff with effect from January 10, an ISPR release said yesterday quoting a notification issued by the defence ministry.
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Email threat on Hasina's life again
Alleged suicide bomb squads threatened to kill Leader of the Opposition Sheikh Hasina and blow up her Sudha Sadan residence for bringing her son, Joy, into politics.
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Move taken to introduce polythene's alternative
The Ministry of Environment and Forest yesterday launched a fresh drive to introduce environment-friendly alternatives to polythene to stop permanently the use of this harmful substance and formed a national
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Rohingya Refugees
Repatriation resumes
Repatriation of Rohingya refugees to Myanmar resumed on Saturday.
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17 Iraq security men killed in bomb spree
Suicide blast near PM's party headquarters
Insurgents killed 17 Iraqi police and National Guards yesterday in another bloody spree of ambushes, bombings and suicide attacks aimed at wrecking Iraq's January 30 national election.
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JN Dixit dead
Khaleda condoles the death
India's national security advisor JN Dixit, a key behind-the-scenes international negotiator, died yesterday of a heart attack.
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Chuadanga Gang-rape
Doctor stand released as probe found him guilty
A doctor at Chuadanga Sadar Hospital who tried to carry out medical tests on a gang-raped woman on December 27 without permission from the legal authorities has been stand released.
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16 DCC cattle markets for Eid-ul-Azha
The Dhaka City Corporation (DCC) has selected people to operate 13 of the 16 sites set aside as makeshift cattle markets for the upcoming Eid-ul-Azha as allegations have been raised that only those who
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Criminal killed in Rab 'crossfire'
A listed criminal was killed in 'crossfire' between his accomplices and members of the Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) in Buikara area under Abhoynagar upazila of Jessore district yesterday morning.
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BDR foils push-in bid
Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) foiled an attempt by the Border Security Force (BSF) to 'push-in' 36 Bangla speaking people from India to Bangladesh on Chanduria border in Kalaroa upazila Sunday.
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Trade through Bhomra port begins
Export-import activities at Bhomra land port resumed on Sunday as the C&F agents called off their strike but the activities at Benapole land port remained stalled until yesterday.
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Two army men die as truck falls off bridge
Two army personnel were killed and four others injured in a road accident in Suryakandi village in Sarail Sunday.The dead are sepoy Belal, 30, of Munshiganj and lance corporal Rejaul, 32, of Sirajganj.
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JP (Ershad) council deferred
The national council of the Jatiya Party (Ershad), scheduled for February 14, will now be held on February 28.
Party Chairman HM Ershad deferred the council by two weeks due to 'unavoidable reasons'.
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