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Plagued by pollution
75 Savar industries dump untreated liquid waste in water bodies; 2 lakh people in 12 villages face serious health risks
About 2 lakh people of 12 villages around the Savar Export Processing Zone (EPZ) face serious health risks due to tremendous pollution, as industries here dump their untreated liquid waste into surrounding
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Faulty launches sail on bribery
Many owners build vessels first, then get designs approved
Instead of building a launch based on government-approved design, a section of launch owners builds their vessels first and then secures approval for the design through allegedly underhanded dealing,said
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6 realtors, others grab 200-acre Dhaka land
JS body discusses reports by 3 govt offices
Six housing companies, Bangladesh Navy co-operative housing society and five individuals have grabbed about 200 acres of public land in suburban Savar, Gazipur and Kaliakair, alleged three governmentoffices.
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Galib's top aides brought to Dhaka
Investigators check his statements, records; RU ponders his suspension
Members of the intelligence agencies now grilling militant kingpin Muhammad Asadullah Al Galib in the joint interrogation cell (JIC) are examining his statements and checking the records of the people
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ADP projects get new rules Mar 27
Preparatory time halved, power of planning minister and line ministries raised
A new guideline aimed at speeding and easing up development project implementation comes into force on March 27, cutting down the preparatory time by half.
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Poor governance impedes growth of Bangladesh
Says US official
Donald Camp, principal deputy assistant secretary of state for South Asia, has said Bangladesh's significant problems with corruption, increase in violent political attacks, poor governance and hartal
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Crackdown on Illegal Workers
200 Bangladeshis return from KL
About 200 Bangladeshis who took shelter at Kuala Lumpur airport since Monday following expiry of an amnesty announced by the Malaysian government for illegal foreign workers returned home last night.
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Fertiliser Irregularities
Speaker, MPs unhappy over distribution
The speaker of the Jatiya Sangsad and a number of lawmakers yesterday drew attention of Industries Minister Matiur Rahman Nizami about the irregularities in distribution of fertilisers among farmers in
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Quit for failure to deliver
Dr Kamal asks govt before Kibria family's 'blue for peace' programme
Jatiya Oikya Mancha President Dr Kamal Hossain yesterday said the government should step down immediately for its 'failure to deliver'.
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Malaysia Crackdown
Govt confirms arrest of 3 Bangladeshis
The government has confirmed the arrest of three Bangladeshis in Malaysia since a crackdown on illegal foreign workers began this month.
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Chief whip's son sent to jail
Akhter Hamid alias Paban, son of Chief Whip Khondoker Delwar Hossain, who was arrested in connection with an attempt-to-murder case, was sent to the Dhaka Central Jail after rejection of his bail petition
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Chuadanga Rape
Charges pressed against 5 cops
The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) pressed charges against five out of 14 police personnel accused in a much talked about gang rape case in Chuadanga.
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China blast kills 20 school children
A dynamite explosion in a north China village killed 20 primary schoolchildren when their classroom collapsed on top of them, state media said on Thursday.
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Hasina leaves for Spain Mar 7
Leader of the Opposition and Awami League chief Sheikh Hasina will go to Spain on March 7 to attend an international conference of the former heads of states and governments.
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Tata firm on investing $2b
Tata, India's industrial giant, will go ahead with its plan to invest in Bangladesh, as several projects involving an initial capital of about $2 billion remained under study.
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Embezzlement of dredging money alleged
The circular waterway from Sadarghat to Ashulia would have no use in dry season as the project officials had allegedly misappropriated huge sums of money meant for dredging and dikes.
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Teachers hold token hunger strike
Protest killings, rise of fundamentalist forces
The Federation of Bangladesh University Teachers' Associations yesterday observed a three-hour token hunger strike at the Central Shaheed Minar in the capital protesting the killing of prominent teachers,
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Jamaat serves legal notice on Prof Sayeed
Jamaat-e-Islami Bangladesh yesterday served a legal notice on Awami League leader Prof Abu Sayeed for making 'derogatory and disparaging remarks and unfounded allegations' in his book 'Aghoshito Juddher
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Abbas, Hamas to hold talks in Yemen
Yemen plans to host talks this month between Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and the exiled leader of the militant group Hamas on a ceasefire with Israel, the Yemeni state news agency SABA has reported.
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Indigenous woman raped
Fatikchhari police rescued an indigenous woman, abducted and violated by miscreants, from a remote place close to border yesterday afternoon.
Police arrested two suspects.
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BNP men
The house of a Krishak League leader was looted and damaged and his family members were injured allegedly by the activists of ruling BNP and its front organisations Wednesday night.
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BDR foils bid to fencing border
The Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) foiled Indian Border Security Forces' (BSF) attempts to fence the border at two points in Ramgar on Wednesday and Thursday.
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Chinese PM arrives on April 7
Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao will pay a two-day official visit to Bangladesh on April 7-8, said an official yesterday.
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Notice
The Daily Star pulishes the full report of the Bangladesh Supreme Court Bar Association Enquiry Committee, which probed the August 21, 2004 grenade attack on an Awami League public meeting, on page 4in
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