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Garbage-choked drains lead to waterlogging
Monsoon rain easily waterlogs Dhaka because its underground drainage system is clogged with garbage, most of the city surface concrete, canals and wetlands filled up, and rivers around the city encroached
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Niko will wait till gas burns up
Tengratila fire intensifies, AL MPs visit spot
While the raging fire in Tengratila gas field is burning gas worth crores of taka every day, causing environmental havoc and making the life of people in the surrounding areas miserable, the Canadiandrilling
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Phulbari Coal Mine
AEC plan requires shifting of 50,000
London-based Asia Energy Corporation (AEC) is preparing a 30-year open pit coal mining plan for Phulbari Project that would require relocating around 50,000 people of about 100 villages and a part ofPhulbari
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Blowouts
Experts blame it on Niko incompetence
Disasters like Tengratila gas field explosions and fire are taking place repeatedly as the government awarded the contract to grossly incompetent Canadian company Niko Resources for its links to powerful
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Tk 1,247 crore DCC budget announced
Dhaka City Corporation (DCC) Mayor Sadeque Hossain Khoka yesterday announced the highest ever DCC budget of Tk 1,247 crore for the fiscal year (FY) 2005-06, which is Tk 368.
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Ministries asked to clear gas bills by July 15
Pvt bodies have to pay in six months to avoid disconnection
An inter-ministerial meeting yesterday asked various ministries and semi-government bodies to pay their outstanding gas bills by July 15.
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Submarine Cable Scam
Minister okays action against ex-BTTB chief
Telecommunications Minister M Aminul Haq yesterday finally okayed departmental action against former BTTB chairman Nurul Islam, Project Director Monowar Ali and other officials for alleged irregularities
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DC-10 Fiasco
Int'l flights might resume tomorrow
International flight operations may resume at Shah Amanat International Airport tomorrow after Biman's DC-10 aircraft that crash-landed on Friday is salvaged, State Minister for Civil Aviation and Tourism
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DMP launches clean-up drive
20 sergeants transferred for alleged crime link
Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) as part of a clean-up drive yesterday transferred 20 sergeants out of the capital for their alleged link to extortion, mugging, drug-peddling and other criminal activities.
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Normal flooding from mid-July, 2 lows likely
Some areas of the country may experience normal flooding in the second half of this month as average rainfall this season is likely to go up by 15-25 percent in addition to rise of water levels in major
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Ershad cleared of GD charge
Police yesterday submitted a final report to a Dhaka court stating Jatiya Party chief HM Ershad innocent with regard to a general diary (GD) filed against him by his estranged wife's sister.
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Nasa projectile smashes into comet
A US space projectile crashed head-on into a comet hurtling through the solar system yesterday in an unprecedented feat of technology that scientists hope will help reveal the secrets of the universe.
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Ctg mugger killed in Rab firing
A mugger was killed and two of his accomplices were injured by bullets during a 'shootout' with the members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) under Chandgaon Police Station in the port city yesterday.
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Domestic Help Job
131 women ansars to go to S Arabia
MoU signed with 4 recruiting agencies
The ansar authorities yesterday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with four recruiting agencies for sending its female members to Saudi Arabia and other countries to do household jobs.
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DU classes resume today
Strike called off
The academic activities of Dhaka University (DU) resume today as the seven opposition-backed student organisations led by the Awami League's student wing Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) called off their
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SSC results likely next week
The results of this year's Secondary School Certificate (SSC), Dakhil and SSC Vocational examinations under nine education boards are likely to be published between July 9 and July 12.
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ACC agrees to take ADB assistance
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) yesterday agreed to take technical assistance from Asian Development Bank (ADB) in its core functions and capacity building.
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