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30 lakh eligible voters to miss next poll roll
Legal obligations to deprive them of franchise
About 30 lakh adult people in the country will be deprived of their franchise rights in the next parliamentary polls, as it will not be possible to include them in the electoral roll due to legal obligations.
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11 to die for killing Jurain tycoon Alam
A Dhaka court yesterday sentenced two sons-in-law of the slain business tycoon Alam and nine others to death for killing him and his three maids in January 2002.
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Unhygienic Restaurants, Foods
Raids, fines fail to change situation
The situation has not improved in those restaurants and sweetmeat shops that the government-formed mobile court fined last week for having unhygienic environments.
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Life After Blasts
Face to face with 'Jihadis'
They were walking down the narrow lane of the rundown Lutton's Berry Park area. Three of them, all in flowing beards, young and with an air of desperation, as if they are brimming to do something.
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Govt to carry stay silent policy
Hopes amnesty issue will die down eventually
Irked by Law Minister Moudud Ahmed's role in controversial presidential pardon to double-murder convict Mohiuddin Ahmed Jhintu, the government high-ups find it wise to keep silent to let the issue die
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Baby health in danger
20 of 43 baby food brands found unregistered
Unregistered baby foods flooding the market are posing serious hazards to baby health and nutrition as the authorities remain unaware of substandard breast-milk substitutes (BMSs) being imported and marketed.
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Indo-Bangla joint trade body meets today
Trade accord revision, FTA, duty-free access, non-tariff barriers on agenda
A two-day meeting of Bangladesh-India Joint Working Group on Trade Issues begins in the city today, with a revision of the Indo-Bangla Trade Agreement high on its agenda.
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Adb Economic Outlook
Polls volatility, oil price pose risks
The country's economic growth faces several looming challenges emanating from surging global oil prices, adverse impacts of the MFA phase-out, weak governance and political volatility, especially in the
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Chandpur Power Plant
PMO help sought to ensure fair bidding
A Chinese company has sought the intervention of the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) against the Power Development Board's (PDB's) attempt to qualify a disqualified Chinese bidder in the 150 megawatt Chandpur
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Saifur blasts textile firms for deceit
Finance and Planning Minister M Saifur Rahman yesterday lambasted the country's textile entrepreneurs for dishonesty, selling products at unjustifiably high prices and depriving shareholders, despiteenjoying
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PM discusses intra-BNP rift with cabinet bigwigs
Prime Minister Khaleda Zia yesterday had an extensive discussion with four of her senior cabinet colleagues on the country's latest political and economic situation including increasing factional conflicts
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Women's Reserved Seats
Polls schedule by Aug 7
The schedule for election to 45 reserved seats for women in parliament will be announced in a week.
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Workers' Training
Japan team due Aug 4
A three-member team from Japan led by Kagefumi Ueno, senior vice president of Japan International Training Cooperation Organisation (Jitco), will arrive in Dhaka August 4 on a two-day visit for negotiating
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Food traders threaten with 2-day strike
A combine of five food traders associations yesterday threatened to observe a 48-hour strike protesting what it said was harassment by mobile courts that continued raiding restaurants and shops to check
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JS Bocott
UNDP official for MPs' not taking salary
UNDP Resident Representative Jorgen Lissner yesterday said lawmakers should not draw salaries and allowances when they boycott parliament -- a comment Opposition Chief Whip Abdus Shaheed termed "out of
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