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King Fahd passes away
Abdullah takes Saudi throne; oil price marks rise
Saudi King Fahd, leader of the world's top oil exporter and a key US ally, died yesterday after a long period of ill health that forced him to hand over the reins of power in the last years of his turbulent
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Requisitioned Vehicles
No payment made to owners in 30 years
DMP blames it on govt non-decision
Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) owes more than Tk 100 crore as compensation for vehicles requisitioned from different private and government organisations in about the last 30 years, according to theDMP
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Perks of president, PM, ministers to rise by 45pc
Cabinet okays pay hike proposals; lawmakers to get 50pc more, judges 45pc
The cabinet last night approved a 45 percent hike in the salaries of the president, the prime minister, ministers, state ministers and deputy ministers, in the second salary increase for them during the ruling coalition government's tenure.
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Matiur Rahman gets Magsaysay award
Donates $50,000 prize money to charity
Editor of the daily Prothom Alo Matiur Rahman has won this year's Ramon Magsaysay award along with five others from South and Southeast Asian countries.
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Mobile Court in Dhaka, Ctg
11 food shops, factories fined
Three mobile courts in Dhaka and Chittagong levied fines worth a total of Tk 4 lakh to 11 bakeries, restaurants and ice cream factories and also sent one bakery owner to jail.
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London braces for fresh attack threat
Young Muslims to face stop-and-search by police
Thousands of police and security men yesterday fanned out through the London's Underground network as the capital faces a third bomb threat.
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Coal policy to be revised
Mahmudur deems it unfit to deal with foreign companies
The energy ministry will revise the existing coal related rules, regulations and policies in the context of growing interest by the foreign companies in the country's coal mine sector.
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Trade accord revision close to finalisation
Dhaka, Delhi agree to develop land ports
The Bangladesh-India Joint Working Group meeting yesterday made progress in respect of many issues, including finalisation of the revision of the Bangladesh-India Trade Agreement, trade facilitation and
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Presidential Pardon
AL demands JS body talks to probe Home's role
The main opposition Awami League (AL) yesterday demanded a discussion in a parliamentary standing committee on the home ministry's role in the process of granting controversial presidential pardon toa
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Bangladesh Envoy
Delhi sets Aug 8 for presentation of credentials
New Delhi has set August 8 as the date for presentation of credentials by the newly appointed Bangladesh High Commissioner (HC) to the Indian president, a foreign ministry source said yesterday.
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Food traders to enforce 2-day strike from Aug 3
Threatening to observe a 48-hour strike, a food traders association called Bangladesh Khadya Byabasayi Parishad (BKBP) demanded a specific code of conduct regarding hygiene and chemical usage in the food
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Sudan vice president killed in plane crash
Sudanese Vice President John Garang, a former rebel leader who is a key figure in the country's fledgling peace deal, died when the aircraft he was travelling in crashed into a southern Sudan mountain
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Headmaster shot dead
Armed assailants shot dead the headmaster of Bagra High School in Sreenagar upazila of the district yesterday.
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2 'robbers' die in 'crossfire'
Two alleged robbers were killed in "crossfire" between police and their associates in Araihazar upazila in the early hours yesterday.
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