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Leaders Face off in JS
Khaleda proposes body to discuss electoral reform
Prime Minister Khaleda Zia yesterday in parliament proposed forming a committee with representation of the ruling and opposition parties to reach a consensus on the main opposition's reform agenda onthe
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Leaders Face off in JS
Hasina demands implementation of proposals
Leader of the Opposition Sheikh Hasina yesterday in parliament wanted to know whether the prime minister would carry out the opposition-proposed reforms in the caretaker government and electoral systems
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Govt to go for $211m dubious telecom deal
Political lobby active to get it done for Chinese company
Under the influence of a top political lobby, the government is going for a $211 million digital telecom exchange project with a so-called 'buyer's credit' from China.
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Survived, yet agonised
Brother's death in building collapse haunts 20yr-old mason
Rinku finds no joy in his miraculous survival, not even that of his father, from death in the dreadful debris of the collapsed multi-storey Phoenix building.
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Aug 17 Blasts, Bomb Attack on Sylhet Judge
22 JMB cadres to walk gallows
A court in Jhenidah yesterday sentenced 21 members of JMB to death for taking part in the August 17 serial bomb blasts last year while a Sylhet court sentenced another member of the banned outfit to death
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Another JMB Shura man captured
Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) members yesterday arrested one more member of the Majlish-e-Shura, the top policymaking body of the banned militant outfit Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) from nearBaitul
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10 questions to Khaleda
Leader of the Opposition Sheikh Hasina yesterday in parliament asked Prime Minister Khaleda Zia the following 10 specific questions:
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'PM's proposal not clear'
Leader of the Opposition Sheikh Hasina yesterday brushed aside Prime Minister Khaleda Zia's proposal for forming a committee to discuss the opposition's reform proposals.
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Hasina missing on BTV
The state-run Bangladesh Television (BTV) yesterday did not broadcast the speech of Sheikh Hasina in parliament but aired Khaleda Zia's.
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Ashraful sends lions on cherry chase
Mohammad Ashraful stood tall in Muttiah Muralidaran's hundredth Test match with a magnificent hundred as Bangladesh amassed record runs on the opening day of the first Test against Sri Lanka at the Chittagong
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PM's India trip eyes warm ties
Seeking good neighbourly relations with India, Prime Minister Khaleda Zia is going to New Delhi next month on a three-day visit to find a common ground for resolving the outstanding bilateral issues,some
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Building Collapse
Another body found
With time ticking away, hope of finding any more survivors trapped in the rubble of the collapsed Phoenix building since Saturday is fading as rescuers could not trace anyone alive over the last two days.
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Tight Monetary Policy
Private sector credit dips
So do import, govt borrowing trend
The IMF-prescribed contractionary monetary policy has decelerated the private sector credit in the current fiscal year (FY), but it helped reduce the balance of payment deficit.
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Power, Fuel, Fertiliser Crises
14-party blocks roads, demands solution
Awami League (AL)-led 14-party opposition coalition yesterday took to the streets in the capital and elsewhere in the country to observe its two-hour sit-in programmes protesting the ongoing power, fuel,
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Ctg RMG Factory Fire
Probe finds flaws in construction
The probe committee headed by Additional Secretary Sirajul Islam found a lot of flaws in the construction and the safety measures at KTS Composite Textile Mill at Kalurghat where the February 23 inferno
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AK47 rifles, guns seized in CHT
Security forces yesterday seized a large cache of arms and ammunition, including five AK47 rifles, from the remote forest area in Alikadam upazila of the district.
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Jubo Dal leader killed in Rab 'crossfire'
A Juba Dal leader having criminal records was killed during a shootout between his accomplices and members of the Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) in Narayanganj town early yesterday.
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Judiciary Separation
Hearing on contempt rule today
Hearing on the contempt rule against nine bureaucrats on charges of distorting the judgement of judiciary separation case will be held in the Supreme Court (SC) today.
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41 killed as blasts rock Baghdad
GI, 2 British soldiers die in separate attacks
Five explosions including three car bombs, a suicide attacker wearing an explosives belt and a blast near the National Theatre rocked Baghdad Tuesday, killing 41 people and wounding scores, police said.
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Focus on nuke pact as Bush flies in India today
With India and the United States struggling to work out a nuclear pact before President Bush arrives today, India's prime minister pledged Monday not to compromise the country's security to seal the deal.
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Iran won't give up nuke plan
Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said yesterday that Tehran will not give up its nuclear program, but that ongoing talks with Russia to jointly enrich uranium would ease international concerns
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