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Saifur takes 3 days to decide on resignation
Skips vital JSC meeting; Osman Farruk goes to his residence to clear the air
Finance Minister M Saifur Rahman, who is adamant to resign from the cabinet in the wake of prevailing volatile situation in Sylhet BNP, said yesterday he will come up with a decision after three days.
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EC claims voter list expenditure Tk 9.7cr
But fails to provide details to prove 10-time higher estimated expense wrong
The Election Commission (EC) Secretariat claimed yesterday that Tk 9.70 crore was spent for preparing the draft voter list, but the actual expenditure should be about 10 times the claim.
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Tk 68,600cr budget likely for next fiscal year
Govt to focus on domestic resources instead of foreign aid
The government might propose a Tk 68,600 crore national budget for the 2006-07 fiscal year with a target to meet financial deficit by borrowing money from domestic sources instead of foreign ones.
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BNP lawmaker's reign of terror against journalists
Fake lawsuit, torture, threat used as means to keep Kushtia newsmen mum
Kushtia has turned into a risky zone for journalists who were threatened and assaulted by the ruling party cadres for writing against a local lawmaker on several occasions, but the government seems to
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Govt lands roadmap for power sector reform
The government yesterday presented a three-year roadmap for reforming the power sector by turning its entities into corporations through private public partnership in the sector.
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Fresh unrest at DEPZ
50 garment workers hurt in clash
Fresh labour unrest at Dhaka Export Processing Zone (DEPZ) in Savar yesterday left 50 people injured.
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Power Office Seizure
100 hurt as cop attack Bhola AL men
Police yesterday charged baton and fired bullets to disperse the Awami League (AL) activists demanding uninterrupted power supply in Bhola town, leaving about 100, including journalists, injured.
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Aug 17 Blasts
Charges pressed against JMB chief, 20 others
Police yesterday pressed charges against 21 militants of Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB), including its top two leaders Abdur Rahman and Bangla Bhai, in an August 17 serial blast case filed with
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23,000 primary schools remain closed
Teachers continue fast unto death
Teachers of private primary schools continued to observe their hunger strike until death at the city's Muktangon demanding nationalisation of their jobs yesterday.
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Students to get special rate for internet use
3 paisa per minute
The post and telecommunications ministry yesterday informed a parliamentary body that it has decided to provide some special facilities to the students on internet use at a rate as low as 3 paisa perminute.
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Tremor jolts Chittagong
A moderate tremor measuring 5.1 on the Richter scale jolted the port city and its adjoining areas in the early hours yesterday.
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Iraq orders state of emergency in Basra
Over 100 killed in violence in two days
Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki ordered yesterday a month-long state of emergency in the southern city of Basra, the scene of inter-Shia clashes, as the rest of Iraq stayed in the grip of a surge in violence.
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Form judicial council to oust CEC
14-party asks govt
The Awami League-led 14-party opposition combine yesterday demanded forming a Supreme Judicial Council to oust ‘controversial' Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) MA Aziz and other two commissioners toensure
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Iran not an immediate nuke threat
Says UN watchdog chief
Iran does not pose an immediate nuclear threat and the world must act cautiously to avoid repeating mistakes made with Iraq and North Korea, the head of the UN nuclear watchdog agency said on Tuesday.
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