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Dhaka-Ctg expressway okayed
The cabinet yesterday approved the construction of a second highway between Dhaka and Chittagong with private investment.
 
Voter List Update In Dhaka
Rules bent, yet voters shy away
A number of assistant registration officers (ARO) in the capital have unofficially relaxed the strict procedure for submitting a raft of weird documents with applications for registration as voters but
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Dawn-to-dusk hartal today
Cops take away Milon's body
The Awami League (AL) led 14-party opposition combine enforces a dawn-to-dusk countrywide hartal today, protesting the death of an opposition activist in police action during the blockade programme on
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Big four to lock horns
The World Cup semifinalists -- Germany, Italy, France and Portugal - were gathering their forces and plotting their tactics for Tuesday and Wednesday's games in Dortmund and Munich.
 
Iajuddin was fit on return from S'pore
Says doctor at Mount Elizabeth Hospital
President Iajuddin Ahmed returned to the country after receiving treatment in Singapore and with physical fitness to do normal work.
 
Cops kill woman over grandson's marriage
Three policemen were suspended yesterday after preliminary investigation found them guilty of murdering a 65-year-old woman at Bagnibari in Birulia of Savar on Sunday night.
 
Voter List Update
Little response across country
Many district and upazila election officers yesterday expressed their doubts about the success of the Election Commission's (EC) controversial method of updating the voter list.
 
25 lakh trees face axe for Phulbari mine
Implementation of Phulbari coalmine project by British company Asia Energy will require felling of about 25 lakh big and small trees, forest department sources say.
 
Inflation rate goes up
Non-economic factors blamed
The government's failure to dismantle the influence of traders' syndicates on the market and below target production of crops account for the current upward trend in inflation rate.
 
Massive promotions of deputy secretaries
153 become joint secretaries at one go
The government yesterday promoted 153 deputy secretaries to joint secretary superseding seniors and depriving around 100 eligible officials.
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Conjoined twins born at DMCH
A pair of female conjoined twins were born at the Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) yesterday who are joined at their chest and abdomen.
 
Shazneen Case
HC verdict today
The High Court (HC) will deliver the verdict on the sensational Shazneen murder case today.
 
Debate in JS over minister's comments on Hasina
Ruling BNP and opposition Awami League (AL) lawmakers locked in an unscheduled debate in parliament yesterday over a statement by Housing and Public Works Minister Mirza Abbas against Opposition Leader
 
Ershad keeps alliance choice for polls open
Jatiya Party (JP) Chairman HM Ershad yesterday said his party will jointly contest the next general elections either with BNP or Awami League (AL) led alliance.
 
HC halts further construction of road through graveyard
The High Court (HC) yesterday issued a rule asking the government to explain within four weeks why the decision to construct a road through Azimpur Graveyard will not be declared illegal.
 
When road to DMCH is off limits
It was about 4:45pm yesterday as I was passing Ramna Park through Minto Road.
 
SC stays DNA test on ex-DIG's wife, kids
The Supreme Court (SC) yesterday stayed for a month the operation of a High Court (HC) order asking the ex-DIG of police to send his wife along with her septuplets to Mount Elizabeth Hospital in Singapore
 
Bhuiyan doubts opposition's desire for polls
BNP Secretary General Abdul Mannan Bhuiyan yesterday alleged that the opposition is creating confrontation intentionally by holding whimsical and violent programmes.
 
Chief whip hospitalised
Chief Whip Khondkar Delwar Hossain was admitted to the National Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases (NICVD) and Hospital with lung infection yesterday.
 
BSF kills 1
Indian Border Security Force (BSF) gunned down a Bangladeshi cattle trader on the border yesterday afternoon.
 
Gaza groups set Israel deadline
Hamas office bombed again
Palestinian militants holding an Israeli soldier captive issued a 24-hour ultimatum yesterday for Israel to free prisoners after the army kept up its military assault on the Gaza Strip.
 
Truce monitors asked to quit SL by Sept 1
Fresh violence kills 7
Truce monitors from Denmark, Finland and Sweden must quit Sri Lanka by September 1, a top Tiger rebel told AFP yesterday, as fresh violence on the island nation left seven more dead.
 

 
   
 
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