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HC Show-cause Notice About Congestion Surcharge
Exports halt as feeder vessels stop operation
Import to suffer as no goods loaded in foreign ports
Country's export trade came to a halt as most feeder vessel operators suspended their operation from yesterday following a High Court (HC) show-cause notice about imposition of congestion surcharges.
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Meghnaghat-3 Power Project
Yet another move to favour rookie company
The power ministry has finalised a fresh summary with misleading information seeking approval of the Cabinet Purchase Committee for secretly awarding contract for the 450 MW Meghnaghat-3 power project
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New EC rebuts claims of bias, dubious past
Newly appointed Election Commissioner Mahmood Hasan Mansur yesterday denied the allegation against him of misusing the public office for personal gain while he was the post and telecommunications secretary.
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Unfulfilled Poll Pledges
Ruling parties must explain failure before election
Demands regional dialogue
The political parties should give explanation before a general election in case of failure to fulfil election pledges while in power, said speakers at the regional dialogue in Tangail yesterday.
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Experts against deal, not coal extraction
No question of compensation to Asia Energy as mining contract not signed, roundtable told
Academics, politicians and energy experts at a roundtable yesterday said they are not against extraction of coal or foreign investment in the country, but they oppose any investment or development project
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'Black day' observed in Phulbari
The people of Phulbari, Dinajpur, observed a 'black day' yesterday by wearing black badges and hoisting black flags protesting the August 26 carnage.
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5 JMB men held with jihadi books
Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) yesterday arrested five JMB (Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh) leaders and workers who had been regrouping in Gomostapur upazila in Chapainawabganj.
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Phulbari Incident
Minu terms it an opposition conspiracy
Rajshahi Mayor Mizanur Rahman Minu yesterday said the opposition combine's conspiracy to create anarchy over Phulbari incident was thwarted.
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3 killed in "crossfire" in Khulna, Rangpur
Three criminals were killed in "crossfire" during separate incidents of shootouts between their accomplices and Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) in Khulna and Rangpur early yesterday.
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Suhrawardi Hospital
Patients suffer as strike enforced over staff abuse
Sufferings of several hundred patients at Shaheed Suhrawardi Hospital in the capital increased as physicians, nurses, officials and staff of the hospital yesterday started a two-hour abstention from work
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PM asks party men to work vigorously for polls
Prime Minister and BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia yesterday asked her party's field level leaders to gear up mass contact and organisational activities ahead of the upcoming general elections.
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BSF closes Tin Bigha Corridor
Indian Border Security Force (BSF) yesterday closed Tin Bigha Corridor preventing movement of cattle from Dahagram-Angorpota enclave to Lalmonirhat.
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14 British killed in Afghan air crash
Fourteen British military personnel died when their aircraft crashed in Afghanistan, apparently after developing a technical problem, British and Nato officials said yesterday.
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South Asian pilgrims shot dead in Iraq
18 Iraqis killed in attack, Pentagon warns of looming civil war
Iraqi insurgents slaughtered 14 south Asian Shia pilgrims and 18 Iraqi civilians yesterday after the Pentagon warned that the country was close to falling into a sectarian war.
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EU sets deadline for Iran over nukes row
Annan in Tehran for talks
The European Union agreed yesterday to try to clarify Iran's stance on halting uranium enrichment within two weeks as the UN secretary general arrived in Tehran to discuss the dispute.
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