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AL, BNP ready for talks on reforms
May sit today or tomorrow; Jalil, Bhuiyan upbeat about outcome after phone talks
The ruling BNP and opposition Awami League (AL) might begin today or tomorrow the long-awaited dialogue to break the current political stalemate over reforms in the caretaker government and electoralsystems.
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5 Years Since Last General Elections
Life became difficult on many counts
Five years from now, the BNP-led four party alliance won a landslide victory in the eighth parliamentary election riding on a number of pledges, including ensuring good governance, but in reality thesituation
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RMG workers ransack Uttara police station
Damage over 50 vehicles for better pay
At least 50 people including 10 policemen and three journalists were injured during a series of clashes between the law enforcers and garment workers at Uttara in the capital yesterday when the workers
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Power crisis deepens for powerful quarter
The exit of the state minister Anwarul Kabir Talukder will hardly help improve the acute power crisis as the problem lies elsewhere in the government, said a number of top officials of the sector yesterday.
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Global Competitiveness Index
Graft, poor infrastructure pull country down
Corruption and poor infrastructure are the number one and two factors that pulled down Bangladesh in the global competitiveness index (GCI) in 2006.
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16 Satkhira villages flooded
Over 30,000 marooned
Three days of downpour coupled with the overflowing Kapotakkha river have left over 30,000 people in 16 villages of Tala upazila marooned for two weeks.
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Kumari Puja observed
Mahanabami today
The Hindu devotees across the country will observe the Mahanabami at Puja Mandaps today amid due religious fervour and festivity.
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Talks possibility inspires new hope
Civil society members and diplomats yesterday expressed hope that the planned dialogue between the secretaries-general of BNP and Awami League (AL) will resolve the current political dispute for a free
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Brac expands programmes in Africa
After its successful operations in Afghanistan and Sri Lanka, Bangladesh's first international non-government organisation (NGO) Brac is now expanding its programmes to Africa.
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500 shanties gutted in fire at city slum
3 kids missing
At least three children are missing after a devastating fire gutted over 500 shanties, rendered 2,500 people homeless and injured 10 people at Katasur in Mohammadpur in the city last night.
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Drivers beat up doctor branding him 'carjacker'
A doctor of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) Hospital and his two companions were injured as rental vehicle drivers beat them up last night at Muktangon following a row over hiringof
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Income Tax Return
Time limit for submission extended to Oct 19
The National Board of Revenue (NBR) yesterday extended time limit for submitting income tax return for individual category from September 30 to October 19, responding to the demand of different occupational
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ISI, Lashkar behind Mumbai blasts
Claim Indian cops; Pakistan asks for evidence
Indian police said yesterday they had found evidence that Pakistan-based militant group Lashkar-e-Taiba carried out the July 11 serial blasts in Mumbai and Pakistan's military spy agency was behind the
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New US sanction bill targets Iran allies
The US Congress early yesterday gave its final approval to a new set of sanctions targeting foreign countries that continue nuclear cooperation with Iran and sell it advanced weaponry.
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Qaeda video brands Bush a liar
al-Qaeda No 2 Ayman al-Zawahri called President Bush a failure and a liar in the war on terror in a video statement released Friday, and he compared Pope Benedict XVI to the 11th century pontiff who launched
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Five injured as tank lorry explodes
A massive explosion wrecked a petroleum lorry yesterday that injured at least five people critically and damaged four buses at Mymensingh bus stand at Gaital area.
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BSF kills 1
Indian Border Security Force (BSF) shot dead a Bangladeshi youth near Roghunatpur border at midnight on Friday.
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