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Acting CEC quits with commissioners
The acting chief election commissioner (CEC) and four other commissioners finally resigned yesterday, following the footstep of Justice MA Aziz, and clearing the way for reconstitution of the Election
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Hasina's APS held, freed later
Murad Siddiqui, brother of ex-state minister for power detained
Security personnel detained Dr Awlad Hossain, Assistant Personal Secretary (APS) of Awami League (AL) President Sheikh Hasina, and two of her personal staffs in the capital last night but later released
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Govt in hunt for tapping quick funds
Move taken for early release of WB funds, selling Rupali Bank's another 26pc stakes
The government is taking initiatives for quick release of $340 million from the World Bank under the budgetary support programme, and $330 million from the sale of 67 percent shares of the Rupali Bank
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Fair polls not enough for democracy
Roundtable stresses depoliticising constitutional bodies, seeks roadmap of interim govt
Eight former advisers of caretaker governments (CG) yesterday underscored the need for strict compliance with some rules for healthy democratic practices, saying only a free and fair election is not enough
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Container Handling
Charge goes up by four times
The Chittagong Port Authority (CPA) unilaterally raised the charge for handling container through four sophisticated Quay Gantry Crane (QGC) by nearly four times for gearless vessels (ships without crane).
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Revised ADP to drop unapproved new projects
Unapproved new projects under the ongoing Annual Development Programme (ADP) will not be included in the revised ADP (RADP) for the current fiscal year, according to new RADP rules and regulations.
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14-party, JP leaders sit in dinner with diplomats
Leaders of both the Awami League (AL)-led 14-party alliance and Jatiya Party (JP-Ershad) last night held a meeting with 14 foreign diplomats at a dinner in Dhaka and discussed different issues including
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Rotten Wheat Deal
OC, 2 SIs held for taking Tk 15 lakh bribe
The joint forces on Tuesday arrested five people, including three police officers, for exchanging Tk 15 lakh as bribe inside Fatulla Police Station in Narayanganj to get released a huge amount of rotten
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Businessman arrested with arms, huge ammo
The Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) arrested a businessman and seized three firearms, 5,373 rounds of ammunition and three walkie-talkies from his Bijoynagar residence in the capital on Tuesday.
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Cop killed, 2 injured in bomb blast
A traffic police constable was killed and two others were injured when unidentified miscreants hurled a bomb at Chandna intersection in Gazipur at around 7:00pm on Tuesday.
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Govt mulls power import from West Bengal
The government is mulling over a proposal to import electricity from the bordering Indian state of West Bengal to cut down the perennial power shortages in the country, energy ministry sources said.
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Bogra Torture
Probe finds 5 cops guilty
A three-member inquiry committee accused five police officials for torturing a suspected thief at Bogra Sadar police station (PS) in its report submitted on Tuesday.
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Buriganga Clean-up
BIWTA knocks down 66 illegal structures
A team of Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority (BIWTA) yesterday knocked down 66 concrete structures of Hasnabad, Naiyatola and Mirerbagh areas located on the Keraniganj side of the river Buriganga.
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Cops beat one to death
A freedom fighter was beaten to death by police yesterday at Neha village under Sadar upazila of the district.
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Rejoinder, our reply
Masih Muhith Haque & Co in a rejoinder to a report titled "Oriental Bank Scam, Criminal Case Filed Against Obaidul Karim, Koyes Sami," published in The Daily Star on January 26, said their involvement
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Corrections
In our report headlined 'Canadian jobs beckon Bangladeshi workers' on January 28, it was mistakenly stated that Bangladesh Overseas Employment and Services Limited (BOESL) -- a state-owned recruitingagency
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