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Concrete pole syndicate makes Tk 1100cr in 5 yrs
A syndicate of 13 concrete pole manufacturers through bid manipulation and political influence sold to the Rural Electrification Board (REB) 15 lakh overpriced concrete electric poles worth Tk 1,100 crore
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Mamun yet to be handed over to police or court
Tale of his quick rise
Detained businessman and Tarique Rahman's business partner Giasuddin Al-Mamun was neither produced before any court nor handed over to police as of last evening.
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ACC likely to be empowered to seize property, give detention
Govt assessing steps against corrupt people
Intent on curbing the menace of corruption, the interim government is thinking of different actions including empowering the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) to place the ones charged with graft on amonth's
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Lakhs join Ijtema
The three-day Biswa Ijtema, the second largest Muslim gathering after Hajj, started yesterday on the bank of the Turag in the suburban town of Tongi amid the participation of a large number of devotees
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BNP bigwigs now blame each other for 'excesses'
The BNP leaders are now busy swapping blame for excesses during the four-party rule as well as Iajuddin-led caretaker government, as they believe those have contributed to things going beyond their control,
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Altaf's aide, BCL central leader held
1623 arrested, 30 firearms seized in countrywide raids
The joint forces arrested the personal assistant to former commerce minister Altaf Hossain Chowdhury in Patuakhali, a pro-Awami League Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) central committee member in Chuadanga,
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RU teacher stabbed, hospitalised
Armed activists reportedly belonging to Islami Chhatra Shibir stabbed a newly recruited teacher of the law department of Rajshahi University (RU) severely on Thursday night for "refusing to join the party".
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Leak in Reactor
Production at JFF comes to a halt
Production at Jamuna Fertiliser Factory (JFF) remained suspended since Thursday due to mechanical problem, hampering supply of urea to 20 districts in its command area in the peak Irri-Boro season.
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Thousands crowd book fair
Thousands thronged the Amar Ekushey Book Fair on Bangla Academy premises in the capital yesterday, on the first weekend and second day of the month-long book festival.
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Indian HC in favour of early polls
Indian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Pinak Ranjan Chakravarty yesterday said a free, fair and credible election with the participation of all political parties should be held as early as possible.
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Two new bus stands open in Ctg today
Two new bus stands -- one for the inter-district buses of Chittagong-Dhaka route and the other for those of Chittagong-Rangamati and Chittagong-Khagrachhari routes, opens in the port city today.
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UN Climate Panel Warns
Arrest 'man-made' global warming
The UN climate panel issued its strongest warning yet on Friday that human activities are heating the planet, adding pressure on governments to do more to combat accelerating global warming.
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Bangladesh most ill-prepared
Every year, St. Martin's island in Bangladesh gets a little smaller. The storms that batter its fragile shores are becoming increasingly severe and more and more coral is lost to the waves.
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130 killed in fresh wave of attacks in Iraq
A pair of suicide bombers detonated explosives Thursday among shoppers in a crowded outdoor market in a Shia city south of Baghdad, killing at least 73 people and wounding 163, police said.
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